Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Record of a Seminar on Colonial Life Providing a Week's Observation and Study of Colonial Society in Virginia: Held at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 18 to June 25 and June 25 to July 2, 1939
The aid Of these collaborators has, needless to say, strengthened greatly the errt's of the College. In the instruction Of its own students, as well as In the attempt to reach those outside the immediate academic community, the College enjoys, and is happy to acknowledge, themany courtesies and additional advantages provided by its neighboring institutions. These advantages, it has been felt, carry with them also an additional Obligation to meet fully the educational Opportunities of a unique environment. All share a common educational purpose, but perhaps upon the College, as an academic institution, falls most heavily an educational responsibility, particularly in the matter of interpretation.
The establishment of the Seminar on Colonial Life is one step toward the proper fulfillment of that responsibility. It was felt that during the summer months, when the dormitory and dining room facile ities of the College were not in use to their full capacity, there was perhaps an opportunity to undertake a unique experiment in adult education by using these facilities to make it possible for a group having more than the average interest to remain in the community for Observa tion and study over a longer period than would normally be possible for persons of moderate means.
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