Report of the Commissioner of Education, with Circulars and Documents Accompanying the SameU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 |
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... candidates as shall offer themselves , those who shall be entitled to receive the gratuitous instruction in said school , which has been provided for by the State in said Act . § 2. In case there are more applications for the bounty of ...
... candidates as shall offer themselves , those who shall be entitled to receive the gratuitous instruction in said school , which has been provided for by the State in said Act . § 2. In case there are more applications for the bounty of ...
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... candidates for the university scholarship . The candidates thus selected in each county or city shall meet at such time and place in the year as the board of supervisors of the county shall appoint , to be ex- amined by a board ...
... candidates for the university scholarship . The candidates thus selected in each county or city shall meet at such time and place in the year as the board of supervisors of the county shall appoint , to be ex- amined by a board ...
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... candidate has been presented from each town in the state , ( the order of the towns to be determined by lot , ) to select the candidates as far as may be from the several towns in the ratio of their representation in the house of rep ...
... candidate has been presented from each town in the state , ( the order of the towns to be determined by lot , ) to select the candidates as far as may be from the several towns in the ratio of their representation in the house of rep ...
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... Candidates for admission must be sixteen years of age or more - must bring testimonials of good character . They will then be required to pass an exami- nation in the below - mentioned branches : Geometry - Davis's Algebra - Davies , as ...
... Candidates for admission must be sixteen years of age or more - must bring testimonials of good character . They will then be required to pass an exami- nation in the below - mentioned branches : Geometry - Davis's Algebra - Davies , as ...
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... candidates for degrees . The same is true in Practical Astronomy . No formal examinations are required for admission to these advantages , but they are only offered to young men who are able and disposed to be faithful in the pursuit of ...
... candidates for degrees . The same is true in Practical Astronomy . No formal examinations are required for admission to these advantages , but they are only offered to young men who are able and disposed to be faithful in the pursuit of ...
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Page 59 - 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 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 55 - 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 311 - What Constitutes a State? WHAT constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate — Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned — Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride — Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high-minded men...
Page 80 - 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, whose wages shall be paid, either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of those who order the prudentials of the town shall appoint...
Page 98 - 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 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 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 135 - That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon...
Page 322 - It is ordered that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein.