Transylvania University: It Origin, Rise, Decline, and Fall (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Transylvania University: It Origin, Rise, Decline, and Fall Transylvania university, located at Lexington, Kentucky, was the first college in the Valley of the Ohio. It took the initial step in the march of higher education west of the Alleghanies, and for this reason, if for no other, its beginning, its rise to lofty heights, its decline, and its end in nothing but a memory, can hardly ever cease to be of interest to the friends of learning. No university in this country was ever inaugurated on a broader and better plan. It was to be a central university, with a seminary in each county of the surrounding State to supply it with students. To inaugurate this system, each of the early counties in Kentucky was given six thousand acres of land by the State to secure the necessary buildings and start its seminary. Had this system been adhered to, Transylvania would to-day be one of the leading universities not only of this country but of the whole world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.