USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Quincy > Town annual report of Quincy 1865 > Part 5
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
And still farther do we recommend the gathering together at some stated time of the best singers of all the Schools in Town, for a Musicial Festival. Some of our distinguished visitors once expressed themselves better pleased with the Music Hall Festi- val of the Children of the Public Schools of Boston than with anything else that they had witnessed in the Country. There is no good reason why there should not be Festivals of a somewhat similar character in every Town in the State.
DEPORTMENT.
The statutes specify " good behavior " as one of the subjects of instruction in the Schools. Certainly all parents must desire that the Teachers should co-operate with them in insuring good behavior on the part of their children. The elders say that chil- dren are not so respectful as they used to be. A late writer, speaking of the want of reverence among the young at the present day, pithily remarks : " The spirit which animates men
19
is naturally reproduced in boys, and re-enacted in the nursery and in the Public Schools. In the increasing activity of our people, in the intensity of our haste to be rich, we cannot wait to be respectful. Parents once brought up their children ; chil- dren now bring down their parents. Formerly, the traveller, in passing the school playground, was saluted by deferential bows and courtesies from its party-colored columns of light infantry ; now, the hat adheres to the head as firmly as to the scalp, the ' pregnant hinges of the knee' have forgotten how to crook, except where ' thrift may follow fawning,' and the traveller is happy if he can dodge between the snow-balls which fly around him like bomb-shells from a malakoff."
There is undoubtedly a foundation of truth in all this. We cannot stay to inquire now how wide-spread the evil is, or at whose door it lies ; but we urge upon Teachers the importance of making every effort to secure propriety of deportment on the part of their pupils, not only when they are in school, but, so far as possible, when they are in the streets.
TRUANCY AND ABSENTEEISM.
At the last March meeting, in accordance with the Act of February 14, 1862, the town passed the following By-laws concerning Truants and Absentees from School : -
" Every child in the town of Quincy, between the ages of seven and sixteen years, who shall be an habitual truant from school shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered to the use of the town of Quincy, on complaint be- fore the trial justice in Quincy ; or by confinement in the State Reform School at Westboro,' for a term not exceeding two years at any time.
" Every child in the town of Quincy, between the ages of seven and sixteen years, who shall not attend school, and not be en- gaged in any regular and lawful occupation, growing up in ig-
20
norance, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dol- lars, to be recovered to the use of the town of Quincy, on com- plaint before the trial justice in Quincy ; or by confinement in the State Reform School at Westboro' for a term not exceed- ing two years at any one time."
There were also appointed Truant officers, - one for each District.
It is perhaps too soon to determine results very precisely ; yet the experience of the past year must have convinced any who may have doubted before of the benefits of the new sys- tem. The evils of truancy and absenteeism have diminished to a remarkable degree.
EXPENSES OF THE SCHOOLS.
The teachers are now paid at the following rates : -
Per annum.
Principal of High School,
$ 1,130
Assistant 66 66
400
Principals of Grammar Schools,
800
Assistants
264 .
Teachers of Intermediate Schools,
300
of Primary Schools, 250
Teacher of Mixed School, 284
In order that all accounts might be settled up to the first of February, it was thought best to include the Teachers' bills for January in the expenses of the past year. Hence the School Expenditures appear disproportionately large. Persons inclined to criticize must also bear in mind the greatly increased price of fuel. It is well to add that, in estimating the necessary ex- penses for the past year at $ 11,000, the last Committee inad- vertently reckoned four Grammar Schools instead of fire, - making a difference of $ 800.
21
We shall need an appropriation of $ 12,000, for teaching and fuel for the next year.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN D. WELLS, Chairman. EBENEZER ADAMS, J. G. B. HEATH, Secretary. JOSEPH W. ROBERTSON, CHARLES R. MITCHELL, HENRY BARKER.
February, 1865.
COURSE OF STUDIES.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS, Lower Grade. - Reading, Spelling, and Defining. Printing, Writing, and Drawing on Slates and Blackboard. Object Lessons, - including Elements of Geom -. etry, History, Arithmetic, &c. Dictation Exercises. Singing. Gymnastics.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS, Upper Grade. - Same continued. In Mental Arithmetic, the four tables to be perfectly learned.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. - Same continued. Mental Arith- metic. Primary Geography. Writing in Writing Books.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. - Reading, Spelling, and Defining. Writing. Arithmetic, Written and Oral. English Grammar, with Compositions. Geography, with Map Drawing. Decla- mations. Dictation Exercises. History of the UnitedStates. Bookkeeping. Physiology. Singing. Gymnastics.
LIST OF BOOKS
Prescribed by the School Committee, to be used in the Quincy Common Schools.
READING, AND SPELLING BOOKS. - Sargent's Series of Read- ers ; * Hillard's Series of Readers ; Sargent's Pronouncing Spelling Book.
ARITHMETICS. - Colburn's Mental ; Greenleaf's Primary ; Greenleaf's Common School.
GEOGRAPHIES. - Cornell's Series.
GRAMMARS. - Tower's Elements of Grammar; Tower's Common School Grammar.
HISTORY. - Lossing's Primary History of the United States. PHYSIOLOGY. - Dr. Cutter's First Book.
BOOKKEEPING. - + DICTIONARIES. -- Worcester's ; Webster's.
WRITING BOOKS. - Payson, Dunton, & Scribner's Series. SINGING BOOKS. - Golden Wreath ; Day School Bell.
* Each Sub-Committee is permitted to introduce one number of Hillard's Series into the Schools under his charge.
t The several Sub-Committees are permitted to introduce either Webster's or Worcester's Dictionary into the Schools under their charge.
CATALOGUE OF PUPILS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
FIRST CLASS. Mary A. K. Baxter, Lizzie F. Cole, Ida Edwards, Mary E. Hardwick, Emma F. Russell.
SECOND CLASS.
Henrietta K. Baxter,
Mary P. Butters, Mary E: Dinegan, Abbie I. Hails, Jerusha C. Keating, Maggie T. Mundy, Mary L. Pope, Emma M. Savil, Mary Sheahan, A. Gertrude White, J. Edward Arey, Ensign E. Fellows, Joseph M. Sheahan.
THIRD CLASS.
Rebecca P. Basley, Mary F. Baxter, Lizzie F. Dearborn. M. Lizzie Furnald, Ellen Garrity, Mary J. Garrity, Madeline O. Hayden, Emma T. Hersey, Louisa J. Hersey. Mary Marsh, Anna L. Thayer, Mary H. Wilson,
Cora I. Young, Samuel Bass, Arthur E. Baxter, John P. Hill, George H. Mitchell, William H. Mitchell.
FOURTH CLASS.
Hattie N. Bailey,
Lottie Beale,
Vina H. Bunton,
Eliza A. Curtis,
Emily A. Dinegan,
Emma J. Eaton,
Lucie F. Hardwick,
Lizzie A. Jones,
Marian L. Jones.
Emma I. Keith,
Ada E. Locke, Lizzie J. Locke,
Annie N. Newcomb,
Lucy B. Newcombe,
Francesca Packard, Florence P. Savil,
Mary Swithin, Albert A. Brackett,
Adam Curtis, 3d
Thomas W. Curtis, Josiah A. Fenno, George W. Flint,
Samuel C. Gregg, George H. Hobart, John Q. McDonnell, James H. Stetson, James R. Wild.
GENERAL TABLE.
Whole number of children between five and fifteen years of age in the Town, May 1, 1864 .. Number, May 1, 1863
1,519
1,470
Increase .
49
Names of Schools.
Names of Teachers.
Whole num- ber Summer attendance Term.
Whole num- ber Winter Term.
Average attendance Win. Term.
Percentage |Percentage of attend. of attend. Sum, Term. Win. Term.
HIGH SCHOOL.
( Mr. Edward W. Howe, Principal ...... Miss Cora A. Chapin, Assistant ....
70
69+
65
57+
.99-
.88++
ADAMS SCHOOLS. South District.
( Mr. H. F. Allen, Principal ...
81
743
75
.92-
.86
Intermediate .
Miss A. A. Holbrook ...
68
543
57
49
.80+
.86-
Primary, No. 1 ..
Mrs. F. E. Whicher ..
80
55
82
54
.68-
Primary, No. 2 .
Miss M. A. Ilolbrook
65
53
63
51
.82-
.81-
Primary, No. 3 ..
Miss M. L. Jillson ..
70
58
71
52
.83-
.73+
Primary, No. 4 .
