Author: UNKNOWN. AUTHOR

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781332074402

Excerpt from Register of the Trustees, Officers and Students of the Lehigh University: South Bethlehem, Penn;, For the Year 1872-73 Origin. - During the year 1865, the Honorable Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, announced, unsolicited, to the Bishop of the Diocese, the Right Reverend William B. Stevens, D.D., LL.D., his intention to appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, and an eligible spot in South Bethlehem, containing fifty-six acres (since enlarged by the donation of seven acres by Charles Brodhead, Esq., ) for the purpose of founding an educational institution in the beautiful valley of the Lehigh, which should bear the name of The Lehigh University. The Bishop was appointed President of the Board of Trustees. Design. - The purpose of the founder in making this munificent endowment was to provide the means for imparting to young men of the Valley, of the State, and of the Country, a complete professional education, which should not only supply their general wants, but also fit them to take an immediate and active part in the practical and professional duties of the time. The system determined upon proposes to discard only what has been proved to be useless in the former systems, and to introduce those important branches which have been heretofore more or less neglected in what purports to be a liberal education, and especially those industrial pursuits which tend to develope the resources of the country, - pursuits, the paramount claims and inter-relations of which natural science is daily displaying, - such as Engineering, Civil, Mechanical and Mining; Chemistry, Metallurgy, Architecture and Construction. 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.