Henri Fehr (1904) concluded that the college was not a profes-
sional school in the sense of preparing teachers as rapidly as
possible to teach “the ABCs of mathematics" (p. 316), but rather
that it gave future mathematics teachers, along with practical di-
rections for their career, an excellent general culture in mathe-
matics, the opportunity totpursue specialized studies, and an
introduction to theyhistorical development of their science.