1. OBJ: TO UNDERSTAND INTELLECTUAL CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE LATE 19TH C.

2. THE CHAUTAUQUA MOVEMENT
EXPANDED PUBLIC EDUCATION
INDUSTRIALIZATION’S IMPACT ON KNOWLEDGE, CURIOSITY,
EXAMPLE OF DESIRE FOR NEW INFO
1874 – 2 WEEK SUMMER CLASS
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE SEEKING INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION

3. ACCESS TO INFORMATION EXPLODED
PULITZER’S “THE WORLD”
“THE ATLANTIC”
TELEGRAPH & TRANSOCEANIC CABLES
AWARE OF WORLD NEWS
STATE UNIVERSITIES GREW IN #
EXPANDED CURRICULA
JOHNS HOPKINS – INQUIRY & RESEARCH
HIGHER ED FOR WOMEN
ANTI-INTELLECTUAL ‘ELECTIVES’?

4. DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERATURE
“LOCAL COLORISTS” / REALISTS– UNIVERSAL TRUTHS IN COMMON LIFE – MARK TWAIN
“HUCK FINN” – ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT OF AMERICA, GO WEST
NATURALISM – HUMANS SEEN AS PART OF NATURAL WORLD
JACK LONDON “CALL OF THE WILD”
STEPHEN CRANE “MAGGIE, GIRL OF THE STREETS”
THEODORE DREISER “SISTER CARRIE”
INDIGNATION TOWARDS SOCIAL ILLS
H. GEORGE, T. VEBLEN

5. REALISM REPLACES ROMANTICISM IN ART
T. EAKINS – GROSS CLINIC ,
WINSLOW HOMER
“FARMER WITH A PITCHFORK”
WHISTLER

6. AN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY EMERGED PRAGMATISM
EVOLUTIONS IMPACT ON VIEWS OF RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
“EVOLUTION THE MOST IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTARION OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD ON EARTH” – W. GLADDEN
IF ALWAYS EVOLVING THEN SCIENTIFIC LAWS IMPERMANENT
WILLIAM JAMES: HARVARD PROFESSOR, SOCIETY CAN BE IMPROVED – IF UNHAPPY, CHANGE WHAT YOU’RE DOING
BUT…NO CERTAINTY SO ….END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS
MATERIALISM, ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM – WHAT WORKS VS WHAT OUGHT TO BE