Answer:
Hundert supports Charles Ellerby’s candidacy because Hundert believes that Ellerby, whom
Hundert described earlier as a “kindred lover of antiquity” (p. 172), will support his efforts to
maintain the traditional curriculum at St. Benedict’s. Ellerby’s rival candidate “felt that, because
of the advances in our society, history had become little more than a relic” (p. 177). Hundert
opposes this view as “dim-sighted” and believes Ellerby shares this view (p. 177).
Explanation:
