Report of the Commissioner of Education, with Circulars and Documents Accompanying the SameU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - Education |
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... the Department of Education , approved March 2 , 1867 . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , Hon . B. F. WADE , HENRY BARNARD , Commissioner . President of the Senate . IN THE SENAte of the UNITED STATES , July 27.
... the Department of Education , approved March 2 , 1867 . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , Hon . B. F. WADE , HENRY BARNARD , Commissioner . President of the Senate . IN THE SENAte of the UNITED STATES , July 27.
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... approved March 2 , 1867 . AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , That there shall be established , at the city ...
... approved March 2 , 1867 . AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , That there shall be established , at the city ...
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... approved March 29 , 1867 , the Commissioner is further directed to ascertain the condition of the public schools in the District of Columbia , and submit a Report on the relative efficiency of the system now in force , and on such addi ...
... approved March 29 , 1867 , the Commissioner is further directed to ascertain the condition of the public schools in the District of Columbia , and submit a Report on the relative efficiency of the system now in force , and on such addi ...
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... approved by the Congressional Com- mittee on Printing , to be distributed as suggested below . 4. Authority to furnish any person interested in the circulation of a particular document , with any number of copies , at the cost of press ...
... approved by the Congressional Com- mittee on Printing , to be distributed as suggested below . 4. Authority to furnish any person interested in the circulation of a particular document , with any number of copies , at the cost of press ...
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... approved March 29 , 1867 , the Commissioner instituted an exhaustive inquiry as to the number of children of the ordinary school age ; the number of the same in any school , public or private ; the number and character of each grade of ...
... approved March 29 , 1867 , the Commissioner instituted an exhaustive inquiry as to the number of children of the ordinary school age ; the number of the same in any school , public or private ; the number and character of each grade of ...
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Page 30 - 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 781 - 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 125 - ... 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 xxxix - 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 84 - 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 71 - ... 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 782 - I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education.
Page 101 - State for the use of a University; and the funds accruing from the rents or sale of such lands, or from any other source, for the purpose aforesaid, shall be and remain a permanent fund, the interest of which shall be applied to the support of said university, with such branches as the public convenience may demand for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant.
Page 107 - ... duties as may be imposed upon him by the board and the laws of the State.
Page 126 - If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs...