National University: Hearings Before the Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Sixty-third Congress, Second Session on H. R. 11749, a Bill to Create a National University at the Seat of the Federal Government ... |
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The appointed members shall be arranged in classes , so that the term of one
member shall expire each year . ... if not , the governor of the State may appoint a
citizen of the State , learned and experienced in matters of education , to
represent ...
The appointed members shall be arranged in classes , so that the term of one
member shall expire each year . ... if not , the governor of the State may appoint a
citizen of the State , learned and experienced in matters of education , to
represent ...
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The ultimate authority in the government of the institution is vested in a board of
trustees appointed by the President of the United States ; but this board must
consult and consider the counsel and advice of a national advisory council
consisting ...
The ultimate authority in the government of the institution is vested in a board of
trustees appointed by the President of the United States ; but this board must
consult and consider the counsel and advice of a national advisory council
consisting ...
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Since that year a limited number of graduate civil engineers have been
appointed annually to the position of civil engineer student after having passed
competitive examinations . These men are employed for a period of one year at $
50 per ...
Since that year a limited number of graduate civil engineers have been
appointed annually to the position of civil engineer student after having passed
competitive examinations . These men are employed for a period of one year at $
50 per ...
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No student assistants are appointed under the present arrangements . Graduate
students in engineering from recognized colleges and universities are admitted
to pursue special lines of investigation when the director is satisfied that they will
...
No student assistants are appointed under the present arrangements . Graduate
students in engineering from recognized colleges and universities are admitted
to pursue special lines of investigation when the director is satisfied that they will
...
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( e ) Prior to the Twelfth Census a number of college or university students were
appointed at clerks upon the nomination of the presidents of the universities from
which they came . Though the positions thus filled were techically ordinary ...
( e ) Prior to the Twelfth Census a number of college or university students were
appointed at clerks upon the nomination of the presidents of the universities from
which they came . Though the positions thus filled were techically ordinary ...
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Page 77 - 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 96 - J. Franklin Jameson, director of the department of historical research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington...
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Page 11 - ... by which the arts, sciences, and belles-lettres could be taught in their fullest extent, thereby embracing all the advantages of European tuition, with the means of acquiring the liberal knowledge which is necessary to qualify our citizens for the exigencies of public as well as private life; and (which with me is a consideration of great magnitude) by assembling the youth from the different parts of this rising Republic, contributing from their intercourse and interchange of information to the...
Page 57 - Gardens, and similar institutions hereafter established shall be afforded to scientific investigators and to duly qualified individuals, students, and graduates of institutions of learning in the several States...
Page 14 - But, above all, a wellconstituted seminary in the center of the nation is recommended by the consideration that the additional instruction emanating from it would contribute not less to strengthen the foundations than to adorn the structure of our free and happy system of government.
Page 12 - Amongst the motives to such an institution, the assimilation of the principles, opinions and manners of our countrymen, by the common education of a portion of our youth, from every quarter, well deserves attention. The more homogeneous our citizens can be made in these particulars, the greater will be our prospect of permanent union ; and a primary object of such a national institution should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
Page 13 - ... that once and again, in his addresses to the Congresses with whom he cooperated in the public service, he earnestly recommended the establishment of seminaries of learning, to prepare for all the emergencies of peace and war — a national university, and a military academy.
Page 13 - ... national university and a military academy. With respect to the latter, had he lived to the present day, in turning his eyes to the institution at West Point he would have enjoyed the gratification of his most earnest wishes; but in surveying the city which has been honored with his name he would have seen the spot of earth which he had destined and bequeathed to the use and benefit of his country as the site for a university still bare and barren.
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| Title | National University: Hearings Before the Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Sixty-third Congress, Second Session on H. R. 11749, a Bill to Create a National University at the Seat of the Federal Government ... Volumes 1-3 of National University: Hearings Before the Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Sixty-third Congress, Second Session on H. R. 11749, a Bill to Create a National University at the Seat of the Federal Government, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 23 Mar 2007 |
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