The American Journal of Education, Volume 17F.C. Brownell, 1867 - Education |
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... least one meeting or conference of the friends of educational improvement in Washington [ or else- where ] every year . 8. To submit annually a report in which shall be given a summary of the progress of education , in each State , and ...
... least one meeting or conference of the friends of educational improvement in Washington [ or else- where ] every year . 8. To submit annually a report in which shall be given a summary of the progress of education , in each State , and ...
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... least six volumes . We shall make no change in the general plan of this periodical . It will be devoted as from the start , exclusively to the History , Biography , Science , Art , Systems , Institutions , and Statis- tics of Education ...
... least six volumes . We shall make no change in the general plan of this periodical . It will be devoted as from the start , exclusively to the History , Biography , Science , Art , Systems , Institutions , and Statis- tics of Education ...
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... least $ 50,000,000 have been given in the United States by private individuals for the support of schools . We have thus an interest , even pecuniarily considered , hardly second to any other . We have tolerably complete school ...
... least $ 50,000,000 have been given in the United States by private individuals for the support of schools . We have thus an interest , even pecuniarily considered , hardly second to any other . We have tolerably complete school ...
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... least felt where the need is greatest . This is peculiarly true of those things which are chiefly useful as tending to raise the character of human beings . The uncultivated can not be judges of cultivation . " Those who most need to be ...
... least felt where the need is greatest . This is peculiarly true of those things which are chiefly useful as tending to raise the character of human beings . The uncultivated can not be judges of cultivation . " Those who most need to be ...
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... least , perpetuate the record of their liberality , and preserve its beneficent results . Mr. Speaker : I have thus hurriedly and imperfectly exhibited the magnitude of the interests involved in the education of American youth ; the ...
... least , perpetuate the record of their liberality , and preserve its beneficent results . Mr. Speaker : I have thus hurriedly and imperfectly exhibited the magnitude of the interests involved in the education of American youth ; the ...
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Page 44 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 63 - Washington a department of education for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 102 - Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the means of instruction.
Page 86 - Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them, especially the University at Cambridge ; public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions ; rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Page 119 - The Legislature shall provide for a system of common schools, by which a school shall be kept up and supported in each district at least three months in every year, and any school district neglecting to keep and support such a school may be deprived of its proportion of the interest of the public fund during such neglect.
Page 115 - ... 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 86 - ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments, among the people.
Page 84 - ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 702 - Let it flame or fade, and the war roll down like a wind, We have proved we have hearts in a cause, we are noble still, And myself have awaked, as it seems, to the better mind ; It is better to fight for the good, than to rail at the ill...
Page 86 - Boston, Roxbury and Dorchester, mentioned in the said act, shall be, and hereby are, vested with all the powers and authority belonging, or in any way appertaining to the Overseers of Harvard College; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Legislature of this Commonwealth from making such alterations in the government of the said university, as shall be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner as might 55 have been done...