Fellenberg, Philip Emanuel, founder of Hofwyl Institute, 335, 336, 346.
Fénelon, Abbé, Telemachus, study of, in English, Franklin's Sketch, 189.
Finley, (Rev.) Samuel, master acad. at Nottingham, Md., 100; pres. Princeton College, 100, 118. Fisk, (Rev.) John, master Salem (Mass.) S., 38. Fiske, Catherine, head of acad. for
girls, Keene, N. H., 254. Fithian, Philip Vickers, chaplain in
Continental army, 122; tutor in family of Robert Carter of Vir- ginia, 119; Journal and Letters, quoted, 142.
Five Mile Act (English), 162. Florida, School System, 223, 489. Flower, Enoch, master at Philadel- phia, 1683, 74. Flushing Institute. See St. Paul's College.
Forbes, S. A., prof. Univ. of Illinois, suggested commission
credited ss., 390. "Formal discipline," 385 f. n. Forms, colonial grammar ss., 139. Fouillée, Alfred, 454, 457. Fourcroy, his knowledge of the Univ.
of New York, 210 f. n.
Fowle, W. B., editor of "Schools of the olden time in Boston," Common School Journal, vol. XII., 131 f. n.
France, influence of, on American education, 204, 209, 210 f. n. France, University of, 210 f. n. "Frankfort plan," 465. Frankland, Richard, head of college at Durham, and of acad. at Rathmill (Eng.), 161. Franklin, Benjamin, attended Boston
Latin S., 140; Defoe's influence on him, 156, 175; friendship for Dr. Priestley, 172; founder of Philadelphia Public Acad., 180 f; showed need of teachers for ele-
Geometry, college entrance require-
Study of, in Amer. acad., 238, 278; in colonial gr. s., 134; in English acad., 169, 171; in h. ss., 301, 553, 417, 419. George, Henry, pupil Central H. S.,
Georgetown, Md., Acad. of the Visi-
tation, 326; Roman Catholic acad., 324-326, 503. Georgetown, S. C., Winyaw Indigo Society S., 98.
Georgia (Colony), School System, 101; (State), School System, 201, 225, 491; University of, 211, 270, 301.
German influence on American edu- cation, 338.
German language, study of, in
Franklin's Proposals, 182; in acad., 191; in h. ss., 417, 418. Germantown, Pa., Acad., 201, 503; H. S., 303.
Girard, Stephen, founder of Girard College, 341-343.
Girard College, Philadelphia, founda-
tion and early history, 342-345, 503. Girls, education of, 222, 244, 251, 252, 253, 254-255, 268, 306, 312, 326, 327, 329, 330, 400, 407. Gloucester, Eng., Acad. of Rev.
Samuel Jones, 167. Goodwin, Edward J., principal Peter Cooper H. S., New York City, 407.
Goose Creek, S. C., S., foundation, 98.
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, principal Boston Latin S., 243, 275; quoted, 275-277, 307–308. Grades in colonial gr. ss., 139. Gradus ad Parnassum, 132. Grammar schools, American, colo-
nial period, in general, chap. III.; decline, 91; prepared especially for the ministry, 57; relations to colleges, 57, 230; rules, 135 f. ;
post-Revolutionary, 272, 273; English, 7 ff,
"Grammar schools," modern use of the term in Boston, 1789, 199 f. n.
"Great Awakening," 85, 86, 87, 105, 268.
Grant, Zilpah P. See Bannister, (Mrs.) Wm. B. Greek language, college entrance requirement, 128 f., 371, 372; methods of teaching, 425. Study of, in Amer. acad., chaps. IX. and XI., passim, 216, 237, 272, 277; in Amer. colonial ss., chap. VII., passim; in English acad., chap. VIII, passim; in English gr. ss., 23, 26; in h. ss., 352, 353, 354, 383, 417, 418, 419, 441.
Green, John C., founder of Law- renceville S., 397.
Green, Samuel, his description of Nathan Hale, quoted, 123. Greenfield, Conn., Acad., 200. Greenfield Hill, Conn., Acad., 249,
Grew, Theophilus, prof. Philadelphia Public Acad., 184. Griscom, John, opened h. s. for boys,
New York City, 306; quoted, 309; travels in Europe, 304, 305; visit to Edinburgh H. S., 305, 516.
Groton, Mass., Acad., 199, 505; Groton S., 397.
Guarino, treatise on education,
Guilford, Conn., Grammar S., foun- dation, 44.
Guilford County, N. C., classical s. in, 99.
