This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... A chapter X. Board Of National Popular Education. T the close of Gov. Slade's term of office in Vermont, we met at Hartford, where he delivered his first address to a large audience. This awakened a great interest in the cause he was to conduct. On consulting with him, I found he was willing to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... A chapter X. Board Of National Popular Education. T the close of Gov. Slade's term of office in Vermont, we met at Hartford, where he delivered his first address to a large audience. This awakened a great interest in the cause he was to conduct. On consulting with him, I found he was willing to attempt nothing, but to transfer teachers already prepared, and so I did not urge a prominent feature of my plan, which was to raise up schools of a high order in the newer States, which should train teachers in those States when the supply from abroad had ceased. Knowing more than most of those consulted by Gov. Slade of the difficulties to be encountered, I proposed that before the teachers were sent out they should meet in some place for a month to hear lectures, and visit classes in some normal school. To all I proposed he gave a most kind and courteous assent, and during all of our personal intercourse and correspondence nothing but kind attention to my views and wishes was manifested; and whenever he differed from me as to the expediency of any matter, I did not urge it. The points whereon we agreed were, that the teachers should spend a month under my care; that he should travel and lecture in the chief cities of the West, and organize voluntary committees to aid in providing schools for our teachers; that there should be no denominational differences, and that as far as practicable teachers should be drawn from all denominations called Evangelical. I endeavored to induce the Boston Ladies' Society to join with us, but they had decided not to collect and prepare their teachers, but trust to correspondence alone, and to confine their society and teachers to the Congregational order. After some time they were convinced that our method was...
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