Word: foundings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seen everywhere in God's government of the world. Even portentous circumstances may be traced back to fixed principles. Dr. McKenzie said that he had traced the history of the different members of his class and he found that each seemed to have received all that he deserved. This conclusion may be applied broadly, Good luck comes to the man who is deserving, not morally, but rationally deserving. It is the wise man who wins success, because he has the secret by which success...
...McKenzie may be found at Wads worth House 1 every weekday from...
...feet belonging to Mr. Norton, and as much more which is the property of the corporation. That portion belonging to Mr. Norton is the only land adjoining the grounds of the college which can be purchased, and the whole piece is the only large tract which can be found within easy reach of the college. The field when completed will be large enough to accommodate two-base ball diamonds or two football fields. It will require some outlay to put the ground in suitable condition for use, but just what the expense will be cannot be definitely determined...
...instructions which will fit them to perform their duties as citizens. Naturally a knowledge of American institutions and of American history is of the first consequence, yet we find but scanty provision for instruction in these two subjects. In two out of fourteen selected colleges for women, it was found that American history had no assigned place; in three, one course in it is given; in four, two courses; in three, three courses, and in two, Cornell and Michigan, four courses. "In eight of the fourteen institutions referred to there is no study of American institutions, except incidentally for purposes...
...only special training for citizenship that our colleges can give must be found in these departments of history and economics, and the need of this training becomes more and more evident as our national problems become more intricate and more clearly problems to be solved by students and not by enthusiasts. The value of such training for women becomes more and more evident as their opinion and judgment are now being so rapidly brought to bear upon public questions...