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Seite 21 - It is by dividing and subdividing these republics from the great national one down through all its subordinations, until it ends in the administration of every man's farm by himself; by placing under every one what his own eye may superintend, that all will be done for the best.
Seite 12 - Virginia, 10. 1. No State can claim scholarships as a right. They are gifts from the Peabody Board of Trust, and, as such, the ratio of their distribution, as well as their amount, may be changed, or they may be withheld altogether. 2. At the close of each College year the President will notify State Superintendents of the vacancies that are to be filled in their respective States for the ensuing College year, and send the names and standing of non-scholarship students who are deemed worthy of scholarship...
Seite 44 - Be a woman ! on to duty ! Raise the world from all that's low ; Place high in the social heaven Virtue's fair and radiant bow ; Lend thy influence to each effort That shall raise our nature human ; Be not fashion's gilded lady, — Be a brave, whole-souled, true woman ! EDWAED BKOOKS.
Seite 53 - State on the counties shall mraths.five not be sufficient to keep up a public school for five months in the year in the school districts in the county, the County Court shall levy an additional tax sufficient for this purpose, or shall submit the proposition to a vote of the people...
Seite 14 - ... 2. The ability to think and to reason is of more importance than mere attainment of facts and rules. General intelligence and brightness may offset some deficiencies in mere book-learning. 3. Good breeding, politeness, and a pleasant manner should be counted in a candidate's favor. VIII. A scholarship is good for any two consecutive years above the Freshman Class ; that is, for Sophomore and Junior, or for Junior and Senior, or for Senior and Post-Graduate.
Seite 13 - Only two years of scholarship aid will be given to the same student. V. For the purpose of securing to all applicants a uniform basis of competition, the questions for examination will be prepared by the President of the College, and sent to the State Superintendents for distribution to the examiners whom they may appoint. 1. These questions, with specific instructions for their use, should be sent to the examiners in sealed envelopes, which are not to be opened till the hour for examination has...
Seite 15 - ... teaching a profession : must give a pledge to remain at the College two years, if the scholarship is continued so long ; must promise to submit cheerfully to all its requirements in study, discipline, etc., and to teach in the public schools of his or her own State at least two years, if there is an opportunity.
Seite 67 - ... true in our blessed land of popular institutions, where the virtues or the vices of each individual must tell more than elsewhere on the healthfulness or the unsoundness of the whole system. Hence, his convictions of duty toward his child as a Christian parent are intensified by his principles as an American. The schools of America ought to be the most truly Christian schools in the world. Our civilization is essentially a Christian civilization.
Seite 12 - Nashville and return by the most direct route, and is good for two years. The college year consists of eight months, beginning on the first Wednesday in October and closing on the last Wednesday in May; and scholarship students receive from the president of the college f 12.50 on the last days of each month in the college year.
Seite 21 - A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.

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