The Development of Friends Education In Kansas

Author

Charles Arthur Beals, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Education

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The problem of this thesis is to portray the history of organized Friends ( Quaker) education in Kanas; Specifically, it deals with the story of the Friends Mission School to the Shawnee Indians; of an early Subscription Common School; of the ten academies, nine 2 controlled by the II Orthodox" Fri ends and one by the "Conservative" Friends; and of the three colleges. All but two academies and two colleges are out of existence today.

Keywords

Shawnee Indians, Religious missionaries, Grellet, Tonganoxie, Hesper, Washington, Northbranch, Lowell Polytechnic Institute, Haviland, Fowler, Spring River, John Bright University, Friends University

Advisor

Dr. Robert T. McGrath

Date of Award

Summer 1941

Document Type

Thesis

DOI

10.58809/KPLL3524

Recommended Citation

Beals, Charles Arthur, "The Development of Friends Education In Kansas" (1941). Master's Theses. 334.
DOI: 10.58809/KPLL3524
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/334

Rights

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