Rectorial addresses delivered in the universities of Aberdeen, 1835-1900 /

edited by Peter John Anderson, M.A., LL.B.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Aberdeen. University.
Contributors: Anderson, P. J. (Peter John), 1852-1926.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Aberdeen : Printed for the University, 1902.
Series:Aberdeen University studies ; no. 6.
Subjects:
Notes:Physical description: ix, 396 p., plates, 5 pl. : incl. ill. port. ; 27 cm. (8vo).
Table of Contents:
The rectorship : its origin, its meaning and its practical value / by John Malcolm Bulloch
The culture and discipline of the mind / John Abercrombie (1835)
Systems of education / Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Bart. (1845)
The influence of education upon character / Right Hon. Sir Austen Henry Layard (1855)
University reform / Lord John Inglis Glencorse (1857)
The true aim of study / Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope, 5th Earl (1858)
Scottish university life
its objects, its pleasures and its duties / Lord Edward F. Maitland Barcaple (1861)
The general aspect of the world : does it teach us to hope or to despond? / John Russell Russell, 1st Earl (1864)
The changes most wanted in Aberdeen University / Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1870)
Universities, actual and idea / Thomas Henry Huxley (1874)
The university a trainer of politicians / Right Hon. William Edward Forster (1876)
History and a chair of history / Archibald P. Primrose Rosebery, 5th Earl of (1880)
The university ideal, past and present / Alexander Bain (1882)
Intellectual interest / Viscount George Joachim Goschen Goschen (1888)
Social interest / Charles Gordon Huntly, 11th Marquis of (1891)
Imperialism and the empire : (the rectors of university and index) (1900) / Baron Donald A. Smith Strathcona and Mount Royal
Portrait of Alexander Bain.