File #5026: "1952-1953 Catalog, Alumni, Vincennes, V.U. History."

1952-1953 Catalog, Alumni, Vincennes, V.U. History.

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

Pg. 5-6. Left page: ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: Describes the founding in 1923, purposes, eligibility, projects, activities, University Foundation Day, December 6. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 1951-1952: Eugene Stocker, President; George Kern, Vice-President; Annabel Piper, Treasurer; Benjamin Delaney, Secretary. VINCENNES UNIVERSITY HISTORY & LOCATION: Description of the founding of Vincennes University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of Indiana, with the Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio; the 1804 land grant, incorporation, naming, and first Board of Trustees, chaired by William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory. Describes Vincennes, Indiana, founded in 1702, frontier trading past. Right page: VINCENNES UNIVERSITY HISTORY & LOCATION, cont.: Describes the history, firsts, cultural advantages, geography, population, and beauty of Vincennes. VINCENNES UNIVERSITY: A STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES: Describes V.U. as a community college of Sciences, Arts, Engineering, Teaching Training, and Commerce, serving Knox County, Indiana and surrounding areas. Aims and Objectives: Lists two-fold curricula-pre-academic or professional, economic savings, opportunity for higher education, development of social competence, vocational orientation, personal efficiency, guidance.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1952-1953

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

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