Which statement best supports the central idea of how
the university and town have impacted each other?

A. “These parcels of land lay around the perimeter of the campus.”

B. “Then the school’s Board of Trustees selected the area around the chapel as the setting of the university.”

C. “That meant the university and the small community that would become a busy town grew up together.”

D. “Throughout the following century, the scope of the university’s curriculum expanded.”