He seems to have had no new philosophy of education but took the best schools of the nation as a standard and strove to bring the schools of the South up to that standard.

Through the aid of the Fund model schools were established in every State.

The University of North Carolina opened its doors to the teachers of the State for professional training during the summer and was apparently the first of the summer schools now so numerous and popular.

Direct appropriations in aid of schools were made out of the Fund, provided the community by taxation or subscription raised much larger sums.

The Peabody Normal College at Nashville, Tennessee, was founded, and no effort was spared to develop a general interest in public education.