Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers, Volume 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - Education
 

Contents

CHAPTER XXVIREPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF TWELVE OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE
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Method as related to the preparation of teachers
1403
The elementary course in German
1409
The intermediate course in German
1419
Specimen examination papers for admission to college
1425
UNIVERSITY TYPES AND IDEALS
1435
Summary of the statistics 2013
1438
The University of Chicago by Dr Henry Moissan
1443
The University of Turin by M Haguenin
1452
STATE SUPERVISION OF DegreeConferring InstituTIONS
1461
KREPORT ON SCHOOL STATISTICS MADE BY A COMMIttee of the DEPART
1477
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS
1489
BIBLE STUDY IN AMERICAN COLLEGES
1513
THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STATE UNIVERSITIES
1539
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURE
1575
The study of the foliage leaf by Prof Stanley Coulter
1582
How a candle burns by George W Cavanaugh
1588
The care of domestic animals
1598
Progress of extension work report of work done under the Nixon law of 1897 of the State
1610
Instruction in agriculture in Prussia
1621
School gardens in Russia
1632
Educational institutions and methods in Corea
1639
Weaving schools in Germany
1646
Supplementary education in Saxony
1653
LEGAL PROVISIONS OF THE VARIOUS STATES RELATING TO TEACHERS
1659
CURRENT QUESTIONS
1693
Conveyance of children to school corporal punishment
1701
Sunday school statistics for the United States and British American Provinces
1708
MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL TOPICS
1715
Artificial production of nitrates for agricultural purposes from address by Sir William Crookes
1721
THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION HELD
1733
HER EDU
1741

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Page 1548 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice : And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 1548 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Page 1546 - State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 1540 - ... to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Page 1419 - The work should comprise, in addition to the elementary course, the reading of about 400 pages of moderately difficult prose and poetry, with constant practice in giving, sometimes orally and sometimes in writing, paraphrases, abstracts, or reproductions from memory of selected portions of the matter read; also grammatical drill upon the less usual strong verbs, the use of articles, cases, auxiliaries of all kinds, tenses and modes (with special reference to the infinitive and subjunctive), and likewise...
Page 1540 - ... to take account from time to time of all parents and masters and of their children, concerning their calling and employment of their children, especially of their ability to read and understand the principles of religion and the capital laws of this country...
Page 1554 - The Bible shall not be excluded from any school or institution in this state, nor shall any pupil be required to read it contrary to the wishes of his parent or guardian.
Page 1565 - And by bringing the sects together, and mixing them with the mass of other students, we shall soften their asperities, liberalize and neutralize their prejudices, and make the general religion a religion of peace, reason, and morality.
Page 1559 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 1421 - ... abundant easy exercises designed not only to fix in mind the forms and principles of grammar, but also to cultivate readiness in the reproduction of natural forms of expression...

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