Miss Elizabeth A. Flint
65
50%
51
39
.78-
.76+
CODDINGTON SCHOOLS. Centre District.
( Mr. L. P. Forbush, Principal ..... ....
70
61++
73
60
.87++
.82+
Intermediate .
Miss M. A. Prescott ...
48
415
48
393
.86+
.82+
Primary, No. 1 .
Miss Mary S. Thayer .
53
52
46
.86-
.89-
Primary, No. 2.
Miss Julia E. Underwood ..
56
40
57
10
.72-
.70+
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS. Point District.
( Mr. S. H. Haskell, Principal ... . .
68
532
63
53
.79-
.84++
Intermediate
Miss H. A. French .....
58
47+
56
46+
.82-
.83-
Primary .
Miss C. A. Thomas .
61
48
65
58
.79-
.89+
WILLARD SCHOOLS. West District.
Grammar .
Mr. S. Dewing, Jr. .
55
39+
53
45+
.72-
.86-
·
1
..
..
..
.66-
24
....
....
.
Grammar .
Miss Louise Burrell, Assistant ..
.
.
Grammar.
Miss L. R. Clements, Assistant ...
...
.
Average
Sum, Term,
Grammar ...
Miss S. V. Wilde, Assistant .
Intermediate .
Miss Caroline D. Fuller.
71
56 46
69 51
57 45,
.79- .92
.89++
Primary, No. 2 ..
Miss Ellen F. Nightengale ..
16
40,
38
.88++
.89++
Primary, No. 3 . ...
Miss M. A. Davis ..
64
56+ 45
53
.90
.91
QUINCY SCHOOLS. North District.
Grammar .. Primary
Lewis F. Hobbs ..
40
26%
45
31}
.66+ .64-
.70
Miss T. M. Wright
46
29+
34
24
.71-
CRANE MIXED SCHOOL.
Germantown.
Miss D. A. French ..
33
26++
31
23++
.79-
.75
NECK PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Miss Emma A. French
51
452
63
44
.90-
.70-
4
25
.
.83-
... Primary, No. 1
Miss E. A. Newcomb.
50
..
.
Primary, No. 4 .
Miss M. A. Spear ..
50
73
3+ 70+ 48+
.88
.96
.
.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
CHAPTER I.
ORGANIZATION.
SECTION 1. The first meeting of the Board shall be on the Wednesday following the second Monday in March, when a Chairman and Secretary shall be chosen by ballot.
SECT. 2- There shall be appointed at the same meeting six Sub-Committees.
CHAPTER II.
CHAIRMAN.
SECTION 1. The Chairman shall take the chair precisely at the hour appointed for the meeting of the Board ; he shall call the members to order, and on the appearance of a quorum shall cause the minutes of the preceding meeting to be read, and pro- ceed to business. In the absence of the Chairman, the Board shall choose a Chairman pro tempore.
SECT. 2. The Chairman shall call a special meeting of the Board whenever he may deem it necessary, or when requested by any member.
27
CHAPTER III.
DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.
SECTION 1. The Secretary shall have charge of the records of the Board, and shall have them present at each meeting. In the absence of the Secretary the Board shall choose a Secretary pro tempore.
SECT. 2. He shall keep a fair and true record of the doings of the Board, and preserve, or cause to be preserved, files of the documents and communications belonging to the Board.
SECT. 3. He shall prepare the Annual Returns required by the Acts of the Legislature, and transmit them to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in order to secure the Town's portion of the School Fund.
SECT. 4. He shall notify all meetings, inform Teachers of their appointment, give such other notices as the Board may require, and perform all other duties appropriate to his office.
SECT. 5. If the term of office of the Secretary as a member of this Board shall expire with the year, the Board at its last meeting shall appoint a Secretary pro tempore, who shall notify the remaining members, and those newly elected, of the time and place of the first meeting for the new year.
CHAPTER IV.
DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
SECTION 1. There shall be a meeting of the Board on the first Wednesday of each month at three o'clock P. M.
SECT. 2. Four members shall constitute a quorum to do business.
SECT. 3. The Board shall examine all the schools semi-an- nually ; once at the close of the Summer Term, and the second time, at the close of the Winter Term.
28
CHAPTER V.
DUTIES OF SUB-COMMITTEES.
