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50433Philadelphia: Penn Monthly 1878. Offprint. First separate edition. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; printed blue paper wrappers; 12pp; errata slip bound in after final leaf of text. Rear wrapper neatly detached; old tide-line to upper margin of front wrapper; text tight and unmarked - a Good complete and sound copy. Signed in type and end of text by Charles F. Dunbar. Article reprinted from the April 1878 issue of Otis Kendall's Penn Monthly in which Stillé's original article had appeared two months earlier. Dunbar an eminent Harvard economist answers the criticisms of Stillé then provost of the University of Pennsylvania who had taken issue with the profferment of the Harvard Preliminary Examination for Women in the city of Philadelphia. Stillé's argument appears to have been based as much on parochialism as criticism of the exam's content; he was at this time working to raise the profile of Penn among elite American universities and resented the incursion of Harvard onto Penn's home turf. But Stillé evinces more than a little snobbery to say nothing of chauvinism in his assertion that ".no hot-house treatment which forces a precocious and unnatural development can ever produce that fruit which is the support and comfort of human life" - an assertion which Dr. Dunbar answers somewhat caustically: "These truths are well-worn and not denied but if they serve in connection any other purpose than that of a modest rhetorical embellishment it is because the relate to some fancied system quite different from that under discussion." <br/><br/>Despite widespread criticisms similar to the ones ably answered by Dunbar in the present essay The Harvard Examinations for Women - quite stringent covering a wide range of subjects and requiring their subjects to answer in at least two languages other than English - eventually became a national standard for the accreditation of young women who were unable whether for reasons of gender or circumstance to attend four-year universities. Stillé meanwhile became one of the University of Pennsylvania's historical icons; ".the extraordinary progress begun in his administration initiated the great expansion that was to continue under his immediate successors." DAB. The pamphlet appears uncommon - though widely catalogued in WorldCat nearly all holdings examined appear to be digital copies of the original held at Harvard's Schlesinger Library. unknown books
1997224784Mexico City: The Ministry National Commission of Free Textbooks 1997. 12p. 8.5x11.25 inches text in English photos and figures very good booklet/brochure in stapled white pictorial wraps limited to 1000 copies. The Ministry, National Commission of Free Textbooks unknown books
1847739Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board of Education pr. by William S. Martien 1847. 8vo. 32 pp. <br><br>Unsuccessful attempt to promote Presbyterian parochial schools as a defense against secularism and Liberalism. Very good. Sewn; in original yellow printed wrappers. The [Presbyterian] Board of Education, pr. by William S. Martien unknown books
183038644Lexington: Printed by Joseph G. Norwood 1830. Second edition. Stitched paper wrappers removed from a larger volume. Removed from a larger volume else a good copy with a chipped front wrapper detached with the first few leaves; lacking the rear wrapper stitching loose. 52 pp. 8vo. Incribed by the author on front wrapper. 2000 copies were printed. In a period of concern over education the report analyses the methods of providing for a common education in the state. OCLC lists fourteen copies. Sabin 37507. Amer. Imprints 2107. Printed by Joseph G. Norwood unknown books
1811WRCAM31877Washington City: R.C. Weightman 1811. 6pp. Self-wrappers. Minor wear along fore-edge old stab holes in left margin. Very good unopened. An eloquent defense of the committee's assertion that the Constitution does not provide for the establishment of a national university. Scarce. OCLC locates only two copies. OCLC 24978940. R.C. Weightman unknown books
1944145318Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church 1944. 32p. wraps very good. Presbyterian Church unknown books
185411184Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black 1854. 8vo. 98 pp. <br><br>First edition. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2F16840. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with small inked numeral in upper corner; last leaf with outer margin chipped. Adam & Charles Black unknown books
1940136687Morgantown WV: West Virginia University 1940. Paperback. iv 134 xiip plus appendices wraps 8.5x11 inches mimeographed on one sided only paper slightly browned minor staining on the fore edges charts map Appendix C tipped in rear now detached due to aging glue but present. Arthurdale West Virginia was the first New Deal planned resettlement community. Eleanor Roosevelt took a leading role in the establishment of Arthurdale and it was one of her major priorities. The New Deal administration built houses schools and public buildings in the community and helped organize educational actives for the resettled coal miners in this back-to-the-land and self-sufficiency effort. The federal government liquidated its holdings in Arthurdale in 1947 and private ownership replaced it. It now exists as a historic site. West Virginia University paperback books
