Cape Cod, new & old . Chapter XIVHARWICH AND THE CAPE COD SCHOOLS EVER since IgTO^j^en Cape Cod estab-lished the first public schools in thiscountry, maintaining them with funds from thefisheriestaXj^ — no mean drain upon the scantyresources of hard-working pioneers, — thissection of New England has been famed for itsexcellent educational facilities. This establishment of public schools was aprodigious feat, requiring a high degree of ini-tiative. For we must remember that the com-mon-school system was not one of the institu-tions transplanted by our forefathers from themother country, but one
Cape Cod, new & old . Chapter XIVHARWICH AND THE CAPE COD SCHOOLS EVER since IgTO^j^en Cape Cod estab-lished the first public schools in thiscountry, maintaining them with funds from thefisheriestaXj^ — no mean drain upon the scantyresources of hard-working pioneers, — thissection of New England has been famed for itsexcellent educational facilities. This establishment of public schools was aprodigious feat, requiring a high degree of ini-tiative. For we must remember that the com-mon-school system was not one of the institu-tions transplanted by our forefathers from themother country, but one which grew out of 188 CAPE COD NEW AND OLD the necessities of their situation. In the OldWorld from which they came they had been X used to family education in the home, and thispractice was raaintained by the colonists withconscientious fidelity until they worked outthe beginnings of our present public-school sys-tem for the more general education of notice the effects of this long-continuedand well-sta
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