SECTION 1. The Sub-Committees shall visit their respective schools once a month in accordance with the Statutes of the Commonwealth, for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the condition of the Schools, the fidelity of the Teachers, the course of instruction pursued, the discipline preserved, the pro- ficiency of the scholars, and generally concerning the welfare of the Schools ; and they shall also at all times observe the con- dition of the school buildings and furniture, and make all re- pairs required for their preservation and use.
SECT. 2. The Sub-Committees shall give their advice to the instructors on any emergency, and adjust any difficulty which may have occurred between the instructors and parents and guardians of pupils, or between the instructors themselves rela- tive to the government or instruction of the school. An appeal, however, may be made to the whole Board by any citizen or instructor.
SECT. 3. The several Sub-Committees shall approve all bills of Teachers in the schools committed to their charge, and all bills for necessary repairs and fuel, incidental requirements, and other charges authorized by the Board.
CHAPTER VI.
TEACHERS.
SECTION 1. The annual election of teachers shall be held on the Wednesday next preceding the last Monday in January. All appointments and reappointments shall be made by ballot.
SECT. 2. All examinations and elections of Teachers, except the annual election, shall be made at such time or times as the Committee may determine, and notice thereof shall be given,
29
and applications received, in such manner as the Board may direct.
SECT. 3. The examination of candidates for Teachers shall be made by the Board at such time and place as they may prescribe.
SECT. 4. No Teacher shall be removed from office except at a meeting of the Board called for that purpose.
SECT. 5. Teachers intending to resign their office shall give the Committee at least three weeks' notice of that inten- tion.
CHAPTER VII.
GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS.
SECTION 1. All Teachers in the Public Schools are required to make themselves familiar with these Regulations ; and the least violation of any one of them shall be considered a fair ground of complaint against any Teacher.
SECT. 2. The morning exercises of all the Schools shall commence with reading the Bible, and it is recommended that the reading be followed by prayer.
SECT. 3. The Teachers shall devote themselves earnestly and exclusively to the duties of the schoolroom during the school term and school hours established by the Committee, and no absence shall be allowable, except for sickness, without pre- vious notice to the Sub-Committee, and permission obtained.
SECT. 4. When a Teacher is absent on account of sickness for more than a week, the bill shall not be allowed for the time of absence, except by a special vote of the Board, and no Sub- stitute shall be employed for more than one day at a time with- out the approbation of the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 5. Teachers shall have the privilege of taking one half day in each term to visit any school or schools in Town. They shall also have the privilege of taking one day in the year to visit the High School.
30
SECT. 6. It shall be the duty of the Teachers to see that the fires are made in time to warm their respective schoolrooms before the appointed hour for opening their schools ; and also to keep the schoolrooms, entries, and outhouses in a neat con- dition.
SECT. 7. No pupil or other persons shall cut, deface, defile, or otherwise injure the school buildings or furniture thereof, or the fences, trees, shrubbery, or any other property thereto be- longing ; and any pupil or other person suspected of being guilty of such an offence, shall be reported forthwith, by the Teacher, to the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 8. Teachers shall aim at such discipline in their schools as would be exercised by a kind and judicious parent in his family ; and shall avoid corporal punishment in all cases where good order can be preserved by milder measures. And it shall be the duty of the several Teachers to keep a record of all instances of inflicting corporal punishment, which they shall exhibit to their respective Sub-Committees at each monthly visi- tation, when said record shall be erased.
SECT. 9. It shall be the duty of all the Teachers to give vigilant attention to the ventilation and temperature of their re- spective schoolrooms. A regular system of ventilation shall be practised, in winter as well as in summer; and the tem- perature of the rooms shall be kept as nearly as possible at 66° Fahrenheit.
SECT. 10. No child who comes to school without proper attention having been given to the cleanliness of his person, and of his dress, or whose clothes have not been properly repaired, shall be permitted to remain in school, but shall be sent home to be prepared for school in a proper manner.
SECT. 11. The Teachers shall carefully observe and follow that requirement of the State Laws which enjoins it upon " all instructors of youth to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and in- struction the principles of piety and justice, and a sacred regard
31
to truth ; love of their country, humanity, and universal benev- olence ; sobriety, industry, and frugality ; chastity, moderation, and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which a republican consti- tution is founded ; and it shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above- mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitu- tion and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness ; and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices."
