Methods of education in the United States / by Alice Zimmern.

  • Alice Zimmern
Date:
1894
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Credit: Methods of education in the United States / by Alice Zimmern. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION In tlie summer of 1893 I was enabled, by the kind- ness of the Gilchrist Trustees, to spend some time in the United States, with a view to obtaining in- formation on educational matters. I left England at the end of April, visited New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, then travelled by way of Newhaven and Northampton to Boston, in which city I spent nearly three weeks. From Boston I went by Rochester and Niagara to Ann Arbor, the seat of Michigan University, thence to Chicago, where I spent four weeks. From Chicago I re- turned by the beautiful Canadian route via Toronto, the St. Lawrence, and Montreal ; thence by Lakes George and Champlain to Albany, and down the Hudson to New York. I sailed for England on August 5th. During seven weeks of my stay the schools were open, and I was able to visit these, hear lessons, and converse with the teachers. I saw schools in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newhaven, Boston, and neighbourhood ; visited the Educational Bureau at Washington, the Universities of Yale, Harvard, and Michigan, and the colleges of Vassar, Smith,
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