Reports Of The Mosely Education Commission To The United States Of America October December 1903

Author : Mosely Educational Commission T America
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528265522
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book Reports of the Mosely Educational Commission to the United States of America, October-December, 1903 (Classic Reprint) written by Mosely Educational Commission T America and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reports of the Mosely Educational Commission to the United States of America, October-December, 1903 As the originator of the Industrial Commission to the United States in 1902, I propose in the present instance to follow the course adopted in connection with the report on that occasion, viz. To write a short introduction giving my own impressions, not as an educationalist, but simply as a business man: and to leave the various members Of the Commission, who have made a special study of education in practically all its aspects, from primary teaching in the board schools to advanced university practice, to state their views and conclusions in their individual reports. The story of the origin of the Industrial and Educational Cem missions to the United States takes me back to South Africa some 15 years ago. I had for many years been engaged in mining Operations at Kimberley, which, in common with the work of the great bulk Of the diamond diggers, had proved unremunerative, when Gardner Williams, the Californian engineer, arrived in South Africa, and took over the management of the De Beers Company, which the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes was just then amalgamating. Gardner Williams' in turn imported the late Louis Seymour. To the latter, by the way, the British nation owes a debt of gratitude for his engineering work in Natal in the early stages of the recent Boer War. By repairing bridges as fast as they were destroyed by the enemy, and so keeping open the lines Of communication without which Operations in Natal would have been impossible, he and his volunteer company did yeoman service: and ultimately be lost his life whilst leading some of his men to cover in the defence of a bridge at Zand River. Gardner Williams and Louis Seymour were followed by many other American engineers, including Perkins, Jennings, and Hammond, the two last, it is interesting to note, being graduates of Harvard University. Under the guidance Of these able men and many others, the development of South Africa was started; and, in my Opinion, her mining centres largely owe their primary success and subsequent prosperity to their efforts. Others from England and elsewhere have, Of course, helped, but to Gardner Williams and Louis Seymour belongs the honour Of being the first to put mining in South Africa on a sound basis, and. To begin the building up Of what is now one of the most important industries in the world, and certainly one of the richest heritages possessed by Great Britain. 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.