Proceedings of the Trustees ... from Their Original Organization on the 8th February, 1867, Volume 4etc., 1893 - Education |
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... interest in the Normal College is at- tested by what I think to be a typical fact reported from Vir- ginia ; namely , last year there were twenty - three competitors for nine vacant scholarships , whereas this year there were fifty ...
... interest in the Normal College is at- tested by what I think to be a typical fact reported from Vir- ginia ; namely , last year there were twenty - three competitors for nine vacant scholarships , whereas this year there were fifty ...
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... interest to its principal hall . This request having been more than once repeated and pressed , the subject was referred to our Executive Com- mittee with full powers , who thereupon instructed our Secretary to procure such portraits ...
... interest to its principal hall . This request having been more than once repeated and pressed , the subject was referred to our Executive Com- mittee with full powers , who thereupon instructed our Secretary to procure such portraits ...
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... interest and pride in its success . A kind letter , just received , from one of its Trustees , - the accomplished Dr. Edward S. Joynes , Professor in the South Carolina University , gives me an account of fifty- one young ladies , from ...
... interest and pride in its success . A kind letter , just received , from one of its Trustees , - the accomplished Dr. Edward S. Joynes , Professor in the South Carolina University , gives me an account of fifty- one young ladies , from ...
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... interest in our proceed- ings ; but he was not well enough to be with us on the following day , being confined to his chamber under the care of a physician . His illness proved to be fatal , and he died in this hotel on the 11th of ...
... interest in our proceed- ings ; but he was not well enough to be with us on the following day , being confined to his chamber under the care of a physician . His illness proved to be fatal , and he died in this hotel on the 11th of ...
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... interest in our proceedings . The stated day of our Annual Meeting was fixed for the first Wednesday of October at his own suggestion and request , so that his judicial duties at Washington or on his circuit might never interfere with ...
... interest in our proceedings . The stated day of our Annual Meeting was fixed for the first Wednesday of October at his own suggestion and request , so that his judicial duties at Washington or on his circuit might never interfere with ...
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Page 69 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles...
Page 142 - ... schools and advance the means of education, on the plain reason that religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary to good government, and to the happiness of mankind.
Page 69 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 143 - ... riches of the Commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the sceptic's puny hands, While near her school the church-spire stands ; Nor fears the blinded bigot's rule, While near her church-spire stands the school.
Page 262 - Ideas are often poor ghosts ; our sun-filled eyes cannot discern them ; they pass athwart us in thin vapour, and cannot make themselves felt. But sometimes they are made flesh ; they breathe upon us with warm breath, they touch us with soft responsive hands, they look at us with sad sincere eyes, and speak to us in appealing tones ; they are clothed in a living human soul, with all its conflicts, its faith, and its love. Then their presence is a power, then they shake us like a passion, and we are...
Page 175 - Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freemen with votes in their hands are left without education.
Page 251 - The General Assembly, at its first session under this Constitution, shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of public schools, wherein tuition shall be free of charge to all the children of the State between the ages of six and twenty-one years.
Page 68 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily EVERY MAN LIVING IS ALTOGETHER VANITY. 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Page 197 - It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they would try a little more to make great men; that they would set less value on the work, and more upon the workman; that they would never forget that a nation cannot long remain strong when every man belonging to it is individually weak...
Page 348 - No progress at all can be made towards obtaining a skilled democracy unless the democracy are willing that the work which requires skill should be done by those who possess it...