Historical Sketch Of The Normal College

Author : Eben S. Stearns
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ISBN 13 : 9781331246091
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketch of the Normal College written by Eben S. Stearns and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the Normal College: At Nashville, Tenn;, An Address Before Its Officers and Students on Its Ninth Anniversary, Dec; 1, 1884 On this first day of December, 1884, the State Normal College completes its ninth year. I have been accustomed, on its recurring anniversaries, when possible, to call attention to its early life, and to trace its development from period to period. As now, another year has just been added, closing up its first nine years; and as, in the course of nature, each year diminishes the number of those who were conversant with its humble beginning, I can not, perhaps, do a greater service to the College, than by asking your patient attention, while I endeavor to recount, and to place on record, somewhat in detail, its important history. As one of the consequences of the great and general reaction which commenced soon after the close of the late Civil War, the attention of thinking, patriotic men was, with new interest, aroused to the necessity for a more complete and more generally diffused education of the people; and strenuous efforts were made to establish free schools everywhere. But it was, of course, readily seen, that however great exertions might be put forth to accomplish this object, they would prove of little value, unless some scheme should be devised and intelligently pursued, by which these schools should be properly conducted and taught. The exhaustion of the country, with the poverty and depression of the great mass of the people, consequent upon the war, opposed almost insuperable obstacles to every undertaking of magnitude requiring capital for its prosecution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.