| Speaker or Author: | Catto, Octavius V. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College -- Pamphlets | | Title: | Our Alma Mater -- An Address Delivered at the Concert Hall on the Occasion of the Twelfth Annual Commencement of the Institute for Colored Youth, May 10th, 1864. | | Date Published: | 1864 | | Notes: | Lengthy speech on the importance of education and its effects on the political and moral aspects of society. The speaker stressed the historical progress of education in Europe and the U.S. He also emphasized the positive influence the Society of Friends has had on its availability to all U.S. citizens. |
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