Proceedings Of The. Convocation - Softcover

University Of The State Of New York

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371451825 ISBN 13: 9780371451823

Publisher: HardPress, 1872

Synopsis

Proceedings Of The. Convocation by University of the State of New York presents the proceedings of the Ninth Anniversary of the University Convocation, State of New York, held August 6–8, 1872. The volume includes the order of exercises, minutes of the annual convocation, and extensive papers on higher education by Tayler Lewis, Erastus F. Bullard, John Stanton Gould, Charles H. Crawford, Wesley C. Ginn, and others. It features discussions on The Moral and the Secular in Education; The New Departure in Education; Agricultural Education; The Modifications of the Established Curriculum for Young Women; Elective Studies in College; The Co-Relation of Academies and Universities; the Metric System of Weights and Measures (with minority reports). It also records university necrology (e.g., Erastus Corning, Samuel Morse, George Eaton) and resolutions praising the Regents and outlining legislative actions to improve state education funding. The volume documents the relationships among academies, normal schools, and colleges in New York and reflects 19th-century debates about liberal culture, practicality, and national education policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1872
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371451825
• ISBN 13: 9780371451823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292