1975RH1116no place: Annals of Science: 1975. 1975. 36 cm. See: Annals of Science vol. 32 I 1975. 56 pp. Appendices. Red and black self-printed wrappers; slightly faded. Ownership pencil signature of Rossiter on title. Very good. Scarce. "The history of science and technology has been a scholarly discipline with little attention given to the special needs of undergraduate teaching. What needs to be done to transform a discipline to an undergraduate subject. Suggestions include using the relation between science and technology as well as the role of interpreters in formulation of the popular world view. Relations with science and history departments are considered. Curriculum materials are surveyed with some recommendations for correcting deficiencies." 1975. unknown books
1868852501868. EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. REPORTS ON THE ABOLITION OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY 1868. Boston: Wright and Potter 1868. 48 pp. 8vo. green sewn wrappers printed in black. Light creasing to front cover through first 12 pages. Light soil and foxing to wrappers light edgewear to wrappers. Occasional light foxing within. Very good overall. unknown books
1973220639Washington DC: National Foundation for Improvement of Education 1973. First two issues of the newsletter 12p. & 8p. 8.5x11 inches reports tables services and resources listing of conventions by state very good in stapled blue and white wraps. On the establishment of the Center and much on women's educational rights. National Foundation for Improvement of Education unknown books
18382596Alnwick: M. Smith 1838. First edition. Fine. 3 page pamphet measuring 152 x 228mm. Trifolded with ownership signature of Wm. Dickson Esq to rear blank. Else an exceptionally clean and seemingly untouched copy of this rare pamphlet advocating for improvements in the early education of children. The only copy known on the market this title does not appear in the modern auction record or at any institutions according to OCLC.<br/><br/>A proposal and prospectus for an Infant School to serve the town of Alnwick and improve the overall level of education within the community. The pamphlet clarifies that the Duke of Northumberland is confirmed as the school's patron; and it outlines how donations and subsciptions from the town will add to the school's endowment. But more importantly it focuses on the communal benefits that will come from citizens' support for children's education regardless of their class. Touting the successes of other Infant Schools in England and abroad in providing "well-regulated nurseries for the children of the poorer classes" the committee also explains that " the most approved system of training will develop the physical powers and improve the health of children from two to six years of age -- to cultivate their intellectual faculties and communicate such knowledge as may be adapted to their infant capacities." The committee asserts that when the larger population begins sending children to school those children will be endowed with a desire to learn and "those attending will feel it as a punishment to be kept from the School" because school "is to the children what the actual business of life is to the man. Here the feelings are manifested and the character is developed" so that infants grow to intelligent and responsible members of the populace. Notably the committee also points out the short term benefits of developing an education system. "To the parents themselves many advantages will accrue from these Schools. Not only will their minds be relieved from much anxiety for the safety of their children but the mother free during the day from the necessity of watching over them will have an opportunity now denied to her of contributing by her labour to their support or of devoting more time to the promotion of their comfort at home." This acknowledgment reveals an important shift in thinking about the economic role of mothers and about women's need for time to accomplish their own work. A rare and important example of the spread of early childhood education and the arguments for its expansion. Fine. M. Smith unknown books
1781025172London: Lockyer Davis 1781. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Rebound in modern paper covered boards with title on spine in black type. Interior is in excellent condition with no foxing or other age related problems. Very wide margins. An important author who worked with Diderot on his earlier work and contributed much philosophically to his time Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 025172. <br/><br/> Lockyer Davis hardcover books
19802794Zagorski: Khudozhestvenno-pedagogicheskii muzei igrushki Akademiia pedagogicheskikh nauk SSSR 1980. Wraps. Very Good. 48 pages. Cataogue of the Art Education Museum of Toys at Zagorsk Russia. Text repeated in Russian English French German and Spanish. 41 color illustrations. Khudozhestvenno-pedagogicheskii muzei igrushki, Akademiia pedagogicheskikh nauk SSSR paperback books
15027Scarce 1910 French girls' education medal for excellence in Geography. Bronze with diameter of 1.75". The front of the medal depicts Terpsichore the Greek muse of education seated beside a pedestal of laurel wreaths; in her outstretched right hand is a laurel wreath prepared as a reward for excellence. On the back of the medal is engraved in part: "Association Pour L'Ensegnement Secondaire des Jeunes Filles a la Sorbonne.Geographie.1910" in English: Association For The Secondary Education of Young Women at the Sorbonne.Georgraphy.1910<br/><br/>This medal awarded for excellence in the study of geometry is quite scarce. While our research located medals from later years from other schools we were unable to locate a similar early medal for the celebration of young women's academic excellence. unknown books
