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Page 122
... faculty to keep down the boisterous or rebellious pupils and could hear the pupils recite their lessons memor- ized by them from the book . There were in some places school societies , semi - public corporations , that founded and ...
... faculty to keep down the boisterous or rebellious pupils and could hear the pupils recite their lessons memor- ized by them from the book . There were in some places school societies , semi - public corporations , that founded and ...
Page 165
... faculty is sent to inspect the school , and the school agrees to submit itself to such inspection . It is the school rather than the individual that is examined ; and the inquiry relates chiefly to the vital- ity , intelligence , and ...
... faculty is sent to inspect the school , and the school agrees to submit itself to such inspection . It is the school rather than the individual that is examined ; and the inquiry relates chiefly to the vital- ity , intelligence , and ...
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... faculty , consisting of one or two members . On a favorable report from this committee the school is accredited for one , two , or three years , according to the degree of established excellence which it presents . With the spread of ...
... faculty , consisting of one or two members . On a favorable report from this committee the school is accredited for one , two , or three years , according to the degree of established excellence which it presents . With the spread of ...
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... faculty , even if still undevel- oped or but partially developed , contains the germ of the higher university faculty of pure learning , the faculty of arts , sciences and philosophy . In this there is much that is remarkable , but ...
... faculty , even if still undevel- oped or but partially developed , contains the germ of the higher university faculty of pure learning , the faculty of arts , sciences and philosophy . In this there is much that is remarkable , but ...
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... faculty of the college exercised a strong paternal anxiety and oversight on behalf of the morals and religion , as well as over the studies of the students . The authority of the president was almost patriarchal in charac- ter . Not ...
... faculty of the college exercised a strong paternal anxiety and oversight on behalf of the morals and religion , as well as over the studies of the students . The authority of the president was almost patriarchal in charac- ter . Not ...
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Page 150 - It shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to provide by law for a general system of education, ascending in regular gradation, from township schools to a state university, wherein tuition shall be gratis, and equally open to all.
Page 95 - 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 5 - ... 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 3 - 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 20 - 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 26 - 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 x - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays.
Page 5 - Hartford had secured from the state legislature the incorporation of the Connecticut asylum for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons.
Page 5 - American asylum at Hartford for the education and instruction of the deaf and dumb...
Page 51 - ... different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories.