The Development of Courses of Study in the Public Schools of the United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1896 - 412 pages |
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The Development of Courses of Study in the Public Schools of the United States Frederick Elmer Bolton No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 20 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as In former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 20 - ... 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...
Page 20 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the 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...
Page 135 - States, elements of physiology and hygiene, with special instruction as to the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and their effects upon the human system...
Page 11 - I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both...
Page 19 - Every scholar that giveth up in writing a system or synopsis, or sum of logic, natural and moral philosophy, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy, and is ready to defend his theses or positions...
Page 157 - Physiology and Hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, and other stimulants and narcotics upon the human system.
Page 201 - Spelling Lists. Fourth, fifth and sixth years, four lessons per week. Grammar. Oral, with composition or dictation, first year to middle of fifth year, text-book from middle of fifth year to close of seventh year, five lessons per week. (Composition writing should be included under this head.
Page 83 - Academies and Grammar Schools. — By law, a grammar school may be established in any town in the state, by a vote of the inhabitants in legal meeting ; and many academies are established and maintained by private funds. In these are taught not only the primary branches of learning, but geography, grammar, the languages, and higher branches of mathematics. There are also academies for young ladies, in which are taught the additional branches of needle-work, drawing, and embroidery. Among the academies...
Page 19 - Every scholar, that on proof is found able to read the original of the Old and New Testament into the Latin tongue and to resolve them logically, withal being of honest life and conversation, and at any public act hath the approbation of the overseers and master of the college, may be invested with his first degree.