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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN BY W. T. HARRIS, LL. D., A. S. DRAPER, LL. D., AND H. S. TARBELL READ AT THE CLEVELAND MEETING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE, FEBRUARY 19-21, 1895, WITH THE DEBATE
I would simply say that this report should be entitled to the greatest respect. I shall go home and study it carefully and prayerfully. I move that a committee of fifteen be app...
11. Part 119. If by the term “oral,” as applied to lessons in biography and in natural science, the Committee means, as the word would imply, that the instruction is to be given in the for...
5. Part 5In the study of general history appears another branch of the secondary course. History of the native land is assumed to be an elementary study. History of the world is certainl...
7. Part 7It is imperative that we discriminate between the legislative and executive action in organizing and administering the schools. The influences which enter into legislative actio...
10. Part 10This includes observation and practice. The observation should include the work of different grades and of different localities, with minute and searching comparison and reports...
9. Part 9Breadth of mind consists in the power to view facts and opinions from the standpoints of others. It is this truth which makes the study of history in a full, appreciative way so...
3. Part 3In recent years, especially through the scientific study of physical geography, the processes that go to the formation of climate, soil, and general configuration of land masses...
8. Part 8Those who show teaching power, versatility, amiability, reliability, steadiness, and growth must be rewarded with the highest positions: those who lack fibre, who have no energy...
2. Part 2Your Committee is unanimous in the conviction that formal grammar should not be allowed to usurp the place of a study of the literary work of art in accordance with literary met...
1. Part 1REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN BY W. T. HARRIS, LL. D., A. S. DRAPER, LL. D., AND H. S. TARBELL READ AT THE CLEVELAND MEETING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE, FEBRUARY...
4. Part 4It is understood by your Committee that the lessons in physiology and hygiene (with special reference to the effects of stimulants and narcotics) required by State laws should b...
6. Part 6Your Committee recommends that the use of a text-book in grammar begin with the second half of the fifth year, and continue until the beginning of the study of Latin in the eigh...
13. Part 13SUPERINTENDENT S. T. DUTTON, _Brookline, Mass._: About all has been said that needs to be said now. It seems to me that the question takes this form--the same God that made the...