Report of the Commissioner of Education, with Circulars and Documents Accompanying the SameU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - Education |
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... appropriation for the expense of such personal visits as may be deemed needful to complete and verify the work in hand , be made . 2. That authority be given to publish , with such limitations as to expense and copies as Congress may ...
... appropriation for the expense of such personal visits as may be deemed needful to complete and verify the work in hand , be made . 2. That authority be given to publish , with such limitations as to expense and copies as Congress may ...
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... appropriated by the Legislatures for the support and maintenance of common schools . Notwithstanding the great expend- itures entailed upon them during five years of war , they raised by taxation $ 34,000,000 annually for the support of ...
... appropriated by the Legislatures for the support and maintenance of common schools . Notwithstanding the great expend- itures entailed upon them during five years of war , they raised by taxation $ 34,000,000 annually for the support of ...
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... appropriated , during the year 1865 , 2,349,051 francs for the support of primary schools . Teaching is one of the regular professions in France , and the govern- ment offers prizes , and bestows honors upon the successful instructor of ...
... appropriated , during the year 1865 , 2,349,051 francs for the support of primary schools . Teaching is one of the regular professions in France , and the govern- ment offers prizes , and bestows honors upon the successful instructor of ...
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... the United States , under the Act of June 23 , 1836 , the present annual income of the same , and the educa- tional object , if any , to which it is appropriated . EDUCATIONAL LAND POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES . The Act SPECIAL CIRCULAR ,
... the United States , under the Act of June 23 , 1836 , the present annual income of the same , and the educa- tional object , if any , to which it is appropriated . EDUCATIONAL LAND POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES . The Act SPECIAL CIRCULAR ,
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... appropriated , a quantity of land not exceeding two entire townships , for the use and support of a University in said Territory , and for no other use and purpose whatever , to be located in legal subdivisions of not less than one ...
... appropriated , a quantity of land not exceeding two entire townships , for the use and support of a University in said Territory , and for no other use and purpose whatever , to be located in legal subdivisions of not less than one ...
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Popular passages
Page 40 - 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 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 x - 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 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 111 - ... the clear proceeds of all property that may accrue to the state by forfeiture or escheat, and all moneys which may be paid as an equivalent for exemption from military duty; and the clear proceeds of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws...
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 81 - State ; and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences and all good literature tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of America...
Page 80 - ... 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...
Page 114 - State, where the purposes of such giant are not specified, and the five hundred thousand acres of land to which the State is entitled by the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights...
Page 111 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or hereafter may be, granted by the United States to this State, for the support of schools...