A History of Education in the United States Since the Civil WarHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - 347 páginas |
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... five millions ; the school population , to twenty - two ; and the total en- rollment in the schools , to fifteen millions . By the year 1908 it was estimated that a still further increase had occurred to the effect that the total ...
... five millions ; the school population , to twenty - two ; and the total en- rollment in the schools , to fifteen millions . By the year 1908 it was estimated that a still further increase had occurred to the effect that the total ...
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... five billions and the expenditures for common schools amounted to one hundred and forty millions . In the year 1900 the total value had become eighty - eight billions , and the expenditures made for common schools , two hundred and ...
... five billions and the expenditures for common schools amounted to one hundred and forty millions . In the year 1900 the total value had become eighty - eight billions , and the expenditures made for common schools , two hundred and ...
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... five , from five to seven , and from seven to ten dol- lars . The revenue for the common schools was ninety - five million dollars in 1870 ; in 1880 it had fallen to eighty - three millions , by 1890 it had sprung up to one hundred and ...
... five , from five to seven , and from seven to ten dol- lars . The revenue for the common schools was ninety - five million dollars in 1870 ; in 1880 it had fallen to eighty - three millions , by 1890 it had sprung up to one hundred and ...
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... five mil- lions , and forty - one millions . In the year 1904 each item also manifests a still further aug- mentation , amounting to one hundred sixty- seven millions , forty - nine millions , and fifty millions . In 1908 these amounts ...
... five mil- lions , and forty - one millions . In the year 1904 each item also manifests a still further aug- mentation , amounting to one hundred sixty- seven millions , forty - nine millions , and fifty millions . In 1908 these amounts ...
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... five thousand ; in 1900 , five hundred and twelve thousand , and in 1905 , five hundred and thirty - three thousand . The capital invested shows the following increase : from two billions to a sum approximately three billions , from ...
... five thousand ; in 1900 , five hundred and twelve thousand , and in 1905 , five hundred and thirty - three thousand . The capital invested shows the following increase : from two billions to a sum approximately three billions , from ...
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A History of Education in the United States Since the Civil War Charles Franklin Thwing Visualização completa - 1910 |
A History of Education in the United States Since the Civil War Charles Franklin Thwing Visualização completa - 1910 |
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Página 44 - If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world.
Página 48 - Universities are not intended to teach the knowledge required to fit men for some special mode of gaining their livelihood. Their object is not to make skilful lawyers, or physicians, or engineers, but capable and cultivated human beings.
Página 114 - Then, in such hour of need Of your fainting, dispirited race, Ye, like angels, appear, Radiant with ardour divine ! Beacons of hope, ye appear ! Languor is not in your heart, Weakness is not in your word, Weariness not on your brow. Ye alight in our van ! at your voice, Panic, despair, flee away. Ye move through the ranks, recall The stragglers, refresh the outworn, Praise, re-inspire the brave ! Order, courage, return.
Página 56 - I call therefore a complete and generous Education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Página 44 - Works indeed of genius fall under no art ; heroic minds come under no rule ; a University is not a birthplace of poets or of immortal authors, of founders of schools, leaders of colonies, or conquerors of nations. It does not promise a generation of Aristotles or Newtons, of Napoleons or Washingtons, of Raphaels or Shakespeares, though such miracles of nature it has before now contained within its precincts.
Página 45 - It prepares him to fill any post with credit, and to master any subject with facility. It shows him how to accommodate himself to others, how to throw himself into their state of mind, how to bring before them his own, how to influence them, how to come to an understanding with them, how to bear with them.
Página 296 - No such voices as those which we heard in our youth at Oxford are sounding there now. Oxford has more criticism now, more knowledge, more light; but such voices as those of our youth it has no longer. The name of Cardinal Newman is a great name to the imagination still...
Página 257 - An institution to be ranked as a college, must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences...
Página 59 - Paraphrasing an Eastern fable, we may say that in the family of knowledges, Science is the household drudge, who, in obscurity, hides unrecognized perfections. To her has been committed all the work ; by her skill, intelligence, and devotion, have all...
Página 45 - He is at home in any society, he has common ground with every class; he knows when to speak and when to be silent; he is able to converse, he is able to listen; he can ask a question pertinently, and gain a lesson seasonably, when he has nothing to impart himself; he is ever ready, yet never in the way; he is a pleasant companion, and a comrade you can depend upon; he knows when to be serious and when to trifle, and he has a sure tact which enables him to trifle with gracefulness and to be serious...