The Title of Chapter VIII reminded me of an interesting chapter in American higher education history. I believe the title refers to the College started by William Tennent in 1727 in Warminster, PA. It was the height of the Great Awakening, and he started the first Presbyterian seminary in the Colonies . . . and he was its only teacher. The saying went, "As long as Tennent was at one end of the log, you had a college." Tennent's Log College, which turned into a log structure, operated for 18 years until his death. Among it's alumni were the founders of The College of New Jersey, which would become Princeton.....
The Title of Chapter VIII reminded me of an interesting chapter in American higher education history. I believe the title refers to the College started by William Tennent in 1727 in Warminster, PA. It was the height of the Great Awakening, and he started the first Presbyterian seminary in the Colonies . . . and he was its only teacher. The saying went, "As long as Tennent was at one end of the log, you had a college." Tennent's Log College, which turned into a log structure, operated for 18 years until his death. Among it's alumni were the founders of The College of New Jersey, which would become Princeton.....