A Digest of the Common School System of the State of New-York: Together with the Forms, Instructions, and Decisions of the Superintendent : an Abstract of the Various Local Provisions Applicable to the Several Cities &c., and a Sketch of the Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the System |
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... five and fifteen was about 357,000 ; that for the term of eight months during the year reported , 351,173 children were receiving a common school education in the several districts from which reports had been received - being 18,194 ...
... five and fifteen was about 357,000 ; that for the term of eight months during the year reported , 351,173 children were receiving a common school education in the several districts from which reports had been received - being 18,194 ...
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... five and fifteen years , residing in the several districts from which reports were received , was about 373,000 : 66 6. That the sum of $ 182,802.25 of public money had been expended during the year reported , in the payment of the ...
... five and fifteen years , residing in the several districts from which reports were received , was about 373,000 : 66 6. That the sum of $ 182,802.25 of public money had been expended during the year reported , in the payment of the ...
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... five to fifteen years old , and continue to increase and prosper . The appropriation for the school fund for the last year , amounted to $ 80,670 , and an equivalent sum is also raised by taxation in the several counties and towns , and ...
... five to fifteen years old , and continue to increase and prosper . The appropriation for the school fund for the last year , amounted to $ 80,670 , and an equivalent sum is also raised by taxation in the several counties and towns , and ...
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... five or six years old are thus excluded from school three - fourths of their time , which must be spent in mental idleness , and thus the most precious time for education is utterly thrown away . The present arrangement of the authority ...
... five or six years old are thus excluded from school three - fourths of their time , which must be spent in mental idleness , and thus the most precious time for education is utterly thrown away . The present arrangement of the authority ...
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... five and fifteen residing in the state . The whole number of organized school districts in the state was 7,773 . The Superintendent alludes to the necessity of " some provision which should have a tendency to increase the number of ...
... five and fifteen residing in the state . The whole number of organized school districts in the state was 7,773 . The Superintendent alludes to the necessity of " some provision which should have a tendency to increase the number of ...
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Page 19 - Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
Page 8 - By this act the sum of £20,000, or $50,000, was annually appropriated for five years " for the purpose of encouraging and maintaining schools in the several cities and towns in this State ; in which the children of the inhabitants residing in the State shall be instructed in the English language, or be taught English Grammar, Arithmetic, Mathematics, and such other branches of knowledge as are most useful and necessary to complete a good English education.
Page 36 - The first duty of government, and the surest evidence of good government, is the encouragement of education. A general diffusion of knowledge is the precursor and protector of republican institutions, and in it we must confide as the conservative power that will watch over our liberties and guard them against fraud, intrigue, corruption and violence.
Page 189 - If the sum of money, payable by any person named in such tax-list, shall not be paid by him or collected by such warrant within the time therein limited, it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to renew such warrant in respect to such delinquent person...
Page 37 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 65 - I do not hesitate, therefore, to- recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith.
Page 29 - I am happy to have it in my power to Say that my worthy friend Cap! Lewis is recovering fast, he walked a little to day for the first time, I have discontinued the tent in the hole the ball came out...
Page 48 - The Long Vacation was at an end, and in that November, the prospectus of the new society was privately circulated. It said,—" The object of the Society is strictly limited to what its title imports, namely, the imparting useful information to all classes of the community, particularly to such as are unable to avail themselves of experienced teachers, or may prefer learning by themselves.
Page 186 - ... district, in the same manner as if the same had been authorized by a vote of...
Page 15 - Morality and religion are the foundation of all that is truly great and good, and are consequently of primary importance. A person provided with these acquisitions, is enabled to pass through the world respectably and successfully. If, however, it be his intention to become acquainted with the higher branches of science, the academies and universities established in different parts of the state, are open to him.