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• 1 media/Davie.jpg 2020-12-04T09:43:55-08:00 1795, December - Davie's Plan of Study Proposed 7 In December Trustee William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) proposes a new curriculum for the University to replace the previous plan of study established by Rev. Dr. Samuel McCorkle (1746-1811). With this change, the study of rhetoric and English was firmly rooted into the course of study for every student. Davie’s plan was adopted but never fully implemented. plain 2021-09-01T07:14:11-07:00 12/01/1795 In December Trustee William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) proposes a new curriculum for the University to replace the previous plan of study established by Rev. Dr. Samuel McCorkle (1746-1811). Davie’s curriculum focused on mathematics and the sciences but also required the study of rhetoric under the management of the president and created a professorship of languages responsible for teaching Latin, Greek, and English language, especially “Elegant Extracts in Prose and Verse” (Battle I:95). With this change, the study of rhetoric and English was firmly rooted into the course of study for every student. Davie’s plan was adopted but never fully implemented because incoming students lacked sufficient preparation for college work and because it proved difficult to find qualified faculty for the six professorships called for in the plan.
  
  
  
  
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