The Cyclopędia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents, and OthersHenry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem |
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... colored , 172,537 Total ... white , 91,202 colored , 54,595 County directors , two in number , are chosen at the same time , and for the same term , as the county superintendent . With him , they constitute a county board for the ...
... colored , 172,537 Total ... white , 91,202 colored , 54,595 County directors , two in number , are chosen at the same time , and for the same term , as the county superintendent . With him , they constitute a county board for the ...
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... colored teachers . The former , in 1875 , had 3 teachers and 70 pupils ; the latter , 2 teachers and 84 pupils . This institution is designed to become a university for the colored population of the state . Besides these state nor- mal ...
... colored teachers . The former , in 1875 , had 3 teachers and 70 pupils ; the latter , 2 teachers and 84 pupils . This institution is designed to become a university for the colored population of the state . Besides these state nor- mal ...
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... colored teachers . There is also a state teachers ' association . Superior Instruction . - The most prominent of the higher educational institutions of the state are the Arkansas Industrial University , at Fayetteville ( q . v . ) , and ...
... colored teachers . There is also a state teachers ' association . Superior Instruction . - The most prominent of the higher educational institutions of the state are the Arkansas Industrial University , at Fayetteville ( q . v . ) , and ...
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... colored ; and 11 day schools for colored children . The Commissioners of Public Schools , con- stituting the school - board , are appointed by the two branches of the city council assembled in convention , one commissioner being ...
... colored ; and 11 day schools for colored children . The Commissioners of Public Schools , con- stituting the school - board , are appointed by the two branches of the city council assembled in convention , one commissioner being ...
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... colored preachers and teachers . These institu- tions , though in their infancy , are performing a very important and successful service . There have been three epochs of remarkable character in the educational work of American Baptists ...
... colored preachers and teachers . These institu- tions , though in their infancy , are performing a very important and successful service . There have been three epochs of remarkable character in the educational work of American Baptists ...
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Page 107 - 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 99 - I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 185 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 172 - 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, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Page 67 - Upon advised consideration of the charges," said he, " descending into my own conscience, and calling my memory to account so far as I am able, I do plainly and ingenuously confess, that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defence.
Page 282 - In which it will also appear, that this Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship ; or further than local circumstances require.
Page 172 - 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, 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 that order the prudentials of the town shall appoint...
Page 307 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth. By degrees the reign of fancy is confirmed; she grows first imperious and in time despotic.
Page 385 - They held in their lifeless hands the riches of their fathers, without inheriting the spirit which had created and improved that sacred patrimony: they read, they praised, they compiled, but their languid souls seemed alike incapable of thought and action. In the revolution of ten centuries, not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity or promote the happiness of mankind.
Page 186 - ... would beat a boy equally for not knowing a thing, as for neglecting to know it. He would ask a boy a question, and if he did not answer it, he would beat him, without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it. For instance, he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick, which the boy could not expect to be asked. Now, sir, if a boy could answer every question, there would be no need of a master to teach him.