Transylvania, tutor to the West / by John D. Wright, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, John D., Jr. (John Dean), 1920-2015, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transylvania University--History.

Transylvania University.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

New bicentennial edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chartered in 1780, Transylvania University played a significant role as an educational pioneer in the developing trans-Allegheny West and served as its first institution of higher education. Strategically located in the growing city of Lexington, Kentucky, the university established schools of law and medicine at a time when there were few such educational offerings in the country. Noted alumni include emancipationist Cassius M. Clay and Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Two centuries later, Transylvania University maintains its commitment to the highest standards of the liberal arts educ

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Learning in the Wilderness; 2 Division and Reunion; 3 James Moore and the New University; 4 Problems and Slow Growth of the University; 5 Horace Holley and the Making of a University; 6 The Making of a Martyr; 7 The Phoenix Rises; 8 The Failure of Innovative Education; 9 The Crisis in the Medical Department; 10 The Methodists Take Their Tum; 11 The Period of Decline, 1850-1865; 12 The Great Experiment: Kentucky University; 13 The Embattled Sectarians, 1865-1877; 14 Apes, Girls, and ""Daddy"" Loos; 15 The Creative Administration of Burris Jenkins

16 Student Life From the Civil War to World War I17 The Struggle for Survival and Identity; 18 World War I and the Heresy Trial; 19 Transylvania Survives the Twenties; 20 Depression and War; 21 Innovation and Expansion; 22 Expansion and Consolidation; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9167-X

0-8131-4920-7

OCLC:

933516003