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Knox, James Hall Mason
Title
Knox
,
James
Hall
Mason
Subject
Photographs
College presidents
Description
1883
-
1890
:
When
President
Cattell
resigned
the
college
was
split
into
two
groups
representing
the
traditional
classics
education
and the
new
science
and
engineering
education
,
exponents
of
each
learning
painfully
how to
work
with the
other
. The
Rev
.
James
Knox
, a
college
Trustee
and a
safe
representative
of the
traditional
, was
hastily
elected
to
block
the
possible
election
of a
representative
of the
science
faction
. The
issues
signified
by the
controversy
were not
resolved
under
his
leadership
.
During
his
administration
an
Alumni
Advisory
Committee
for
athletics
was
formed
and
alumni
representatives
were for the
first
time
appointed
to the
Board
of
Trustees
.
Rev
.
Knox
resigned
because
of the
fiscal
failures
of his
administration
.
Publisher
Lafayette College
Contributors
David Bishop Skillman Library, Department of Special Collections & College Archives
Date
2005-10-05
Format
jpeg
Identifier
http://spcol.lafayette.edu/public/images/presidents/filename.jpg
Source
College Photograph Collection. Lafayette College, Department of Special Collections & College Archives
Language
English
Rights
The public may discover, display, and print the image for personal use. Permission is required for publication and all other public use.
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