... Monographs on Education in the United States, Volume 2J. B. Lyon Company, 1904 - Education |
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Page 556
... received with favor . The war of 1812 with Great Britain intervening to postpone action upon this important enterprise , he entered the military service as commander of the United States forces on the northern frontier . At the close of ...
... received with favor . The war of 1812 with Great Britain intervening to postpone action upon this important enterprise , he entered the military service as commander of the United States forces on the northern frontier . At the close of ...
Page 557
... received instruction from Professor Silli- He gave courses of lectures at Williams college in 1817 , developing a remarkable talent for popular exposition of scientific discovery , which resulted in his giving a course of lectures ...
... received instruction from Professor Silli- He gave courses of lectures at Williams college in 1817 , developing a remarkable talent for popular exposition of scientific discovery , which resulted in his giving a course of lectures ...
Page 559
... received the approval of Governor Andrews , just as the nation was plunging into what proved to be a mighty struggle for its existence . A year later Professor Rogers was formally elected president of the institution , which as yet had ...
... received the approval of Governor Andrews , just as the nation was plunging into what proved to be a mighty struggle for its existence . A year later Professor Rogers was formally elected president of the institution , which as yet had ...
Page 561
... received from tuition . It receives , however , one - third of the income of the commonwealth of Massachusetts from the national land grant funds and subsequent national appropriations for land grant colleges . During the past two years ...
... received from tuition . It receives , however , one - third of the income of the commonwealth of Massachusetts from the national land grant funds and subsequent national appropriations for land grant colleges . During the past two years ...
Page 562
... received its first class of fifteen students in rented rooms in Boston . In the latter part of 1864 Mr. John Boynton of Templeton , in Worcester county , a merchant who by thrift and economy had accumulated a considerable fortune , made ...
... received its first class of fifteen students in rented rooms in Boston . In the latter part of 1864 Mr. John Boynton of Templeton , in Worcester county , a merchant who by thrift and economy had accumulated a considerable fortune , made ...
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Page 7 - ... all philosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things, tend to increase the power of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life.
Page 612 - 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 5 - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science In different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Page 612 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 7 - Hartford had secured from the state legislature the incorporation of the Connecticut asylum for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons.
Page 618 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 605 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 31 - The poor child had sat in mute amazement, and patiently imitated everything her teacher did; but now the truth began to flash upon her: her intellect began to work: she perceived that here was a way by which she could herself make up a sign of anything that was in her own mind, and show it to another mind...
Page 6 - And virgin earth fresh scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : " In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry...
Page 6 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay By future poets shall be sung.