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Small throughout its existence, Shimer enrolled 141 students as of 2012. [1] As of 2008, Shimer had 5,615 living alumni. [2] On June 1, 2017, the college became the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College. The school was known for its Great Books curriculum, and also for its early entrance program, both of which have been in effect ...
Clymer District School No. 5, also known as the Little Red Schoolhouse, is a historic one-room school building located at Clymer in Chautauqua County, New York. It was designed and built about 1853 in the vernacular Greek Revival-style. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 in the United States. [1]
The Shimer Great Books School Core Program is a curriculum sequence of 16 required courses in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and interdisciplinary studies. . "Basic Studies" courses are generally taken during the first two years, and "Advanced Studies" during the final two y
The town sought and secured two recent graduates of the New York State Normal School. [7] Frances Wood (later Frances Shimer) and her friend Cindarella Gregory, arrived from Ballston Spa, New York and classes began on May 11, 1853, with 11 students in a single room in the Presbyterian church in Mount Carroll . [7]
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Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈ ʃ aɪ m ər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853.
Floyd Wilcox in 1942. Floyd Cleveland Wilcox (March 17, 1886 – April 20, 1958) was the third president of Shimer College, serving from 1930 to 1935.His leadership, though marked by controversy, saw the school through the most difficult years of the Great Depression. [1]
President of Frances Shimer Junior College [2] – A. Beth Hostetter 1935 1936 [2] 4 Raymond Culver: 1936 1938 Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [2] – A. Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [2] 5 Albin C. Bro: 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press President of Frances Shimer College [2] – John H ...