Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Issue 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... branches . But as these schools are professional , being devoted to the preparation of teachers in the primary and secondary schools , they are naturally excluded from the classification under higher education . They should be treated ...
... branches . But as these schools are professional , being devoted to the preparation of teachers in the primary and secondary schools , they are naturally excluded from the classification under higher education . They should be treated ...
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... Branch Schools ...... 244 Legislative Endowments .... 245 The State Agricultural College 247 Summary of Grants ......... 249 WISCONSIN . Organization of the University .. 250 Unfortunate Management of Lands . 250 Further Appropriation ...
... Branch Schools ...... 244 Legislative Endowments .... 245 The State Agricultural College 247 Summary of Grants ......... 249 WISCONSIN . Organization of the University .. 250 Unfortunate Management of Lands . 250 Further Appropriation ...
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... branches to be learned , and has placed this source within the reach of all , and , having done this , has gone into remote places of the Common- wealth to bid young men to come , showing them the need of education . The State in taking ...
... branches to be learned , and has placed this source within the reach of all , and , having done this , has gone into remote places of the Common- wealth to bid young men to come , showing them the need of education . The State in taking ...
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... branches of polite literature , in arts and sciences , in acquiring knowledge of the principles of politics and good government , and , as a matter of infinite importance , in my judg ment , by associating with each other and forming ...
... branches of polite literature , in arts and sciences , in acquiring knowledge of the principles of politics and good government , and , as a matter of infinite importance , in my judg ment , by associating with each other and forming ...
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... branches of science and the choicest refine- ments of literature . * * * " As far as individuals , many or few , are concerned , I have just as much natural right to call on the State to pay the bill of the tailor who clothes , or the ...
... branches of science and the choicest refine- ments of literature . * * * " As far as individuals , many or few , are concerned , I have just as much natural right to call on the State to pay the bill of the tailor who clothes , or the ...
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Page 48 - 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 66 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 79 - 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 33 - Constitution may be effectually brought into action by laws promoting the improvement of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, the cultivation and encouragement of the mechanic and of the elegant arts, the advancement of literature, and the progress of the sciences, ornamental and profound, to refrain from exercising them for the benefit of the people themselves would be to hide in the earth the talent committed to our charge — would be treachery to the most sacred of trusts.
Page 51 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same...
Page 52 - ... of crops ; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation ; the analysis of soils and water ; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on crops of 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...
Page 152 - ... with such salaries to the masters, paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct at low prices; and all useful learning shall be duly encouraged, and promoted, in one or more...
Page 99 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for 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 order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 31 - States, to which the youth of fortune and talents from all parts thereof might be sent for the completion of their Education in all the branches of polite literature; in arts and Sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of Politics and good Government; and (as a matter of infinite Importance in my judgment) by associating with each other, and forming friendships in Juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which...
Page 297 - That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use and support of a State University...