Almond Leroy Woods
Published: 2017-10-29
Total Pages: 286
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Excerpt from Civil Government for North Dakota, 1897 Not that there are not enough civil governments already before the student world, is this book pub lished, but because, since the legislature in 1895 made it compulsory to teach civil government in the common schools of the state, there has been a con stant call on the part of the teachers for some book that would deal minutely with the civil government of North Dakota. The outlines from which this book was developed were used by the author and other instructors in the institutes of 1895, and there seemed to meet with the approval of the teachers. The book is not intended as a philosophical study of the subject of political economy, but deals rather with the facts of government as the pupils find them. For North Dakota pupils, North Dakota gov ernment is best suited. Children grasp the concrete sooner than the abstract; therefore the greater part of the book has been devoted to the concrete treat ment of the forms of government directly about them. Enough space has been given to the national government to encourage the older pupils to con tinne the study of our national institutions. If this book in any way stimulates the interest already taken in the study of civil government in our common schools, the author will be satisfied. In placing this volume before the public we wish to acknowledge our obligations to C. E. Jackson, super intendent of schools of Pembina county, and W. L. Stockwell, superintendent of schools of Grafton City, who have kindly looked through most of the manuscript and made valuable suggestions which have been incorporated. 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.