Rabu, 27 November 2013

William Penn Academy (Ia)

The Wilcox Library Digital Archives of William Penn University inwards Oskaloosa, IA offers an impressive collection of images as well as documents for those who are interested.

The archives likewise host a diversity of images for the Mahaska County Historical Society as well as the Oskaloosa Public Library.

The collection includes copies of institutional histories as well as other college documents.  A .pdf as well as text version of  William Penn College: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Product as well as a Producer written past times S. Arthur Watson is available.

You tin likewise honor the to a greater extent than recent, A Continuing Purpose:  A History of William Penn College, 1970-2000 written past times John Wagoner.


Senin, 25 November 2013

Name Alter Approved For Leeds Metropolitan University

Leeds Metropolitan University received approval to croak Leeds Beckett University.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 historical outline is available on the institution's spider web site:
1824 – Leeds Mechanics Institute is founded.
1845 – Leeds College of Commerce is founded.
1846 – Leeds College of Art is founded.
1868 – Leeds Mechanics Institute becomes the Leeds Institute of Science, Art, as well as Literature.
1874 – Yorkshire Training School of Cookery founded. (Renamed Yorkshire College of Education as well as Home Economics inward 1966).
1907 – The City of Leeds Training College is founded.
1912 – The City of Leeds Training College moves to Beckett Park site.
1933 – The Beckett Park campus is expanded alongside the creation of the Carnegie Physical Training College.
1968 – The Carnegie Physical Training College merges alongside the City of Leeds Training College (by thence renamed the City of Leeds College of Education).
1970 – Leeds Polytechnic comes into existence, formed from the amalgamation of Leeds College of Technology, Leeds College of Commerce, usage of Leeds College of Art, as well as Yorkshire College of Education as well as Home Economics.
1976 – Leeds Polytechnic is enlarged alongside the add-on of James Graham College, the City of Leeds College of Education, as well as the Carnegie Physical Training College.
1989 – Leeds Polytechnic leaves the Leeds Local Education Authority (LEA), as well as becomes an independent Higher Education Corporation.
1992 – Leeds Polytechnic is re-designated every bit a university, nether the championship Leeds Metropolitan University, alongside ability to confer its ain degrees as well as other awards.

Jumat, 22 November 2013

Thanksgiving Traditions On College Campuses

Today's students oftentimes assume they volition convey several days away from classes at Thanksgiving...sometimes, a total week.  My married adult woman reminded me that the someone Iowa college she attended didn't convey classes on Thanksgiving together with academic life resumed amongst classes on the next day.  I mean value the establishment that I attended held classes until 5:00 pm on the twenty-four lx minutes catamenia earlier Thanksgiving, simply didn't await us dorsum until the next Monday.

Checking a bit, I establish an interesting video where an archivist from Mount Holyoke College presents diaries together with photographs reflecting Thanksgiving at the institution inward the 1850's.

Cottey College Thanksgiving traditions convey changed inward diverse ways over time.  Accounts of basketball games betwixt pupil societies inward the early on 1900s tin hold upwards establish on the Cotteyphile website.  Field hockey became the focus of pupil attending past times the 1930s.
For a while, at that spot was a tradition of alumnae returning to Cottey on Thanksgiving, though this became "Dad's Day" inward 1960.

The emergence of football game on college campuses inward the belatedly 1800's before long led to scheduling of telephone commutation contests on Thanksgiving Day.  Images for a span of examples follow:



Drury College played a football game with Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy inward 1928.

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