Eugene R. Rice
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195323443
- eISBN:
- 9780199869145
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195323443.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
DiIulio argues that “nonsectarian” has sometimes been misconstrued to mean aggressively “secular.” But nonsectarian education does not have to be anti‐religious or devoid of religion. He uses the ...
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DiIulio argues that “nonsectarian” has sometimes been misconstrued to mean aggressively “secular.” But nonsectarian education does not have to be anti‐religious or devoid of religion. He uses the University of Pennsylvania as a case study, describing how it is slowly reclaiming its original nonsectarian identity, as first articulated by its founder Benjamin Franklin, in place of the strongly secular culture that defined the school in the 1960s and 1970s.Less
DiIulio argues that “nonsectarian” has sometimes been misconstrued to mean aggressively “secular.” But nonsectarian education does not have to be anti‐religious or devoid of religion. He uses the University of Pennsylvania as a case study, describing how it is slowly reclaiming its original nonsectarian identity, as first articulated by its founder Benjamin Franklin, in place of the strongly secular culture that defined the school in the 1960s and 1970s.
Nicholas B. Dirks
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231169677
- eISBN:
- 9780231538510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231169677.003.0013
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter discusses the history of South Asian studies in the United States. The conjuncture between Sanskritic scholarship and the strategic concerns and contexts of World War II has had vast ...
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This chapter discusses the history of South Asian studies in the United States. The conjuncture between Sanskritic scholarship and the strategic concerns and contexts of World War II has had vast importance in the shaping of South Asian area studies, which in its early years was dominated by a fascination with ancient Indic civilization on the one hand and with contemporary society, politics, and economy on the other hand. Only in recent years (the 1990s) have the fields of colonial and postcolonial studies, modern history, and contemporary cultural studies emerged as a new kind of foundation for the study of South Asia. The chapter charts this transition and considers its larger implications as we head to the twenty-first century. It also looks at the W. Norman Brown's role in the early development of South Asian studies in the United States. Brown was the founder of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of South Asia Regional Studies and professor of Sanskrit at the university between 1926 and 1966.Less
This chapter discusses the history of South Asian studies in the United States. The conjuncture between Sanskritic scholarship and the strategic concerns and contexts of World War II has had vast importance in the shaping of South Asian area studies, which in its early years was dominated by a fascination with ancient Indic civilization on the one hand and with contemporary society, politics, and economy on the other hand. Only in recent years (the 1990s) have the fields of colonial and postcolonial studies, modern history, and contemporary cultural studies emerged as a new kind of foundation for the study of South Asia. The chapter charts this transition and considers its larger implications as we head to the twenty-first century. It also looks at the W. Norman Brown's role in the early development of South Asian studies in the United States. Brown was the founder of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of South Asia Regional Studies and professor of Sanskrit at the university between 1926 and 1966.
Howard Pollack
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199791590
- eISBN:
- 9780199949625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199791590.003.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American, Popular
This chapter covers basic geneological information and family history, including material about the Blitzstein Bank; the composer’s childhood in Philadelphia; his closeness to his sister Josphine; ...
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This chapter covers basic geneological information and family history, including material about the Blitzstein Bank; the composer’s childhood in Philadelphia; his closeness to his sister Josphine; his years as a piano prodigy; his earliest poems and music; his years at the University of Pennsylvania; his personality (both as a child and in later life); and an overview of his sexual and romantic life, which included relationships with men and women.Less
This chapter covers basic geneological information and family history, including material about the Blitzstein Bank; the composer’s childhood in Philadelphia; his closeness to his sister Josphine; his years as a piano prodigy; his earliest poems and music; his years at the University of Pennsylvania; his personality (both as a child and in later life); and an overview of his sexual and romantic life, which included relationships with men and women.
Lawrence S. Kaplan
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813174860
- eISBN:
- 9780813174877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813174860.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Political History
Stassen’s failure to win the Republican nomination for president in June 1948 did not quench his thirst for high office. Robert T. McCracken, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of ...