Gulliver, John P., leader in the foun- dation of the Free Acad., Nor- wich, Conn., 315; quoted, 315,
Gunn, Frederick W., founder of the “Gunnery,” Washington, Conn.,
Guyse, Dr. John, urged Jonathan Edwards to write his account of the Great Awakening, 176.
HACKENSACK, N. J., Washington Acad., 96, 201.
Hadley, Mass., Hopkins S. (later Hopkins Acad.), 48, 117, 124, 125, 148, 242, 504. Hagerstown, Md., St. James' Col- lege, 395.
Haldimand, General, and boys of Boston Latin S., 138 f. n.
Hale, John P., 260.
Hale, Nathan, master at New Lon- don, Conn., 122, 516.
Hall, Joseph, quoted, 24.
Hall, Samuel R., opened seminary for training of teachers at An- dover, Mass., 150.
Hallowell, Me., Acad., 200. Hamilton, Alexander, relations to
the founding of the University of New York, 209.
Hampton, Va., H. S., endowment, 49. Hancock, John, 117.
Harley, Robert (Earl of Oxford),
pupil of John Woodhouse at Sheriff hales, Eng., 163. Harris, Wm. T., definition of secon- dary education, 3; on number of h. ss. in 1860, 313; member of the Committee of Ten, 381. Hart, Dr. John Seely, principal Central
H. S., Philadelphia, 422, 430, 517. Hartford, Conn., Grammar S., 45,
47, 200, 243, 504; H. S., 312, 503, 504; Miss Beecher's Semi- nary, 254, 504. Hartlib, Samuel, letter of Milton to him, 155.
Harvard University, 107, 193; en-
trance requirements, 128, 232, 249; elective courses, 248; or- ganization of the corporation, 145, 281, 289; relations to Bos- ton Latin S., 37, 243; secured part of the Hopkins Fund, 47; support from Salem, 38.
Haverhill, Mass., Acad., 241, 504. Haymount, N. C., Manual Labor S.,
Hazzard, J. C., ed. of Eutropius, 154. Hebrew language, study of, in Eng- lish acad., 167, 170.
Helvetius, theory of education, 204. Henry, Matthew, pupil in acad. at Islington, Eng., 169, 193. Herodotus, studied in Phillips An- dover Acad., 263.
Herschel, F. W., Astronomy, 232. High schools, American, in general, chaps. XIV-XVI., pp. 295, 357- 368, 393, 400; county h. ss., Iowa, 354, Maryland, 355; cur- riculum, chap. XVIII., passim, and 416-417, 419; development of term "h. s.," 301-303; per cent of population in, 465; right to maintain decided by courts, 356-359; special legislation es- tablishing, 353; township h. ss., Indiana, 379, Wisconsin, 365. For individual h. ss., see names of cities and names of separate h. ss. History, ancient, college entrance requirement, 232, 371; study of, in Amer. acad., 238, 277. History, general, methods of teach- ing, 423-424, 428.
Study of, in Amer. acad., 101,
232, 238, 277; in English acad., 171; in h. ss., 301, 353, 417, 419; in Franklin's Proposals, 181, in his Sketch, 189.
History, United States, college en- trance requirement, 371. Study of, in Amer. acad., 236, 237; in h. ss., 301, 353, 462. Hingham, Mass., Derby S., 200. Hofwyl (Switzerland) Institute, 335- 336, 346.
Holland, J. G., Arthur Bonnicastle,
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, The School Boy, quoted, 262.
Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., foundation, 328. Homer, study of, in acad., 277; in colonial gr. ss., 132; in Frank- lin's Sketch, 189.
Hooper, Robert, pupil in Boston Latin S., 117.
Hopewell, N. J., Baptist S., 95. Hopkins, Edward, benefactor of Connecticut and Massachusetts gr. ss., 45 f.
Hopkins Grammar S. See Hadley, Mass.; Hartford, Conn.; New Haven, Conn.
Horace, study of, in Amer. acad., 238, 271, 277; in colonial gr. ss., 132; proposed in Franklin's Sketch, 189.
Hort, (Rev.) Josiah, Archbishop of Tuam, pupil in acad. at Newing- ton, Eng., 167. Hughes, (Bishop) John, opened St. John's College, Fordham, N. Y., 328.
Hughes, John, pupil in acad. at New- ington, Eng., 167. Huguenots, settlement in the south of the U. S., 84. Hutchinson, (Gov.) Wm., description of Ezekiel Cheever, 114. Huxley, T. H., definition of a national
system of education, 347.
