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... young men and boys over twelve years of age who might be prevented by their occupations from attending the day schools . From the earliest legislation about schools in Ohio , there has been a marked distinction between the laws for ...
... young men and boys over twelve years of age who might be prevented by their occupations from attending the day schools . From the earliest legislation about schools in Ohio , there has been a marked distinction between the laws for ...
Page 82
... young boys and girls at Belpre , taught during the summer of 1790 by Bathsheba Rouse , is mentioned by some authorities as being the first ' school of white children opened in Ohio . It is a well authenticated fact that the Moravian ...
... young boys and girls at Belpre , taught during the summer of 1790 by Bathsheba Rouse , is mentioned by some authorities as being the first ' school of white children opened in Ohio . It is a well authenticated fact that the Moravian ...
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... young man or woman of spirit and worth to enter upon teaching as a vocation . The teacher was regarded as a kind of pensioner on the bounty of the people , whose presence was tolerated only because county infirmaries were not then in ...
... young man or woman of spirit and worth to enter upon teaching as a vocation . The teacher was regarded as a kind of pensioner on the bounty of the people , whose presence was tolerated only because county infirmaries were not then in ...
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... young ladies who were apt with pen or pencil , were in imminent danger of falling an easy prey to some designing knave who might entrap them by an epistolary correspondence which could never be detected by an illiterate mother . Girls ...
... young ladies who were apt with pen or pencil , were in imminent danger of falling an easy prey to some designing knave who might entrap them by an epistolary correspondence which could never be detected by an illiterate mother . Girls ...
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... young . A ride , or more frequently a walk , of six miles was an obstacle easily surmounted by persons wishing to enjoy the competi- tion or witness the discomfiture of a rival school when its last champion was " spelled down . " The ...
... young . A ride , or more frequently a walk , of six miles was an obstacle easily surmounted by persons wishing to enjoy the competi- tion or witness the discomfiture of a rival school when its last champion was " spelled down . " The ...
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Page 202 - ... 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 244 - Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education in the West...
Page 333 - An act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain townships and fractional townships, not before provided for,' and which shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 11 - State, which are endowed, in whole or in part, from the revenue arising from donations made by the United States, for the support of schools and colleges; and the doors of the said schools, academies and universities, shall be open for the reception of scholars, students and teachers, of every grade, without any distinction or preference whatever, contrary to the intent for which said donations were made.
Page 12 - There shall be reserved the lot No. 16, of every township, for the maintenance of public schools, within the said township...
Page 75 - But religion, morality and knowledge, being essentially necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of instruction shall forever be encouraged by legislative provision, not inconsistent with the rights of conscience.
Page 202 - 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: And provided further.
Page 323 - ... of this act, as may not have been previously appropriated; and it shall be the duty of the said committee of every such teachers' institute to report, within thirty days after every meeting of the same, to the State commissioner of common schools, the number of teachers in attendance, the names of the instructors and lecturers, an account of the moneys received and expended by them, and such other information relating to the institute as the said commissioner may require: Provided, that no part...
Page 80 - Ohio" confirmed the provision of 1785, and declared that "religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.
Page 11 - The principal of all funds arising from the sale or other disposition of lands or other property, granted or intrusted to this State for educational and religious purposes, shall forever be preserved inviolate and undiminished ; and the income arising therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants or appropriations.