Word: children
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...valuable manuscripts is a large vellum sheet, giving patent letters of chivalry to Messire Angier de Busbeeq, and bearing the signature and seal of Emperor Ferdinand I. of Austria, dated April 3rd 1564. One of the most interesting works is Erasmus's "Commentaries of Cato's Moral Sayings for Children," published...
...editors are to be congratulated for dropping the antique but not antic, "By the Way." Their gallantry is not, however, to be commended for "The Development of a Boston Girl," and they should look out for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children if they drive any more jaded candidates to further efforts such as the alleged editorials...
...Education in the state of New York. Speaking on "The Training and Responsibilities of Parents," Dr. Peabody said that everything in modern education depends on the influence of the home in regard to the intellectual and moral ideals of boys and girls. Parents should begin the training of their children early, and be more strict in refusing their children pleasures that will interfere with their school-work. There should be some real home interest in the life of the community and a real endeavor to interest the child in the best literature by reading aloud. The table conversation should...
Speaking on "The Responsibilities of School Committees," Mr. Storrow said that the School Committee should fight for the interests of the school-children rather than for those of the individual. For the benefit of the children, and for the purpose of saving the city's money, the School Committee has established promotional tests, which new teachers must pass before an advancement...
...LECTURE. "The Problems of the Nervous Temperament' in Children." Dr. George A. Craigin. Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston...