File #3760: "1897-1898 Catalog, Expenses, Financial Aid, Bookstore, Publications, President's Remarks."

1897-1898 Catalog, Expenses, Financial Aid, Bookstore, Publications, President's Remarks.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 54-55. Left page: FEES & EXPENSES, cont.: Suggests ways to economize; List of Expenses Per Year totalling $122; availability to men of cadet suit uniforms to be worn all year. THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE: Describes Bookstore as guaranteed by the Board, under direct management of the President, assisted by a student; no membership fee; low prices; opportunity to buy and sell secondhand books. PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY: The Annual Catalogue, Catalogue of the Business College, The Vincennes, The Vincennes Business Educator, The Spring and Summer Announcement, Bulletin of the Dept. of Pedagogy; any or all to be sent on request. REMARKS: Describes how V.U. 's courses are designed for four classes of students: transfer students, those wanting a liberal education before entering the professions or business world. Right page: REMARKS, cont.: Four classes of students, the last two being those wishing to prepare for teaching, those who wish to select special studies; describes courses designed for students who desire a thorough, practical, and liberal education yet do not have the desire or opportunity to spend four years in a college course; the belief that our courses meet the needs of the businessman, the teacher, the pursuer of a profession; the need for thorough training in a shorter, practical way; the current tendency to pursue either a short, general study or a long, deeper study; prospering of the University; high order of work; increase in Literary Dept. enrollment; establishment of a Teacher's Department, Music Department, and Art Department; establishment as a preparatory school for the State Universities of Indiana and Illinois.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1897-1898

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

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