COLLEGES IN AMERICA.

BY

JOHN MARSHALL BARKER, Ph. D.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

REV. SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL, LL. D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WOOSTER.

The Cleveland Printing & Publishing Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
1894.

Copyright, 1894,
The Cleveland Printing & Publishing Co.

TO ONE OF THE
GREATEST LIVING SCHOLARS AND EDUCATORS,
REV. WILLIAM F. WARREN, LL. D.,
PRESIDENT OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

NOTE.

The author of this volume aims to give the reader a brief survey ofthe growth, functions, and work of the American Colleges. It has beena pleasure to visit many of the colleges and gather facts, receiveimpressions and carry away many pleasant recollections regarding them.

The following authorities have been helpful in the preparation of thework: "A History of Education," by F. V. N. Painter; "The Rise andEarly Constitution of Universities," by S. S. Laurie; "Education inthe United States," by Richard G. Boone; "Essays on EducationalReformers," by Robert H. Quick; "Education," by Herbert Spencer;"Universities in Germany," by J. M. Hart; Huxley's "TechnicalEducation;" Froude's "Essay on Education,"; "The American College andthe American Public," by President Noah Porter; "Prayer for Colleges,"by Professor W. S. Tyler; "American Colleges: their Life and Work,"and "Within College Walls," by President Chas. F. Thwing;"Universities on the Continent," and "Culture and Anarchy," by MatthewArnold; "Educational Essays," by Bishop Edward Thomson; "Christianityin the United States," by Daniel Dorchester; "College Life," byStephen Olin; "The Intellectual Life," by P. G. Hamerton; "Essays on aLiberal Education," by F. W. Farrar; "History of Higher Education" inthe several States, prepared by the Bureau of Education; "Reports ofthe Commissioner of Education for 1890-'91;" and the periodicalliterature bearing on the subject.

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