EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fagging, University-Preparatory School
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Only needed schooling to be a minister so you could learn latin. 1760s princeton schedule: wake up at 5, prayer, study, breakfast, class, dinner, class, recreation, evening prayer. At brown: shouldn"t play cards, shouldn"t leave campus, senior class can discipline freshmen (fagging) Entrance exam (often oral exams - math or latin questions) Small libraries- sometimes had to pay to use it, few hours. Once you learned to read you could go on to academy. Depends on local teachers, not always college prep. Girls werent usually taught to read or write.