197229914Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education 1972. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; staplebound mimeographed self-wrappers; 69pp. About Fine. Evaluation document issued "In accordance with the intent of the Amendment to Article One of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which prohibits the denial or abridgement of rights because of sex." Issued and signed in facsimile by John C. Pittinger Secretary of Education. Unlocated in OCLC as of May 2016. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education unknown books
191437555Sacramento: State Printing Office 1914. 1st printing thus. Not found in Rocq. Printed grey paper wrappers with multi-colored illustration to front wrapper stapled. Offset to front wrapper soiling to rear average wear. A VG copy. 2 64 2 blank pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic images as well as floor plans of divers school architecture found in the state. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>"The plan of this second booklet is to show in a graphic way some excellent examples of the different types of school buildings that are being constructed to-day in California ." State Printing Office unknown books
189723637New York State circa 1897. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. Cardstock covers cloth taped spine. Edgewear and creasing to covers; cloth tape torn at ends. Author's name and the title "School Law" written in pen on front cover. Commercial ruled notebook about two-thirds filled with handwritten notes in pencil and pen. Approximately 20 loose handwritten sheets folded and laid in along with one printed page. Toning throughout; some blank pages entirely or partially torn out. <br/><br/>Detailed student notes apparently from a teacher's training course on the laws governing education in New York state in the late 1890s with briefer sections of notes on the geology and geography of New York; one page is dated 1897. Includes sections on Corporal Punishment "If a teacher wishes to punish a child she may do it without the parents' consent. Parents or teacher may be arrested for undue severity. Cicero said "Do not punish in anger"; the Compulsory Education Law and the authority of truant officers "The law provides that parents may be fined or imprisoned or both"; and the "Physiology Law" requiring that "physiology relating to alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effects on the human system shall be taught yearly in all grades in the public schools". <br /> <br />In addition to assorted notes practice tests and copied poems a printed page from the December 12 1891 School Journal is laid in including several sample lesson preparations and "Suggestions to Teachers" on narcotics and stimulants: "There is a general feeling on the part of the little ones under your charge that the use of alcoholic liquors is wrong.To prove to them that its use is deleterious to the mind and body is a hard thing for you to do. They must take this on faith and you are to be the faith-builder for the little ones." <br /> <br />The name of the notebook's author and owner appears in a list of 1900 Normal School graduates in Suffolk County issued as part of the annual New York State Superintendent's Report: Esther Alice Andrews of Patten's Mills successfully completed the English Course. A fascinating look at turn-of-the-century teacher's education. paperback books
16829Handwritten Memory album from a girl junior high student in mid-1920s Arkansas. Handwritten inscriptions from 45 classmates and friends. Entries from 1925 to 1927. 16 pages. My Memories of School Days. New York City: C. R. Gibson & Company 1924. "Roses are red Violets are blue Think of me and I'll think of you!" Hand-writtten recordings of the school song for West Side Junior High in Little Rock AK. "Here's to West Side Dear of West Side Your the school we love the best Wit your colors gaily flying You have always stood the test When we leave you We believe you will always be our greatest pride And we will show you how much we owe you Will always boost for you our Dear West Side." Comes with October 1934 issue of "West Side Junior Life" student newspaper. Pages are filled with poems and lines from classmates over the years. Many of the inscriptions are pithy short poems or lines. "Dear Charlene I wish you health I wish you wealth I wish you gold in store I wish you heaven after death What could I wish you more" "In your mud puddles of affection Let one tad pole swim for me." "When you're in the kitchen frying meat think of me and my big feet." "If you're within and I'm without I'll think of you without a doubt." Some broke with this convention. "I do not know any poem but I pity the person that worries their head off to get one." Other include more personal notes on their memories together. "Remember our Spanish Class and the study hall before it." Two newspaper clipping portraits of school friends pasted into book. Two large pencil drawings-one of an infant child playing with a toy and one of a fashionable young lady going for a walk. Junior Membership card for the The American National Red Cross in Little Rock AK issued 9/4/25. Handwritten list of 52 girl classmates. Partial image of school from newspaper clipping pasted to inside back cover. West Side Junior High School was founded in 1917 as an educational establishment and a community center. The West Side building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Very good condition. unknown books