SECT. 12. It shall be the duty of the several Teachers to exercise, so far as practicable, a general inspection over their pupils while going to school and returning home.
SECT. 13. Any Teacher may exclude from school for the time being any pupil who shall exhibit habitual disobedience to the rules of the school, or who shall be known to be guilty of habitual immoralities, or habitual rudeness or impropriety of manners ; and the Teacher shall immediately inform the parent or guardian of the child of such exclusion, and shall apply to the Sub-Committee for advice and direction. The Sub-Com- mittee may prescribe any temporary exclusion which may be desirable, and such scholar shall be admitted to no other school without the vote of the Board, and the Sub-Committee shall report all such cases at the meeting of the Board next following the expulsion ; and no permanent expulsion shall be made except by the Board.
SECT. 14. Tardiness shall be subject to such penalty as in each case the teacher may think proper. Pupils absent from school must, on returning, bring an excuse for such absence ; and every pupil, wishing on any day to be dismissed before the close of the session, must assign satisfactory reasons therefor, and obtain the consent of the teacher. Teachers having charge · of pupils who are habitually truant shall, with the approval of their respective Sub-Committees, report their names, residences,
32
and the names of their parents or guardians, to the Truant Offi- cers of the town.
SECT. 15. The teachers of all the schools shall be required to fill up with accuracy the blanks prepared for school returns, and to hand the same to their respective Sub-Committees, duly signed, at the close of the school year ; and accompany them with such suggestions in writing as may seem to deserve the attention of the Committee, and to be for the welfare of their schools.
SECT. 16. Children not less than five years of age may be admitted into the Primary Department without an exam- ination.
SECT. 17. No child shall be admitted into any Primary School after the first three weeks of each term without the writ- ten permission of the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 18. No pupil shall be admitted into any school with- out first exhibiting to the teacher satisfactory evidence of vacci- nation ; but such evidence shall not be required of pupils who go from one Public School in the Town to another.
SECT. 19. Every scholar in the Primary Schools shall be provided with a slate, and shall employ the time not otherwise occupied, in drawing, printing, or writing.
SECT. 20. No child living in one District shall be allowed to attend school in another District, unless by the consent of the respective Sub-Committees of the schools of said Districts.
SECT. 21. The several schools shall commence at 9 o'clock A. M. and 2 P. M. from April to September, and at 9 o'clock A. M. and 1} P. M. from September, to April ; provided, however, that other hours may be substituted by the respective Sub-Com- mittees when the convenience of pupils and parents may render it expedient, subject to the approval of the Board. These hours shall not be altered without permission of the Sub-Committees.
SECT. 22. No Principal shall on any account leave his school in charge of his Assistant without special permission of the Sub- Committee.
33
SECT. 23. The doors of the several schoolhouses and school- rooms shall be opened, and the teachers shall be present for the reception of the scholars, at least ten minutes before the time fixed for the schools to begin. The teachers shall require the scholars to be in their seats, and shall commence and close the exercises of the schools punctually at the prescribed hours.
SECT. 24. There shall be a recess of fifteen minutes in length during each half day ; and no pupil in any school shall be deprived of his full recess, though he may - for punish- ment - not be allowed to take it at the regular time with the school.
SECT. 25. In addition to the usual recesses, there shall be, in all the Primary Schools, two intermissions of study, of five minutes each, in each half day ; the first intermission to take place midway between the opening of school and the recess ; and the second intermission midway between the recess and the close of the session.
SECT. 26. The school year shall begin on the first Monday in February, and end on the day next preceding the first Mon- day in February following. It shall consist of two terms ; the first term to begin on the first Monday in February, and the second term to begin on the first Monday after the close of the summer vacation.
SECT. 27. There shall be the following holidays and vaca- tions : -
Every Saturday in the year. Washington's Birthday ; Fast day ; May day ; the last week in May ; the Fourth of July ; the six weeks immediately following the third Monday in July ; Thanksgiving week ; Christmas day ; and the week immediately preceding the first Monday in February ; - and the Chairman of the Board is authorized to suspend the schools on such public occasions as he may think proper, not exceeding three days in the year. No other holidays shall be allowed except by specia vote of the Board ; and no school shall be suspended on any other occasion, except for special and important reasons relating
5
34
to a particular school, and then only by express permission of the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 28. No subscription or contribution, for any purpose whatever, shall be introduced into any Public School. No per- son whatever shall read to the pupils in any school, or post upon the walls of any school building or fences of the same, any ad- vertisement. Nor shall any agent or other person be permitted to enter any school for the purpose of exhibiting either to teach- er or pupil any new book or article of apparatus.
