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Antioch College was insolvent the day it opened and faced financial difficulties from its first years. [30] From 1857 to 1859, Antioch ran an annual deficit of $5,000 [c] out of a total budget of $13,000. [d] [31] In 1858, Antioch was bankrupt. Mann died in 1859, and the college was reorganized, but deficits continued. [31]
Horace Mann, founding president of Antioch College and "father of American education" Arthur Ernest Morgan, president of Antioch and chairman of Tennessee Valley Authority; Edward Orton, Sr., first president of the Ohio State University; Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, author and educator; Cecil Taylor, pianist and poet, pioneer of free jazz
Antioch Hall, North and South Halls are a group of historic buildings on the campus of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. They were the college's three original buildings, [ 3 ] and were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Ohio in 1975.
Coretta Scott King (Class of 1951) gifted her name to Antioch College to create the Coretta Scott King Center in 2005. [1] Fitting with the college's longstanding strength in experiential learning, [2] the agreement stated that the center would be used as an experiential teaching center on issues of race, class, gender, diversity, and social justice for the campus and the surrounding community ...
Philippe Chaperon (1823–1906) was a French painter and scenic designer, particularly known for his work at the Paris Opera.He produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's Don Carlos and Aida, Massenet's Le Cid, Saint-Saëns's Henry VIII, part two of Berlioz's Les Troyens, and the first performances in France of Verdi's Otello and Rigoletto and ...
10. Veterans Day differs in meaning from Memorial Day—the United States holiday that honors specifically those who lost their lives while serving in the military. Related: 75 Veterans Day Quotes ...
A remarkable photograph of an American bald eagle perched atop of a veteran's gravestone went viral on Memorial Day, and reminded the nation the true reason for the national holiday.Sunday evening ...
In 1977, Antioch College changed its name to "Antioch University", having extended its operations beyond the college and beyond Ohio, mostly in graduate level programs. [ 5 ] In the early 1850s, Rebecca Pennell offered a course on teaching methods which was the first of its kind, and John Burns Weston, class of 1857, established a long-standing ...