UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION, No. 3, 1898 CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY EDITED BY HERBERT B. ADAMS No. 22 HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY GEORGE GARY BUSH, PH. D. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Union with Massachusetts, and the school law of 1647. Acts of 1693, 1714, 1719, and 1721.. 9 10 11 Grants of lands for the support of schools.. Neglect of the common schools during the eighteenth century. 12 12 Founding of the first academies... 13 Taxation for the support of schools. 13 School laws of 1789, 1804, 1805, 1807, 1808, 1817, and 1827. 14 Instruction secured to children in factories and to all the children of the Teachers' institutes.. Change from county commissioners to State superintendent of public instruction.. 22 The old district system abolished Proceeds of the sale of State lands set apart as a school fund. Woman in school work; the education of the children now largely placed in 35 35 Their place in the educational history of the State 49 50 50 53 53 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. JUNE 7, 1898. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the twenty-first number of the current series of contributions to American educational history prepared for this Bureau, the same being under the editorship of Prof. Herbert B. Adams, of Johns Hopkins University. The present volume is the History of Education in New Hampshire, prepared by Prof. George Gary Bush. The monograph herewith presented sketches the beginnings of education in New Hampshire as relates to the common school, the academy, and the college. The relation of New Hampshire to Massachusetts is a very close one as regards the education of professional men and business men of high standing. Dartmouth College has furnished a larger number of influential teachers, members of the bar, clergymen, and men of approved directive power in the nation, than any other college with its number of students. Bowdoin College, Amherst College, Williams College, and the University of Vermont are its rivals, each one having a shining record of distinguished men in its corps of alumni. The last chapter of the present treatise is devoted to Dartmouth College and was prepared under the direction of President Bartlett. New Hampshire has for a long time been distinguished for the excellency of its academies, and those of Exeter and Dover are almost as famous as colleges. A brief bibliography relating to education in New Hampshire is appended. All of which is respectfully submitted. Hon. CORNELIUS N. BLISS, W. T. HARRIS, Commissioner. Secretary of the Interior. 5 |
