The R.I. Schoolmaster, Volume 111864 - Education |
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... attendance will be welcomed to the hospitality of citizens of Providence . It is hoped that free return tickets will be furnished by the different railroads , of which definite announcement will be made as soon as arrangements are ...
... attendance will be welcomed to the hospitality of citizens of Providence . It is hoped that free return tickets will be furnished by the different railroads , of which definite announcement will be made as soon as arrangements are ...
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... attendance upon these Institutes always embraces the best qualified , the most energetic , and the most successful teachers : and the intelli- gent trustee , who is looking for the right man in the right place , will do well to inquire ...
... attendance upon these Institutes always embraces the best qualified , the most energetic , and the most successful teachers : and the intelli- gent trustee , who is looking for the right man in the right place , will do well to inquire ...
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... attendance . The President , William A. Mowry , Esq . , called to order ; and opening devotional exercises , reading scripture and prayer , were conducted by Rev. Elias Richardson , of this city . Rev. Mr. Richardson welcomed the ...
... attendance . The President , William A. Mowry , Esq . , called to order ; and opening devotional exercises , reading scripture and prayer , were conducted by Rev. Elias Richardson , of this city . Rev. Mr. Richardson welcomed the ...
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... attendance . Mr. T. W. Bicknell introduced the following preamble and resolutions , which passed by a unanimous vote , after appropriate remarks had been made by Messrs . Bicknell , Snow , Austin , Eastman , DeMunn and Cady : WHEREAS ...
... attendance . Mr. T. W. Bicknell introduced the following preamble and resolutions , which passed by a unanimous vote , after appropriate remarks had been made by Messrs . Bicknell , Snow , Austin , Eastman , DeMunn and Cady : WHEREAS ...
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... attendance , 396,256 ; average per cent of scholars enrolled in daily attendance , 57. Number of different persons employed in schools , during the year , as teachers - male , 7,832 ; female , 12,826 ; total , 20,658 . " Average wages ...
... attendance , 396,256 ; average per cent of scholars enrolled in daily attendance , 57. Number of different persons employed in schools , during the year , as teachers - male , 7,832 ; female , 12,826 ; total , 20,658 . " Average wages ...
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Page 152 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.
Page 151 - AT THIS second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.
Page 152 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes...
Page 169 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Page 152 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came...
Page 149 - Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high, Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie.
Page 27 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 123 - How they pale, Ancient myth and song and tale, In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, And the wrath of man is praise...
Page 123 - Let us kneel: God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot is holy ground. Lord, forgive us! What are we, That our eyes this glory see, That our ears have heard the sound!
Page 38 - ... into the office of the Secretary of State, to be safely kept and delivered over, as soon as may be, to the President of the Senate.