Old-time schools and school-books . rning her lesson. From Frosts Easy Exercises in Composition, 1839 • • • • • -37° Children promised a summer holiday. From Frosts Easy Exercises in Composition . . .371 Capt. John Smith defending himself from the Indians. From Goodrichs A History of the United States, 1832 372 Destruction of Tea in Boston Harbor. From Goodrichs A History of the United States . . 373 Punishment of a man from Billerica. From Taylors A Universal History of the United States, 1830 . 374 Capture of the Frolic. From Taylors A Universal His-tory of the United States . . 3 7 5 Landin
Old-time schools and school-books . rning her lesson. From Frosts Easy Exercises in Composition, 1839 • • • • • -37° Children promised a summer holiday. From Frosts Easy Exercises in Composition . . .371 Capt. John Smith defending himself from the Indians. From Goodrichs A History of the United States, 1832 372 Destruction of Tea in Boston Harbor. From Goodrichs A History of the United States . . 373 Punishment of a man from Billerica. From Taylors A Universal History of the United States, 1830 . 374 Capture of the Frolic. From Taylors A Universal His-tory of the United States . . 3 7 5 Landing of Columbus, From Frosts A History of the United States, 1837 . . -376 Conflagration of Moscow. From Butlers Sketches of Universal History, 1818 . . 377 Demosthenes declaiming upon the Sea-shore. From Whelp-leys Compend. of History, 1825 • • • • 378 Frontispiece to Goddings First Lessons in Geology, 1846 . 379 Taking a thief to prison. From Goodrichs The Toung American, 1842 . . . .380. A Melancholy Scene. From Towns Second Reader, \i Old-time Schools and School-Books BEGINNINGS IN 1642, twelve years after the settlement ofBoston, the General Court of Massachusetts, taking into consideration the great neglect ofmany parents and guardians in training up their chil-dren in learning and labor which may be profitableto the commonwealth, ordered that the selectmenin every town should have power to take accountof all parents and masters as to their childrens edu-cation and employment. Each town was to bedivided by its selectmen into sections — a sectionto each selectman; and for the families in hisapportionment the selectman was responsible. Hemust see that all the children learned to read, andthat they were taught to understand the principlesof religion and the capital laws of the country, and,finally, he must make sure that they were put tosome useful work. The education required could be provided by theindividual parents in their homes, or it could beprovide
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