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Download book History of Westtown Boarding School : 1799-1899 (Classic Reprint)

Download book History of Westtown Boarding School : 1799-1899 (Classic Reprint)

History of Westtown Boarding School : 1799-1899 (Classic Reprint) by Watson W Dewees
History of Westtown Boarding School : 1799-1899 (Classic Reprint)
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Author: Watson W Dewees
Page Count: 324 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781331161042
Download Link: History of Westtown Boarding School 1799-1899 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from History of Westtown Boarding School: 1799-1899 This work originated with the Westown Alumni Association. It was felt to be desirable, as the first century of the school was drawing to a close, to place on record the leading facts in its history. A committee of the Alumni, in connection with some members of the Westtown Committee, acted together in determining the plan and scope of the history. It was their combined judgment "that the work should be dignified in character, and should bring into prominence the underlying religious concern which animated the founders of the institution and has been the strength of the school at all times." It was also their sense "that mere recitals of school-boy pranks do not represent any important part of the life of the past," and that they should not be a prominent feature of the book. How well these suggestions have been kept in view is left for the reader to determine. Material for the history has been drawn from various sources. For the early portion, the minutes and papers of the Committee in charge of the school, and the "Letters relating to Westtown," published by the descendants of Owen Biddle, were the chief sources of information. For nearly the last quarter of a century, "The Westtown Literary Union" has had a standing committee for the express purpose of making historical records, in view of a possible demand of this kind. The subject matter thus collected has been used with entire freedom, and the chapters on Literary Societies and Fires at Westtown are largely drawn from this source. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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