Contributions to American Educational HistoryHerbert Baxter Adams U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 - Education |
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... RANDOLPH - MACON , EMORY - HENRY , ROANOKE , AND RICHMOND COLLEGES , WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY , AND VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1888 17036 - No . 1 " The University of Virginia , as a temple ...
... RANDOLPH - MACON , EMORY - HENRY , ROANOKE , AND RICHMOND COLLEGES , WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY , AND VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1888 17036 - No . 1 " The University of Virginia , as a temple ...
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... RANDOLPH - MACON COLLEGE . BY AUTHORITY CHAPTER XVIII . - EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE . BY AUTHORITY CHAPTER XIX . - ROANOKE COLLEGE . BY THE EDITOR ... 227 240 253 264 CHAPTER XX . - RICHMOND COLLEGE . BY PROFESSOR H. H. HARRIS , CHAIRMAN ...
... RANDOLPH - MACON COLLEGE . BY AUTHORITY CHAPTER XVIII . - EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE . BY AUTHORITY CHAPTER XIX . - ROANOKE COLLEGE . BY THE EDITOR ... 227 240 253 264 CHAPTER XX . - RICHMOND COLLEGE . BY PROFESSOR H. H. HARRIS , CHAIRMAN ...
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... College 226 Randolph - Macon College .. 240 Emory and Henry College . 252 Roanoke College ...... 265 View of Roanoke Valley . 267 Richmond College ..... 270 Virginia Military Institute .... 286 Virginia Military Institute - Battery ...
... College 226 Randolph - Macon College .. 240 Emory and Henry College . 252 Roanoke College ...... 265 View of Roanoke Valley . 267 Richmond College ..... 270 Virginia Military Institute .... 286 Virginia Military Institute - Battery ...
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... Randolph - Macon , Emory and Henry , Roanoke , and Richmond Colleges , and of Washing- ton and Lee University , have been secured through local co - operation . Illustrations for the work have been obtained from a variety of sources ...
... Randolph - Macon , Emory and Henry , Roanoke , and Richmond Colleges , and of Washing- ton and Lee University , have been secured through local co - operation . Illustrations for the work have been obtained from a variety of sources ...
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... Randolph - Macon College , at the University of Virginia , and now at Columbia College , New York , may be cited as a further illustration of what the University has done in behalf of education . Dr. Woodrow Wilson , of Bryn Mawr , will ...
... Randolph - Macon College , at the University of Virginia , and now at Columbia College , New York , may be cited as a further illustration of what the University has done in behalf of education . Dr. Woodrow Wilson , of Bryn Mawr , will ...
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