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Records the history of the Benedictine communities of Saint Leo College, Saint Leo Abbey, and Holy Name Priory, founded in 1889 in Saint Leo, Fla.
The Pioneer School chronicles the fascinating history of Shurtleff College, the oldest college west of the Mississippi. De Blois takes readers on a journey through the institution's foundation, growth, and eventual closure, offering insight into the broader educational landscape of the American West during the 19th century. This book is a must-read for history buffs and anyone interested in the evolution of higher education in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from The Pioneer School: A History of Shurtleff College, the Oldest Educational Institution in the West Much is said in our day of "the passing of the smaller college." It seems to be pretty well agreed among educators that the day of its usefulness is done. I can hardly bring myself to share such a view. Considering the commanding position and rapidly growing power of the great university establishments, the function of the denominational college cannot, in the very nature of the case, be one of very large influence or importance in the coming time. Nevertheless, as a centre for Christian activities, as a local rallying point for educational forces and ideals, and as a place of resort for students of slender means and limited opportunities, there certainly still remain for it a purpose and a mission. Apart from these questions, however, the chief interest of the smaller denominational college consists in its heritage of honorable history. It was my privilege for a period of five years to direct the affairs of one of these worthy institutions. It is today neither heavily endowed nor completely equipped, yet it is a venerable institution, judged by the standard of age in the West; it has rich and fragrant associations for a multitude of old students, serving now in many places and in many professions; and during its three and seventy years of history it has numbered a host of rare and noble souls in the ranks of its teachers and friends. The story of this pioneer school I have written here. The work has been a labor of love, for I have been deeply interested in the task of tracing through the records the developing life of the college. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.