A History of the University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago Press, 1916 - 522 pages |
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Page 474 - BROWNING, citizens of the United States, propose to form a Corporation under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled "An Act Concerning Corporations...
Page 462 - The writer was chairman of the executive committee of the National citizens' league for the promotion of a sound banking system, during the formative period before the passage of the act on Dec.
Page 195 - The man who wants to see me, is the man I want to see." Such was also the practice of the late Dr. John H. Rice. There are situations where the young minister is constrained to act in this way. Where we cannot get the whole, we must make vigilant use of a part. Even itinerants may gain knowledge ; and I have heard eminent scholars say, that nothing they...
Page 360 - Harper was likewise an editor of The Biblical World, The American Journal of Theology, and The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, all published under the auspices of the University of Chicago.
Page 288 - I am acting on an early and permanent conviction that this great institution, being the property of the people, should be controlled, conducted, and supported by the people, in whose generous efforts for its upbuilding I have been permitted simply to co-operate; and I could wish to consecrate anew to the great cause of education the funds which I have given, if that were possible; to present the institution a second...
Page 319 - Calcutta, a course of lectures to be given, either annually or as may seem better, biennially, by leading Christian scholars of Europe, Asia, and America, in which, in a friendly, temperate, conciliatory way, and in the fraternal spirit which pervaded the Parliament of Religions, the great questions of the truths of Christianity, its harmonies with the truths of other religions, its rightful claims, and the best methods of setting them forth should be presented to the scholarly and thoughtful people...
Page 471 - Society take immediate steps toward the founding of a well-equipped college in the city of Chicago.
Page 476 - Directors, who are to be elected annually. 4. The following persons are hereby selected as the Directors to control and manage said Corporation for the first year of its corporate existence, viz.
Page 453 - ... or the religious sentiment of the majority has undergone a change, at that moment the institution has ceased to be a university, and it cannot again take its place in the rank of universities so long as there continues to exist to any appreciable extent the factor of coercion. Neither an individual, nor the state, nor the church has the right to interfere with the search for truth, or with its promulgation when found.
Page 452 - Resolved, 1. That the principle of complete freedom of speech on all subjects has from the beginning been regarded as fundamental in the University of Chicago, as has been shown both by the attitude of the President and the Board of Trustees and by the actual practice of the President and the professors. 2. That this principle can neither now nor at any future time be called in question.