Word: provost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harrison today made a donation of $500,000 to the University of Pennsylvania in honor of his father, the late George Leib Harrison, L.L.D. This gift was presented at the monthly meeting of the trustees of the university. Mr. Harrison, who has for the past year been acting provost since the retirement of Dr. Wm. Pepper, was elected provost...
...William Pepper, ex-Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, who resigned last June, has issued his biannual report, covering the period between October, 1892, and June, 1894. In it Dr. Pepper makes a comparison between the University as it was when he became provost in 1881 and at the time of his resignation. In 1881 the University owned 15 acres, there were 981 students, and the fees received from them amounted to $92,701; in 1894 the acreage of the university was 54, the number of students 2180, and the fees $230,567. During his provostship were added the Wharton...
...short account of the University extension movement in this country may be of interest. It was started in 1890 by Dr. William Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, to afford a system of instruction for adults, embracing lecture courses, with classes, exercises, examinations and certificates. The American Society for the extension of University Teaching, founded in 1890 by Dr. Pepper, has organized "local centres" in the neighboring states; and through branch societies and affiliated colleges has stimulated general diffusion of the system. The "Unit of Instruction" is a course of six or twelve weekly or fortnightly lectures, followed...
...Provost William Pepper of the University of Pennsylvania, turns back to the University by various gifts his salary of $10,000 every year...
...conference will be opened with addresses of welcome by Provost Pepper and Dr. Brooks. The leading addresses of the session will be given by President Henry Wade Rogers, of the Northwestern University; President George Edward Reed, of Dicknson College, and President William Preston Johnston, of Tulane University...