Report of the Commissioner of Education, with Circulars and Documents Accompanying the SameU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - Education |
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... corporation of Harvard College gave a public dinner in honor of the French ambassador and his suite , and did me the honor of an invita- tion to dine with them . " At the table , in the philosophy chamber , I chanced to sit next to Dr ...
... corporation of Harvard College gave a public dinner in honor of the French ambassador and his suite , and did me the honor of an invita- tion to dine with them . " At the table , in the philosophy chamber , I chanced to sit next to Dr ...
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... corporations that may be assessed for common school purposes . 3. The principal of the common school fund shall remain a perpetual fund , which may be increased , but shall never be diminished ; and the income thereof shall be ...
... corporations that may be assessed for common school purposes . 3. The principal of the common school fund shall remain a perpetual fund , which may be increased , but shall never be diminished ; and the income thereof shall be ...
Page 109
... corporation . The stock of the Bank of the State of Missouri , now held for school purposes , and all other stocks belonging to any school or university fund , shall be sold in such man- ner and at such time as the General Assembly ...
... corporation . The stock of the Bank of the State of Missouri , now held for school purposes , and all other stocks belonging to any school or university fund , shall be sold in such man- ner and at such time as the General Assembly ...
Page 113
... corporations of any nature whatever , for internal improvements , or for the devel- opment of the wealth . and resources of the State , shall be set apart as a part of the perpetual school fund of the State ; provided , that if at any ...
... corporations of any nature whatever , for internal improvements , or for the devel- opment of the wealth . and resources of the State , shall be set apart as a part of the perpetual school fund of the State ; provided , that if at any ...
Page 122
... corporation hereafter created ; all moneys that may be paid as an equivalent for exemption from military duty ; and such sums as may from time to time be appropriated by the legislature for the purpose , shall be set apart as a separate ...
... corporation hereafter created ; all moneys that may be paid as an equivalent for exemption from military duty ; and such sums as may from time to time be appropriated by the legislature for the purpose , shall be set apart as a separate ...
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Page 45 - 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 119 - An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and to grant preemption rights...
Page xv - 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 116 - The proceeds of fell lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this State for the support of schools, which shall hereafter be sold or disposed of, and the five 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 137 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States.
Page 330 - That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty house-holders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town (1) Mass. Col. Recs. II. p. 203. to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 137 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful ; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 103 - 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 204 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for 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, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 85 - ... 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...