page_title: September 1901
section_title: September 8, 1901 (Sunday)
hierarchical_section_title: September 1901 / September 8, 1901 (Sunday)
context_page_description: The following events occurred in September 1901:
context_section_description: Spanish educator and anarchist Francisco Ferrer founded the Modern School movement by opening the first school embodying his philosophy, the Escuela Moderna, in Barcelona.  The new school was opened with a sizable donation from a former pupil, Ernestine Meunie, and the first class had 30 pupils (18 boys and 12 girls) from a variety of social groups.  Among the innovations was the teaching of boys and girls together, a departure from the norms in Spain, and Ferrer emphasized practical education with "as much firsthand experience as possible, rather than the 'wearisome' practice of getting knowledge from books."    In the second year, there were 70 pupils, and by the fifth year, 126. After Ferrer's execution in 1909, the Modern School movement would spread to the United States and other nations.
  The ill-fated Russian Navy battleship Borodino was launched from the New Admiralty shipyard at Saint Petersburg. On May 27, 1905, during the Battle of Tsushima against the Japanese Navy, the Borodino would be sunk in the Pacific Ocean, losing all but one of its crew of 855.
  President McKinley's secretary, George Cortelyou, and his physicians, Dr. Mynter and Dr. Rixey, began issuing regular statements of the President's vital signs to the national press, starting with the report that at 3:20 in the morning, his temperature was 102.4°, pulse 122 and respiration 24.
  Born: Hendrik Verwoerd, Netherlands-born Prime Minister of South Africa and apartheid advocate, from 1958 until his assassination in 1966; in Amsterdam
  Died: Johann von Miquel, 72, German Minister of Finance from 1890 to 1901
caption: Ferrer
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