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Full listing > Accession MC2011/142| Accession # | MC2011/142 | | Topic | Mount Morris College and Academy: Graduation 1914 | | Keywords | Graduation, Missions, Missionary, Farming, Hendrickson, Emmert, Shively, Fike, Sherrick, Culler, President Miller, changing world, | | Title | Baccalaureate and Commencement: Mount Morris | | Size | 1 Encapsulated Newspaper Segment | | Location | Flat File Drawer 4 | | Citation | Baccalaureate and Commencement: Mount Morris, MC2011/142, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Collection of the Archives | | Scope and Content | The segment of the Mount Morris Index, 4 June 1914 feautures baccalaureate and commencement exercises at Mount Morris College along with a photograph of faculty and a description of individual summer plans. This was the largest class of graduates from the Academy in the history of the school. One encapsulated portion of the Mount Morris Index, 4 June 1914 featuring "Closing Days at Mount Morris College," including photograph of the faculty. | | Date of Accession | 25 May 2011 | | Bio History Note | An address was given by Mount Morris academy alumnus, Professor Sylvester A. Long. "Today there is an unparralleled demand for intelligent, magnanimous, principled service. No man has a moral right to be any less intelligent than her must. The farmer, too, has this challenge. He must not only make a living but feed the world at the lowest possible cost. The day of the independent farmer, merchant or mechanic is past.. Compulsory education is a moral fact....."
| | Archivist Note | Description prepared 25 May 2011 by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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