A History of Secondary Education in Scotland; An Account of Scottish Secondary Education from Early Times to the Education Act of 1908 - John Strong

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... little objection to send their children to schools belonging to denominations different from their own; the situation of the school and the merits of the teacher had weighed much more than religious differences. The country was all but unanimously agreed that Scotland was ripe for legislation on the lines of a compulsory National System such as would absorb the inadequate Parochial System and the unsatisfactory Voluntary System, and this was attained by the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872. CHAPTER X THE BURGH OR GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1600-1872 In considering the development of the grammar school from the end of the sixteenth century onwards, regard must be had to the general conditions of national life in Scotland during the same period. The seventeenth century was one of religious dissension and strife, which reacted most unfavourably upon education and literature. Where there was vigorous thinking it was almost wholly theological in its bent. The Revolution Settlement and the final adoption of the Presbyterian form of Church government gave the nation an opportunity of expressing itself in other ways. In the early years of the eighteenth century came the union with England and the reform of the Universities. While the Jacobite agitation was stirring the political world, the Scottish Universities were making advances in Philosophy, Science, and Medicine, and were soon to show that, if not in advance, they were at least abreast of their contemporaries. Meanwhile the country was progressing industrially and commercially. Wealth increased, manufactures developed, great cities arose. Towards the end of the century the spread of revolutionary principles brought into prominence the problems of social and political reform which were to attract so...