Staff Study No.1-[19].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 |
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... Congress and the Executive . Under its original assignment , the Committee was known as the President's Committee on Vocational Education . In a later letter dated April 19 , 1937 , the President stated that he had been giving much ...
... Congress and the Executive . Under its original assignment , the Committee was known as the President's Committee on Vocational Education . In a later letter dated April 19 , 1937 , the President stated that he had been giving much ...
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... Congress of the United States in 1862. The Act provided for a grant of 30,000 acres of land or its equivalent in scrip to the several States for each Representative and Senator in Congress , to be used for " . . . the endowment ...
... Congress of the United States in 1862. The Act provided for a grant of 30,000 acres of land or its equivalent in scrip to the several States for each Representative and Senator in Congress , to be used for " . . . the endowment ...
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... Congress in 1857 for the establishment of an agricultural and mechanical college in each State . ' The bill finally passed both Houses , but was vetoed by President Buchanan on February 26 , 1859.2 Late in 1861 , Morrill reintroduced ...
... Congress in 1857 for the establishment of an agricultural and mechanical college in each State . ' The bill finally passed both Houses , but was vetoed by President Buchanan on February 26 , 1859.2 Late in 1861 , Morrill reintroduced ...
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... Congress passed the Second Morrill Act . The purpose of this legislation was to provide for the more complete endowment and main- tenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts . By this legislation each State ...
... Congress passed the Second Morrill Act . The purpose of this legislation was to provide for the more complete endowment and main- tenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts . By this legislation each State ...
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... Congress . . . " , recognized within limits at least the magni- tude of the educational problem of the several States . The grants under the Second Morrill Act and the Nelson Amend- ment represented a departure from this principle in ...
... Congress . . . " , recognized within limits at least the magni- tude of the educational problem of the several States . The grants under the Second Morrill Act and the Nelson Amend- ment represented a departure from this principle in ...
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Page 30 - That, in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 11 - State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 121 - An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Page 121 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for ten years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the preceding year...
Page 16 - Provided, that no money shall be paid out under this act to any state or territory for the support and maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission of students...
Page 112 - And be it further enacted, that all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land-scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 15 - 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 16 - ... 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 : Provided, That said colleges may use a portion of this money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts : Provided.
Page 112 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they '-* may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 30 - ... the sum of fifteen thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated to each State, to be specially provided for by Congress in the appropriations from year to year, and to each Territory entitled under the provisions of section eight of this act, out of any money in the Treasury proceeding from the sales of public lands, to...