The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson
The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson

Author: James Axtell

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0813931940

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In The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson, James Axtell brings together essays by eight leading historians and one historically minded political scientist to examine the long, formative academic phase of Wilson's career and its connection to his relatively brief tenure in politics. Together, the essays provide a greatly revised picture of Wilson's whole career and a deeply nuanced understanding of the evolution of his educational, political, and social philosophy and policies, the ordering of his values and priorities, and the seamless link between his academic and political lives. The contributors shed light on Wilson's unexpected rise to the governorship of New Jersey and the presidency, and how he prepared for elective office through his long study of government and the practice of academic politics, which he deemed no less fierce than that of Washington. In both spheres he was enormously successful, propelling a string of progressive reforms through faculty and legislative forums. Only after he was beset by health problems and events beyond his control did he fail to push his academic and postwar agendas to their logical, idealistic conclusions. Contributors James Axtell, College of William and Mary * Victoria Bissell Brown, Grinnell College * John Milton Cooper Jr., University of Wisconsin * Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University * W. Bruce Leslie, SUNY-Brockport * Adam R. Nelson, University of Wisconsin * Mark R. Nemec, Forrester Research * John R. Thelin, University of Kentucky * Trygve Throntveit, Harvard University

Wisdom at Play
Wisdom at Play

Author: Juliana McIntyre Fenn

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1449789218

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This book reflects what Juliana McIntyre Fenn has learned from children about a God-given wisdom that is so deeply rooted as to last a lifetime, despite the challenges that sometimes threaten its power. She has seen this wisdom at play in children who attended a school that she co-founded and led for twenty-one years, in the family and religious community of her childhood and in the lives of her children and grandchildren. She claims that children who access their innate wisdom discover that they can create, connect, and collaborate. They find their common humanity with others who are different from themselves. They push back their boundaries in ways that bring new life to the whole community. Their wisdom transforms them and those around them. Wisdom is the spiritual dynamic inherent in the learning process. In her view, wisdom is not the bailiwick of children only. Tapping our wisdom is essential for all of us who wish to undergo personal transformation, to contribute creatively to the world around us, and to love. Gods wisdomthe source and subject of several faith traditionsis our benediction and hope.

The Words & Wisdom of President Woodrow Wilson
The Words & Wisdom of President Woodrow Wilson

Author: Woodrow Wilson

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2018-11-02

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 8027244080

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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Woodrow Wilson was a leading force in the Progressive Movement, and during his first term he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal, He led the United States during World War I and was one of the 3 key leaders at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where he championed a new League of Nations. Contents: Biography of Woodrow Wilson Inaugural Addresses: First Inaugural Address (4 March 1913) Second Inaugural Address (4 March 1917) State of the Union Addresses I State of the Union address (2 December 1913) II State of the Union address (8 December 1914) III State of the Union address (7 December 1915) IV State of the Union address (5 December 1916) V State of the Union address (4 December 1917) VI State of the Union address (2 December 1918) VII State of the Union address (2 December 1919) VIII State of the Union address (7 December 1920) Other Addresses: First Address to Congress Address on the Banking System

Great Presidential Wit
Great Presidential Wit

Author: Robert J. Dole

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0743203925

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The former senator and presidential candidate collects bipartisan presidential humor from famous, and not-so-famous, chief executives, from Washington to Clinton.

Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson

Author: William Barksdale Maynard

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0300142706

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Before Woodrow Wilson became president of the United States, he spent 25 years at Princeton University, first as an undergraduate, then professor, and finally as president. His experiences at the helm of Princeton--where he enjoyed four productive years followed by four years of wrangling and intense acrimony--reveal much about the kind of man he was and how he earned a reputation as a fearless crusader. This engrossing book focuses on how Wilson's Princeton years influenced the ideas and worldview he later applied in politics. His career in the White House, W. Barksdale Maynard shows, repeated with uncanny precision his Princeton experiences. The book recounts how Wilson's inspired period of building, expansion, and intellectual fervor at Princeton deteriorated into one of the most famous academic disputes in American history. His battle to abolish elitist eating clubs and establish a more egalitarian system culminated in his defeat and dismissal, and the ruthlessness of his tactics alienated even longtime friends. So extreme was his behavior, some historians have wondered whether he suffered a stroke. Maynard sheds new light on this question, on Wilson's temper, and on other aspects of his strengths and shortcomings. The book provides an unprecedented inside view of a hard-fighting president--a man who tried first to remake a university and then to remake the world.

The American Language
The American Language

Author: H. L. Mencken

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1616402598

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"Replica of the 1921 'revised and enlarged' second edition"--Jacket

From Classroom to White House
From Classroom to White House

Author: James McMurtry Longo

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2011-11-28

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0786488468

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President Eisenhower, who was not always the best student, once wrote, "One cannot always read a man's future in the record of his younger days." Indeed, this review of the classroom experiences of presidents and first ladies from George and Martha Washington to Barack and Michelle Obama reveals that few made model students. Teachers reported that John F. Kennedy could "seldom locate his possessions," found George H.W. Bush "somewhat eccentric," and dubbed a sixth-grade Bill Clinton "a motormouth." In addition to chronicling the school days of these historic figures, this volume also relates their teaching experiences, the educational issues they addressed during their White House years, and intricacies of education at their time in history, providing an informative overview of American schooling over time.