1956 A COLLEGE TREASURY v1 Prose "Approaches to Education" COMPOSITION TEXTBOOK

Description: Author: various authors; edited by Paul A. Jorgensen and Frederick B. Shroyer Title: A College Treasury, Volume 1: Prose (Approaches to Education and Thinking & Writing) Binding: trade paperback Size: about 8" x 10" Pagination: 526pp Published: Charles Scribners Sons, 1956 Condition: Acceptable reading copy; covers very tattered at margins, and creased; spine sun-faded and creased; corners bumped heavily; owners name inside cover; interior appears clean and complete, excepting some light pencilled underlines occasionally [OCR is approximate, as always] A College Treasury VOLUME I: Prose AN ANTHOLOGY FOR COURSES IN COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE . . . A rich and varied store-house of prose: More than 80 selections from Jefferson • Steffens • Huxley • Dickens • Einstein • Clemens • Lindbergh • Thurber • Hayakawa • Altick • Wylie • Thoreau • Maugham • Mencken • Orwell • Wilder • Paton Faulkner • Churchill ... Organized for student interests and growth: PART ONE-APPROACHES TO EDUCATION Twenty-two essays unified by perceptive introductions. ADVICE FROM HOME, Letter from home provide a customary transition from family life to the college scene and show that parents can be intellectually as well as financially useful to the new student THE STUDENTS POINT OF VIEW. The students earliest collegiate writinga take the form of letters home. These may be interesa , vly compared with later, disillusione rcactions to collere IDEALS AND PROBLEMS. The history of education is the history of mans dreams ol human betterment, and the meeting of those dreams with stubborn reality. In these selections the student is encouraged to test theory upon recurrent and time problems. VOCATION. The quest for vocation is rightfally one of the students major concerns Early reading and writing on this subject may well be the most valuable of hi college assignments. PART TWO THINKING AND WRITING Sixty selections with excellent introductions so arranged as to induce the student hrst to consider and then to utilize the processes of thinking and writing. WORDS AND LANGUAGE. Here will be found the aspects of communication that will be most inleresting and practical in application to other college subiects. THOUGHT AND ITS DISCIPLINE. Again, the most interesting • and applicable aspects o the subiect are renresented. EXPLORING ONES PASI. The best source of ideas for thought and expression, especially for the beginning writer. is an ones own experiences ABOUT ONESELF. "Know thyself is still the most urgent precept for college youth; and it leads to both greater poise and a more intelligent awareness of ones role in life ABOUT OTHERS. From oneself, the thoughtful student turns to the stady of others- hrst to handily labeled types and then to the superior ditticulty of individual portraits SOCIETY AND ITS HISTORY. As history is the record of past cultural and social patterns the matter of present societies is the stult from which future history will be made This approach, Irom the present to the past, permits the student to place his time in the stream of history. CREEDS AND VALUES. Each of the essay represents a crced alive and important today Together they demand of the student independent thought and sincerity Take a close look at the auction images for details of contents and condition. If you have any questions at all please send a message through eBay before bidding. NOTE: There may be more images in this listing than eBay shows in the top "gallery". Be sure to scroll down to view the full set, if so. Be sure to check our eBay Store for thousands of other listings like this one. Orders will be sent out within three business days of receipt of payment. If youre in a hurry and would like expedited shipping (Priority or Express shipping), please let us know before paying so we can adjust your invoice. Books are sent Media Rate within the US, and other small items are sent Parcel by default. If you would like combined shipping, please (1) contact us to let us know, and then (2) wait to pay until youre finished shopping (but try to keep it within a 4 day period, please). Just leave the items in your eBay Cart and then request an updated invoice after youre done. If you pay for an item, we are obliged to ship it to you, and cannot combine it with subsequent purchases. If youre waiting for a separate auction item to finish, please contact us to let us know. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))

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