The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-27
EDUoArIoN IN CONNECTICUT.
The National Bureau of Education Praise
Our Systenl of Schools.


The national bureau of education in
ats report on Connecticut entitled 1.-THE
History of Education in Connecticut"
gives some very interesting bits Of his
tory in regard to the schools, colleges.
seminaries, ETC.. in Connecticut. "The
reputation of Connecticut in education
IS an enviable one," the report states,
and continues that founding one of the
first public school systems in the
worlds history before the stumps of
trees had been cleaned from the home
lots and the houses built to shelter
the settlers, she has continued to be
jealous in giving all her children a
common school education, till man of
Connecticut birth, who cannot read and
write has long been hard to find, Not
content with this, in all considerable
towns Connecticut has founded schools
and academies which are equal to any
in the land and thoroughly prepare
students for life, or for further study
in the colleges"
"a college was founded at the earliest
possible moment and has grown to be
one of the great centers of learning in
the country. To this, in later years,
she has added two more, and having
been cautious in granting college char
tiers she enjoys the rare honor of being
state with no dead colleges or any liv-
ing one which is not of high rank. Her
children, imbibing at home these prin-
cipals of universal educat ton, have car
ried the same wherever they have gone
over the union, and one of the most
enlightened parts of the nearer west
bears the name of New Connecticut,
thus commemorating the birthplace of
ats Settlers
The report was compiled by DR.. Ber-
nard G. Steiner A. M. In the letter of
transmittal~of the report to the secre-
tary of the interior, w. T. Harris COM
missioner of the bureau of education
gives the following interesting resume
of its contents:
"The first chapter is occupied with
an account of the early efforts of edu-
cation before the union of the two col
onies of New Haven and Connecticut
The principle then enunciated by New
Haven under the influence of John Dav-
export and Theophilus Eaton has ever
guided Connecticut's educational policy
1t Is to train up youth so that, through
Gods blessing, they may be fitted fol-
the public service, either in church OF
commonweal. After the charter of 166.
the policy of the colony, and later OIL
the state, toward education in general
is briefly traced. The different systems
of school management are described
and the relation of primary and second
airy education is shown in the three
stages the latter went through. Those
of the old free school, Of the academy
and of the modern high school, Mex
some of the most prominent institu
tions of the secondary education are
studied in some detail to show theil
history and influence. Among these
the old foundations of Governor Hop
kins Of New Haven and Hartford, ant
the Norwich Free Academy are per
haps the most important. BY far the
largest part of the report is taken uI
by a history of Yale university. 1t.
growth Is of great interest, as it ma.
passed through all stages from the col
1egiate school founded by the ten Con
gregational clergymen of Connecticut
to the great university, which draws tt
students more from the country a
large than does any similar institution
of learning"