SECT. 29. The schoolhouses shall not be opened or used for any other purpose than the regular instruction of the public schools, except under the direction of the Sub-Committees re- spectively.
SECT. 30. No teacher shall make any purchase at the expense of the Town, without first obtaining the consent of the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 31. The books used and the studies pursued in all the Public Schools shall be such and such only as may be authorized by the Board.
SECT. 32. In teaching Arithmetic to the several classes, every teacher shall be at liberty to employ such books as he shall deem useful, for the purpose of affording illustration and examples ; but such books shall not be used to the exclusion or neglect of the prescribed text-books ; nor shall the pupils be required to furnish themselves with any books but the prescribed text-books.
SECT. 33. It shall be the duty of the teachers of the High School, the Grammar Schools, and the East District School, to keep or cause to be kept in a book provided for that purpose, the charac- ter of the lesson required of each pupil ; also to note in the same the tardiness or absence and the deportment of each pupil. It shall also be the duty of these teachers at the close of every month to send to the parents or guardians of each pupil, on cards prepared for the purpose, a copy of the record of said pu- pil, as it shall have been entered on the said book for the month
35
preceding, and the pupil shall return said card with his parent's or guardian's name indorsed upon it, at the session next following that on which it was presented. This rule shall not apply to the pupils of the first and second classes on the High School.
SECT. 34. Singing shall be taught and practised, daily, in all the schools.
SECT. 35. There shall be daily exercises in Gymnastics in all the schools.
SECT. 36. Written Compositions shall be required of all the pupils in the High and Grammar Schools.
SECT. 37. Declamations shall be required of all the boys in the High and Grammar Schools.
SECT. 38. The Annual Promotions, - to be made by the several Sub-Committees, - shall take place at the beginning of the Second Term; at which time such pupils belonging to the first classes in the Intermediate, and first and second Primary Schools respectively, as a careful examination shall find worthy of promotion, shall be transferred to the schools of next higher grade. But special promotions may be made whenever the several Sub-Committees shall deem it advisable.
CHAPTER VIII.
HIGH SCHOOL.
SECTION 1. The examination of candidates for admission to the High School, to be conducted by the Board, shall take place in the first week of the summer vacation, and at such other time as the Board may order.
SECT. 2. The Principal of each Grammar School or Mixed School shall notify those members of his own first class to whom he can give a certificate of good moral character and presumed literary qualifications, to appear at the High School, at 9 o'clock of the day appointed, when they shall present their certifi- cates to the Chairman of the Board. No books, manuals, pri-
,
36
vate explanations, or communication by one pupil to another, will be allowed.
SECT. 3. Candidates shall be examined in all the studies pursued in the Grammar Schools of the Town, and a thorough knowledge of such studies shall be indispensable to admission.
SECT. 4. Pupils coming into town subsequently to the ex: amination, and such other applicants as for reasons satisfactory to the Board did not appear at the.High School on the regular day for examination, may be admitted if they are found qualified in the studies required for admission, and also in the studies of the classes they propose to join.
SECT. 5. There shall be one daily session of this School commencing at 9 o'clock and ending at 2 o'clock, from Septem- ber to April, and beginning at 8 o'clock and ending at 1 o'clock, from April to September.
SECT. 6. The time allowed each day for recess .shall be thirty minutes, the recess to be given in such portions as in the judgment of the Principal shall be best for pupils.
SECT. 7. Any pupils who through neglect or idleness shall render, in the course of three months, less than seventy-five per cent of perfect lessons upon the whole number of lessons required, shall be reported to the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 8. No pupil shall be required to study more than two hours out of school.
SECT. 9. Every pupil who shall have completed a four years' course of study in this school shall receive a Diploma.
SECT. 10. All the Regulations of Chapter VII. - except- ing Sections 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 38 - shall apply to the High School.
CHAPTER IX.
AMENDMENTS.
SECTION 1. Any of the foregoing Rules and Regulations may be repealed or amended by a vote of two thirds of the Board.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.