Question

In the academies should be taught the Latin, Greek, French and English languages, the higher rules of arithmetic, the six first books of Euclid’s elements, Algebra, Geography, the elements of Astronomy, taught with the use of the Globes, ancient and modern history. The basis of a good education is classical and mathematical knowledge; and no young man ought to be admitted into the university without such knowledge.
–Report of Archibald Murphey to the
North Carolina Senate, 1817

According to Murphey, what should academies enable students to do?

Students should be ready to enter the workforce.
Students should be prepared to attend a university.
Students should be able to help their parents run the family farm.
Students should have gained the training to become teachers.

Answer 1

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B. Students should be prepared to attend a university.

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Answer 2

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For the first part of the nineteenth century, the North Carolina legislature did not officially consider the subject of public education. Various governors urged the legislature to take up the issue, but with no success.

In 1815 a joint committee on education was formed, with members of the two houses of the General Assembly. That committee, led by Senator Archibald Murphey of Orange County, produced two reports, in 1816 and 1817. The second report laid out a complete plan for public education. A statewide commission would oversee the schools. Schools would be built and teachers paid with a combination of state and local funds. Three levels were proposed: primary schools, like present-day elementary schools; academies, like today’s middle or high schools; and the University of North Carolina.

Soon after the committee read its report, on December 16, 1817, Murphey introduced a bill to put his recommendations into effect. The bill passed its first reading in each house of the Assembly, but a bill had to pass three readings to become law, and it never received another reading. It would be twenty-three years before North Carolina would have a system of free public education.

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