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Stassen’s failure to win the Republican nomination for president in June 1948 did not quench his thirst for high office. Robert T. McCracken, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees, offered Stassen the university presidency in July, and the board elected him on September 17, 1948. The enthusiasm he aroused among college students as a Republican candidate convinced him that higher education had always been in the forefront of his ambitions. Stassen saw himself in the same light as Eisenhower, who had accepted the presidency of Columbia University. As the president of a prestigious Ivy League university, he could ensure his prominence in national affairs. For four years, Stassen walked a delicate line between his university obligations and his political ambitions. Inevitably, he had to confront criticism over his extracurricular activities. However, the possibility of a cabinet appointment in a Dewey administration became irrelevant when President Truman won the election in November.Less
Stassen’s failure to win the Republican nomination for president in June 1948 did not quench his thirst for high office. Robert T. McCracken, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees, offered Stassen the university presidency in July, and the board elected him on September 17, 1948. The enthusiasm he aroused among college students as a Republican candidate convinced him that higher education had always been in the forefront of his ambitions. Stassen saw himself in the same light as Eisenhower, who had accepted the presidency of Columbia University. As the president of a prestigious Ivy League university, he could ensure his prominence in national affairs. For four years, Stassen walked a delicate line between his university obligations and his political ambitions. Inevitably, he had to confront criticism over his extracurricular activities. However, the possibility of a cabinet appointment in a Dewey administration became irrelevant when President Truman won the election in November.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804770750
- eISBN:
- 9780804778374
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804770750.003.0003
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Knowledge Management
The collegiate school of business (CSB) was established to elevate business training and to make higher education practical. An example of the CSB was the Wharton School of Finance and Economy (WSFE) ...
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The collegiate school of business (CSB) was established to elevate business training and to make higher education practical. An example of the CSB was the Wharton School of Finance and Economy (WSFE) at the University of Pennsylvania. After five decades of experimentation, however, the business school did not integrate with the college and was used by students to take short courses and earn certificates that would allow them to obtain jobs and promotions in the near term, rather than to earn a degree. The WSFE's efforts in applied social science succeeded as professional social work but not as a business school. Out of the WSFE emerged the vocational school of business (VSB), which broke with the college and partnered with Extension and the School of Opportunity. The VSB attracted students in part by linking education to employment. Although the VSB succeeded with the public, it turned the business school into a rogue actor in the research university.Less
The collegiate school of business (CSB) was established to elevate business training and to make higher education practical. An example of the CSB was the Wharton School of Finance and Economy (WSFE) at the University of Pennsylvania. After five decades of experimentation, however, the business school did not integrate with the college and was used by students to take short courses and earn certificates that would allow them to obtain jobs and promotions in the near term, rather than to earn a degree. The WSFE's efforts in applied social science succeeded as professional social work but not as a business school. Out of the WSFE emerged the vocational school of business (VSB), which broke with the college and partnered with Extension and the School of Opportunity. The VSB attracted students in part by linking education to employment. Although the VSB succeeded with the public, it turned the business school into a rogue actor in the research university.
Sue Leaf
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816675647
- eISBN:
- 9781452947457
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816675647.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines Thomas Sadler Roberts’ medical education at the University of Pennsylvania in 1882, believing that natural history was not a gentlemanly vocation. Staying in Germantown where ...
