I found the following letter in a book I found in a neighbor's basement. It is dated February 11, 1914. The return address is
Harriman City Schools
Arthur A. Strock, Superintendent
Harriman, - Tennessee
It is addressed to
Miss Lula Karr,
City.
It reads as follows:
The next meeting of teachers will be held Saturday, February 21st, at 10 o'clock. All teachers are expected to be present.
The work for that time will take up the Renaissance and the Reformation as two parallel forces acting upon education and influencing its ideals.
The Renaissance movement will be considered purely from its literary aspect as a motive for the remaking of education as noticed in (1) the Italian contribution to education, (2) the German organization of school systems, and (3) the influence of the English public schools upon our educational methods.
The information will be considered from the moral and religious aspect in the bearing upon religious instruction and training as an integral part of education, especially in Germany.
Arthur A. Strock, Supt.
3 comments:
It was different indeed.
I wonder what the tenor of the public schools was, and who was allowed to attend them.
Letter writing and writing among eductaed people in general is probably much degraded since the advent of more modern forms of communication.
Also, what was going on in the neighbor's basement? Were yo breaking and entering or what?
She was moving out, and invited me to look through her stuff in case there was anything I wanted. I found a cabinet full of musty books that had been sitting there for decades. I also found a College Yearbook, printed in 1912 for Alfred University, entitled "Kanakadea" which used a swastika as a decorative symbol.
It has a list of faculty in the front, one of whom is
Bessie Lee Gambrill, A.M. (1911), Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education
There is an apalling blurb about her:
When we hear her Philosophical Discussions, when we are shown clearly why Woman's Suffrage is not what woman wants, that present education is not suited for woman, and of other live topics, we recognize and admire a scholar and a thinker.
Here is an ad from the back:
Your education is not complete unless you become acquainted with the methods of ordinary business transactions. 99 per cent of the world's business today is settled for by means of bank checks. Do not be found among the small minority but carry an account with the University Bank 15 North Main Street, Alfred, New York
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