A History of Secondary Education in Scotland: An Account of Scottish Secondary Education from Early Times to the Education Act of 1908 |
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Page 97 - Edinburgh as now established by law shall continue within this kingdom for ever and that in all time coming no professors principals regents masters or others bearing office in any university colledge or school within this kingdom be capable or be admitted or allowed to continue in the exercise of their said functions but such as shall own and acknowledge the civil government in manner prescribed or to be prescribed by the Acts of Parliament as also that before or at their admissions they do and...
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Page 114 - At the king's return every parish had a minister, every village had a school, every family almost had a Bible — yea, in most of the country all the children of age could read the Scriptures, and were provided of Bibles either by their parents or ministers.
Page 52 - Scotch as Biscayan is from Castilian. His knowledge of languages is wonderful. He is well read in the Bible and in some other devout books. He is a good historian. He has read many Latin and French histories, and profited by them, as he has a very good memory.
Page 38 - A place, as man may se, Quan a chyld to scole xal set be, A bok hym is browt, Naylyd on a brede of tre, That men callyt an abece, Pratylych i-wrout.
Page 174 - Sessions, and shall include attendance for not less than two Sessions on the Classes of Humanity, Greek, and Mathematics respectively ; and attendance for not less than one Session on the Classes of Logic, Moral Philosophy, and Natural Philosophy respectively ; and also attendance on a course of English literature...
Page 46 - The inhabitants speak the language and have the habits of the Irish. But there is a good deal of French education in Scotland, and many speak the French language. For all the young gentlemen who have no property go to France, and are well received there, and therefore the French are liked.
Page 33 - The second fault I note is this : The gentry educate their children neither in letters nor in morals — no small calamity to the state. They ought to search out men learned in history, upright in character, and to them intrust the education of their children, so that even in tender age these may begin to form right habits, and act when they are mature in years like men endowed with reason.
Page 32 - It is statute and ordanit throw all the realme that all barronis and frehaldaris that ar of substance put thair eldest sonnis and airis to the sculis fra thai be aucht or nyne yeiris of age and till remane at the grammer sculis quhill thai be competentlie foundit and have perfite latyne...