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Excerpt from The Ministry: An Appeal to College MenThis little volume is addressed to men in college Who are soon to make a choice of life's calling. It seeks to be an interpretation of the conditions, an appreciation of the forces and difficul ties, and a presentation of some of the Opportunities, of the ministry. It is also an appeal simple and plain. It is not concerned with any Special theory of the church or of the ministry. I fear that m...

Excerpt from The Training of Men, for the World's FutureThe actual condition of Europe at the con clusion of the war may be interpreted as one of need. Whoever may win, whoever may lose, the military winner, like the military loser, will sufier unspeakable loss - loss finan cial, industrial, commercial, human. The con sumption of men, and of all human utilities, will be terribly evident. Men sound in body will be lacking, and men maimed or hel...

Excerpt from The College WomanIN the last twenty-five years many ques tions as to the college education Of young women have been answered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 whil...

Excerpt from If I Were a College StudentIf I were a college student I would -(1.) Care for my health.In 1880 Mr. Froude wrote to Hallam Tennyson, saying:"Your father has two existences. Spiritually he lives in all our minds (in mine he has lived for nearly forty years), in forms imperishable as diamonds which time and change have no power over. The mortal case of him is of frailer material, and, as I believe he takes extremely little care of i...

Excerpt from College AdministrationEducation in the United States is not so much disorganized as it is unorganized. It is not so much unorganized as it is the subject of cross and various organizations. It is in certain relations overorganized. The units of organization are many, diverse, and often cover identical conditions. The national unit is lacking, unless one should desire to call the Bureau of Education such a unit. Yet the designation...

Excerpt from Education According to Some Modern MastersDucation is in peril of losing its human touch. Important as technical means, meth ods and conditions are, there is a belief, and a dan ger, too, that these elements may take to themselves an importance not fundamentally belonging to them. In the desire to emphasize the large human relations, I have made these interpretations of the educational masters who, first and last, are human ists. ...

Excerpt from Letters From a Father, to His Daughter Entering CollegeQuestion about your going to college. Your mother's life at Vas sar had given her a special eagerness to send her daughter to that or some other good college. But now, that the college is decided upon, I can easily see that there were three, among other reasons, which have led us to make our choice. One reason is that the college is not too big. A very big college for boys is ...

Excerpt from A History of Education in the United States Since the Civil WarI propose to write a history of education in the American democracy for the forty years and more which have passed since the close of the Civil War.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the...

Excerpt from Higher Education in Australia and New ZealandWhatever of merit the following pages contain springs from the offerings made to me by the professors of the universities, by the governors general by the premiers, by the legislators, by the mem bers of the high judicial courts, and by other leading citizens. To each member of this noble and diverse company I am profoundly grateful.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds ...

Excerpt from The College PresidentYet, the book has a look toward the future, as well as toward the past. Its writing has been quickened by the hope that possibly it might help a bit to a more appreciative understanding of the office of the chief executive of the higher education, and, therefore, to the progress of that education itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

Excerpt from The American College, in American LifeNo book of a kind such as this can make any pretence of being complete. This volume in cludes the consideration of only a few of the more vital questions. Other questions, quite as vital possibly, I hope to be able to discuss in other volumes. For the American college, like American life or the life of any progressive peo ple, is full of infinite suggestions appealing to thought or to action.A...

Excerpt from The College PresidentYet, the book has a look toward the future, as well as toward the past. Its writing has been quickened by the hope that possibly it might help a bit to a more appreciative understanding of the office of the chief executive of the higher education, and, therefore, to the progress of that education itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

Excerpt from Higher Education in AmericaContinued Slow Enlargement of Course of Study in Middle Decades Value of Personality in the Teacher - Causes of the Educational Quickening: (l) The Civil War, (2) Commercial Prosperity, (3)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-o...

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Excerpt from A Liberal Education and a Liberal Faith: A Series of Baccalaureate Addresses These sermons were written and delivered as Baccalaureate addresses. The first two were spoken to men alone, the third was spoken to women alone, the others were spoken to both men and women. All of them are endeavors to interpret the relations oi education and religion, with the purpose of making education more nobly religious, re ligion more wise, and ...

Excerpt from The American College What It Is and What It May Become The primary purpose Of the ideal college is to give a liberal education, or if one prefer the active voice, to give an education which liberalizes the human mind and character. But at once, the question emerges, what is a liberal education. In making a definition, I prefer to throw the question into a per sonal form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

About the Book Books on Education examine the process of transferring knowledge, skills, and beliefs to students. This is generally undertaken in educational institutions where teachers or trainers impart the knowledge viastructured programs, but may also be achieved through "self-teaching" by the student. The usual progression is through middle and high school, to college and / or university. The act of teaching is called pedagogy. Books in t...