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This chapter examines Thomas Sadler Roberts’ medical education at the University of Pennsylvania in 1882, believing that natural history was not a gentlemanly vocation. Staying in Germantown where his Aunt Cornelia Roberts’s family lived, Roberts was presented with an opportunity to put down a few roots in his father’s hometown by spending some time with his Quaker relatives. During his stay, Roberts showed his skill in memory. One noteworthy display of this skill was when he quoted a textbook verbatim on an oral exam. The rigors of medical school, however, led to Roberts neglecting his bird studies. His journals omitted anything about avian presence in Philadelphia. But his interest did not vanish entirely as during his second year, he accepted an invitation to become a member of the American Ornithologists’ Union. The chapter concludes by describing his residency at the Philadelphia General Hospital.Less
This chapter examines Thomas Sadler Roberts’ medical education at the University of Pennsylvania in 1882, believing that natural history was not a gentlemanly vocation. Staying in Germantown where his Aunt Cornelia Roberts’s family lived, Roberts was presented with an opportunity to put down a few roots in his father’s hometown by spending some time with his Quaker relatives. During his stay, Roberts showed his skill in memory. One noteworthy display of this skill was when he quoted a textbook verbatim on an oral exam. The rigors of medical school, however, led to Roberts neglecting his bird studies. His journals omitted anything about avian presence in Philadelphia. But his interest did not vanish entirely as during his second year, he accepted an invitation to become a member of the American Ornithologists’ Union. The chapter concludes by describing his residency at the Philadelphia General Hospital.
Melvyn Hammarberg
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199737628
- eISBN:
- 9780199332472
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199737628.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Chapter one introduces The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in terms of its three-fold mission—to proclaim the gospel …; to perfect the Saints …; and to redeem the dead.” This chapter also ...
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Chapter one introduces The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in terms of its three-fold mission—to proclaim the gospel …; to perfect the Saints …; and to redeem the dead.” This chapter also describes the passing of several of the presidents of the LDS Church, also recognized as prophets, seers, and revelators, and whose passing was marked by a ritual known as a “solemn assembly.” The tools for this study are participant-observation-interview ethnographic methods. Further background information describes the graduate group faculty in the program in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania as the academic setting for the commencement of this research.Less
Chapter one introduces The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in terms of its three-fold mission—to proclaim the gospel …; to perfect the Saints …; and to redeem the dead.” This chapter also describes the passing of several of the presidents of the LDS Church, also recognized as prophets, seers, and revelators, and whose passing was marked by a ritual known as a “solemn assembly.” The tools for this study are participant-observation-interview ethnographic methods. Further background information describes the graduate group faculty in the program in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania as the academic setting for the commencement of this research.
Graham T. Dozier
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781469618746
- eISBN:
- 9781469618760
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469618746.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
Thomas Henry Carter was born in 1831 at Pampatike in King William County, Virginia. His parents, Thomas Nelson Carter and Juliet Muse Gaines Carter, occupied a prominent position among the leading ...
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Thomas Henry Carter was born in 1831 at Pampatike in King William County, Virginia. His parents, Thomas Nelson Carter and Juliet Muse Gaines Carter, occupied a prominent position among the leading families in Virginia. Thomas Carter spent most of his life on farming. In the fall of 1846, he enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute, a military college in Lexington, and underwent a strict combination of academic and military training. After graduation, Carter enrolled in the medical school at the University of Virginia for the 1850–1851 session. In June 1851 he received the degree of doctor of medicine. Carter continued his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, he chose to practice his skills at the Blockley Almshouse sometime in the fall of 1852. In 1854 or early in 1855, he met Susan Elizabeth Roy, and they got married in November 1855. Six years later, he voted in support of secession before forming an artillery battery. On June 22, 1861, Carter wrote the first of his many wartime letters to his wife Susan.Less
Thomas Henry Carter was born in 1831 at Pampatike in King William County, Virginia. His parents, Thomas Nelson Carter and Juliet Muse Gaines Carter, occupied a prominent position among the leading families in Virginia. Thomas Carter spent most of his life on farming. In the fall of 1846, he enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute, a military college in Lexington, and underwent a strict combination of academic and military training. After graduation, Carter enrolled in the medical school at the University of Virginia for the 1850–1851 session. In June 1851 he received the degree of doctor of medicine. Carter continued his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, he chose to practice his skills at the Blockley Almshouse sometime in the fall of 1852. In 1854 or early in 1855, he met Susan Elizabeth Roy, and they got married in November 1855. Six years later, he voted in support of secession before forming an artillery battery. On June 22, 1861, Carter wrote the first of his many wartime letters to his wife Susan.
