Report of the Board of Education of the State of Connecticut to the Governor: Together with the Report of the Secretary of the BoardLockwood & Brainard Company, 1886 |
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... furnishing of fuel and school supplies , would be more systematically , thoroughly and economically conducted ; 1st , because the business would be on a somewhat larger scale ; 2d , because with the whole town to choose execu- tive ...
... furnishing of fuel and school supplies , would be more systematically , thoroughly and economically conducted ; 1st , because the business would be on a somewhat larger scale ; 2d , because with the whole town to choose execu- tive ...
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... furnishing , all conveniences and comforts , all books and appliances , must proceed from district tax , and where no money has been raised the inference is , that for the year at least , no attention has been given to these mat- It may ...
... furnishing , all conveniences and comforts , all books and appliances , must proceed from district tax , and where no money has been raised the inference is , that for the year at least , no attention has been given to these mat- It may ...
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... increased in the eastern part of the state . Ma- chinery for wool spinning also was soon introduced . These and other mechanical industries soon furnished continuous employ- ment for children 40 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
... increased in the eastern part of the state . Ma- chinery for wool spinning also was soon introduced . These and other mechanical industries soon furnished continuous employ- ment for children 40 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
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... furnished continuous employ- ment for children and seriously interfered with their attendance at school , so that in 1824 the Legislature enacted the following law : " The president and directors of all factories which are now or shall ...
... furnished continuous employ- ment for children and seriously interfered with their attendance at school , so that in 1824 the Legislature enacted the following law : " The president and directors of all factories which are now or shall ...
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... furnished them for that purpose . But few of these blanks were ever used . Blank certificates of school attend- ance of children were also furnished for the use of teachers . Children were again discharged to attend school . But the law ...
... furnished them for that purpose . But few of these blanks were ever used . Blank certificates of school attend- ance of children were also furnished for the use of teachers . Children were again discharged to attend school . But the law ...
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Page 247 - HE clasps the crag with crooked hands ; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Page 261 - The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out...
Page 244 - THIS is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge : it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment.
Page 34 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age, in any business or service whatever, during any part of the term during which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session...
Page 226 - ... that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 245 - Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors, My very noble and approved good masters, — That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true ; true, I have married her ; The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 262 - With mittened hands, and caps drawn low, To guard our necks and ears from snow, We cut the solid whiteness through. And, where the drift was deepest, made A tunnel walled and overlaid...
Page 86 - Said penalty shall not be incurred when it appears that the child is destitute of clothing suitable for attending school, and the parent or person having control of such child is unable to provide such clothing, or its mental or physical condition is such as to render its instruction inexpedient or impracticable.
Page 230 - Else why so swell the thoughts at your Aspect above ? Ye must be Heavens that make us sure Of heavenly love ! And in your harmony sublime ' I 'read the doom of distant time ; That man's regenerate soul from crime Shall yet be drawn, And reason on his mortal clime Immortal dawn.
Page 34 - ... nor exempt any child who is enrolled as a member of a school from any rule concerning irregularity of attendance which has been enacted or may be enacted by the town school committee, board of school visitors, or board of education, having control of the school.