This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...upwards of 250 pupils, although Mr C. hurt his health by over-exertion, and resigned. The High School fell from 750 to less than 400, and the Academy in rather less proportion. The masters raged against my brother and the phrenological crew, declared the public under a delusion, and themselves the most ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...upwards of 250 pupils, although Mr C. hurt his health by over-exertion, and resigned. The High School fell from 750 to less than 400, and the Academy in rather less proportion. The masters raged against my brother and the phrenological crew, declared the public under a delusion, and themselves the most excellent, upright, and efficient, but most injured, of men. At last they quietly modified their system a good deal, admitted French and Mathematics, taught some useful knowledge, and history and geography incidentally, but with care; and then published an invitation to the public to come to their school, and see how wrongfully they had been abused, and how much knowledgo they really taught, --as if they had done so always. The consequence is, that their numbers are a little increased. With a splendid school-house free from rent, a public status and public patronage, they require no aid and no endowment; and it would be wrong to give any to enable them to extinguish their private competitors, who forced them to improve. Mr Cunningham's institution flourishes with a heavy rent, and taxes superadded. Lot the High School improve, and it too will flourish. "The C+lasgow High School is a proof in point. The pupils fell down to 300, and the seminary seemed marching to ruin. Two sensible men remodelled it, and adapted it to the present times, and now it numbers nearly 1000 pupils. Ask Mr D'Orsey for its history, and you will obtain much useful information. "The New Academy sends forth able classical scholars, but it is still too narrow in its scope. It is proved by Mr Cunningham's experience, that two or three hours a day devoted to classics, and the rest occupied with learning positive ideas, invigorates the mind more, and produces faster progress even in...
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1850, Maclachlan and Stewart
Hardcover
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Publisher:
Maclachlan and Stewart
Published:
1850
Language:
English
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Old library stamp (cancelled) on title page and pastedown (no other library markings); head of spine frayed with light general wear; tight and sound. xii, 563 [8, ads] pp. 8vo,
