American Ideas about Adult Education, 1710-1951Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959 - 140 pages |
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... young people must have occasions for social enjoy- ment and for recreation ; and every one is familiar with the fact that the least useful and most pernicious amuse- ments are the most expensive . The expense of a year's entertainment ...
... young people must have occasions for social enjoy- ment and for recreation ; and every one is familiar with the fact that the least useful and most pernicious amuse- ments are the most expensive . The expense of a year's entertainment ...
Page 52
... young men and women of known character and qualifications to fill the various situations that may be open . It will be his duty to give , in the most kind and affectionate manner , such advice and counsel to all that may apply , as will ...
... young men and women of known character and qualifications to fill the various situations that may be open . It will be his duty to give , in the most kind and affectionate manner , such advice and counsel to all that may apply , as will ...
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... young and old , should consider educational advantages as so many re ligious opportunities . Every day should be sacred . The schoolhouse should be God's house . There should be no break between sabbaths . The cable of divine motive ...
... young and old , should consider educational advantages as so many re ligious opportunities . Every day should be sacred . The schoolhouse should be God's house . There should be no break between sabbaths . The cable of divine motive ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By C Hartley Grattan | 7 |
A Mechanic on Adult Education | 20 |
On Lectures for Moral and Intellectual | 37 |
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