Report, Issue 62

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British and Foreign School Society, 1878
 

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Page x - That no alteration be made in these Laws, except at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose, of which at least one week's notice shall be...
Page viii - Institution shall be designated " The Institution for Promoting the Education of the Labouring and Manufacturing Classes of Society of every Religious Persuasion;" and for the purpose of making manifest the extent of its objects, the title of the Society shall be " THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.
Page viii - Scriptures; no catechism or peculiar religious tenets shall be taught in the schools, but every child shall be enjoined to attend regularly the place of worship to which its parents belong. %* The grand object of the Institution being, to promote Education in general, any application for the training of a teacher, at the expense of the person thus applying, will be attended to, although such intended school is not to be conducted on the extended principles of this Institution...
Page viii - It shall instruct all persons, whether natives or foreigners, who may be sent from time to time, for the purpose of being qualified as teachers in this or any other country. *** The school...
Page ix - Every person subscribing annually one guinea and upwards shall be deemed a member of this Institution during the continuance of such, subscription. VI. Every person subscribing ten guineas and upwards shall be a member for life ; and upon any legacy being paid to the Treasurer, the Executors who have administered shall be members for life calculating at the rate of fifty pounds for each Executor ; and in case the legacy shall not amount to a sufficient sum to extend the privilege to all, preference...

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