The Rise of the Tax Supported Schools in IndianaUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1923 - 110 páginas |
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Página 52 - The Common School Fund shall consist of the Congressional Township Fund, and the lands belonging thereto; The Surplus Revenue Fund; The Saline Fund, and the lands belonging thereto; The Bank Tax Fund, and the fund arising from the one hundred and fourteenth section of the charter of the State Bank of Indiana...
Página 4 - 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 18 - My thoughts have been directed of late to the subject of common-schools, and the best means of awakening 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...
Página 52 - Knowledge and learning generally diffused throughout a community being essential to the preservation of a free government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage by all suitable means moral, intellectual, scientific, and agricultural improvement, and to provide by law for a general and uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally opne to all.
Página 52 - All lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to the State, where no special purpose is expressed in the grant, and the proceeds of the sales thereof...
Página 30 - He then presents the humiliating facts as to illiteracy in Indiana Not only every seventh adult cannot read a word, but " there are gentlemen on this floor representing rich and populous counties who, perhaps, never dreamed that one-sixth, or one-fourth, or one-third of their constituents cannot read the record of their legislative wisdom, nor peruse the eloquent speeches delivered in these halls!
Página 52 - ... shall consist of the Congressional Township fund, and the lands belonging thereto; The Surplus Revenue fund; The Saline fund and the lands belonging thereto; The Bank Tax fund, and the fund arising from the one hundred and fourteenth section of the charter of the State Bank of Indiana; The fund to be derived from the sale of county seminaries, and the moneys and property heretofore held for such Seminaries...
Página 13 - ... So loud were the complaints of the inefficiency of the school teachers throughout the State that they reached the ears of the Governor. In his annual message to the legislature, in 1833, Governor Noble thus calls attention to the subject: "The want of competent teachers to instruct in the township schools is a cause of complaint in many sections of the State, and it is to be regretted that in employing transient persons from other States, containing but little qualification or moral character,...
Página 27 - The true glory of a people consists in the intelligence and virtue of its individual members, and no more important duty can devolve upon its representatives in their legislative capacity than the devising and perfecting a wise, liberal, and efficient system of popular education.
Página 26 - I often hear my fellow citizens expressing their deep regret at the inefficient character of our common schools and the wretched condition of our county seminaries, to say nothing of a liberal and enlightened policy in respect to our higher institutions of learning...