Reports on the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876.

Date:: 1877-1878

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$Conclusion. Defects of American schools. Their excel- lences. Great Britain and Americn. the proportion of inhabitants m T^i&A <su7 ™P ^o. J2, showmg ica reform HS't^sSijrX ^ 'lis« ™0DK8t educational They have, however, ranch to be proud of in the possession of excellent buildings, admirably fitted, of adult teachers for all closes! and be t of alb StVf r? PUbhC °'T °i 'aV0Ur °f regUkr ^tendance aiTtlie lib r support ot the common schools. The mottoes of the two countries are identical. In America it is the erlncat.on of the people by the people and for the people- n Great BritaVn « t tJ° °7?e pe°PieS ^Idr^ bythe people's officers, chosen SSSa^t'T controlled by the people's representatives in A^n* VM* fng]Tltl n0t}g t0 fear in Mv competition with Ameuca \ isilors from the States admit our schools in the large towns to be on a level with theirs, and are as anxious to learn from us as we should be to copy the excellences of their system. Towards enabling us to do this the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia has rendered notable service I have the honour to be, &c. 'Vr\ +v. r>' i x tt ii , T Charles Reed. lo the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education. * See diagrams at the end of the present report. t Report of the Schools' Enquiry Commission, 1867, p. 640. ■$

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