Memoir of John Griscom, LL.D., Late Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; With an Account of the New York High School Society for the Prevention of Pauperism the House of Refuge and Other Institutions
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Memoir of John Griscom, LL.D., Late Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; With an Account of the New York High School Society for the Prevention of Pauperism the House of Refuge and Other Institutions

Memoir of John Griscom, LL.D., Late Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; With an Account of the New York High School Society for the Prevention of Pauperism the House of Refuge and Other Institutions


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... in consequence of the flattering prospects of the boys' school. It lacked, from the beginning, an efficient head or principal, who had a pecuniary interest in its continued prosperity. The lady placed in it as principal, was chiefly remarkable for her skill in flower painting. She received a salary of $1200 per annum. It had three departments, like the boys' REMINISCENCES. 215 school. To it was assigned the task of giving a lecture once a week to the higher female pupils, and exercising a sort of general trusteeship. I had thus, for a few years, including the two schools, nearly or quite 1,000 pupils under my notice and regard. " Seldom, I presume, has a teacher enjoyed a position which afforded him more mental satisfaction than did that which fell to my experience during the operation of the New York High School. Among the great concourse of children which thronged it, were very many of bright intellects, of cultivated domestic manners, arid of grateful sensibilities. The very numerous instances of attachment and recognizance met with of latter time, since I have grown old, and the pupils grown to be men and women, and entirely outgrown my knowledge of their persons, --it being now 17 years since I left the city as a place of residence, --has constituted not one of the least agreeable class of incidents, in my advancing years. I know not how many, among a thousand of common school teachers, would be able to manage successfully 250 pupils, of nearly similar stages of life and advancement, on the system of mutual instruction; but that this system, in the hands of one who is truly an adept, is, on the whole, the most efficient and satisfactory, I cannot but still believe. Yet I think it certain, that there are many men who prove themselves good...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150271717
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 104
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115027171X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 200 gr


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