James P. Cousins
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780813168579
- eISBN:
- 9780813168807
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813168579.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
The trustees of Transylvania University offered Horace the presidency in the fall of 1817; he first declined but then agreed to suspend judgment until he visited the campus. His journey from Boston ...
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The trustees of Transylvania University offered Horace the presidency in the fall of 1817; he first declined but then agreed to suspend judgment until he visited the campus. His journey from Boston to Lexington commenced in the early spring of 1818. On his way, Horace hoped to investigate notable institutions of higher learning, the state of religious feelings in the United States, and the general condition of American society. He recorded his visits to Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, the medical college of Maryland, and the University of Pennsylvania in his travel diary and in letters to his wife and family. This chapter concludes with a discussion of Horace’s intentions and early attempts to modify established educational ideas within his new surroundings.Less
The trustees of Transylvania University offered Horace the presidency in the fall of 1817; he first declined but then agreed to suspend judgment until he visited the campus. His journey from Boston to Lexington commenced in the early spring of 1818. On his way, Horace hoped to investigate notable institutions of higher learning, the state of religious feelings in the United States, and the general condition of American society. He recorded his visits to Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, the medical college of Maryland, and the University of Pennsylvania in his travel diary and in letters to his wife and family. This chapter concludes with a discussion of Horace’s intentions and early attempts to modify established educational ideas within his new surroundings.
Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262033985
- eISBN:
- 9780262334426
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262033985.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This book explores the conception, design, construction, use, and afterlife of ENIAC, the first general purpose digital electronic computer. ENIAC was created and tested at the University of ...
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This book explores the conception, design, construction, use, and afterlife of ENIAC, the first general purpose digital electronic computer. ENIAC was created and tested at the University of Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1946, then used at the Ballistic Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland until 1955. Unlike most discussion of early computers, this book focuses on ways in which ENIAC was used, and the relationship of its design to computational practice, particularly its use between 1948 and 1950 to conduct the first computerized Monte Caro simulations for Los Alamos. ENIAC’s first team of operators were all women, and the book probes their contribution to the machine’s achievements and the development of computer programming practice. ENIAC’s users changed its hardware and transformed its configuration over time, so that it eventually became the first computer to execute a modern program, defined by the authors as one following the “modern code paradigm” introduced in John von Neumann’s seminal 1945 “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC.” They draw on new archival evidence to document the development of this idea and its relationship to work on ENIAC. They also use ENIAC to probe the construction of historical memory, looking at ways in which a bitter succession of legal battles around patent rights shaped later perceptions.Less
This book explores the conception, design, construction, use, and afterlife of ENIAC, the first general purpose digital electronic computer. ENIAC was created and tested at the University of Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1946, then used at the Ballistic Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland until 1955. Unlike most discussion of early computers, this book focuses on ways in which ENIAC was used, and the relationship of its design to computational practice, particularly its use between 1948 and 1950 to conduct the first computerized Monte Caro simulations for Los Alamos. ENIAC’s first team of operators were all women, and the book probes their contribution to the machine’s achievements and the development of computer programming practice. ENIAC’s users changed its hardware and transformed its configuration over time, so that it eventually became the first computer to execute a modern program, defined by the authors as one following the “modern code paradigm” introduced in John von Neumann’s seminal 1945 “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC.” They draw on new archival evidence to document the development of this idea and its relationship to work on ENIAC. They also use ENIAC to probe the construction of historical memory, looking at ways in which a bitter succession of legal battles around patent rights shaped later perceptions.
Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262033985
- eISBN:
- 9780262334426
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262033985.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter explores the construction and initial use of ENIAC during 1944 and 1945. It highlights the challenges of procuring components in the wartime environment, from wire and steel to ...