ILLINOIS, School System, 221, 222, 367, 497; legal status of h. ss.,
Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill.,
of Education as inspectors of secondary education, 378-379, 491, 498; State Normal S., 379. University of, 220, 385; accrediting system, 378.
Indians, education of, 93.
Iowa, School System, acad., 222- 223; h. ss., 354, 494. University of, 223.
Ipswich, Eng., Cardinal Wolsey's S.,
Ipswich, Mass., girls' s., 254, 505. Irving, Washington, 247.
Isocrates, read in Tewkesbury, Eng., Acad., 168.
JACKSON, (Gen.) Thomas J. (“Stone- wall"), teacher in the Virginia Military Institute, 334. Jacksonville (Ill.) Female Acad., 222. Jacob Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md., 398.
Jamison, David, master of Latin S. in New York City, 53. Jay, John, pupil at St. Paul's College, Flushing, L. I., 394. Jefferson, Thomas, 201, 228, 250 f.
n.; influence on public educa- tion in Virginia, 292; letter to Cabell, quoted, 350; notes on the state of education in Virginia, quoted, 207, 208. Jesuits, Latin ss., 8; Acad. at George- town, Md., 324-325; Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., 328; prominence of, in Roman Catholic educational work, 327; St. John's College, Fordham, N. Y., 328, 511; s. at Bohemia Manor, Md., 324.
Jewish antiquities, study of, in English Acad., 168, 169, 171.
Independent Reflector, New York City, Johnson, Osgood, principal Phillips 1752-1753, 284–286.
Indiana, Constitution of 1816, quoted, Johnson, Samuel, quoted, 165 f. n.;
seminaries, 220; organization of state system, 364; State Board
on Milton's Tractate, 160.
Johnson, Samuel (American), Ethica elementa, Noetica, in Franklin's Sketch, 189.
KALAMAZOO (Mich.) H. S. Case, 356-359.
Kansas, School System, 367, 488, 491. Keene, N. H., Miss Fiske's s. 254. Keith, George, master Philadelphia
Gr. S., 54; missionary of Society for the Propagation of the Gos- pel, 82. Kentucky, School System, county acad., 219-220, 225, 491. Kent, (Chancellor) James, on the
Dartmouth College Case, 290. King, Henry, founder of a free s. in Isle of Wight Co., Va., 49. King William's S., Annapolis, Md., foundation, 56; corporation of 150, 505. King's College, New York City. See Columbia University. Kingswood, Eng., Methodist S., 172. Knowlton, Cyrus, principal Hughes H. S., Cincinnati, Ohio, 431. Konkapunt, John, pupil at Nazareth Hall, 191.
LABORATORY methods in secondary Ss., 383, 418-422.
La Chalotais, L. R. C., educational theories, 204; quoted, 285. La Fayette (Marquis de), Jean Fran-
çois, his reputation in America after independence, 235.
Lancaster, Joseph, founder of the monitorial system, 294. Lancasterian methods, 268, 305,
Latin language, college entrance requirement, 128 f., 371; compo- sition in Amer. acad., 237, 272; composition in colonial grammar ss., 132; methods of teaching, 21, 22, 114, 273, 276, 277-278, 424- 425.
Study of, in Amer. acad., chap.
XI., passim; in colonial gr. ss., chap. VII., passim; in English acad., chap. VIII. do.; in English grammar ss., chap. II., do.; in h. ss., 352, 353, 354, 382, 417, 419, 441; in Franklin's Proposals, 181, 182.
Latin ss., European, 7. Laud, (Archbishop) Wm., efforts to secure a bishop for America, 83. Lawrenceville S., Lawrenceville, N. J., 397.
Laws, instruction regarding, 135; for legislation regarding ss., see School laws.
Leach, Arthur F., on 16th cent. gr. ss., 17 ff.
Lebanon, Conn., Moor's Indian Charity S., 93
Lecture system in secondary ss., 421. Leicester (Mass.) Acad., 199, 200,
240, 245, 253, 506.
Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 385. Lewis, Samuel, on expansion of ele- mentary ss., 314. Lexington, Va., Virginia Military
Institute, foundation, 334. L'Hommedieu, Ezra, founder of the
University of New York, 209. Liberty (Ind.) county seminary, 220. Liberty Hall Acad., Charlotte, N. C.,
Libraries in secondary ss., English
acad., 171, 174; in Franklin's Proposals, 180; recommended by Commission on accredited ss., 391.
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