Academic literature on the topic 'Caldwell-West Caldwell'

This chapter describes the earliest years of Horace’s presidency at Transylvania. Bostonians lamented his absence but celebrated his desire to bring education to the dark places of the American West. To accomplish this aim, Horace gathered a unique collection of instructors, including Bostonian John Everett; Italian émigré P. D. Mariano; former University of Pennsylvania medical professor Charles Caldwell; twenty-eight-year-old Granville Pattison, former lecturer at Glasgow’s Medical School; and famed naturalist Constantine Rafinesque. Horace’s early ideas and innovations brought nationwide attention and marginalized those who might work against his goals. His efforts included the publication of the Western Review, a literary magazine he hoped would grow to rival similar eastern periodicals. More significant, however, was the reestablishment of Transylvania’s Medical Department, which under Caldwell’s supervision became the centerpiece of Horace’s efforts at Transylvania.