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This chapter explores the construction and initial use of ENIAC during 1944 and 1945. It highlights the challenges of procuring components in the wartime environment, from wire and steel to custom-built power supplies and high precision resistors. ENIAC was built by a forgotten, almost exclusively female, team of “wiremen.” The project was repeatedly delayed, requiring contract renegotiations. The chapter then introduces machine’s initial cohort of six female operators, putting their work into the broader context of labor in applied mathematics. In concludes with a description of some of the challenges, including a flood, faced by the team as it worked to debug ENIAC as it struggled to run a calculation for Los Alamos intended to determine the viability of Edward Teller’s design for a “Super” fusion weapon.Less
This chapter explores the construction and initial use of ENIAC during 1944 and 1945. It highlights the challenges of procuring components in the wartime environment, from wire and steel to custom-built power supplies and high precision resistors. ENIAC was built by a forgotten, almost exclusively female, team of “wiremen.” The project was repeatedly delayed, requiring contract renegotiations. The chapter then introduces machine’s initial cohort of six female operators, putting their work into the broader context of labor in applied mathematics. In concludes with a description of some of the challenges, including a flood, faced by the team as it worked to debug ENIAC as it struggled to run a calculation for Los Alamos intended to determine the viability of Edward Teller’s design for a “Super” fusion weapon.
Neil Gould
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780823228713
- eISBN:
- 9780823241798
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823228713.003.0019
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
Herbert is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery and Ella reconciled his affairs. She preserved her father's memory in many ways. She donated money to the Sisters of Mercy Building Fund in Lake Placid for a ...
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Herbert is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery and Ella reconciled his affairs. She preserved her father's memory in many ways. She donated money to the Sisters of Mercy Building Fund in Lake Placid for a room memorializing his name. She also established a Victor Herbert Collection at the University of Pennsylvania which contains a rare copy of the piano-vocal score of Prince Ananias. It is the only complete collection of the Herbert operetta scores at any university library.Less
Herbert is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery and Ella reconciled his affairs. She preserved her father's memory in many ways. She donated money to the Sisters of Mercy Building Fund in Lake Placid for a room memorializing his name. She also established a Victor Herbert Collection at the University of Pennsylvania which contains a rare copy of the piano-vocal score of Prince Ananias. It is the only complete collection of the Herbert operetta scores at any university library.
Marjorie Heins
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814790519
- eISBN:
- 9780814744642
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814790519.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter examines the origins of academic freedom as an American ideal. It considers how conflicts over the role of professors, the powers of trustees, and the very nature of the academic ...
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This chapter examines the origins of academic freedom as an American ideal. It considers how conflicts over the role of professors, the powers of trustees, and the very nature of the academic enterprise paved the way for the notion of college teaching as a profession and of the university as a venue for scholarly research and critical inquiry. In particular, it discusses the controversies surrounding the dismissal of Edward Ross, a professor from Stanford University, and Scott Nearing, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, as well as the involvement of the American Association of University Professors in Nearing's case. It also analyzes the first Red Scare that was used to generate public panic about an impending revolution, the role of the New York legislature in promoting fears about the dangers of communism, and the consequences for academic freedom.Less
This chapter examines the origins of academic freedom as an American ideal. It considers how conflicts over the role of professors, the powers of trustees, and the very nature of the academic enterprise paved the way for the notion of college teaching as a profession and of the university as a venue for scholarly research and critical inquiry. In particular, it discusses the controversies surrounding the dismissal of Edward Ross, a professor from Stanford University, and Scott Nearing, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, as well as the involvement of the American Association of University Professors in Nearing's case. It also analyzes the first Red Scare that was used to generate public panic about an impending revolution, the role of the New York legislature in promoting fears about the dangers of communism, and the consequences for academic freedom.
Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262033985
- eISBN:
- 9780262334426
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262033985.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Explores ENIAC’s cultural career and influence within different spheres from 1945 onward. Scholarly and popular contexts include contemporary newspaper reports and technical publications, its place ...
