The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-18

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sso1-Hope College. LII. d.
1sts-Hsrvard, LII. ID.
1sos-uniyersity Of Chicago, Ii.
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isas -Nortawestern University. LII.
rsos-univsrsits Of California, Ii.
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iscs-clark University, IL. D.
1sos-williams College, L. h. D.
An impression has existed that a
majority Of the Presidents Of the Uni.
Ted States have moi been college bred;
TINT In educational qualifications and
nhe discipline Of college work they
were deficient. Recorded facts dis.
pruve this Fourteen OF the rs Pres.
idents received a college training in
their youth The records all follow:
Washington never attended college,
and was rather deficient in writing
n spelling, although good at mathe.
nstics. Harvard. Yale, the uniyer.
nifty Of Pennsylvania, Brown and Wash.
ngion College of Maryland conferred
degrees upon him.
Adams graduated from Harvard in
I7ss- Harvard. Dartmouth, Yale and
Bruvn conferred degrees upon him.
Jefferson graduated from William
and Mary College in 1862, and re.
ceived degrees from his alma mater.
Yale, Harvard, Brown and Princeton.
Madison graduated from the College
Of New Jerey and received a degree
from It.
Monroe was a graduate of William
and Mary College and received de.
Erees from II, Harvard, Dartmouth
and Princeton.
Adams the second graduated from
Harvard in 1857 and received degrees
from II and Princeton.
Jackson was without schooling, but
VAS given a degree by Harvard in
rssSy
a Bureu received an academic
education n received a degree from
snsom College in 1914.
Harrison "a a student at Hamp.
consistency College, but laid aside his
sonks at IS to go to a He was the
first OF the Presidents not to receive
= college degree.
Tyler graduated from William and
Nary College. The records show that
be only received a bachelors degree.
Polk received his education in the
University Of North Carolina and the
ihssiisrtinm made him an LII. D. in
7s47.
Yaylor was ~uneducated, was elected
Prenident on his military reputation
and never received a degree.
Fillmore, although without educa.
ton IN his youth, made himself n
Of the most eminent lawyers of New
York He received no college honors.
FIERCE graduated from Bowdoin Col.
sege and 1t and Dartmouth honored
HIM with degrees.
Buchanan was a scholarly mar
graduated from Dickinson College.
Diekinson and Rutgers gave him de.
Erees.
Lincoln was 2 years old before he
soaId undertake the study Of law. Co
hrmhia and Princeton bestowed de-.
Eresss upon him.
Johnson could neither write nor ci-
nhsr until after his marriage, being
tlught these qualifications by his wife.
colurnbia made him a doctor of laws.
Grant graduated from West Point.
Three colleges gave him degrees
UniGn, Bowdoin and Harvard.
Hayes graduated from both Kenyon
Cofiese and Harvard Law School. His
Segrees came from Kenyon, Harvard,
Tale andzJohns Hopkins.
Garneid Williams College
nAR. Tha U~nrysfsity Of Pennsylva.
ma sndsWdiliams henored him with de.
pees.
xfthtrs anne nom Union College
EiSn high honors, and received de-.
yrses from it and. Princeton.
Cleveland was without a college
trainins. Princeton made him an
LID and he Is now dean of that
mssitatim.
aarrison the second graduated from
Miami University and received a de.
Eree from Princeton.
Mckinley matriculated at Allegheny
gnlege, but left to enter the army.
Res degrees am from Yale, uniyer-
sity q Chicago. Smith College. Uni.
tersity Of California and Mount Holy.
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