Download or read book Report on the State of Education in the Burgh and Middle-Class Schools in Scotland, 1868, Vol. 2 written by Thomas Harvey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on the State of Education in the Burgh and Middle-Class Schools in Scotland, 1868, Vol. 2: Special Reports The Tain Academy was erected in 1812. Previous to that date no school A existed north of Inverness for the education of the middle classes, and the in n habitants of Cai thness, Suth erland and Ross, were compelled either to send their Visited children to the south of Scotland for the higher branches of instruction, or to Nov, 13, trust to the resources of the parochial schools. In 1793 the Inverness Academy 1866. Was built, and induced, probably by its success, a number of leading man con nected with the northern counties resolved to establish in the central locality of Easter Ross an institution to provide a suitable education for the youth of these counties. In 1809 a considerable sum of money was raised by subscription for this purpose, and in that year, on a petition by the subscribers, who were prin cipally the landed proprietors in the counties, a royal charter was granted in favour of the Academy, and it was founded and endowed accordingly. The site, including nearly three acres for playground, was presented to the subscribers. 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.