American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 32Office of American Journal of Education, 1882 - Education Vol. 17-24 include the circulars, reports and documents issued by the editor as commissioner of education (vol. 18 is the American year-book and register for 1869; v. 19, Special report on education in the District of Columbia). |
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... necessary to produce exactness . " Personally , " writes Preceptor , " I believe I owe my inac- curacy as a mathematician ( besides a general inexactness of mind in matters of detail ) to the too kind indulgence of a private tutor who ...
... necessary to produce exactness . " Personally , " writes Preceptor , " I believe I owe my inac- curacy as a mathematician ( besides a general inexactness of mind in matters of detail ) to the too kind indulgence of a private tutor who ...
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... necessary , and not perhaps very tedious for a slow , steady , but somewhat dull boy , may be unnecessary , tedious , and even irritating for a quick and lively one . Again , other reading - books , of a somewhat earlier date , good in ...
... necessary , and not perhaps very tedious for a slow , steady , but somewhat dull boy , may be unnecessary , tedious , and even irritating for a quick and lively one . Again , other reading - books , of a somewhat earlier date , good in ...
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It is absolutely necessary that the child should be taught to pro- nounce words apart from their context as well as to read them in their context . Otherwise he will read by rote , trusting to his memory , and will make little progress ...
It is absolutely necessary that the child should be taught to pro- nounce words apart from their context as well as to read them in their context . Otherwise he will read by rote , trusting to his memory , and will make little progress ...
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It is not now thought necessary to inculcate minute directions for holding the pen ; but stooping , putting the tongue out and the head on one side , and other constrained and unnatural attitudes should be noted and forbidden at once ...
It is not now thought necessary to inculcate minute directions for holding the pen ; but stooping , putting the tongue out and the head on one side , and other constrained and unnatural attitudes should be noted and forbidden at once ...
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... necessary time to finish the process of calcu- lation . Working in competition with others , working against time , and con- stant repetition of Tables , whenever an error in any Table has been made — these are the best means for ...
... necessary time to finish the process of calcu- lation . Working in competition with others , working against time , and con- stant repetition of Tables , whenever an error in any Table has been made — these are the best means for ...
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Page 285 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 285 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress...
Page 285 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be Issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry...
Page 822 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to provide by law for a general system of education, ascending in a regular gradation from township schools to a State University, wherein tuition shall be gratis, and equally open to all.
Page 511 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Page 516 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 285 - State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre...
Page 778 - 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 285 - ... the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each state which mav take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 526 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.