The Cyclopædia of Education: a Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents, and OthersHenry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem |
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... given their undeviating attention, striving to leave nothing to be desired in either respect. The plan of the work has been constructed after a careful examination, not only of all the cyclopaedias and general histories of education ...
... given their undeviating attention, striving to leave nothing to be desired in either respect. The plan of the work has been constructed after a careful examination, not only of all the cyclopaedias and general histories of education ...
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... given . The attendance at these schools is always voluntary ; in most of them the scholars have to pay moderate fees ; instruction is gen- , erally given on Sunday mornings , and , in most schools , is confined to writing , arithmetic ...
... given . The attendance at these schools is always voluntary ; in most of them the scholars have to pay moderate fees ; instruction is gen- , erally given on Sunday mornings , and , in most schools , is confined to writing , arithmetic ...
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... given in the polytechnic schools . England has a Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester , founded in 1849 ; and in Scotland , the Uni- versity of Edinburgh has a chair of agriculture , and special lectures are given in a college at ...
... given in the polytechnic schools . England has a Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester , founded in 1849 ; and in Scotland , the Uni- versity of Edinburgh has a chair of agriculture , and special lectures are given in a college at ...
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... given , but only to the extent of improving the health and bearing of the stu- dents . Free scholarships , two in number , are pro- vided for each county in the state . The course of study covers four years . The number of in- structors ...
... given , but only to the extent of improving the health and bearing of the stu- dents . Free scholarships , two in number , are pro- vided for each county in the state . The course of study covers four years . The number of in- structors ...
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... given his expla- nation of the solution from the blackboard , the teacher may ask : Why do you say you have solved this problem by algebra ? The answer will be : Because I have used the equation as an instrument with which to effect the ...
... given his expla- nation of the solution from the blackboard , the teacher may ask : Why do you say you have solved this problem by algebra ? The answer will be : Because I have used the equation as an instrument with which to effect the ...
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Page 158 - 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 171 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 171 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 52 - MAN, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature: beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.
Page 50 - They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system.
Page 172 - And hardly she forbears, through awful fear, To rushen forth, and, with presumptuous hand, To stay harsh justice in its mid career. On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.
Page 32 - Intelligence and virtue being the safeguards of liberty and the bulwark of a free and good government, the state shall ever maintain a general, suitable and efficient system of free schools, whereby all persons in the state between the ages of six and twenty-one years may receive gratuitous instruction.
Page 268 - 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 158 - 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...