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The Bingham School and Classical Education in North Carolina, 1793-1873

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21620
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Abstract:
This article examines the history of North Carolina's Bingham School, a private classical academy that ran from 1793 to 1928. During the school's first 80 years, it focused on a classical education while fending off claims that a more practical curriculum was needed. It was claimed by headmasters up to 1873 that classical study remained central to the training of a Southern gentleman and expressed the conservative nature of South both politically and socially.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 73 Issue 3, July 1996, p328-377 , il, por, map, f