Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada, Volume 9Warwick bros. & Rutter, printers [etc. ], 1902 - Education |
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... Townships under the Act 179 IV . Encouragement to Persevere in the Promotion of Free Schools , notwith- standing the adverse Legislation of 1849 . 181 XV . EVIDENCE GIVEN BY THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE THE FINANCE COM- MITTEE OF THE ...
... Townships under the Act 179 IV . Encouragement to Persevere in the Promotion of Free Schools , notwith- standing the adverse Legislation of 1849 . 181 XV . EVIDENCE GIVEN BY THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE THE FINANCE COM- MITTEE OF THE ...
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... Township Councils under the new School Act .... 206 VI . To Local School Superintendents on their Duties under the School Act .... 209 VII . To Trustees of Common Schools in Rural Sections on their Duties ..... 213 VIII . To the Teacher ...
... Township Councils under the new School Act .... 206 VI . To Local School Superintendents on their Duties under the School Act .... 209 VII . To Trustees of Common Schools in Rural Sections on their Duties ..... 213 VIII . To the Teacher ...
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... Township of Kitley ; praying for the re - establishment of Separate Schools , and the equitable distribution of Common School Fund ; ( 3 ) Of the Municipality of the Township of Brantford ; praying that the office of Chief ...
... Township of Kitley ; praying for the re - establishment of Separate Schools , and the equitable distribution of Common School Fund ; ( 3 ) Of the Municipality of the Township of Brantford ; praying that the office of Chief ...
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... Township of Colchester , County of Essex , praying for an Act to incorporate the Wilberforce Lyceum Educating Society , established in the said Township . was- On motion of the Honourable Malcolm Cameron , seconded by Mr. Benjamin ...
... Township of Colchester , County of Essex , praying for an Act to incorporate the Wilberforce Lyceum Educating Society , established in the said Township . was- On motion of the Honourable Malcolm Cameron , seconded by Mr. Benjamin ...
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... Townships . June 14th , 1850. Pursuant to the Order of the Day , the following Petitions were read : - ( 1 ) , of Mr. John G. Weir , Townreeve , in behalf of the Municipality of the Township of Raleigh , praying that the application ...
... Townships . June 14th , 1850. Pursuant to the Order of the Day , the following Petitions were read : - ( 1 ) , of Mr. John G. Weir , Townreeve , in behalf of the Municipality of the Township of Raleigh , praying that the application ...
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Page 75 - We hope to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion against immorality and crime.
Page 196 - ... to exert their best endeavors 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 75 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured.
Page 102 - ... good, firm, valid, sufficient and effectual, in the Law, according to the true intent and meaning...
Page 76 - Two divine ideas filled their great hearts — their duty to God and to posterity. For the one, they built the church ; for the other, they opened...
Page 103 - To the QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty. May it please your Majesty, WE, your...
Page 53 - Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and intituled "An Act to Re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada...
Page 195 - Act, 110 child shall be required to read, or study, in, or from, any Religious Book, or to join in any exercise of Devotion, or Religion, which shall be objected to by his, or her, parents, or guardians...
Page 75 - ... and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment. We hope to continue and prolong the time, when, in the villages and farm-houses of New England, there may be undisturbed sleep within unbarred doors. And knowing that our government rests directly on the public will, that we may preserve it, we endeavor to give a safe and proper direction to that public...
Page 260 - ... taken, construed, and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of...