(Excerpt from Ideals and Essentials of Education My days ...)
Excerpt from Ideals and Essentials of Education My days have a new light and my nights a new joy because of your beautiful Easter Greeting. I wish I could command the words to tell you the gratitude that fills my heart because you have told me in this welcome form, that I dwell not in suburbs but in the citadel of your affections. Life does not bring any greater blessing than the loyalty of friends we hold in highest esteem. I thank you for giving me this experience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
https://www.amazon.com/Ideals-Essentials-Education-Classic-Reprint/dp/0259280267?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0259280267
https://www.amazon.com/REPRINT-Stetson-1849-1910-government-Hinsdale/dp/B004IOJTQK?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B004IOJTQK
https://www.amazon.com/History-Government-William-Wallace-Stetson/dp/B002HJ2WS0?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B002HJ2WS0
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Government-Stetson-William-1849-1910/dp/1313551317?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1313551317
William was born on June 17, 1849 in Greene, Maine, United States, the son of Reuben and Christiana (Thompson) Stetson, and a descendant of Robert Stetson who settled in Scituate, Massachussets, in 1634. The boy's early years were spent on his father's farm.
He attended the local school and academy, and at the age of fifteen was appointed teacher in a district school. Later he enrolled in the preparatory department of Monmouth College and later entered the commercial department.
For some years Stetson taught winters and worked for his father when not so engaged. Deciding to use his savings in search of opportunities in the West, he left home in 1868, and in 1870 took a position as clerk in a combination drug and book store in Peoria, Illinois.
In 1880 he was appointed superintendent of schools in Rockford, Illinois, a position which he held for four years. During this period he reorganized the city school system, and effected reforms in methods of instruction. His success and his popularity as a lecturer before teachers' meetings and institutes brought him recognition as a progressive administrator.
In 1884 he returned to Maine, to become principal of the Webster Grammar School in Auburn. A year later he was elected superintendent of schools. His unusual executive ability was immediately demonstrated; he regraded the schools, improved their equipment, established modern courses of study, and effected various reforms in methods of teaching.
In 1895 he was elected state superintendent of public schools in Maine, which office he held until his retirement from active professional life in 1907. His reports from 1895 to 1907, widely recognized for their constructive suggestions, enhanced his reputation as a leader in educational reforms.
After serving as a president of the department of superintendence of the National Education Association, he resigned as state superintendent in 1907 and spent the rest of his life in Auburn, Maine. He died in 1910.
During the ten years of his administration as principal of the Webster Grammar School in Auburn, his achievements, and his wise counsel on educational matters, made him widely known. Among his accomplishments while in this position were the abolition of the district system, and the establishment of the present township system of school administration; the reclassification and consolidation of schools; the institution of free conveyance of pupils; the adoption of the free textbook system; the extension of free tuition privileges in secondary schools to all the pupils of the state; the improvement of courses of instruction in teacher-training institutions; the state certification of teachers; and the adoption of a plan of union supervision, designed to extend the advantages of expert guidance to the schools of all towns in the state. He was the author of History and Civil Government of Maine (1898), and of numerous articles and pamphlets in the field of educational administration.
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
(Excerpt from Ideals and Essentials of Education My days ...)
On July 4, 1871, he married Rebecca Jane, daughter of William and Jane (Nicol) Killough, of Morning Sun, Iowa.
