Pardee's Gift of $100,000
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Title
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Pardee's Gift of $100,000
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Description
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1866 -- By March of 1866, Pardee gave his second gift of $100,000 'for the endowment of a scientific course at Lafayette College.' (Skillman, p. 281) Integrated with traditional studies, 'The newly established Bible courses were built into the scientific curriculum at the expressed desire of Mr. Pardee. He wanted all departments of instruction at Lafayette to be 'in the hands of Christian scholars,' and that in the new Scientific Department, no less than the old, there should be, 'a systematic and thorough study of the Word of God'... Distinct courses were offered in Engineering, Chemistry and Mining. The scheme in respect to these, was that a student having pursued the scientific course for three years, might in his Senior year elect one of these three specialized courses, instead of taking the curriculum provided for the Senior year in the scientific course, and thus graduate as an Engineering. All of these courses led to the same degree
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Identifier
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MR27
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Date
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1866-03-01
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Subject
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Engineering
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Bibliographic Citation
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Skillman, 1932
