Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . civil war which followed, Ohio reapedher first, and most glorious, harvest from thepriceless heritage left her by her founders. Before the creation of the Northwest-Territory, public schools, as we understandthe term, did not exist. The best colleges then offered a curriculum scarcely equal tothe present high school. Washington, al-though one of the richest men of his day, spelled indifferently, knew just enough ofmathematics to survey land, and had practical-ly no acquaintance with the classics or sciences;yet, from an educational point of view,
Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . civil war which followed, Ohio reapedher first, and most glorious, harvest from thepriceless heritage left her by her founders. Before the creation of the Northwest-Territory, public schools, as we understandthe term, did not exist. The best colleges then offered a curriculum scarcely equal tothe present high school. Washington, al-though one of the richest men of his day, spelled indifferently, knew just enough ofmathematics to survey land, and had practical-ly no acquaintance with the classics or sciences;yet, from an educational point of view, he wasabreast of the leading men of his time—barringonly a few notable exceptions such as Adamsand Jefferson. Now, however, as we lookupon our numerous colleges, technical schools,high schools, laboratories, observatories andlibraries, and are overawed by the unlimitedmillions, tainted or otherwise, poured outfor education—and especially when we notethat in the smallest and most remote villagesthe largest and best structure is always the. THOMAS N. HOOVER, M. Ped., A. of History public school—we realize the transformationthat has taken place, and the indispensabilityof thorough education as an equipment formodern life. Nationally, we have become pre-eminent-ly the educated people of the world. Othernations recognize that our phenomenal suc-cess is largely owing to the universality ofknowledge. A leading English periodical,in a recent article on this subject, expressedamazement at the way in which this educateddemocracy, as it termed us. always rose tothe full measure of each national crisis andfinally settled upon the correct solution ofevery social and political proposition. Thewhole world has reached the stage when the 44 OHIO UNIVERSITY BULLETIN race for national supremacy—aye, almost fornational existence—is as dependent upon thedifference in education as is the struggle be-tween competing individuals. The recent warbetween Russia and Japan has given t
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