Part 1 of 3 Parts. General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) and Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July 23-August 30, 1869. By Franklin Parker and Betty J. Parker, 63 Heritage Loop, Crossville, TN 38571-8270. Email bfparker@frontiernet.net The hot spring health spas of Virginia were the first gathering places of southern and […]

Part 2 of 3 Parts. General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) and Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July 23-August 30, 1869. By Franklin Parker and Betty J. Parker, 63 Heritage Loop, Crossville, TN 38571-8270. Email bfparker@frontiernet.net Without precedent, the PEF was the first multimillion dollar U.S. educational foundation. Historians have cited […]

Final 3 of 3 Parts. General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) and Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July 23-August 30, 1869. By Franklin Parker and Betty J. Parker, 63 Heritage Loop, Crossville, TN 38571-8270. Email bfparker@frontiernet.net A contemporary news account described the petty jealousy: “When the mighty men of Boston knew […]

William Heard Kilpatrick (Nov. 20, 1871-Feb. 13, 1965), Progressive Educator and Educational Philosopher, by Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net KILPATRICK, WILLIAM HEARD (Nov. 20, 1871-Feb. 13, 1965), educator and philosopher of progressive education, was born in White Plains, GA, son of James Hines Kilpatrick, a Southern Baptist minister, and Edna Perrin Heard, a teacher. […]

1 of 2 Parts: Eric Hoffer (1902-83) Remembered Guru of the 1950s-60s by Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net If you’ve never heard of Eric Hoffer, you are in for a surprise. Hoffer was rare: a laboring man and self-taught philosopher; a Los Angeles skid row tramp who thought and wrote books; a California migrant […]

2 of 2 Parts. Eric Hoffer (1902-83) Remembered: Guru of the 1950s-60s. References. by Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net References 1. Tomkins, Calvin. Eric Hoffer: An American Odyssey. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968, p. 10. 2. Ibid., p. 19. 3. Ibid., p. 18. 4. Baker, James T. Eric Hoffer. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982, pp. […]

Philip Vickers Fithian (1747-1776), a Princeton Tutor on a Virginia Plantation by Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net [63Heritage Loop, Crossville, TN 38571-8270, Ph. (931) 277-3268] Philip Vickers Fithian was a northern tutor on a southern plantation just before the American Revolution. His journal and letters written during 1773-74 and kept at Princeton University Library, […]

Willard Goslin (1899-1969), Educator, School Principal, School Superintendent, and Education Professor at Peabody College, Nashville, TN. By Franklin & Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net Willard Goslin, educator, was born in Harrisburg, Mo. in 1899. He was a teacher, school principal, school superintendent, and education professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, TN. We Parkers […]