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... whole ) was only 6.2 of those ten years of age or older . Among the foreign - born white population ( 14.6 per cent of the whole ) the percentage of illiteracy was 13.1 , and among the colored popu- lation ( 12.2 of the whole ) it was ...
... whole ) was only 6.2 of those ten years of age or older . Among the foreign - born white population ( 14.6 per cent of the whole ) the percentage of illiteracy was 13.1 , and among the colored popu- lation ( 12.2 of the whole ) it was ...
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... whole , was , in 1897 , 4.3 years . The average school period for Massachusetts is 7 years . The proportion , therefore , between the school period in that State and the schocl period in the whole United States is as 70 to 43. It is ...
... whole , was , in 1897 , 4.3 years . The average school period for Massachusetts is 7 years . The proportion , therefore , between the school period in that State and the schocl period in the whole United States is as 70 to 43. It is ...
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... whole number of secondary school pupils are studying Latin . The rate of increase in the number of the pupils who study Latin is fully twice as great as the rate of increase in the number of secondary school students . Between 1890 and ...
... whole number of secondary school pupils are studying Latin . The rate of increase in the number of the pupils who study Latin is fully twice as great as the rate of increase in the number of secondary school students . Between 1890 and ...
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... whole number of pupils of all grades are enrolled in non- governmental , so - called private , institutions . It is just this word " private " which increases the confusion against which my argu- ment is directed . It is my contention ...
... whole number of pupils of all grades are enrolled in non- governmental , so - called private , institutions . It is just this word " private " which increases the confusion against which my argu- ment is directed . It is my contention ...
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... whole people , and because of the controlling conviction that an instructed and enlightened population is es- sential to the perpetuity of democratic institutions and to their effective operation . The schools are therefore a proper ...
... whole people , and because of the controlling conviction that an instructed and enlightened population is es- sential to the perpetuity of democratic institutions and to their effective operation . The schools are therefore a proper ...
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Page 150 - 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 95 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 5 - ... all philosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things, tend to increase the power of man over matter and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life.
Page 3 - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science In different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Page 20 - 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 to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 26 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page x - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays.
Page 5 - Hartford had secured from the state legislature the incorporation of the Connecticut asylum for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons.
Page 5 - American asylum at Hartford for the education and instruction of the deaf and dumb...
Page 51 - ... different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories.