The official announcement was carefully drafted. That is not to say that they thought other institutions were not, in their own way, great. I learned what I have always thought a great deal from my fellow students in a College of 2000 or so and a University of 5800 or so. I worry a bit at what seems to me a spurious point. A mantra is an incantation drawing on religious texts.
Strong institutions are flexible.
I hope we do not reinvent the place too much.