...well«•ousidered memorial to Congress, led to the enactment of a law, apIToved Mardi 2, 1807, establishing a Department of Education "for the purpose of collecting...education in the several States and Territories, and «f diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of school systems and methods...

...Senate, the President appoints such commissioner. His duties, as specified in the act, are " to collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States...

...matters of education. What, then, is the work and purpose of this Bureau ? Only this : "To collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several States and Territories, and to diffuse such information respecting the organization and management of school systems, and methods...

...bureau was organized, the law says, not for the purpose of printing books for distribution, and tor the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts...condition and progress of education in the several Slates — not to educate, but to collect statistics and facts which shall show the progress of education,...

...honor to submit my second annual report. The law regulating my duties requires the collecting of " such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several States and Territories, and the diffusing of such information respecting the organization and management of school systems and...

...case "П» general and special work of the office, as defined in the law, is : First, "To :'&« eoch statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education * ft* tereral States and Territories : " Secondly, " To diffuse such information respectez the organization...

...taxation, including poll and property taxes. In 1867 a law was passed by congress establishing a bureau of education for the purpose of collecting such statistics...information respecting the organization and management of school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment...

...later afforded sprung the common-school system of the interior ISTW. On March 2, 1867, Congress created a Department of Education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing...

...untrodden forest. The law indeed required this Office to collect such statistics and facts as would show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories ; but it will be readily seen that under these requirements many serious questions arose as to how...

...untrodden forest. The law indeed required thisOfflco to collect such statistics and facts as would show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories; but it will be readily seen that under these requirements many serious questions arose as to how the...