Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Volume 11U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 - Education |
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... United States some years ago , said : " It is not simply true that every oue knows how to read , but every one does read for purposes of instruction , entertainment , participation in public affairs , direction of labor , gaining of ...
... United States some years ago , said : " It is not simply true that every oue knows how to read , but every one does read for purposes of instruction , entertainment , participation in public affairs , direction of labor , gaining of ...
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... United States . The cessions guar- anteed on the part of New York as early as 1780 and by Virginia as early as 1781 were completed by Connecticut's cession , September 30 , 1786 , with the exception of her " Western Reserve , " which ...
... United States . The cessions guar- anteed on the part of New York as early as 1780 and by Virginia as early as 1781 were completed by Connecticut's cession , September 30 , 1786 , with the exception of her " Western Reserve , " which ...
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... United States . The trustees were to establish " as speedily as may be , an university within the borough of Vincennes , and to appoint to preside over and govern it , a president and not exceeding four professors for the instruction of ...
... United States . The trustees were to establish " as speedily as may be , an university within the borough of Vincennes , and to appoint to preside over and govern it , a president and not exceeding four professors for the instruction of ...
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... United States , which , at the December term , 1852 , reversed the de- cision of the supreme court of the State , holding that when the Terri- torial legislature of 1806 incorporated a " board of trustees of the Vin- cennes University ...
... United States , which , at the December term , 1852 , reversed the de- cision of the supreme court of the State , holding that when the Terri- torial legislature of 1806 incorporated a " board of trustees of the Vin- cennes University ...
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... United States , and in 1864 gained a reversal , and the suit ended in his retention of the fees . We have carried this recital forward in point of time in order to place . in connection the related events in the history of this pioneer ...
... United States , and in 1864 gained a reversal , and the suit ended in his retention of the fees . We have carried this recital forward in point of time in order to place . in connection the related events in the history of this pioneer ...
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Page 139 - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.
Page 25 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 74 - 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 37 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Page 54 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 27 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 104 - The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement; and shall, as soon as practicable, provide for the establishment of an Agricultural School.
Page 28 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 57 - All lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to the State, where no special purpose is expressed in the grant and the proceeds of the sales thereof, including the proceeds of the sales of the swamp lands...
Page 107 - States shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings...