James Madison Quotes
The importance which I have attached to the establishment of a university within this District on a scale and for objects worthy of the American nation induces me to renew my recommendation of it to the favorable consideration of Congress.
Madison had proposed such a university in 1810. Again, the Congress paid no heed to the President’s call for a university in Washington D.C. The United States was one of the few significant countries then that did not have a university in its Capitol.
James Madison, 1751-1836, 4th President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), State of the Union, December 3, 1816
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What is interesting about this advertisement is the last line advertising that the school was coeducational. Earlham was not the first college in America to admit females—Obelin College did in 1833. However, when schools accepted females there was usually controversy and they did not advertise the fact. But here Earlham’s advertisement tells us a few things about the culture. There must have been many young women who wanted to attend college, otherwise there would not have been any point in advertising for them. In addition, although coeducation at the college level was an uncommon notion, it was probably not offensive to most people in the area lest the ads would not have been publicly run.
The “New” system had reformed very slowly {41427} and then had been spurred by Congress passing the Morrill Act which established land grant colleges in each state provided they taught practical things as well. President Buchanan twice vetoed the act as Southern states preferred the “old” style. But in 1862 it passed again and in one of the great American reforms in the midst of the Civil War, most of our great State Universities got their starts when Lincoln signed the act.
1st Baron Macaulay. Ireland had no Catholic university at the time. Yet the issues surrounding a potential Catholic university were colored by the politics of the day. Should Protestants attend? Who would select and supervise the faculty ? What about tuition and fees? Should politics be taught? From which point of view? Even academic scholars like Macaulay could not grapple with the issues and hence all action was delayed. See {617687} for a contemporary lay point of view.
James Madison Jr. was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the United States Bill of Rights. He co-wrote The Federalist Papers, co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party, and served as the fifth United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809.
