Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Old Church Life in Scotland: Lectures on Kirk-Session and Prysbytery Records
Three educational periods, 63 First period from 1560 to 1633, 64; Reformers' views of schools, 64 What done in parishes by individual ministers, 66 Ecclesiastical visitations, 1613, 68 Report on education, 1627, 70 Church courts had entire management of schools, 71; Second period from 1633 to 1872, 72; Educational Acts, 72; State of education from 1633 to 1646. 73 from 1646 to 1750, 74 Mauchline school in old times, 75 Schoolhouses, how provided, 76; School at the kirk, 79; Primitive character of schoolhouses, 80 Schoolmasters, 80 Their appointment, 81 Examination by Presbytery, 84 Tenure of office, 85 License to teach, 86 Sources of maintenance, 87 Salary, 87 Dwelling house, 98 School fees, 99 Kirk dues, 105 Education of poor children, 108 Bursars, 111 Examination of schools, 114 Comparative state of educa tion now and formerly, 116; In regard to school attendance, 116; Sub jects taught in schools, 118 Advanced instruction, 120 Religious educa tion, 121 Sunday schools, 124 Respect in which learning was held, 130.
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