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... auctours Christian as lactancius prudentius and proba and sedulius and Juuencus and 1 Text as given by LUPTON , Appendix B. Baptista Mantuanus and suche other as shalbe tought convenyent and 14 THE MAKING OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
... auctours Christian as lactancius prudentius and proba and sedulius and Juuencus and 1 Text as given by LUPTON , Appendix B. Baptista Mantuanus and suche other as shalbe tought convenyent and 14 THE MAKING OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
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... given in order , as follows : Pueriles confabulatiunculae , 1 Sententiae pueriles , Cato , Corderius ( dialogues ) , Esop's fables ; " Tullies Epistles gathered by Sturmius : Tullies Offices , with the books ad- 1 This seems to have ...
... given in order , as follows : Pueriles confabulatiunculae , 1 Sententiae pueriles , Cato , Corderius ( dialogues ) , Esop's fables ; " Tullies Epistles gathered by Sturmius : Tullies Offices , with the books ad- 1 This seems to have ...
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... given of a stirring of conscience in the matter of a school house . The next year the town rate was raised to twenty - four pounds , but it was decided that the school should be kept at the meeting house.3 The early history of the ...
... given of a stirring of conscience in the matter of a school house . The next year the town rate was raised to twenty - four pounds , but it was decided that the school should be kept at the meeting house.3 The early history of the ...
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... given for the advancement of learning and education of children . . . . " In consideration of the premises , the Donors hereafter ex- pressed for the severall proportions or annuities by them volun- tarily undertaken and underwritten ...
... given for the advancement of learning and education of children . . . . " In consideration of the premises , the Donors hereafter ex- pressed for the severall proportions or annuities by them volun- tarily undertaken and underwritten ...
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... given to itt out of the comō stock of the towne , and allso whatt rules and orders are meet to be observed in and about the same . " Mr. Cheever was made master of this school ; and here he continued until 1650 , when he removed to ...
... given to itt out of the comō stock of the towne , and allso whatt rules and orders are meet to be observed in and about the same . " Mr. Cheever was made master of this school ; and here he continued until 1650 , when he removed to ...
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Page 220 - It shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to provide by law for a general system of education, ascending in regular gradation, from township schools to a state university, wherein tuition shall be gratis, and equally open to all.
Page 50 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 157 - But because our understanding cannot in this body found itself- but on sensible things, nor arrive so clearly to the knowledge of God and things invisible, as by orderly conning over the visible and inferior creature, the same method is necessarily to be followed in all discreet teaching.
Page 343 - ... that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Page 445 - Here, work enough to watch The Master work, and catch Hints of the proper craft, tricks of the tool's true play.
Page 299 - A parent, who wishes to give a child an education that shall fit him for active life, and shall serve as a foundation for eminence in his profession, whether Mercantile or Mechanical, is under the necessity of giving him a different education from any which our public schools can now furnish.
Page 159 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Page 343 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said college ; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college.
Page 181 - ... an inclination, joined with an ability, to serve mankind, one's country, friends, and family ; which ability is, with the blessing of God, to be acquired or greatly increased by true learning ; and should, indeed, be the great aim and end of all learning.
Page 195 - LIVING ... it is again declared that the first and •principal object of this Institution is the promotion of TRUE PIETY and VIRTUE; the second, instruction in the English, Latin, and Greek Languages, together with Writing, Arithmetic, Music, and the Art of Speaking; the third, practical Geometry, Logic, and Geography; and the fourth, such other liberal Arts and Sciences or Languages, as opportunity and ability may hereafter admit, and as the TRUSTEES shall direct.