The reason for instigating such a course was simply the conviction that it was not good to have teachers, actuaries, statisticians, and others who had specialized in undergraduate mathematics, and who were to base their life's work on mathematics, leave the university without some knowledge of modern mathematics and its foundations.
Ang dahilan para sa mga instigating tulad ng isang kurso ay lamang ang pananampalataya na ito ay hindi mabuti sa may mga guro, actuaries, statisticians, at iba na ang mga undergraduate sa matematika, at kung sino ay base sa kanilang buhay ng trabaho sa matematika, iwanan ang unibersidad na walang ibang kaalaman ng makabagong matematika at mga komunidad.