American Ideas about Adult Education, 1710-1951Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959 - 140 pages |
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... societies ; but I was sur- prised to learn that no society existed to which a me- chanic could resort , and hear lectures on subjects cal- culated to aid him in his vocation . There had been some talk of building a mechanics ' hall ...
... societies ; but I was sur- prised to learn that no society existed to which a me- chanic could resort , and hear lectures on subjects cal- culated to aid him in his vocation . There had been some talk of building a mechanics ' hall ...
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... Society was between $ 1,200 and $ 1,300 . The amount of labor and the expense entailed by the Summer Meetings were quite out of proportion to the physical powers of the Society's staff and to the money at command . It was found that the ...
... Society was between $ 1,200 and $ 1,300 . The amount of labor and the expense entailed by the Summer Meetings were quite out of proportion to the physical powers of the Society's staff and to the money at command . It was found that the ...
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... Society has been able to help Centres over hard places by a special lecture or by aid in money . On the other hand Centres that have prospered , and sometimes those that have known trouble , have con- tributed liberally to the General ...
... Society has been able to help Centres over hard places by a special lecture or by aid in money . On the other hand Centres that have prospered , and sometimes those that have known trouble , have con- tributed liberally to the General ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By C Hartley Grattan | 7 |
A Mechanic on Adult Education | 20 |
On Lectures for Moral and Intellectual | 37 |
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