16846Photograph Album Women Scrapbook from female athlete and popular student at Oberlin College with over 200 silver gelatin print photographs and 190 pieces of ephemera from 1933-1937. Includes photos and memorabilia from Princeton Yale West Point and Northwestern University. Photographs in various sizes mostly 3 x 4.5 in. Original black boards. 10.5 x 15.5 in. Seal for Oberlin College in gilt center front cover. Spaces for handwritten entries on: Faculty and Student Autographs Class Officer Curriculum Publications Athletics Songs and Cheers Clubs and Societies Social Whirl Dramatics Musicales Junior Week Events Senior Week Events Personals and Miscellaneous. Scrapbook belonging to active student Janice Carkin who graduate from Oberlin College in 1937. Notice from a local press announcing her graduation and field of study. "Miss Carkin majored in physical education. She will join the faculty of the University of Vermont in September."Photos of Oberlin Campus Views with Warner Conservatory The "Arb" arboretum First Church Keep Cottage Crane Swimming Pool Gibson's "a favorite hangout" and Opening at Hanna Camp. Many images of her life with female friends at Oberlin. There are many snapshots all around Keep Cottage recording the dormitory rooms and lives of students. She has photos of "My Room No. 27" at Keep Cottage with images of fellow students in their rooms doing their hair lounging around together and studying. Photos of girls sunning on the lawn wearing their bathing suits. "Keep backyard--any nice afternoon". A later year Room 18 shows a large Yale placard on the wall. Many photos show women pursuing outdoor activity such as bicycling and swimming. "Jan and I took a hike one day in October." "Good old Ohio landscape!" under a photo of a bare farm field. 5 programs for Oberlin commencement week including the baccalaureate sermon Senior breakfast and Opening exercises. Photos of graduation day. "And then came graduation -- and we're really seniors!!" Wearing cap and gowns. Images of ceremony and afterwards with friends. "Farewell Oberlin!" "After commencement a perfect week on Lake Erie". <br/><br/>Carkin was an outstanding student at Oberlin as a newspaper clipping lists Janice Carkin as a student nominated to be listed in the national Who's Who book of notable college students. 1936 National Oberlin Mock Convention for the Republicn Presidential Nomination. Comes with registration card fro Janice Carkin as a member of the Tennessee delegation. Many interesting invitations for parties and programs including a 3-d color cutout of a woman in a rickshaw cart holding a tiny paper umbrella that opens up; dance cards filled with names of suitors. 12 programs for theater and musical productions including "Electra" by Sophocles Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer" and "Tristan and Isolde" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. <br/>4 copies of Oberlin Review from 1937. 2 issues of "The Elephant" Oberlin College Republican newspaper from 1936. 5 clippings and programs on an international educational initiative in Shansi Province of China. "Oberlin-in-Shansi is pioneering with its two departments the Agricultural and Industrial through one of which the students must pass." Member of Oberlin's YWCA with programs for numerous services and events. Sports memorabilia from time as student athlete and enthusiastic supporter of women's sports. Student Activity Fee Book years 1933-1934 and 1935-36; these booklets could be used to gain entry to football baseball and basketball games Track meets and Glee club concerts. Newspaper clipping that identifies Carkin as the Captain of the West Point Women's Field Hockey team. Note to Janice reads: "A great game is all anyone can ask & I know we'll have it". Program for 1937 Winter Sports Banquet. Also many photos showing their enthusiasm for the athletic rivalry between Princeton and Yale. Photos attending the Yale-Princeton game from numerous years in which the young women wear either Yale Bulldogs on their sweaters or Princeton Tigers. Memorabilia from other schools such as Princeton and Yale school fight cheers West Point and Naval Academy. Purple pennant for Northwestern University. Western Union telegraph to album owner. "Will be cheering for Yale. Congratulations Best Wishes Success Love Mother and Dad." Many more pieces of ephemera include press clippings of teachers and administrators invitations and a homemade valentine. Full of interesting content on the life of a popular female student at Oberlin College. Some wrinkling on pages with bulkier items pasted in. Good to very good condition. unknown books
17108Women's Education Scrapbook from woman studying Teaching at Nebraska Wesleyan University NWU 1925-1931. Filled with 352 pieces of ephemera for school societies dances and socials sporting events Christmas cards stage plays and commencement activities. Dozens of colorful and creative invitations and dance cards. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends. 100 pages. Original textured cloth cover. 11 ½ x 14 inches. Large golden color seal in center of front cover "Universitas Wesleyana Nebraskae 1887". Originally belonged to Melba Johnson. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends recalling fond memories together at university. "Remember our many good times together. Our trip to Palmyra etc." "Lots of love to a dear Delta Phi sister." "Remember the first time I met you Hope to be your 'sister' someday." <br/><br/>Filled with letters party invitations dance cards and other ephemera from a popular college student. Vibrant yellow felt cutout of school mascot Prairie Wolves on first page. Letters noted as "Rush Week Invitations" to Alpha Epsilon honor society for agricultural biological and food engineers Delta Phi Alpha Delta Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Sorority Kappa Delta and Gamma Mu Upsilon. Other included organizations with ephemera are Beta Kappa Theta Alpha Phi National Theatre Honor Society Kappa Sigma Pi Phi Kappa Tau and Gamma Beta Kappa. Also ephemera for social events from the YWCA Young Women's Christian Association. Also includes ticket stubs to various shows and performances and some ephemera from The University of Nebraska's football program. Clipping from Nebraska v. Pittsburgh game in 1928 and 1929. Program for 1926 "Nebraska Wesleyan Home Coming Day" Football game against Peru State College and clipping from a NWU game against Hastings College. Program for 1927 Commencement and ticket to 1928 Commencement; Invitations to subsequent commencement ceremonies included in scrapbook. Membership card and pin for Nebraska State Teachers' Association which she joined after graduation; Johnson went on to work at Norfolk High School in Norfolk Nebraska after earning her teaching degree. <br/><br/>Nebraska Wesleyan University was founded in 1887 and the first graduating class was four women in 1890. The school is located in the former town of University Place Nebraska. Today it is part of Lincoln Nebraska. In the late 1920s when Johnson was attending school Nebraska Wesleyan was a college of liberal arts with schools of art business and education and a music conservatory. In very good condition. unknown books
17165Women Education Scrapbook from a woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College filled with 141 pieces of ephemera including newspaper clippings full-issues of the campus paper ticket stubs programs invitations and more. 1944-1947. Original paper wraps. 15 x 11 inches. 80 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Includes rich material from Oswego College as well as items from the schools in New York where Ms. Walker was employed following graduation. Many newspaper clippings and other items are related to WWII and its effects on students. Article from LIFE Magazine dated Aug 21 1944 about "Refugees Arrive From Europe" with 16 photo-illustrated images of Jewish refugees at a facility at Fort Ontario in Oswego. Another 1944 clipping: "Training makes Aviation Group Physically Fit. the men who have gone from Oswego to the classification centers have been outstanding in physical activities. The Air Corps program as carried out in the college training centers develops physical fitness strength and eagerness for combat." Other headlines such as "Oswego Graduate Killed in Crash"; "Post-War Plans Found Indefinite"; "49 Awarded Degrees at Oswego College 66 in Service 1 Dead". Printed documents giving updates on Oswego graduates now serving in the Armed Forces. <br/><br/>Numerous items from social events - both on campus and later. Programs for: 1944 St. Patrick's Day Party Womens Athletic Association installation Banquet "Lawn Party" for graduating seniors several "Alumni Day" events and religious services. Printed lyrics for the song "Hail Oswego". 1944 Commencement Program which lists her own name among the graduates. Playbill for the 1945 Broadway production of "Deep are the Roots" about a decorated African-American soldier who has returned from WWII. Schedule and map for the Lackawanna Railroad connecting New York Buffalo Cleveland Detroit and Chicago. Correspondence and documentation from New York State Teachers Association Woodbridge High School Fallsburgh High School Mountaindale High School Liberty High School and Pearl River Public Schools in New York. She cared deeply for her students as shown in a 1947 correspondence with the Junior American Red Cross in support of a program for her high school students. <br/><br/>The State University of New York at Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School; this institution embraced and popularized some of the most innovative teaching methods of the day. The school led the Oswego Movement of educational reform in the United States which sought to emphasize that every aspect of the child's life contributed to the formation of their personality character and capacity to reason. These educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences sense perception and the student's self-activity. In 1942 the New York state legislation elevated Oswego from a Normal School to the 4-year bachelor's degree-granting Oswego State Teachers College. In 1948 Oswego became one of the State University of New York's charter members. To meet the expanded need for specialized instruction the institution broadened its academic perspective to become a full-fledged arts and sciences institution in the SUNY system and featuring a range of liberal and professional studies by 1962. Pages are thin with a few very small closed tears at edges. In very good condition. unknown books
