this is a very interesting; do you know how many Indians attended the
school before and after the War? Did any attend after the War? and when
did they stop (or maybe never) taking Indians?
Your information also underscores that MOST students were of the planter
class, which should surprise no one; college was almost always been for
the children of the elites until WWII. The big exceptions were the
"urban college" -- Univ. of Akron, City Univ. of NY are two examples,
that were locally funded and served a diverse and usually poor urban
community, and state "normal" schools which trained teachers starting in
the late 19th century, but would be after the issue in this discussion.
Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
and Public Policy
Albany Law School
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Emory & Henry College enrolled several students from the non-planter
class.
Joshua Ross (class of 1860) was one of six Native American students from
the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nation that went here. He later
served as principal of the Cherokee Female Seminary.
In order to repay a debt to the commonwealth's Literary Fund, in 1850
E&H agreed to take 16 students, one from each senatorial district in the
state (although it appears some districts sent more than one while other
districts sent none), and educate them free of charge. It seems logical
to assume that no planter's son would take advantage of such a program.
Some of the sixteen who entered the college in 1850 under this program
were
William M Bridges, Richmond
John W. Carter, Appomattox County
Napoleon L. Cherry, Norfolk County
Edwin W. Gordan, Charles City County
Robert L. Omahundro, Charlottesville
William S. Overton, Chesterfield County
P. Vivian Daniel, Richmond
George W. Early, Albemarle County
James D. Mosby, Appomattox County
Robert O. Peatross, Hanover County
Robert A. Price, Prince Edward County
John A. Randolph, Richmond
I trust this helps.
Regards,
Robert Vejnar
Archivist
Emory & Henry College Archives
Holston Conference Archives
P.O. Box 948
Emory, Virginia 24327-0948
276-944-6668 - office
276-944-4592 - fax
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Subject: Southern Colleges
In a discussion about "The Education of Henry Adams", someone remarked
that
the colleges in the south were exclusively for the plantation class. Can
someone provide examples of southern non-planter sons who attended
college
prior to the Civil War?
Thanks a bunch!
Anne
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