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The Rise and Demise of the Latin SchoolProject Editor: Kimberly Kraska, UCARE, 2007 Project Editor: Kimberly Kraska, UCARE, 2007
Editorial Note:
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The attendance is gradually increasing, especially in the preparatory department, which creates a demand for more recitatin rooms, more furniture, more fuel and more instructors. Until better facilities are afforded in the public schools of the State, or preparatory institutions are established, the Regents see no way of dispensing with the Latin School or preparatory department, even if it were deemed advisable to do so. A large proportion of the students attending the University for preparatory instruction are in the preparatory department-young men and women-who do not expect to complete a course of study, but avail themselves of the only opportunity the State now affords them of pursuing the branches not taught in the public schools. These students are entitled to all of the advantages which
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the University can furnish, they represent directly the tax-payers who contribute to maintain the institution, and it is hoped the Legislature will generously appropriate a sufficient amount to enable the Regents to make ample provision for their accommodation.
Source:Biennial Reports of the Board of Regents
RG 01/01/03
Periodical: Report Number: Sixth
Pages: 6 and 7
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