History of Secondary Education in Indiana Prior to 1890

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University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1925 - 96 páginas
 

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Página 9 - ... conducive to this end, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by law for the improvement of such lands as are, or hereafter may be, granted by the United States to this state for the use of schools...
Página 9 - It shall be the duty of the General assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to provide, by law, for a general system of education, ascending in a regular gradation, from township schools to a state university, wherein tuition shall be gratis, and equally open to all.
Página 9 - Knowledge and learning, generally diffused through a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government ; and spreading the opportunities and advantages of education through the various parts of the country being highly conducive to promote this end ; it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public schools...
Página 4 - There shall be reserved the lot No. 16, of every township, for the maintenance of public schools, within the said township...
Página 6 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Página 10 - The general assembly, at the time they lay off a new county, shall cause at least ten per cent, to be reserved out of the proceeds of the Sale of town lots, in the seat of justice of such county, for the use of a public library for such county, and, at the ssme session, they shall incorporate a library company, under such rules and regulations as will best secure its permanence, and extend its benefits.
Página 9 - And, for the promotion of such salutary end, the money which shall be paid as an equivalent by persons exempt from militia duty, except in times of war, shall be exclusively and in equal...
Página 9 - The general assembly shall, from time to time, pass such laws as shall be calculated to encourage intellectual, scientifical, and agricultural improvement, by allowing rewards and immunities for the promotion and improvement of arts, sciences, commerce, manufactures, and natural history; and to countenance and encourage the principles of humanity, industry, and morality.
Página 9 - ... granted by the United States to this state, for the support of a seminary of learning, and the moneys which may be raised from such lands, by rent, lease, or sale, or from any other quarter...
Página 31 - ... a more lively interest in their establishment in the Western country. Public sentiment must be changed in regard to free schools; prejudice must be overcome, and the public mind awakened to the importance of carrying the means of education to every door. Though it is the work of years, yet it must and can be done. The sooner we embark in this enterprise, the better. It can be effected only by convincing the mass of the people that the scheme we propose is practicable; is the best and most economical...

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