Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings, Volumen48American Institute of Instruction, 1877 List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
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... present herself for the purpose of boasting , but " we in Vermont remember that ours is the only New - England State that was ever wholly an independent nation , carrying on its own affairs in its own way . Ver- mont boasts not of that ...
... present herself for the purpose of boasting , but " we in Vermont remember that ours is the only New - England State that was ever wholly an independent nation , carrying on its own affairs in its own way . Ver- mont boasts not of that ...
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... present , sent the following letter : STATE OF VERMONT , EXECUTIVE CHAMBER , ST . JOHNSBURY , JULY 10 , 1877 . T. W. BICKNELL , Prest . Amer . Inst . of Instruction : Dear Sir : -I deeply regret my inability to be present with you at ...
... present , sent the following letter : STATE OF VERMONT , EXECUTIVE CHAMBER , ST . JOHNSBURY , JULY 10 , 1877 . T. W. BICKNELL , Prest . Amer . Inst . of Instruction : Dear Sir : -I deeply regret my inability to be present with you at ...
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... present from other States , eminent in their several professions and departments , and whose instructions I should greatly value . I am yours , very respectfully , HORACE FAIRBANKS . Superintendent CONANT added a few more words of ...
... present from other States , eminent in their several professions and departments , and whose instructions I should greatly value . I am yours , very respectfully , HORACE FAIRBANKS . Superintendent CONANT added a few more words of ...
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... present , and who are here , concerns . " To shoulder the crutch , and show how fields are won . " In all these years our mission has been to lead the edu- cational thought of New England , and to influence , so far as in us lies the ...
... present , and who are here , concerns . " To shoulder the crutch , and show how fields are won . " In all these years our mission has been to lead the edu- cational thought of New England , and to influence , so far as in us lies the ...
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... present and future physical condition . That we respectfully recommend the establishment of such a commission by the National Government ; and to this end would specially commend the subject to the careful consideration of the Senators ...
... present and future physical condition . That we respectfully recommend the establishment of such a commission by the National Government ; and to this end would specially commend the subject to the careful consideration of the Senators ...
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Página 61 - It is a partnership in all science, a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Página 70 - I believe, towards the close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, sent out more living writers, in its proportion, than any other school.
Página 4 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth ; and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind : " It is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof, that the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families,...
Página 10 - 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.
Página 29 - Neither the art of printing, nor the trial by jury, nor a free press, nor free suffrage, can long exist to any beneficial and salutary purpose without schools for the training of teachers; for if the character and qualifications of teachers be allowed to degenerate, the free schools will become pauper schools, and the pauper schools will produce pauper souls, and the free press will become a false and licentious press, and ignorant voters will become venal voters, and through the medium and guise...
Página 65 - A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Página 10 - 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 promoting — the cause of education throughout the country.5 Although the original statutory mandate to promote "the cause of education throughout the country...
Página 69 - Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments,...
Página 65 - Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.
Página 61 - ... the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with other reverence...