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The True Idea of the University, and Its Relation to a Complete System of Public Instruction
Excerpt from The True Idea of the University, and Its Relation to a Complete System of Public Instruction: An Address Before the Association of the Alumni of the University of the City of New-York, June 28, 1852
A complete and perfect system of Public Instruction im plies, gentlemen, institutions for Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education. The Common School is for Primary; the Academy (as it is called among us) is for Secondary and the College and University for Higher Instruction. The Common Schools should exist in every town and district in sufficient numbers to give to all the children of the commonwealth, of both sexes, the rudiments of necessary learning, the first elements of a sound education. The Academies are institutions where all those of either sex, whose condition allows, whose inclination prompts, or whose destination in life demands a greater degree of intellectual culture and a larger amount of Knowledge than the Common School can give, may find the means of acquiring it, They should pro vide for imparting every thing included in the idea of what is familiarly called a good thorough English education, and also the Classical learning necessary to prepare young men for college. With the Academies I would also connect Nor mal instruction, or the training of persons for the special vocation of Teachers in the Common Schools or elsewhere.
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A complete and perfect system of Public Instruction im plies, gentlemen, institutions for Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education. The Common School is for Primary; the Academy (as it is called among us) is for Secondary and the College and University for Higher Instruction. The Common Schools should exist in every town and district in sufficient numbers to give to all the children of the commonwealth, of both sexes, the rudiments of necessary learning, the first elements of a sound education. The Academies are institutions where all those of either sex, whose condition allows, whose inclination prompts, or whose destination in life demands a greater degree of intellectual culture and a larger amount of Knowledge than the Common School can give, may find the means of acquiring it, They should pro vide for imparting every thing included in the idea of what is familiarly called a good thorough English education, and also the Classical learning necessary to prepare young men for college. With the Academies I would also connect Nor mal instruction, or the training of persons for the special vocation of Teachers in the Common Schools or elsewhere.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
35 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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