The Making of a University: What We Have to Learn from Educational Ideals in America
Overview
In The Making of a University, William Mitchell Ramsay tells the story of Dr. Isaac Conrad Ketler, cofounder and first president of Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Examining Ketler’s building of a successful Presbyterian college, Ramsay argues that Europe’s educational system should be remodeled in the same fashion. As he states in the introduction, “it can be done only by changing the heart of the people and training the teachers of the future.”
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- Title: The Making of a University: What We Have to Learn from Educational Ideals in America
- Author: W. M. Ramsay
- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
- Print Publication Date: 1915
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 47
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Ketler, Isaac Conrad, 1853-1913; Grove City college, Grove City, Pa; Universities and colleges › United States
- Resource ID: LLS:MAKEUNIVRAMSAY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:30:10Z
W. M. Ramsay (1851–1939) was professor of humanity at the University of Aberdeen. He was most well-known for his archaeological endeavors, as he traveled extensively throughout Asia Minor, studying the missionary journeys of Paul, conducting archaeological research, and writing numerous books on his findings and adventures.
He studied at Oxford, the University of Aberdeen, and Gottingen, and he later went on to become the first ever professor of classical archaeology at Oxford. Ramsey received awards for his work from Pope Leo XII, the University of Pennsylvania, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He was knighted in 1906.
His works include St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen. His original intent was to disprove Christianity through archaeology, but through his research he realized that the Bible was accurate and converted to Christianity.