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Explores ENIAC’s cultural career and influence within different spheres from 1945 onward. Scholarly and popular contexts include contemporary newspaper reports and technical publications, its place in early computing texts, the long-running patent cases of the 1960s and 1970s, ENIAC’s place as a relic in key computer exhibitions, its anniversary celebrations in the mid-1990s, and the recent focus on its initial cohort of female operators. Influenced by the ideas of memory studies, this chapter documents the various and sometimes contradictory uses to which ENIAC has been put by different computing communities engaged in the construction of “useful pasts.”Less
Explores ENIAC’s cultural career and influence within different spheres from 1945 onward. Scholarly and popular contexts include contemporary newspaper reports and technical publications, its place in early computing texts, the long-running patent cases of the 1960s and 1970s, ENIAC’s place as a relic in key computer exhibitions, its anniversary celebrations in the mid-1990s, and the recent focus on its initial cohort of female operators. Influenced by the ideas of memory studies, this chapter documents the various and sometimes contradictory uses to which ENIAC has been put by different computing communities engaged in the construction of “useful pasts.”
Marjorie Heins
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814790519
- eISBN:
- 9780814744642
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814790519.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter examines the origins of academic freedom as an American ideal. It considers how conflicts over the role of professors, the powers of trustees, and the very nature of the academic ...
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This chapter examines the origins of academic freedom as an American ideal. It considers how conflicts over the role of professors, the powers of trustees, and the very nature of the academic enterprise paved the way for the notion of college teaching as a profession and of the university as a venue for scholarly research and critical inquiry. In particular, it discusses the controversies surrounding the dismissal of Edward Ross, a professor from Stanford University, and Scott Nearing, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, as well as the involvement of the American Association of University Professors in Nearing's case. It also analyzes the first Red Scare that was used to generate public panic about an impending revolution, the role of the New York legislature in promoting fears about the dangers of communism, and the consequences for academic freedom.
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This chapter examines the origins of academic freedom as an American ideal. It considers how conflicts over the role of professors, the powers of trustees, and the very nature of the academic enterprise paved the way for the notion of college teaching as a profession and of the university as a venue for scholarly research and critical inquiry. In particular, it discusses the controversies surrounding the dismissal of Edward Ross, a professor from Stanford University, and Scott Nearing, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, as well as the involvement of the American Association of University Professors in Nearing's case. It also analyzes the first Red Scare that was used to generate public panic about an impending revolution, the role of the New York legislature in promoting fears about the dangers of communism, and the consequences for academic freedom.
Jonathan Z. Smith and Christopher I. Lehrich
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199944293
- eISBN:
- 9780190258375
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199944293.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion
This chapter presents Jonathan Z. Smith's assessment of the state of religions studies in the US. He first provides some generalizations about religious studies, including how professional ...
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This chapter presents Jonathan Z. Smith's assessment of the state of religions studies in the US. He first provides some generalizations about religious studies, including how professional associations seem to foster localisms of every stripe, thus undercutting the very function that requires their existence; that religious studies are vulnerable to economic forces; and the lack of theoretical and professional discourse to mitigate and negotiate the debates over religion. He then focuses on a 1993 crisis involving religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania.Less
This chapter presents Jonathan Z. Smith's assessment of the state of religions studies in the US. He first provides some generalizations about religious studies, including how professional associations seem to foster localisms of every stripe, thus undercutting the very function that requires their existence; that religious studies are vulnerable to economic forces; and the lack of theoretical and professional discourse to mitigate and negotiate the debates over religion. He then focuses on a 1993 crisis involving religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Andrew Atherstone
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- June 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198747079
- eISBN:
- 9780191809330
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747079.003.0017
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter examines the commemoration of George Whitefield in popular culture, at particular geographical locations and at special anniversaries. In the centuries after his death he was remembered ...
