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... Schools , 14 Imperishability of good examples , I take care of my lambs , 167 237 A course of composition , 176 ... public Mode of teaching , ' 824 , 855 schools , 235 More beyond , 870 Childish wisdom , 516 N ' D National teachers ...
... Schools , 14 Imperishability of good examples , I take care of my lambs , 167 237 A course of composition , 176 ... public Mode of teaching , ' 824 , 855 schools , 235 More beyond , 870 Childish wisdom , 516 N ' D National teachers ...
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... School Journal . SCHOOL VISITATIONS . No complaint is more common from teachers , than that " parents will not visit the ... Public Graded Schools proves to me that the thing is not only possible , but comparatively easy to be attained ...
... School Journal . SCHOOL VISITATIONS . No complaint is more common from teachers , than that " parents will not visit the ... Public Graded Schools proves to me that the thing is not only possible , but comparatively easy to be attained ...
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... SCHOOLS IN SWEDEN . GYMNASTICS . THERE are two respects in which the Swedish ... public school in Stockholm , I saw the lads in their noon lessons at ... Schools in Sweden-gymnastics,
... SCHOOLS IN SWEDEN . GYMNASTICS . THERE are two respects in which the Swedish ... public school in Stockholm , I saw the lads in their noon lessons at ... Schools in Sweden-gymnastics,
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... public schools . But is five thousand dollars too much for an educated professional man to hope for as the result of twenty or twenty - five years of devoted attention to his business ? If we can hint at any means by which so desirable ...
... public schools . But is five thousand dollars too much for an educated professional man to hope for as the result of twenty or twenty - five years of devoted attention to his business ? If we can hint at any means by which so desirable ...
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... schools . But all appeals thus far , however earnest , eloquent or convincing , have failed to bring the inhabit- ants of school ... public sentiment on this subject is to be revolu- tionized and indifference overcome , is an inquiry worthy ...
... schools . But all appeals thus far , however earnest , eloquent or convincing , have failed to bring the inhabit- ants of school ... public sentiment on this subject is to be revolu- tionized and indifference overcome , is an inquiry worthy ...
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Page 13 - Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild For the beautiful Pays de Vaud ; Though at times he hears in his dreams The Ranz des Vaches of old, And the rush of mountain streams From glaciers clear and cold ; And the mother at home says, " Hark ! For his voice I listen and yearn ; It is growing late and dark, And my boy does not return !
Page 162 - To elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States.
Page 167 - ... blood into the channels of the public prosperity. Tell me, ye who tread the sods of yon sacred height, is Warren dead ? Can you not still see him, not pale and prostrate, the blood of his gallant heart pouring out of his ghastly wound, but moving resplendent over the field of honor, with the...
Page 167 - Can you not still see him, not pale and prostrate, the blood of his gallant heart pouring out of his ghastly wound, but moving resplendent over the field of honor, with the rose of Heaven upon his cheek, and the fire of liberty in his eye ? Tell me, ye, who make your pious pilgrimage to the shades of Vernon, is Washington indeed shut up in that cold and narrow house ? That which made these men, and men like these, cannot die. The hand that traced the charter of independence is indeed motionless,...
Page 223 - ... paid as an equivalent for exemption from military duty, and the clear proceeds of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws...
Page 13 - Father has written for thee." "Come wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod, And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 13 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe.
Page 33 - ... their means to advance the dignity, respectability, and usefulness of their calling; and who, in fine, believe that the time has come when the teachers of the nation should gather into one great Educational Brotherhood.
Page 278 - I hold that the greatest friend to man is labor ; that knowledge without toil, if possible, were worthless; that toil in pursuit of knowledge is the best knowledge we can attain ; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving of homage, but the virtues which a man exercises in the slow pursuit of wealth, — the abilities so called forth, the self-denials so imposed : in a word, that Labor and Patience are the true schoolmasters...
Page 66 - ... subjects, require patient application and habits of abstraction, on the part of the older pupils, which can with difficulty, if at all, be attained by many pupils, amid a multiplicity of distracting exercises, movements and sounds. The recitations of this class of pupils, to be profitable and satisfactory, must be conducted in a manner which requires time, discussion and explanation, and the undivided attention both of pupils and teachers.