The History of the State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations volume 7
The History of the State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations volume 7
Thomas Williams Bicknell
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From the proceeds, the "Bicknell Fund" of $1, 000 was set apart. At this meeting Prof. A. E. Dolbear, in- ventor, gave the first public illustration of the telephone. 356 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND The fundamental principles of American Education were puMicly set forth in a great meeting on the sum- mit of Mt. Washington. In 18. S0, the National Council of Education, a philo- sophic department of American education, was founded at Chautauqua, N. Y. , of which Mr. Bicknell was the author, h'jlding ...the presidency for three years. In 1S8-), at Saratoga, N. V. , Mr. Bicknell was elected president of the National Education . Association of the United States. In July of that year, fully ten thousand persons met at Madison, Wis. , as the result of the president's organizing ability, to discuss the principles and metliods of many departments of American Educa- tion. -\n exposition was also held in the State House. Booker T. Washington began his public speaking career at that meeting. The permanent fund of the N.
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