The History of University Education in Maryland

The History of University Education in Maryland

The History of University Education in Maryland - The Johns Hopkins University (1876-1891). With supplementary notes on...
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Author: Steiner, Bernard C. (Bernard Christian),1867-1926
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The History of University Education in Maryland

The History of University Education in Maryland

CHF 11.78 CHF 5.89

The History of University Education in Maryland

CHF 11.78 CHF 5.89
Author: Steiner, Bernard C. (Bernard Christian),1867-1926
Format: eBook
Language: English

The History of University Education in Maryland - The Johns Hopkins University (1876-1891). With supplementary notes on university extension and the university of the future

The State of Maryland has been almost extravagantly liberal in bestowing charters on colleges and professional schools. Over forty such charters have been given by the legislature and, in many cases, the result has proved that the gift of a charter was not warranted by the stability of the institution, to which was thus granted the power of conferring degrees. In many other cases, however, the institutions have grown and flourished, and have had an honorable history. Collegiate education in Maryland did not begin until after the Revolution. In the colonial period there was no demand for it sufficient to warrant the establishment of a seat of higher learning. For this state of things there were several causes. The majority of the early settlers were planters and frontiersmen, having little need for an extended education and desiring it still less. Of the wealthier classes, some were like the fox-hunting English gentry, caring for little else than sport; and others, who did desire the advantages of a culture higher than that obtainable from a village schoolmaster or a private tutor, found it elsewhere. They went over to William and Mary's College in Virginia, across the ocean to England, or, in case of some Catholics like Charles Carroll, to the institutions on the continent of Europe. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 12138
Author: Steiner, Bernard C. (Bernard Christian)
Release Date: Apr 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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