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Iowa (Iowa, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
llege in 1776, under the Presbyterians. It was not until long after this that the State universities were established. In the earlier times, when Church and State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of
Colorado (Colorado, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
hat the State universities were established. In the earlier times, when Church and State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of Christians have sought to strengthen their work by establishing colleges,
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry 6301
ished by denominations. Harvard came first, in 1636, established by the Congregationalists. In 1693 the college of William and Mary was founded by the Church of England in the colony of Virginia. Yale followed in 1701, under the Congregationalists. Then in 1746 the Presbyterians established Princeton College, and this was followed in quick succession by Washington and Lee University in 1749, under the Church of England; the university of Pennsylvania in 1751; Columbia University in 1754, under the Church of England; Brown University in 1764, in charge of the Baptists; Rutgers College in 1766, under the Dutch Reformed Church; Dartmouth College in 1770, bEngland; Brown University in 1764, in charge of the Baptists; Rutgers College in 1766, under the Dutch Reformed Church; Dartmouth College in 1770, by the Congregationalists; and Hampden-Sydney College in 1776, under the Presbyterians. It was not until long after this that the State universities were established. In the earlier times, when Church and State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the
Michigan (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of Christians have sought to strengthen their work by establishing colleges, the absolute control of which they have maintained. The debt of education to the several Christia
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
followed in 1701, under the Congregationalists. Then in 1746 the Presbyterians established Princeton College, and this was followed in quick succession by Washington and Lee University in 1749, under the Church of England; the university of Pennsylvania in 1751; Columbia University in 1754, under the Church of England; Brown University in 1764, in charge of the Baptists; Rutgers College in 1766, under the Dutch Reformed Church; Dartmouth College in 1770, by the Congregationalists; and Hampdenay have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri18
Peoria (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
ich thus present themselves are many, and among them not the least is the greatly increased cost of maintenance. The number of denominational colleges with an endowment of less than $100,000 is very large. These, for the most part. have less than 100 to 150 college students. The total income from all sources of more than one-third of all the colleges and universities in the United States is in each case less than $10,000. The cost per capita for high-school instruction in a city like Peoria, Ill., is larger than the cost per capita of instruction furnished in many of the colleges. The demands of modern methods have multiplied the cost of education many times, and at the same time the income on investments is steadily decreasing. The denominations recognize the fact that, as such, they lack the means necessary to make provision for the work of higher education in the largest sense. No denomination, as such, has yet established and endowed an institution which has the rank of u
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
6, under the Presbyterians. It was not until long after this that the State universities were established. In the earlier times, when Church and State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of Christians
Wisconsin (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
Presbyterians. It was not until long after this that the State universities were established. In the earlier times, when Church and State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of Christians have sought
Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
In the earlier times, when Church and State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of Christians have sought to strengthen their work by establishing colleges, the absolute control of which they have maint
Waterville, N.Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry 6301
udents, it was understood, had no time for reading. In fact, reading was a degradation. William Frederick Poole, the late librarian of the Newberry Library, a few months before his death made this statement: To those of us who graduated thirty or forty or more years ago, books outside of the text-book used had no part in our education; they were never quoted, recommended, nor mentioned by the instructor in the class-room. As I remember it, Yale College library might as well have been in Waterville or Bridgeport as in New Haven, so far as the students in those days were concerned. It is only in comparatively recent years that the largest institutions have had a librarian giving his entire time to the care of the library. And the laboratory occupied as small a place in the situation of forty years ago as did the library. It was something unknown to a college graduate of thirty years ago. The first chemical laboratory in Germany was built by Liebig at Giessen in 1826. This factor,
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