History of Higher Education in Rhode IslandU.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 - 210 strani |
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Stran 156 - he should sorrow o'er my state, And marvel what possessed my brain, " And I perceived no touch of change, No hint of death in all his frame; But found him all in all the same, I should not feel it to bo strange." We buried him in the snows of winter.
Stran 14 - The charter was signed Thursday, March 14, 1643-'44, and the colo nies were united as "The Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay in New England." During the interval between the establishment of the government in 1647 and the restoration there were the usual occurrences incident to colonial life. It was
Stran 22 - nor to the civil injury or outward disturbance of others: any law, statute, or clause therein contained, or to be contained, usage or custom of this realm to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. BOUNDARY DISPUTES. A second reason for the non-establishment of a public-school system was the dispute concerning the boundary between Rhode Island and the neighboring colonies. The principles
Stran 51 - youth of all religious denominations shall and may be freely admitted to the equal advantages of this institution, and all receive alike fair, generous, and equal treatment during their continuance therein, they conducting themselves peaceably and conforming to the laws and statutes thereof. And it is hereby ordained and declared, That
Stran 22 - all times hereafter, freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences in matters of religious concernments throughout the tract of land hereafter mentioned, they behaving themselves peaceably and quietly, and not using this liberty to licentiousness and
Stran 125 - gospel. From a review of the field our present system of collegiate education is not accomplishing the purposes intended. We are, therefore, forced to adopt the supposition that our colleges are not filled because we do not furnish the education desired by the people. We have
Stran 22 - Our royal will and pleasure is that no person within the said colony at any time hereafter shall he any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question for any differences
Stran 151 - Delecti Faciendum Curaverunt. AD MDCCCLXXV Incepti m AD MDCCCLXXVII Finitum Est. Melior Est Enim Fructus Meus Auro Et Lapide Pretioso Et Gemina Mea Argento Electo. Beatus Homo Qui Audit Me Et Qui Vigilat Ad Fores Meas Quotidie Et Observat Ad Postes Ostii Mei. Prov.
Stran 18 - tract of land in the town of Kingston was conveyed to Harvard College for and towards the support and education at the said college of those youths whose parents were not of sufficient ability to maintain them. In 1716 a gift of £50 for the college in Connecticut was made by
Stran 129 - of useful arts. It is, therefore, of the greatest national importance to spread broadcast over the community that knowledge by which alone the useful arts can be multiplied and perfected. III. It is necessary. Anyone who will observe the progress which, within the last thirty years, has been made by