Введение
Исторический колледж ручного труда в Миссури
Marion College was a small school in Marion County, Missouri, 1831 1844. It was the first college to be chartered by the Missouri state legislature, and the second educational institution in Missouri to be granted the right to confer college and university degrees. Founded in 1831, Marion College was originally planned as a manual labor college focusing primarily on agriculture, while also teaching classics. From 1835, it also incorporated a theological seminary. The school was founded by private individuals, but was strongly Presbyterian. The college attracted many investors, faculty and students from the East. It was opposed by proslavery residents of northeastern Missouri, who were particularly critical of founder and president David Nelson, an antislavery activist. The founders were the Reverend Dr. David Nelson, William Muldrow, and Dr. David Clark. Thomas Hart Benton, nephew and namesake of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, attended the prep school and went on to become active in Iowa state politics and education
Frederick T. Kemper later founded the school that became Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri
Alfred William Lamb was later elected as a Missouri Congressman and curator at University of Missouri
Марионский колледж был небольшой школой в округе Марион, штат Миссури, существовавшей в 1831–1844 годах. Он стал первым колледжем, получившим устав от законодательного собрания штата Миссури, и вторым учебным заведением в Миссури, которому было предоставлено право присуждать степени бакалавра и магистра. Основанный в 1831 году, Марионский колледж изначально планировался как колледж ручного труда, ориентированный главным образом на сельское хозяйство, наряду с преподаванием классических дисциплин. С 1835 года в его структуру также была включена богословская семинария. Школа была основана частными лицами, но имела сильную пресвитерианскую направленность. Колледж привлек множество инвесторов, преподавателей и студентов с Востока. Против него выступали сторонники рабства из северо-восточной части Миссури, которые особенно критиковали основателя и президента Дэвида Нельсона, выступавшего против рабства. Основателями были преподобный доктор Дэвид Нельсон, Уильям Мулдроу и доктор Дэвид Кларк. Томас Харт Бентон, племянник и тезка сенатора штата Миссури Томаса Харта Бентона, посещал подготовительную школу, а затем активно участвовал в политической и образовательной жизни штата Айова. Фредерик Т. Кемпер позже основал школу, которая стала Военной школой Кемпера в Бунвилле, штат Миссури. Альфред Уильям Лэмб впоследствии был избран конгрессменом и стал членом совета попечителей Университета Миссури.
Marion College was a small school in Marion County, Missouri, 1831 1844. It was the first college to be chartered by the Missouri state legislature, and the second educational institution in Missouri to be granted the right to confer college and university degrees. Founded in 1831, Marion College was originally planned as a manual labor college focusing primarily on agriculture, while also teaching classics. From 1835, it also incorporated a theological seminary. The school was founded by private individuals, but was strongly Presbyterian. The college attracted many investors, faculty and students from the East. It was opposed by proslavery residents of northeastern Missouri, who were particularly critical of founder and president David Nelson, an antislavery activist. The founders were the Reverend Dr. David Nelson, William Muldrow, and Dr. David Clark. Thomas Hart Benton, nephew and namesake of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, attended the prep school and went on to become active in Iowa state politics and education
Frederick T. Kemper later founded the school that became Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri
Alfred William Lamb was later elected as a Missouri Congressman and curator at University of Missouri
Источники и дальнейшее чтение
Махан, Джордж А. "Дэвид Нельсон и колледж Мэрион". Missouri Historical Review 21 (январь 1927): 185–187. онлайн.
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Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607 1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.