Halls Of Honor
Subtitle: College Men In The Old South
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780807129821
Subjects: Higher & further education; Men's studies; Male college students; Gender Studies; Education; Central Southern states; Organizations & Institutions; Higher; United States - State & Local - General; Education (Higher); 19th century; History; Southern States
First sentence: AN ASSESSMENT of college students: "They attend classes but make no effort to learn anything"; "They frequently learn what they would better ignore"; "On obscure points they depend upon their own judgment . . . so they become masters of error."
Description: "Robert F. Pace looks at the world of male student college life in the antebellum South. Through extensive research into records, letters, and diaries of students and faculty from more than twenty institutions, Pace creates a vivid portrait of adolescent rebelliousness struggling with the ethic to cultivate a public face of industry, respect, and honesty. These future leaders confronted authority figures, made friends, studied, courted, frolicked, drank, gambled, cheated, and dueled - all within the established traditions of their southern culture."--BOOK JACKET.