History of Education Quarterly S P R I N G 1 9 6 6 Volume V I , Number 1 h ttp s://w w w .cam b rid g e.o rg /co re/term s . h ttp s://d o i.o rg /10.1017/S001826800001503X D o w n lo ad ed fro m h ttp s://w w w .cam b rid g e.o rg /co re . C arn eg ie M ello n U n iversity , o n 06 A p r 2021 at 02:04:52 , su b ject to th e C am b rid g e C o re term s o f u se, availab le at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S001826800001503X https://www.cambridge.org/core History of Education Quarterly E D I T O R I A L B O A R D A . C . F . Beales, University of London Edward K r u g , University of Wisconsin Paul Nash, Boston University Wilson Smith, University of California, Davis O F F I C E R S O F T H E S O C I E T Y ( 1 9 6 6 - 1 9 6 7 ) President Robert L . McCaul, University of Chicago Vice President A n n Keppel, University of Haivaii Secretary-Treasurer Ezri Atzmon, New York University Directors J . J . Chambliss, Rutgers University, Past President Frederick Ellis, Western Washington State College Stanley E . Ballinger, Indiana University R. Freeman Butts, Teachers College Editor Henry J . Perkinson, New York University Associate Editor Ezri Atzmon, New York University The History of Education Quarterly is the official organ of the History of Education Society, published in cooperation with the School of Education, New York University. Membership dues for the Society, which include sub­ scription to the Quarterly, are $ 5 . 0 0 annually. Subscription to the Quarterly is at the annual rate of $ 5 . 0 0 ; single copies, $ 2 . 0 0 . The Quarterly is indexed in The Education Index. Library of Congress Catalog Number 6 3 - 2 4 2 5 3 . Contributions should be addressed to: Editor, History of Education Quarter­ ly, School of Education, New York University, New York, N.Y. 1 0 0 0 3 . Man­ uscripts should be submitted for consideration in two or more copies. In matters of style, the Manual of Style, published by the University of Chicago Press, is considered definitive. History of Education Quarterly, Vol. V I , No. 1 , Spring 1 9 6 6 . Published spring, summer, fall, and winter, by New York University, 1 0 0 Washing­ ton Square East, New York, N . Y . 1 0 0 0 3 . Application to mail at second-class postage rates is pending at New York, N.Y. Copyright 1 9 6 6 by New York University. h ttp s://w w w .cam b rid g e.o rg /co re/term s . h ttp s://d o i.o rg /10.1017/S001826800001503X D o w n lo ad ed fro m h ttp s://w w w .cam b rid g e.o rg /co re . C arn eg ie M ello n U n iversity , o n 06 A p r 2021 at 02:04:52 , su b ject to th e C am b rid g e C o re term s o f u se, availab le at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S001826800001503X https://www.cambridge.org/core History of Education Quarterly C O N T E N T S Education as Artifact: Benjamin Franklin and Instruction of " A Rising People" David Tyack 3 " A n Odd Fish"—Samuel Keimer and a Footnote to American Educational History Robert T. Sidwell 16 Public Education and "Special Interest": A n Example from the History of Mechanical Engineering Berenice M. Fisher 31 The Church-State Conflict i n E a r l y Indian Education Fredric Mitchell and James W . Skelton 41 W i l l i a m Seward and the New Y o r k School Controversy, 1840-1842: A Problem i n Historical Motivation Vincent Peter Lannie 52 Book Reviews 72 h ttp s://w w w .cam b rid g e.o rg /co re/term s . h ttp s://d o i.o rg /10.1017/S001826800001503X D o w n lo ad ed fro m h ttp s://w w w .cam b rid g e.o rg /co re . C arn eg ie M ello n U n iversity , o n 06 A p r 2021 at 02:04:52 , su b ject to th e C am b rid g e C o re term s o f u se, availab le at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S001826800001503X https://www.cambridge.org/core