Seventeenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the School Years Ending June 30, 1895, and June 30, 1896 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Seventeenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the School Years Ending June 30, 1895, and June 30, 1896 (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel T. Black and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Seventeenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the School Years Ending June 30, 1895, and June 30, 1896 The past five years has been a period of unusual awakening in edu ostional circles - this has been particularly so in our own State. 1thin that period the Leland Stanford Jr. University has opened its doors, and the number Of students now enrolled in the State University and Stanford combined is more than four times the former enrollment at Berkeley. Elsewhere in this report the progress made in secondary education since the passage Of the High School bill in 1891 is referred to. Each Of the two great Universities has established a department of Pedagogy, and the number Of students enrolled in these departments has already far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. All the great Universities Of the country are rapidly following the lead Of California and a few other States in this important step. Under the influence of these departments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.