Report of the Commissioner of Education, with Circulars and Documents Accompanying the SameU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - Education |
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... passed May 20 , 1785 , .... UNITED STATES LAND GRANTS FOR EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA , .. EDUCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE , ....... NATIONAL SERIES OF AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION , ....... Announcement of Prof. Camp as Publisher , ...... NUMBERS ...
... passed May 20 , 1785 , .... UNITED STATES LAND GRANTS FOR EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA , .. EDUCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE , ....... NATIONAL SERIES OF AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION , ....... Announcement of Prof. Camp as Publisher , ...... NUMBERS ...
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... passed as reported by the Committee , by a vote of 80 yeas to 44 nays . The Bill , in the Senate , was referred to the Standing Committee on the Ju- diciary , who recommended its passage without amendment ; and , after a debate on the ...
... passed as reported by the Committee , by a vote of 80 yeas to 44 nays . The Bill , in the Senate , was referred to the Standing Committee on the Ju- diciary , who recommended its passage without amendment ; and , after a debate on the ...
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... passed into an axiom of political philosophy : - Promote , as an object of primary importance , institutions for the general dif- fusion of knowledge . In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion , it is ...
... passed into an axiom of political philosophy : - Promote , as an object of primary importance , institutions for the general dif- fusion of knowledge . In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion , it is ...
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... passed : ― IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES , December 1st , 1795 . Whereas the migration of American youth to foreign countries , for the com- pletion of their education , exposes them to the danger of imbibing political prejudices ...
... passed : ― IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES , December 1st , 1795 . Whereas the migration of American youth to foreign countries , for the com- pletion of their education , exposes them to the danger of imbibing political prejudices ...
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... passed by an almost unani- mous vote of both branches of the Legislature , so foreign was the idea of public schools to the habits of the people , so odious was the idea of taxation for this purpose , that even the poor who were to be ...
... passed by an almost unani- mous vote of both branches of the Legislature , so foreign was the idea of public schools to the habits of the people , so odious was the idea of taxation for this purpose , that even the poor who were to be ...
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Page 59 - 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 829 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 55 - 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 311 - What Constitutes a State? WHAT constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate — Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned — Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride — Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high-minded men...
Page 80 - 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, whose wages shall be paid, either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of those who order the prudentials of the town shall appoint...
Page 98 - 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 135 - 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 82 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 135 - 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...
Page 322 - It is ordered that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein.