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... is felt , but they have no State School Fund , and hence have a heavy
educational tax to levy . The Southern States have done nothing in the direction
of School Libraries . The West — the giant WEST , has outdone them all . 11 .
Michigan .
... is felt , but they have no State School Fund , and hence have a heavy
educational tax to levy . The Southern States have done nothing in the direction
of School Libraries . The West — the giant WEST , has outdone them all . 11 .
Michigan .
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There are now over 500 Township Libraries in Michigan , possessing an
aggregate of over 200 , 000 volumes , or an average of 400 volumes to each
library . From the large amount of money appropriated to this purpose , it would
seem that ...
There are now over 500 Township Libraries in Michigan , possessing an
aggregate of over 200 , 000 volumes , or an average of 400 volumes to each
library . From the large amount of money appropriated to this purpose , it would
seem that ...
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When we bring to mind the 200 , 000 volumes in Township Libraries of Michigan ,
the 332 , 000 in the School Libraries of Ohio , and the 370 , 000 in the Township
Libraries of Indiana - making altogether over nine hundred thousand volumes ...
When we bring to mind the 200 , 000 volumes in Township Libraries of Michigan ,
the 332 , 000 in the School Libraries of Ohio , and the 370 , 000 in the Township
Libraries of Indiana - making altogether over nine hundred thousand volumes ...
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1 914 B ! By the Township plan , with State provision for their establishment and
replenishment , as in Michigan , Ohio and Indiana , we should have far larger
libraries , and their benefits far more generally diffused ; for every town in the
State ...
1 914 B ! By the Township plan , with State provision for their establishment and
replenishment , as in Michigan , Ohio and Indiana , we should have far larger
libraries , and their benefits far more generally diffused ; for every town in the
State ...
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Or , as in Michigan , some district officer might be permitted to draw from the
Township Library , every three months , the number to which his district would be
entitled , and then loan them under proper regulations , to the people of his
district .
Or , as in Michigan , some district officer might be permitted to draw from the
Township Library , every three months , the number to which his district would be
entitled , and then loan them under proper regulations , to the people of his
district .
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Academies acre Amount Library fines Amount of money amount of Wages annually attended School Average Average amount better Board cent character Children cited City Common Schools Counties and Towns District Libraries dollars duty equal experience Female Female Teacher Fund give Government Grant Green Grove half hand HORACE MANN hundred important improvement increase Institutes instruction interest Joint knowledge lands Legislature less Male Teachers matter means Michigan mind money raised money received months Schools moral Names of Counties nature never Normal object paid persons practical Prairie present proper pupils raised by tax reading regard result says School Fund School House School House Sites School Libraries secure Spring success Superintendent TABLE taught tax and expended teach thousand tion Township Treasurer University valuation volumes Wages whole Wisconsin
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