Annual Report of the Board of Education, Volumes 21-22The Board, 1858 - Education 1st-72nd include the annual report of the Secretary of the Board. |
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... neglect of study . The school has been managed upon this plan for two years , with entire satisfaction to the teachers and to the public . I had no opportunity to become acquainted with the intellectual character of the pupils ; but a ...
... neglect of study . The school has been managed upon this plan for two years , with entire satisfaction to the teachers and to the public . I had no opportunity to become acquainted with the intellectual character of the pupils ; but a ...
Page 53
... neglect of farm labor and rustic , though healthful sports , among the boys , have been favor- able to the physical or intellectual development of the people . As a community we have no physical training whatever ; and there is great ...
... neglect of farm labor and rustic , though healthful sports , among the boys , have been favor- able to the physical or intellectual development of the people . As a community we have no physical training whatever ; and there is great ...
Page 54
... neglect of education in families , and has promoted a confidence , to some extent misplaced , in these institutions as efficient and sufficient means of mental and moral culture . Such , to a great extent , they unquestionably are ; but ...
... neglect of education in families , and has promoted a confidence , to some extent misplaced , in these institutions as efficient and sufficient means of mental and moral culture . Such , to a great extent , they unquestionably are ; but ...
Page 57
... neglect its primary ideas , principles and facts . It cannot be laid to the charge of our public schools that too much attention is given to primary studies ; indeed the Abstracts from the School Com- mittees ' Reports contain much ...
... neglect its primary ideas , principles and facts . It cannot be laid to the charge of our public schools that too much attention is given to primary studies ; indeed the Abstracts from the School Com- mittees ' Reports contain much ...
Page 61
... neglect of family government on the part of mothers ; the aggregation of large populations in cities and towns , always unfavorable to the physical and moral welfare of children ; the comparative neglect of agri- culture and the ...
... neglect of family government on the part of mothers ; the aggregation of large populations in cities and towns , always unfavorable to the physical and moral welfare of children ; the comparative neglect of agri- culture and the ...
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Page 19 - ... to impress on the minds of children and youth, committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity, and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry, and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues, which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Page 241 - There is no office higher than that of a teacher of youth, for there is nothing on earth so precious as the mind, soul, character of the child. No office should be regarded with greater respect. The first minds in the community should be encouraged to assume it. Parents should do all but impoverish themselves, to induce such to become the guardians and guides of their children. To this good, all their show and luxury should be sacrificed.
Page 39 - It shall be the duty of the president, professors, and tutors of the University at Cambridge, and of the several colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, and all other instructors of youth, to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety...
Page 82 - I am young, and ye are very old ; Wherefore I was afraid, And durst not show you mine opinion. I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Page 132 - ... to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Page 86 - ... the principles of piety and justice and a sacred regard to truth; love of their country, humanity and universal benevolence; sobriety, industry and frugality; chastity, moderation and temperance; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Page 123 - ... it shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above-mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices.
Page 102 - I have been able to satisfy myself that about one half the young females brought up as they are at present, undergo some visible and obvious change of structure ; that a considerable number are the subjects of great and permanent deviations, and that not a few entirely lose their health from the manner in which they are reared.
Page lxxvi - In some cases the true mean average is not obtained by this process, for reasons peculiar to the schools of some towns. In such cases school committees were requested to indicate in their returns the true mean average, that their result may be inserted in the Table. The ratio is expressed in decimals, continued to four figures, the first two of •which are separated from the last two by a point, as only the two former are essential to denote the real per cent. Yet the ratios of many towns are so...
Page 58 - The board may appoint one or more suitable agents to visit the several towns and cities for the purpose of inquiring into the condition of the schools, conferring with teachers and committees, lecturing upon subjects connected with education, and in general of giving and receiving information upon subjects connected with education, in the same manner as the secretary might do if he were present.