Annual Report of the Board of EducationThe Board, 1839 - Education 1st-72nd include the annual report of the Secretary of the Board. |
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... interest in the formation of the minds and hearts of the young , an invitation tran- scending all the party lines , which divide the feelings and judgments of men on other important subjects . The meetings , conducted as they are ...
... interest in the formation of the minds and hearts of the young , an invitation tran- scending all the party lines , which divide the feelings and judgments of men on other important subjects . The meetings , conducted as they are ...
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... of the Board , considerable interest was manifested on the subject of their location ; and wishes were early indicated in behalf of different places , that they might be selected for this purpose . The first movement 12 BOARD OF EDUCATION .
... of the Board , considerable interest was manifested on the subject of their location ; and wishes were early indicated in behalf of different places , that they might be selected for this purpose . The first movement 12 BOARD OF EDUCATION .
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... interest on this subject . It imposed upon them , however , the necessity of selecting between places , which on the ground of geographical position , were equal- ly advantageous or nearly so . In this state of things it was obviously ...
... interest on this subject . It imposed upon them , however , the necessity of selecting between places , which on the ground of geographical position , were equal- ly advantageous or nearly so . In this state of things it was obviously ...
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... interest in their prosperity . It fur- nished the most unobjectionable ground of selection be- tween different places , to which the attention of the Board was called ; and what was of still greater conse- quence , it would enable the ...
... interest in their prosperity . It fur- nished the most unobjectionable ground of selection be- tween different places , to which the attention of the Board was called ; and what was of still greater conse- quence , it would enable the ...
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... interest throughout the Common- wealth and ultimately be found in all the districts . The opinion was expressed last year , that the preparation of such collections , must be left to the enterprise of intelli- gent publishers , who , at ...
... interest throughout the Common- wealth and ultimately be found in all the districts . The opinion was expressed last year , that the preparation of such collections , must be left to the enterprise of intelli- gent publishers , who , at ...
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Page 166 - ... 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 83 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 164 - All mankind by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.
Page 168 - He taught them to love even their enemies, to bless those that cursed them, and to pray for those who persecuted them. He himself prayed for his murderers. Many men hold erroneous doctrines, but we ought not to hate or persecute them. We ought to seek for the truth, and to hold fast what we are convinced is the truth ; but not to treat harshly those who are in error.
Page 107 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Page 139 - To desire the attainment of this equality or superiority by the particular means of others being brought down to our own level, or below it, is, I think, the distinct notion of envy.
Page 167 - ... it shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above-mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices.
Page 112 - Compare the effect of such a lesson as this, both as to the amount of the knowledge communicated, and the vividness, and of course the permanence, of the ideas obtained, with a lesson where the scholars look out a few names of places on a lifeless atlas, but never send their imaginations abroad over the earth ; and...
Page 130 - I have said that I saw no teacher sitting in his school. Aged or young, all stood. Nor did they stand apart and aloof in sullen dignity. They mingled with their pupils, passing rapidly from one side of the class to the other, animating, encouraging, sympathizing, breathing life into less active natures, assuring the timid, distributing encouragement and endearment to all. The looks of the Prussian teacher often have the expression and vivacity of an actor in a play. He gesticulates like an orator....
Page 60 - ... his own. It becomes then, a momentous question, whether the children in our schools are educated in reference to themselves and their private interests only, or with a regard to the great social duties and prerogatives that await them in after-life.