Quadrennial Catalogue of the Hartford Public High School, 1904Hartford Press, 1905 - 169 pages |
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Page 7 - ... loving and tender of her, was loath to grieve her; but he saw his error, when it was too late. For if she had attended her household affairs, and such things as belong to women, and not gone out of her way and calling to meddle in such things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits, and might have improved them usefully and honorably in the place God had set her. He brought her to Boston, and left her with her brother, one Mr. Yale, a merchant, to try what...
Page 7 - Mr- Hopkins, the governor of Hartford upon Connecticut, came to Boston, and brought his wife with him, (a godly young woman, and of special parts,) who was fallen into a sad infirmity, the loss of her understanding and reason, which had been growing upon her divers years, by occasion of her giving herself wholly to reading and writing, and had written many books. Her husband, being very loving and tender of her, was loath to grieve her; but he saw his error, when it was too late. For if she had attended...
Page 6 - Willoughby, and conveyed into the hands of the trustees beforementioned, in farther prosecution of the aforesaid public ends, which, in the simplicity of my heart, are for the upholding and promoting the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ in those parts of the earth.
Page 6 - Goodwin, in full assurance of .their trust and faithfulness in disposing of it according to the true intent and purpose of me the said Edward Hopkins, which is, to give some encouragement in those foreign plantations for the breeding up of hopeful youths both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the country in future times.
Page 8 - Grammar School— was left with every family of the Society five days before the adjourned meeting on the 8th of March, when the legal voters, in full force, decided by an overwhelming majority " to establish a Free High. School for instruction in the higher branches of an English, and the elementary branches of a classical, education, for all children, male and female, of suitable age and acquirements, in this Society who may wish to avail themselves of its advantages.
Page 9 - Voted, That this Society proceed to establish a free high school for instruction in the higher branches of an English, and the elementary branches of a classical education, for all the male and female children of suitable age and acquirements in this Society who may wish to avail themselves of its advantages.
Page 6 - My farther mind and will is, that within six months after the decease of my wife, five hundred pounds be made over into New England, according to the advice of my loving friends, Major Robert Thomson and Mr. Francis Willoughby, and conveyed into the hands of the trustees before mentioned in further prosecution of the aforesaid public ends, which, in the simplicity of my heart, are...
Page 8 - George Burgess, submitted to a special meeting of the Society, held at the City Hall on the 1st of March, 1847, a Report in which the several subjects referred to the committee were considered in the most thorough manner, and their conclusions stated in the most simple and conciliatory form.
Page 23 - Sound travels about 1142 feet in a second. Now if the flash of a cannon be seen at the moment it is fired, and the report heard 45 seconds after, what distance would the observer be from the gun ? Ans.
Page 20 - ... of the school which they last attended as qualified by attainments and character to become members of the High School. They must also, at the time of their application, present a certificate, signed by the principal of the school which they last attended, certifying to the requirements herein named. If not so certified for promotion to the High School, they will be obliged to pass the regular examination in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, grammar, and history of the United...