Report of the Commissioner of EducationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1876 - Education |
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Page viii
... give . When the work of collecting educational statistics was begun by the Office , it was found that there was no authentic list of the colleges in the United States , or of acad- emies , or normal schools , or schools of science , law ...
... give . When the work of collecting educational statistics was begun by the Office , it was found that there was no authentic list of the colleges in the United States , or of acad- emies , or normal schools , or schools of science , law ...
Page xvi
... give the funeral invitations , dig the grave , and toll the bell ; and for which he shall receive , for persons of fifteen years of age and upwards , twelve guilders ; and for persons under fif teen , eight guilders ; and if he shall ...
... give the funeral invitations , dig the grave , and toll the bell ; and for which he shall receive , for persons of fifteen years of age and upwards , twelve guilders ; and for persons under fif teen , eight guilders ; and if he shall ...
Page xxviii
... give the school population between 6 and 16 years of age . Rhode Island gives it by estimate , and New Hampshire by the number enrolled in the public schools . It is believed that all the States and Territories , however diverse the ...
... give the school population between 6 and 16 years of age . Rhode Island gives it by estimate , and New Hampshire by the number enrolled in the public schools . It is believed that all the States and Territories , however diverse the ...
Page xxxiii
... give school in- come for 1874 and 1875 , and that Idaho , Washington , and Wyoming do not give it for 1875. The States of Delaware , Florida , Georgia , and Missouri , and the Territories of Idaho , New Mexico , Washington , Wyoming ...
... give school in- come for 1874 and 1875 , and that Idaho , Washington , and Wyoming do not give it for 1875. The States of Delaware , Florida , Georgia , and Missouri , and the Territories of Idaho , New Mexico , Washington , Wyoming ...
Page lxxiv
... give 10,449 for the classical and 3,565 for the scientific , or a total of 14,014 . The income of these preparatory schools is also chiefly from tuition . They are greatly in need of endowments . TABLE VIII . - SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION OF ...
... give 10,449 for the classical and 3,565 for the scientific , or a total of 14,014 . The income of these preparatory schools is also chiefly from tuition . They are greatly in need of endowments . TABLE VIII . - SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION OF ...
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Page 338 - A school or schools shall be established in each county by the legislature for the convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters paid by the public as may enable them to instruct youth at low prices: And all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more universities.
Page 168 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of...
Page 6 - The principal of all funds, arising from the sale, or other disposition of lands, or other property, granted or entrusted to this state for educational and religious purposes, shall forever be preserved inviolate, and undiminished; and, the income arising therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants, or appropriations.
Page 83 - 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 a regular gradation from township schools to a state university, wherein tuition shall be gratis, and equally open to all.
Page 44 - The constitution of 1790 (article vii., section i) provided that "the legislature shall as soon as conveniently may be, provide by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Page 247 - The legislature shall provide for a uniform system of common schools, by which a school shall be established and maintained in each school district at least six months in every year...
Page 338 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis. 2. The arts and sciences shall be promoted in one or more seminaries of learning.
Page 454 - Neither the General Assembly, nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other public corporation, shall ever make any appropriation, or pay from any public fund or moneys whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian society, or for any sectarian purpose, or to help support or sustain any school, academy, seminary, college, university or other literary or scientific institution, controlled by any church or sectarian denomination whatsoever ; nor shall any grant or donation of...
Page 302 - The people have the right to the privilege of education, and it is the duty of the State to guard and maintain that right.
Page 338 - ... the Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all the children in this State between the ages of five and eighteen years.