Annual Report of the Trustees, Volumes 4-8

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1853
 

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Page 67 - So live, that when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 89 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 4 - Academy, the benefit of education, gratuitously, to persons who have been pupils in the Common Schools of the said city and county, for a period of time to be regulated by the Board of Education, not less than one year.
Page 3 - An Act to Amend, Consolidate, and Reduce to One Act the Various Acts Relative to the Common Schools of the City of New York...
Page 3 - Act to amend, consolidate, and reduce to one act, the various acts relative to the Common Schools of the City of New York...
Page 7 - They shall meet one hour before the regular sessions of the Society, and at such other times as they may be called together by the President. They may call special meetings of the Society. ARTICLE VI. — The Sections. For active operations the Society shall be divided into four sections, as follows : Section A, Archaeology ; Section B, Somatology; Section C, Ethnology; Section D, Philology.
Page 13 - Chemistry two, and all the other members of the Faculty, whose whole time is devoted to the Institution, and the tutors, four. The studies of cognate departments shall be so distributed among the Professors and tutors therein, as to give each full employment. If any instructor shall be absent from his post, the Principal shall direct another to take his place for the time being.
Page 17 - ... College Library. Library hours, while the college is in session, are weekdays from 8 am to 12 m...
Page 38 - ADMISSION. The examination of candidates for admission takes place immediately after the general examination in July, and continues at the same hours every day, until concluded. No student can be admitted to the Academy unless he resides in the city, be fourteen years of age, shall have attended the Common Schools in the city twelve months, and...
Page 8 - ... attended the Common Schools the greater period. At either of the regular examinations, members may be admitted to one or all of the classes, to pursue the studies of any one or more departments, provided they shall have attended the Common Schools...

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