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Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 85, 9 October 1878, Page 3

Moral Science in Schools,— Senator Burnside’s bill “ to introduce moral and social science into the public schools of the District of Columbia,” provides as follows: —Be it enacted, &c. That the school officers shall introduce as a part of the daily exercises of each school in their jurisdiction, instruction in the elements of social and moral science, including industry, order, economy, -punctuality, patience, selfdenial, health' purity, temperance, cleanliness, honesty, truth, justice, politeness, peace, fidelity, philanthrophy, patriotism, self-respect, hope, perseverance, cheerfulness, courage, self-reliance, gratitude, pity, mercy, kindness, conscience, reflection, and the will. Section 2. That it shall be the duties of the teachers to give a short oral lesson every day upon one of the topics mentioned in section one of this act, and to require each pupil to furnish a thought or illustration of the same, upon the following morning. Section 8. That emulation shall be cherished between the pupils in accumulating thoughts and facts, in regard to the noble traits possible, and in illustrating them by their daily conduct.