Holly:

I quoted Adams to illustrate the anti-Southern views of intellectuals. The Bledstein book shows that few American colleges or universities in that era were very demanding intellectually. Adams himself said he learned little at Harvard (or something to that effect). It might be interesting to investigate whether the colleges of the South at least accomplished what they were trying to achieve--i.e., to turn the future leaders of their society and polity into true gentlemen. But what evidence would one use to prove or disprove this?

Doug Deal

ps. Drew Faust ( a Virginian) is not only the first female President of Harvard University, but also the first Southerner to hold that office. 
----- Original Message -----
From: Holly Mills <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:24 am
Subject: Re: Southern Colleges
To: [log in to unmask]

> In a message dated 2007/12/15 8:13:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> > Adams wrote, "Strictly, the Southerner had no mind; he had 
> temperament. He 
> > was not a scholar; he had no intellectual training; he could 
> not analyze an 
> > idea, and he could not even conceive of admitting two" (quoted 
> in Bledstein, 
> > 29).
> > 
> 
> Just can't resist--wasn't Jefferson from the South?  I 
> always considered him 
> a true scholar.
> 
> Holly Mills
> Amherst, VA
> 
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