The Boston Public Latin School 1635 1880 Illustrated

Author : Henry Fitch Jenks
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230414249
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Boston Public Latin School. 1635-1880; Illustrated written by Henry Fitch Jenks and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 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. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... response of;mr. francis A. waterhouse. 25 tion of the school with respect to instruction is admirably fitted for thorough work. Instead of being called upon to teach a multitude of subjects, and, consequently, teaching all, except a favorite one, indifferently well, each instructor has in charge but a comparatively few branches, and generally such branches as his gifts or culture adapt him successfully to manage. With such a course of study and such a division of labor; with associate teachers, able and enthusiastic, tenaciously holding, as they fairly may, to ideas and sentiments that have stood the test of years, but ready to welcome new ideas and methods that smack of sense and truth; with the cordial and intelligent support of our best citizens; and, lastly, --for the thought of the occasion, if no other thought, naturally leads me to give prominence to this point, --with the finest and most commodious school building in the country; with such helps as these, and with few, if any, hindrances that energy and determination cannot do away, I venture the hope that the English High School will make in the future as good a record as it has left in the past. I venture the further hope, that, as years go by, it will yield proofs more and more convincing that it holds in the school system of Boston an indispensable place as well as a high place, freely offering, as it does, to every boy in the city, --provided he have fair ability, --an education that fits him not merely with a reasonable prospect of success to enter upon special lines of business, but also to assume the responsibilities and to discharge the duties of citizen, patriot, and man. Turning to the audience, Mr. Flint then resumed: --address of charles L. flint. Ladies and Gentle