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299: 318:. He interpreted the Morrill Act as requiring instruction in agriculture and engineering as leading elements and instruction in languages, history, and literature as subordinate elements. While he did not believe that other fields of study were prohibited by the law, he felt that Purdue's resources were limited and should be focused on those required areas. He wanted the education to be broad enough to go beyond training for a specific job and also to prepare alumni to be good citizens. 31: 325:) and the instruction mainly consisted of fundamental science courses. White's plan reorganized Purdue's departments into a University Academy, a College of General Science, and Special Schools of Science and Technology. Among the Special Schools was the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue's first four-year course of study. 390:. During three years as superintendent of that city's public schools beginning in 1886, White reduced the use of written tests and made teachers' recommendations the basis for promoting a student to the next grade level. He held this job during a time when Ohio state law began to officially require 337:
distracted from Purdue's industrial focus, White issued a ban on such societies that eventually led to his resignation. In 1877 he began requiring incoming students to make a written pledge not to join a Greek-letter organization. An incoming graduate student in 1881 who was already a member of
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the case. White responded by issuing new rules allowing fraternities but restricting the honors that their members could receive. When the
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did not pass the appropriation bill before the legislative session ended and Purdue received no state funds that year.
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Emerson White began his teaching career at the age of seventeen when he was both a student and an instructor at
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To Enlarge the Machinery of Government: Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858-1891
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was intended to help state education officials collect and share data. White was elected president of the
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Education: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Science, Art, Philosophy and Literature of Education
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White married Mary Ann Sabin in 1853. They had five children including West Virginia Governor
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Sixty-six students attended Purdue during White's first year (including forty-nine in its
209:(January 10, 1829 – October 21, 1902) was an American educator and the third president of 8: 697: 363: 761: 359: 311: 234:
in 1851, he was the principal of a few schools in the Cleveland area before serving as
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requiring the repeal of anti-fraternity regulations, White resigned as president. The
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to provide a "liberal education for the industrial classes" as described in the
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from 1861 through 1875. From 1863 to 1866 he advocated for laws establishing
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Venable, W. H. (January 1903). Boone, Richard C.; Palmer, Frank H. (eds.).
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as Ohio's state school commissioner. In 1866 White and U.S. Representative
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in Indiana from 1876 through 1883, White worked to reorganize the young
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ruled that Purdue's objections to fraternities were unfounded and
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Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens
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refused to sign this pledge and was denied admission. The
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Academy in Ohio. After graduating without a degree from
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A Century and Beyond: The History of Purdue University
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Hepburn, William Murray; Sears, Louis Martin (1925).
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circuit court upheld this denial, but on appeal, the
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This precursor to the 247:Ohio Educational Monthly 267:Department of Education 221: 879:American Presbyterians 329:Fraternity controversy 303: 207:Emerson Elbridge White 754:Andrey Abraham Potter 348:Indiana Supreme Court 301: 626:"Benjamin W. Arnett" 420:Emerson White was a 251:teachers' institutes 232:Cleveland University 195:Cleveland University 698:Abram C. Shortridge 323:preparatory academy 762:Frederick L. Hovde 360:appropriation bill 312:land grant college 304: 285:in 1884 and 1885. 123:Superintendent of 42:Superintendent of 841: 840: 802:France A. Córdova 794:Martin C. Jischke 786:Steven C. Beering 746:Edward C. Elliott 738:Henry W. Marshall 730:Winthrop E. Stone 677:Purdue University 570:978-0-8018-8655-3 344:Tippecanoe County 308:Purdue University 289:Purdue University 281:in 1872, and the 259:James A. Garfield 255:examination board 211:Purdue University 204: 203: 16:American educator 896: 829: 821: 813: 805: 797: 789: 781: 773: 770:Arthur G. 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Cincinnati Public Schools
President of Purdue University
John S. Hougham
James H. Smart
Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction
Portsmouth
Mantua, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Alma mater
Cleveland University
Purdue University
Twinsburg
Cleveland University
superintendent
Portsmouth, Ohio
teachers' institutes
examination board
James A. Garfield
United States Office of Education
Department of Education
Ohio Teachers' Association
National Superintendents' Association
National Educational Association
National Council of Education

Purdue University
land grant college
Morrill Act
preparatory academy

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