---
title: 'Address Delivered in Easton, Pa., August 18, 1841, on the Occasion of the Author’s Inauguration as President of La Fayette College'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John William Yeomans'
date: 1841-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Orations and Addresses'
scriptures:
- 'Revelation 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/yeomans-1841-address-delivered-in-easton-pa-august-18-1841-on-the-occasion-of-the-authors-inauguration-as-president-of-la-fayette-college
---

# Address Delivered in Easton, Pa., August 18, 1841, on the Occasion of the Author’s Inauguration as President of La Fayette College

Inaugural address (1841) urging education to cultivate the mind and virtue, framing learning as duty to God and society rather than merely a means to wealth, power, or pleasure.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/yeomans-1841-address-delivered-in-easton-pa-august-18-1841-on-the-occasion-of-the-authors-inauguration-as-president-of-la-fayette-college.pdf)