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This study was commenced upon the suggestion of Dr. Howard Lee Mc Bain of Columbia University, to whom the author is indebted for many wise and helpful suggestions. To Dr. Dunbar Rowland, Secretary of the Mississippi Historical Society, the author expresses deepest appreciation for many courtesies extended at every stage of the work in preparing this study; through him, too, the author gratefully extends his thanks to the Mississippi Historical Society for the privilege of publishing this monograph as a volume of the publications of the Society. His thanks are also due his wife, without whose help in the preparation of the manuscript the publication of this study would have been greatly delayed. The many state officials who have furnished material and made helpful suggestions are too numerous to mention; to all of them the author expresses grateful appreciation. He also acknowledges indebtedness to Professor E. S. Towles of the Department of Modern Languages in the Mississippi A. M. College, for assistance in reading the proof and in the preparation of the index. Agricultural College, Miss., A. B. B. September, 1919. Gift D33?. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II PUBLIC EDUCATION 1. Historical The first fundamental law of Mississippi, the Constitution of 1817, sanctioned education. Although there was entire absence of anything approaching a school system during the territorial period, this first constitution of Mississippi1 reproduced almost verbatim a part of the Ordinance of 1787 and declares that "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this State." It is perhaps not incorrect to say that this Ordinance of 1787 marks the beginning of public education in Mississippi, for as has been said,2 this provision ' sounded the key-note, and gave direction to most of the States of the Union, in this regard." Although many years were to elapse before the state of Mississippi was to have an organized system of public education, it augured for the best that the makers of her first constitution should accept the principle laid down in a document to which Daniel Webster referred when he said3 But this ordinance did that which was not so common, and which Is not even now universal; that Is, It set forth and declared as a high and binding duty of government itself, to encourage, schools and advance the means of education; for the plain reason that religion, morality and knowledge are necessary to good government, and to the happiness of mankind. To say that there was an entire absence of a school system in Mississippi during the territorial period does not, however, mean that no effort had been made prior to 1817 to establish educational institutions. Quite the contrary is true. Under the 1 Article VI, Section 16, Constitution of Miss., 1817....
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Columbia University; Yale Law School.
He served as the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1935 to 1946. Alfred Benjamin Butts was born in 1890 in Durham, North Carolina. In 1911, he received a Bachelor of Surgery degree from Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, now known as Mississippi State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in 1920.
He received a law degree from Yale Law School in 1930.
From 1911 to 1935, he taught at Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical. He served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1935 to 1946. He served as the president of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) in 1938.
He died in 1962.
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