17164Women Education Scrapbook from a woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College NY filled with 155 pieces of ephemera including newspaper clippings full-issues of the campus paper ticket stubs programs invitations and more. 1941-1942. Original paper wraps. 15 x 11 inches. 80 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Some of the clippings are annotated with a few lines identifying friends and classmates in the articles: "this is one of my classmates" and "they're all swell singers". Includes documents from both Oswego State Normal School and later material from Oswego State Teachers College which the school was renamed in 1942 when it began to grant 4-year bachelor's degrees. 1939-1940 Report card with classes in Child Development History of civilization Composition and Speech Intro to Science Art 102 Essentials of Music and Recreational Activities. Pamphlet advertising 1941 Summer Session at Oswego State Normal School. Student Handbook Personnel Directory and Student Directory for 1941-1942 Schoolyear. Newspaper clippings that report the school's status upgrade to a degree-granting university such as the 1942 headline reads "Oswego Normal becomes State Teachers College." Other ephemera includes newspaper articles on Epsilon Pi Tau fraternity Sigma Pi Rho sorority and many on campus music groups. Many typed correspondence and notices regarding the Bel Canto singing group on campus of which the album owner was a member. Halloween Party invitation.<br/><br/>Numerous clippings from before and after America entered WWII refer to escalating tensions fears and home front defensive preparations. A 1941 headline reads "Co-operation is needed to bring victory in War / Dr. Salisbury says Educational Institutes would be hit if Nazis should win." Interesting that was printed in February 1941 before the US formally declared war. That same month there's another clipping calling on male students at Oswego to register for the selective service the Draft. An article from early 1942 declares "Better type of community seen as a result of war" and goes on to say: "Whether Oswego is bombed or not the air raid warden set-up an build a better type of community both now and in future years when peace comes." Other clippings from the months following the Pearl Harbor attack give a glimpse into the deep-seated fears that Americans felt in the early days of WWII: "Bombing of our Cities Expected by Defense Head.We must expect more ships sinking off our shores more military reverses and bombing of our cities." The war effort even affect construction plans at the school. In January 1941 there was a major fire that destroyed parts of campus and by the following year "War holding up Normal School's Building Program / Unable to get materials for remodeling auditorium new dormitory." Armistice Day program for 1941 presented in conjunction with the American Legion and US Coast Artillery. <br/><br/>The State University of New York at Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School; this institution embraced and popularized some of the most innovative teaching methods of the day. The school led the Oswego Movement of educational reform in the United States which sought to emphasize that every aspect of the child's life contributed to the formation of their personality character and capacity to reason. These educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences sense perception and the student's self-activity. In 1942 the New York state legislation elevated Oswego from a Normal School to the 4-year bachelor's degree-granting Oswego State Teachers College. In 1948 Oswego became one of the State University of New York's charter members. To meet the expanded need for specialized instruction the institution broadened its academic perspective to become a full-fledged arts and sciences institution in the SUNY system and featuring a range of liberal and professional studies by 1962. Pages are thin with a few very small closed tears at edges. In very good condition. unknown books
17138Women Education Scrapbook from woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College filled with 142 pieces of ephemera including report cards correspondence newspaper clippings and event programs. 1939-1942. Includes documents from both Oswego State Normal School and later material from Oswego State Teachers College which the school was renamed in 1942 when it began to grant 4-year bachelor's degrees. 15 x 11 inches. Original paper wraps. 76 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Many official documents from the school including the 1940 admission letter to the school which also mentions the demand for this type of education: "Since we have a waiting list of applicants for admission we must have the enclosed blank properly filled out within ten days." Course schedule with Art 101 Mat 104 English 101 Music and Education classes. Followed by a report card for coursework in Child Development History of Civilization Written Composition General Math Essentials of Music Essentials of Art and Recreational Activities. Documents outline regulations for boarding with Landladies and roommates. 