 | Massachusetts - 1856 - 516 strani
...particular sect of Christians. 11. School books and stationery may be furnished at expense of city or town. 1 . The school committee of each town and city in...what other books shall be used in the public schools. Slat. 1855, c. 410. 2. Physiology and hygiene shall hereafter be taught in all the public schools of... | |
 | 1856 - 732 strani
...asked for in this essay but what the school laws allow and require. The law of Massachusetts requires the " daily reading of some portion of the Bible, in the common English version," in every common school in the Commonwealth. This is the teacher's text-book in morals. And teachers... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1860 - 1158 strani
...the schools, and the habits and proficiency of the scholars therein. SECT. 27. The school committee o shall have been at ; but shall never direct any school books calculated to favor the tenets of any particular sect of... | |
 | Lynn (Mass.). City Council - 1865 - 248 strani
...Aldermen shall, after one week's public notice, elect a new board by ballot. 2. The School Committee shall require the daily reading of some portion of the Bible in the common English version, in the public schools. 3. They arc to furnish the Assessors with the names of all scholars supplied... | |
 | James Fraser (bp. of Manchester.) - 1866 - 480 strani
...calculated to favour the " tenets of any particular sect of Christians shall be " purchased or used," and to require the daily reading of some portion of the Bible in the common English version ; (//.) To procure at the expense of the township a sufficient supply of text-books — (which books... | |
 | Sophia Jex-Blake - 1867 - 272 strani
...collected in like manner as other town taxes." Revised Statutes, xxiii. § 23. — " The school committee shall require the daily reading of some portion of the Bible in the common English version ; but shall never direct any school books, calculated to favour the tenets of any particular sect of... | |
 | Michael McN. Walsh - 1867 - 180 strani
...however, to require the use of the Bible in the public schools; in fact, since the statute of 1855, "the daily reading of some portion of the Bible, in the common English version," is made obligatory. As Connecticut claims the honor of having established the first free school on... | |
 | 1870 - 672 strani
...calculated to favour the tenets of any particular sect of Christians shall be used," also required " the daily reading of some portion of the Bible in the common English version." American schools, then, are unsectarian, but are not secular. The daily exercises of tho school commence... | |
 | Guillaume Tiberghien - 1873 - 454 strani
...calculated to favour the tenets of any particular sect of Christians shall be purchased or used, » and to require the daily reading of some portion of the Bible in the common english version ; 4. To procure at ttie expense of the township a sufficient supply of text-books- (which books are... | |
 | Francis Adams - 1875 - 322 strani
...Massachusetts, Bible reading appears to be compulsory, it being the duty of the School Committee " to require the daily reading of some portion of the Bible in the common English version." (*) • By the law of New Jersey, it is not lawful to introduce " in any school receiving its proportion... | |
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... any school books calculated to favor the tenets of any particular sect of Christians to be purchased or used in any of the town schools. 
