The Administration Of Public Education In Mississippi

Author : Alfred Benjamin Butts
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230384429
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration in Mississippi written by Alfred Benjamin Butts and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II PUBLIC EDUCATION 1. Historical The first fundamental law of Mississippi, the Constitution of 1817, sanctioned education. Although there was entire absence of anything approaching a school system during the territorial period, this first constitution of Mississippi1 reproduced almost verbatim a part of the Ordinance of 1787 and declares that "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this State." It is perhaps not incorrect to say that this Ordinance of 1787 marks the beginning of public education in Mississippi, for as has been said,2 this provision ' sounded the key-note, and gave direction to most of the States of the Union, in this regard." Although many years were to elapse before the state of Mississippi was to have an organized system of public education, it augured for the best that the makers of her first constitution should accept the principle laid down in a document to which Daniel Webster referred when he said3 But this ordinance did that which was not so common, and which Is not even now universal; that Is, It set forth and declared as a high and binding duty of government itself, to encourage, schools and advance the means of education; for the plain reason that religion, morality and knowledge are necessary to good government, and to the happiness of mankind. To say that there was an entire absence of a school system in Mississippi during the territorial period does not, however, mean that no effort had been made prior to 1817 to establish educational institutions. Quite the contrary is true. Under the 1 Article VI, Section 16, Constitution of Miss., 1817....