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This chapter examines the commemoration of George Whitefield in popular culture, at particular geographical locations and at special anniversaries. In the centuries after his death he was remembered with memorial sermons, monuments, statues, churches, colleges, institutes, re-enactments, and evangelistic campaigns. Four chosen loci are analysed here: Newburyport in Massachusetts, where Whitefield is buried; Victorian England, especially London and Gloucestershire; Savannah, Georgia, and the University of Pennsylvania, in the 1910s and 1920s; and late twentieth-century England, revisiting Gloucester in the 1980s. The chapter shows how Whitefield has been reappropriated and reinterpreted by successive generations to serve contemporary concerns. His legacy is malleable and contested. What emerges is a portrait of an individual to whom many were attracted but for a multitude of different reasons, whether as a revivalist, Calvinist, educator, preacher, ecumenist, humanitarian, colonist, or saint.Less
This chapter examines the commemoration of George Whitefield in popular culture, at particular geographical locations and at special anniversaries. In the centuries after his death he was remembered with memorial sermons, monuments, statues, churches, colleges, institutes, re-enactments, and evangelistic campaigns. Four chosen loci are analysed here: Newburyport in Massachusetts, where Whitefield is buried; Victorian England, especially London and Gloucestershire; Savannah, Georgia, and the University of Pennsylvania, in the 1910s and 1920s; and late twentieth-century England, revisiting Gloucester in the 1980s. The chapter shows how Whitefield has been reappropriated and reinterpreted by successive generations to serve contemporary concerns. His legacy is malleable and contested. What emerges is a portrait of an individual to whom many were attracted but for a multitude of different reasons, whether as a revivalist, Calvinist, educator, preacher, ecumenist, humanitarian, colonist, or saint.
Craig Bruce Smith
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469638836
- eISBN:
- 9781469638850
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469638836.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter looks at the dissemination of these ethics by America’s colleges through honor codes, disciplinary measures, books, and classroom lessons. American schools became instrumental in ...
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This chapter looks at the dissemination of these ethics by America’s colleges through honor codes, disciplinary measures, books, and classroom lessons. American schools became instrumental in establishing a commonality of thought and a sense of camaraderie based upon honor culture that helped to translate into unity during the Revolution. The lessons taught in classes and the rules that governed the colleges became a continuing guide and foundation for the progression of honor as an ethical concept throughout early America. This is the first study of its kind and shows how early college rules would directly impact the patriots’ behavior during the Revolution.Less
This chapter looks at the dissemination of these ethics by America’s colleges through honor codes, disciplinary measures, books, and classroom lessons. American schools became instrumental in establishing a commonality of thought and a sense of camaraderie based upon honor culture that helped to translate into unity during the Revolution. The lessons taught in classes and the rules that governed the colleges became a continuing guide and foundation for the progression of honor as an ethical concept throughout early America. This is the first study of its kind and shows how early college rules would directly impact the patriots’ behavior during the Revolution.
Sue Leaf
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816675647
- eISBN:
- 9781452947457
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816675647.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter looks into the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts as he began his medical career. At the same time he had to be a dutiful son to an ailing father, and a good husband, and father. Following ...
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This chapter looks into the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts as he began his medical career. At the same time he had to be a dutiful son to an ailing father, and a good husband, and father. Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1885, Roberts returned briefly to Minneapolis to see his parents and to propose to Jennie Cleveland. After a period of residency, he returned in 1886 where he got married and was able to buy a home. That space would also serve as his office. Soon after, Roberts became a father to three children, Thomas Cleveland, Catharine Lyon, and John Carroll. Adjacent to changes in Roberts’ life, Minnesota was experiencing changes of its own brought by rapid modernization and urbanization, which Roberts noted in his journal, severely affected the wildlife. One notable example was when he discovered that the last Passenger Pigeon was recorded in 1895.Less
This chapter looks into the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts as he began his medical career. At the same time he had to be a dutiful son to an ailing father, and a good husband, and father. Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1885, Roberts returned briefly to Minneapolis to see his parents and to propose to Jennie Cleveland. After a period of residency, he returned in 1886 where he got married and was able to buy a home. That space would also serve as his office. Soon after, Roberts became a father to three children, Thomas Cleveland, Catharine Lyon, and John Carroll. Adjacent to changes in Roberts’ life, Minnesota was experiencing changes of its own brought by rapid modernization and urbanization, which Roberts noted in his journal, severely affected the wildlife. One notable example was when he discovered that the last Passenger Pigeon was recorded in 1895.
