Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings ..., Volume 32American Institute of Instruction, 1862 List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page i
... OF PROCEEDINGS , AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS . PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS . BOSTON : TICKNOR AND FIELDS , Corner of Washington and School Streets . 1862 . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year.
... OF PROCEEDINGS , AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS . PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS . BOSTON : TICKNOR AND FIELDS , Corner of Washington and School Streets . 1862 . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year.
Page x
... Boston . Teachers and friends of education representing nearly every State of our then unbroken Union , and also several foreign nations , came together to do honor to the Institute , at the close of the thirtieth year of its existence ...
... Boston . Teachers and friends of education representing nearly every State of our then unbroken Union , and also several foreign nations , came together to do honor to the Institute , at the close of the thirtieth year of its existence ...
Page xi
... Boston . The salutary influences of that convention of the Institute have already been felt and acknowledged , throughout the length and breadth of our country . Prin- ciples and methods relating to the various departments of education ...
... Boston . The salutary influences of that convention of the Institute have already been felt and acknowledged , throughout the length and breadth of our country . Prin- ciples and methods relating to the various departments of education ...
Page xxv
... Boston teacher make a statement of the practice in Boston . Some two or three years ago there was much excitement in the western part of the State of Massachusetts , which came from Boston . There was much feeling in the community as to ...
... Boston teacher make a statement of the practice in Boston . Some two or three years ago there was much excitement in the western part of the State of Massachusetts , which came from Boston . There was much feeling in the community as to ...
Page xxvi
... Boston two or three years since . The idea was going abroad that we were destroying the health of the children ; that they were pale and emaciated , especially the girls , when they left school . It was true then , and is true now ...
... Boston two or three years since . The idea was going abroad that we were destroying the health of the children ; that they were pale and emaciated , especially the girls , when they left school . It was true then , and is true now ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American Applause beautiful blessed Boston Brattleboro Brooklyn BULKLEY called cause of education character child Christian civilization common Connecticut daughter duties Education of Woman England evil exercise feel free schools genius gentleman give gymnastics hand heart highest honor hope Hugh Miller human human voice idea improvement influence Institute of Instruction intellectual intelligent irreligion Joseph White knowledge labor lady LECTURE lessons liberal culture liberal education lives look Madame de Staël Mary Lyon Massachusetts means meeting ment mental mind moral mother Munroe Nathan Hedges nation noble Normal School object parents PHILBRICK pleasure present President primary school primary teacher Prof profession progress public schools pupils quadrupeds qualifications regard religious scholars school-room society soul spirit taught teach things thought tion to-day true truth voice West Brattleboro words young
Popular passages
Page 45 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 111 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of GOD, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Page 96 - He fixed his eye upon a sage raised above the rest, who discoursed with great energy on the government of the passions. His look was venerable, his action graceful, his pronunciation clear, and his diction elegant.
Page 82 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 122 - Mothers are, indeed, the affectionate and effective teachers of the human race. The mother begins her process of training with the infant in her arms. It is she who directs, so to speak, its first mental and spiritual pulsations. She conducts it along the impressible years of childhood and youth, and hopes to deliver it to the...
Page 7 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 120 - Content thee, boy ! in my bower to dwell — Here are sweet sounds which thou lovest well ; Flutes on the air in the stilly noon, Harps which the wandering breezes tune, And the silvery wood-note of many a bird Whose voice was ne'er in thy mountains heard.
Page 120 - Fair child, thy brothers are wanderers now, They sport no more on the mountain's brow, They have left the fern by the spring's green side, And the streams where the fairy barks were tried. Be thou at peace in thy brighter lot, For thy cabin-home is a lonely spot.