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... MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION . Chapter 16 . The religious instinct fundamental in the soul . Religious sentiment taken into account . Views of Superintendent Pierce . Action of Board of Regents in relation to teachers . Views of Rev ...
... MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION . Chapter 16 . The religious instinct fundamental in the soul . Religious sentiment taken into account . Views of Superintendent Pierce . Action of Board of Regents in relation to teachers . Views of Rev ...
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... morals , well instructed in the Latin , French , and English languages , " for a period equivalent to twelve months in the year . The grammar school of that day was equal to an acad- emy or high school of moderate grade , and offered ...
... morals , well instructed in the Latin , French , and English languages , " for a period equivalent to twelve months in the year . The grammar school of that day was equal to an acad- emy or high school of moderate grade , and offered ...
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... moral character . By one of the early statutes persons presuming to teach a public school without the Inspector's certificate were liable to a fine of two hundred dollars , one - half of which went to the informer , the other half to ...
... moral character . By one of the early statutes persons presuming to teach a public school without the Inspector's certificate were liable to a fine of two hundred dollars , one - half of which went to the informer , the other half to ...
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... morals , and education must stand or fall together . Common schools are democratic in their nature and influence ; they tend to unify society ; in them the rich and the poor come together on terms of perfect FREE SCHOOLS 37 equality ...
... morals , and education must stand or fall together . Common schools are democratic in their nature and influence ; they tend to unify society ; in them the rich and the poor come together on terms of perfect FREE SCHOOLS 37 equality ...
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... morality among the people as a whole , he goes on to inquire how schools , as a means of securing these ends , can be sustained . His conclusion is that they " ought emphatically to be the property and care of the state . To neglect ...
... morality among the people as a whole , he goes on to inquire how schools , as a means of securing these ends , can be sustained . His conclusion is that they " ought emphatically to be the property and care of the state . To neglect ...
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Page 23 - ... hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new states, under an act of Congress, distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several states of the Union, approved...
Page 112 - ... every subject which is taught at all in a secondary school should be taught in the same way and to the same extent to every pupil so long as he pursues it, no matter what the probable destination of the pupil may be, or at what point his education is to cease.
Page 32 - ... shall be appointed for two years, one for four years, and one for six years.
Page 32 - The board of regents shall have the general supervision of the university, and the direction and control of all expenditures from the university interest fund.
Page 33 - All specific State taxes, except those received from the mining companies of the Upper Peninsula, shall be applied in paying the interest upon the primary school, university and other educational funds, and the interest and principal of the State debt, in the order herein...
Page 32 - The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement; and shall, as soon as practicable, provide for the establishment of an agricultural school.
Page 32 - The regents of the university, and their successors in office, shall continue to constitute the body corporate, known by the name and title of " The Regents of the University of Michigan.
Page 24 - ... remain a permanent fund, the interest of which shall be applied to the support of said university, with such branches as the public convenience may demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant. And it shall be the duty of the legislature as soon as may be. to provide effectual means for the improvement and permanent security of the funds of said university.
Page 23 - The General Assembly shall provide for the election, by the voters of the State, of a State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall hold his office for two years, and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law.
Page 34 - The legislature shall provide for an annual tax, sufficient with other resources, to pay the estimated expenses of the state government, the interest of the state debt and such deficiency as may occur in the resources.