The Liberal College (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... PART I THE DETERMINING PURPOSE THESE four papers are four different attempts to express the notion which underlies liberal college teaching. The first paper, "What the College is Not," was given at the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Allegheny College on June 23, 1915. It was the closing paper of a long series dealing with the work of the American College. It is a study of the purpose of the college as revealed in the minds of its founders. It challenges the statement that the old college, having as a major aim the educating of ministers, was therefore professional in intent. It asks what kind of education was regarded as good for the ministers of older days and may be equally good for those of a later time. The second paper, "What the College is," was given as an inaugural address of the President of Amherst College, October 16, 1912. It is a consideration of the purpose of the college as perceived by the college teacher. It seeks, therefore, to define the college endeavor as it is construed and felt by the teachers and scholars who, in the deepest sense, are the college. The third paper, "What does the College Prepare for," is a popular talk which has been given many times to different audiences and perhaps, alas, more than once to the same audience. It is intended primarily to state the purpose of the college to persons who are not familiar with college teaching, or who, having had such familiarity, have lost it. It is a controversial paper making its points, or trying to make them, over-sharply as one is tempted to do when speaking to audiences at whom one has only a single chance, or with whose point of view one is radically out of touch. The fourth paper, "Making the Mind of a Nation," is an extract from a speech...