Installation of Edmund Janes James, PH.D., LL.D., as President of the University, Part 1 |
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... higher institutions of learning by boards of trustees , that is , bodies of non - experts , — laymen , so to speak , in the field of education , -is peculiarly American . In England the old universities are self - governing bodies , con ...
... higher institutions of learning by boards of trustees , that is , bodies of non - experts , — laymen , so to speak , in the field of education , -is peculiarly American . In England the old universities are self - governing bodies , con ...
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... higher training for all kinds of work involving mental aptitude is now everywhere recognized . The secondary schools have become a part of the common school sys- tem , and every teacher in high school or academy leads his students very ...
... higher training for all kinds of work involving mental aptitude is now everywhere recognized . The secondary schools have become a part of the common school sys- tem , and every teacher in high school or academy leads his students very ...
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... higher education . Again , university revenues come from men who have done things and want other things done . It is exclusively so in private institu- tions , and the people and representatives who vote appropriations to the state ...
... higher education . Again , university revenues come from men who have done things and want other things done . It is exclusively so in private institu- tions , and the people and representatives who vote appropriations to the state ...
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... higher law in administration , as in everything else , and it both supports and limits the use of means to the accomplishing of ends . Distinct and decisive authority in both the legislative and excutive branches of university ...
... higher law in administration , as in everything else , and it both supports and limits the use of means to the accomplishing of ends . Distinct and decisive authority in both the legislative and excutive branches of university ...
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... higher salaries ; it is larger professional authority and more genuine freedom . Those attained , the wage question will take care of itself . It is true that teaching offers no such money prizes as does law or medicine ; nevertheless ...
... higher salaries ; it is larger professional authority and more genuine freedom . Those attained , the wage question will take care of itself . It is true that teaching offers no such money prizes as does law or medicine ; nevertheless ...
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Page 441 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
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