American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 32Office of American Journal of Education, 1882 - Education Vol. 17-24 include the circulars, reports and documents issued by the editor as commissioner of education (vol. 18 is the American year-book and register for 1869; v. 19, Special report on education in the District of Columbia). |
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... them in precisely the way in which he would like the pupil to write them . For the pur- pose of uniformity in figure writing , the paper should be divided into ་ equal squares of a good size ; for it 42 MENTAL TRAINING , Figures Tables.
... them in precisely the way in which he would like the pupil to write them . For the pur- pose of uniformity in figure writing , the paper should be divided into ་ equal squares of a good size ; for it 42 MENTAL TRAINING , Figures Tables.
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་ equal squares of a good size ; for it is no less important for good fig- ures than for good writing that a child should begin with " large hand . " At this stage the child may be permitted to write down a few figures for himself ...
་ equal squares of a good size ; for it is no less important for good fig- ures than for good writing that a child should begin with " large hand . " At this stage the child may be permitted to write down a few figures for himself ...
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... the + may be distinguished from the X , let the slope a little , if anything to the left . He may also be allowed to use the sign = to denote " is equal to . " At first it well be well that the pupil , 52 MENTAL TRAINING .
... the + may be distinguished from the X , let the slope a little , if anything to the left . He may also be allowed to use the sign = to denote " is equal to . " At first it well be well that the pupil , 52 MENTAL TRAINING .
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... equal as you can man- age . Each of these fragments , you tell him , is a third part , or a " third " of the whole . In Arithmetic , when one whole is thus divided into equal parts , each part is called , not a fragment , but a fraction ...
... equal as you can man- age . Each of these fragments , you tell him , is a third part , or a " third " of the whole . In Arithmetic , when one whole is thus divided into equal parts , each part is called , not a fragment , but a fraction ...
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... equal parts ; you may take a number of them together . For example , if the stick has been divided into six parts , each of which is called a sixth , you may take 2 , 3 , 4 , or 5 of these together , thus making two sixths , three ...
... equal parts ; you may take a number of them together . For example , if the stick has been divided into six parts , each of which is called a sixth , you may take 2 , 3 , 4 , or 5 of these together , thus making two sixths , three ...
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Page 285 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 285 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress...
Page 285 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be Issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry...
Page 822 - 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 511 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Page 516 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 285 - State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre...
Page 778 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 285 - ... the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each state which mav take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 526 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.