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Title	Horace Mann Lectures on Various Subjects
Subject	Education Civil Liberties Religion in Ohio Universities and colleges Public speaking
Place	Yellow Springs (Ohio) Greene County (Ohio) Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	These two speeches, published in the 1864 volume Lectures on Various Subjects, document the educational philosophy of Antioch College President Horace Mann (1796-1859). A congressman, abolitionist, and reformer, Mann became the first president of Antioch College in 1852. Under Mann, Antioch College adopted a radical new curriculum including study of sciences in addition to liberal arts and classroom discussion. The college also adopted many of Mann's social ideals. It was one of the first to allow women students to study the same curriculum as white men. "Demands on the Age of Colleges" the first speech digitized here, was delivered before a Christian Church convention in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1854. The Christian Church was the Protestant sect that founded Antioch College. In the 70-page speech, Mann reports on the progress of the university and the challenges of opening a new institution. In the second nine-page speech, an "Address of the President of Antioch College to its Students" Mann discusses the "Code of honor" that he expects student of the college to follow. The volume Lectures on Various Subjects is 642 pages and measures 4.75" x 7.5" (12.07 x 19.05 cm). Mann was born to a poor family in Massachusetts in 1796 and received most of his early education by studying at the town's library. He went to Brown University to study law and was elected to the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1827. As a member of the State Senate in 1837, he helped to create the Massachusetts Board of Education. Mann went on to serve as its first secretary. He reformed the loose-knit school system and created standards. Upon the death of John Quincy Adams in 1848, Mann was appointed to Congress. He became president of Antioch College in 1853 and served in that position until his death in 1859.
Creator	Mann, Horace
Date of Original	October 05, 1854
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Antioch College
Type	Text

Title	Om605_878233_093
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Full Text	'flhlXDS OF THE AGE 0^^ COLLEGES, SPEECH DXUVXSBP BT TBX HON. HOEACE MANN, '^vcsfnent ot ^ntfocf) ©ollese, BGFOBI! THE CHRISTIAN CONVENTION. AT ITS QUADKENNIAI. SESSION, SSU> AT OINOINNATI, OHIO, OCTOBEE 5, 1854. NEW YORK: FOWI.ER AND Wells, PUBLISHERS, No. 808 BROADWAY.

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