1939 Student Handbook and 1940-1941 Student Directory. <br/><br/>Numerous items also hint to social life and excursions off campus. Color postcards of the campus and surrounding tourist attractions including the New York State Naval Militia Grounds Old Fort Ontario The Pontiac Hotel East River Drive and Oswego River. Full issues of The Oswegonian the school newspaper; interesting newspaper clipping about a Korean national student at Syracuse University who spoke at Oswego about the Japanese occupation of Korea. Programs for stage plays and musical performances. Sheets of printed fight songs for football games and other athletic events. Pin handbill and patriotic napkin from Alpha Delta Sorority. The final pages of the album are filled with clippings and notices regarding a catastrophic fire which caused an estimated $100000 in damages in January 1941. From a special issue of the school paper: "Carrying coupling and manning hoses students of the Oswego Normal school worked shoulder to shoulder with firemen to supply t he lifeline of water which finally checked the rapidly spreading flames that at firs appeared beyond control." Despite the destroyed portion of campus there are numerous documents regarding "Business As Usual" around campus and an updated exam schedule to accommodate classes which met in the destroyed building. The State University of New York at Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School; this institution embraced and popularized some of the most innovative teaching methods of the day. The school led the Oswego Movement of educational reform in the United States which sought to emphasize that every aspect of the child's life contributed to the formation of their personality character and capacity to reason. These educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences sense perception and the student's self-activity. In 1942 the New York state legislation elevated Oswego from a Normal School to the 4-year bachelor's degree-granting Oswego State Teachers College. In 1948 Oswego became one of the State University of New York's charter members. To meet the expanded need for specialized instruction the institution broadened its academic perspective to become a full-fledged arts and sciences institution in the SUNY system and featuring a range of liberal and professional studies by 1962. In very good condition. unknown books
18512970Philadelphia: G.S. Harris 1851. First edition. Very Good . Original blue printed paper wraps printed to front. Some chipping and creasing to edges but overall intact and undamaged despite being quite delicate. Light scattered foxing throughout. Ownership signature of the college's original dean N.R. Mosely struck out at the top of the Faculty list on page 4; pencil ticks next to the names of several students listed in the catalogue on page 6. Exceptionally rare OCLC lists copies of this Announcement at only 2 institutions.<br/><br/>Only one year after Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell graduated valedictorian and became the first female M.D. in the U.S. the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania opened its doors. Located in Philadelphia it was the only the second school to open with the mission of training women in medicine -- having been preceded by the New England Female Medical College two years earlier in 1848. Founded by Quaker abolitionist and Underground Railroad activists who believed that women could make exceptional doctors "the college provided rare opportunities for women to teach perform research manage a medical school and with the eventual establishment of the Woman's Hospital in 1861 learn and practice in a hospital setting. It was the longest-lasting all-women medical school in the nation until it became coeducational in 1970" Mandell. The present Announcement predates these growths however showing the roots from which they emerged. One year running and the faculty remain largely male because there has yet to be an inaugural graduating class this would come in 1852; but already a female student Hannah E. Longshore is listed as a Demonstrator in Anatomy. Indeed Longshore and her sister Anna would both be part of the inaugural class of the college with the latter going on the author Discourses to Women in Medical Subjects 1897. Indeed the majority of women listed in this catalogue went on to become doctors even when it took time -- as it did for Hannah W. Ellis and Susanna H. Ellis both listed among the graduates of the 1865 class. 12 pages in all this scarce pamphlet contains Officers Corporators Faculty and Students of the school; an Announcement on the school's missions and accomplishments; information on Specialties available; Terms of enrollment; and a list of required Textbooks. It also conveys the excitement optimism and pride of those involved. "The Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania are inspired by very different feelings from those that attended their efforts one year ago. Then they were about to enter into an untried path to engage in a great experiment.But that which was an experiment is an experiment no longer.give a woman knowledge commensurate with her natural qualifications enable her to go forth healing the sick and comforting the afflicted and she will bless the world." A rare survivor documenting that pivotal moment when women had been given the chance to prove their intellect rose to the challenge and made the future of the next female students more secure. Very Good . G.S. Harris unknown books
