Download or read book The American Journal of Education, 1863, Vol. 12 written by Henry Barnard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Education, 1863, Vol. 12: New Series, Volume II Schools, into which candidates shall gain admission only after having been found qualified in certain studies by an open examination. The studies of this class of schools should be preparatory both in literature and science for what is now the College Course, and for what is now also the requirements in mathematics in the Second Year's Course at the Military Academy at West Point. III. A system of Special Schools, either in connection with existing Colleges, or on an independent basis, in which the principles of science shall be taught with special reference to their applications to the Arts of Peace and War. Fore most ia this class should stand a National School of Science, organized and con ducted on the plan of the Polytechnic School of France, and preparatory to Special Military and Naval Schools. 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.