2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Check into Apartments (Senior Apartments, Ashland University)

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Dinner (Heritage Room, Myers Convocation Center, Ashland University)

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Introduction to Ashbrook Teacher Institutes with Peter Schramm (Heritage Room, Myers Convocation Center, Ashland University)

7:45 pm - 9:15 pm: Session 1 with Professors Pestritto & Robinson (Ashbrook Center, 8th Floor, Ashland University Library)

Topic/Focus: Overview of the evolution of American political thought. What are the basic characteristics of the political thought of the American founding? How are the principles of progressivism different from those of the founding? What is it about the founding that progressives found most objectionable?

9:00 am - 10:30 am: Session 2 with Professors Pestritto & Robinson (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: Introduction to historical thinking. From what sources did the progressives learn their political ideas? How were progressives educated, and how did their education affect their political arguments?

Readings:

• G.W.F. Hegel, Preface to the Philosophy of Right (packet)
• Walter Bagehot, selections from Physics and Politics (packet)
• Herbert Spencer, selections from Social Statics and Social Dynamics (packet)
• William Graham Sumner, selections from What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (packet)

10:50 am - 12:15 pm: Session 3 with Professor Pestritto (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: The historical thinking of Woodrow Wilson. What does Wilson believe is wrong with the political theory of the founders? Why, in particular, does he think it a bad idea to ground a regime on the doctrine of natural rights? What's wrong with the Declaration of Independence?

Readings:

• Woodrow Wilson, The State, chs. 1-2 (packet)
• Wilson, "The Authors & Signers of the Declaration of Independence" (packet

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Session 4 with Professor Robinson (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: The historical thinking of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. Do the foundational principles of government remain the same throughout the ages, or do the ends of government evolve as history moves forward? Can a political regime grow? How do TR and FDR employ an evolutionary understanding of the state in their political arguments?

Readings:

• Theodore Roosevelt, "National Life & Character" (packet)
• TR, The Winning of the West, Chapter One, (DiNunzio)
• TR, "Social Evolution" (packet)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Commonwealth Club Address (packet)
• FDR, 209th Press Conference, on the Schechter Case Decision (packet) Recommended for this session or for further study:

Supplemental/Optional Readings:

• TR, "History as Literature" (packet)
• TR, Biological Analogies in History" (packet)
• FDR, Inaugural Address (1933) (packet)
• FDR, Annual Message to Congress (1944) (packet)

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm: Guest Lecture with Dr. Gary Quinlivan (Professor of Economics and Dean of the McKenna School, Saint Vincent College) (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic: "The Economics of the Great Depression & the New Deal"

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9:00 am - 10:30 am: Session 5 with Professor Pestritto (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: Social Gospel and the Progressive Movement. How was progressivism related to the important religious movements of the day? What was the stance of progressivism with regard to traditional religious faith? What were the key tenets of the Social Gospel movement?

Reading:

• Walter Rauschenbusch, selections from Christianizing the Social Order (packet)

10:50 am - 12:20 pm: Session 6 with Professor Robinson (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: TR, John Dewey, and the evolving Constitution. Where does the American founding fit in within the tradition of liberal thought? Where does progressivism fit within that tradition? How ought the Constitution be interpreted?

Reading:

• John Dewey, Liberalism and Social Action (packet)
• TR, "The Ideals of Washington" (packet)
• TR, "The Formation of the National Constitution," from Gouverneur Morris (DiNunzio)
• TR, Autobiography, Ch XII "The Big Stick and the Square Deal"

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Session 7 with Professor Pestritto (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: Progressivism and the separation of powers. What is the purpose of the separation of powers system? Does it serve to hinder or help government in carrying out its basic functions? What was the view of progressives toward the separation of powers?

Reading:

• Wilson, Division and Reunion, 69-84 (packet)
• Wilson, The New Freedom, ch. 1 (packet)
• Wilson, Constitutional Government, 1-26

9:00 am -10:30 am: Session 13 with Professors Pestritto & Robinson (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: National Administrative Power. What role did the progressives envision for federal administrative agencies? How much independence should such agencies have from the political branches of government? How much power should such agencies have to regulate private economic activity? How did Wilson and TR differ on this question?

Reading:

• Wilson, "The Study of Administration" (packet)
• TR, "The New Nationalism" (packet)
• TR, Autobiography, Ch XI "The Natural Resources of the Nation"
• TR, "Governor Wilson and the Trusts" (packet)
• TR, "Progressive Nationalism, or What?" (packet)

10:50 am - 12:20 pm: Session 14 with Professors Pestritto & Robinson (Ashbrook Center, AU Library)

Topic/Focus: The "New Freedom" vs. the "New Nationalism" in the 1912 election. Wilson and TR were both prominent progressives - so why did they oppose one another in 1912? What were the main issues of the 1912 race? What can we learn from the 1912 campaign about the general tenets of progressivism?

Reading

• Wilson, Address to the New York Press Club, 9/9/1912 (packet)
• TR, "Limitation of Government Power" (packet)
• TR, "How I Became a Progressive" (packet)
• TR, "The Stricken Standard-Bearer" (packet)
• TR, "The Future of the Progressive Party" (packet)
• Croly, Progressive Democracy, 1-28