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Page 73 - Long: as thine Art shall love true love, Long as thy Science truth shall know, Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove, Long as thy Law by law shall grow, Long as thy God is God above. Thy brother every man below, So long, dear Land of all my love. Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow...
Page 6 - Preliminary Report of the Committee on Uniform Reports and Records "—George D. Strayer, professor of educational administration, Teachers...
Page 40 - I, THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called; with all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
Page 71 - What wonder that the attempt was made in the Federal Convention of 1787 to give Congress powers over public education, and that the endeavor to provide for a national university at the seat of government was not only made in that convention but fostered by the six successive presidents of the United States? Washington led the way in his messages, and by a bequest in his will. In this Jefferson held hands with Washington. Jefferson's epitaph put as the climax of his life "founder of the University...
Page 122 - Redemption of bonds : 54. Redemption of short-term loans 55. Payment of warrants and orders of preceding year 56. Payments to sinking funds 57. Payments of interest 58. Miscellaneous payments, including payments to trust funds, textbooks to be sold to pupils, etc Total..
Page 106 - Indicate that if the American workman Is to maintain the high standard of efficiency, the boys and girls of the country must have an opportunity to acquire educated hands and brains, such as may enable them to earn a living in a SELF-SELECTED vocation, and acquire an intelligent understanding of the duties of good citizenship.
Page 34 - God screens us evermore from premature ideas. Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face, until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is like a dream.
Page 89 - We discovered that the dragnet of compulsory education was bringing into our schools hundreds of children who were unable to keep step with their companions, and because this interfered with the ordinary administration of our school systems we began to ask why these children were backward. The school...
Page 93 - Personally I do not see any more reason why matters of national honor should not be referred to a court of arbitration than matters of property or national proprietorship.
Page 118 - Pupils temporarily discharged, and transferred within the school or school district. 6) Pupils transferred to any other school, public or private. (Graduates separately.) c) Pupils permanently discharged to go to work. (Schooling discontinued before completion of elementary-school course.) d) Pupils discharged for other reasons. (A relatively small number whose schooling is discontinued before completion of elementary-school course for accidental reasons.) More important, at the present time, than...