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Trainor, James
Underwood, Nettie
Wheeler, Mary
Thompson, Arthur
Van Winkle, Nora
Woodruff, Ella
Taylor, George
Villandry, Stella
Welch, James
Taylor, Samuel
Wheeler, Fannie T.
Wright, Matilda
Townley, Benjamin
White, Nellie M.
Wesson, Carrie
Trainor, Mary
Wilkinson, Frank M.
Wilson, Charles
Tainter, Augustus B.
Williams, Etta F.
Whitney, Maggie
Tainter, Jennie M.
Towne, Lizzie M.
Woodward, Lemuel F. Whalen, Martin Wood, Lillie A. White, Sarah L.
Taylor, Louise
Weixler Anna T.
Welch, Maggie
Townsend, Frank
Willard, Charles
Wood, Sarah
Thompson, Annie
Wakefield, Mamie
Zaeder, Cecille
Tapley, Walter
Wyatt, Minnie
Warren, Herbert H.
Towle, Walter
Wheelock, Charles H.
Organization of the School Committee
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER. FOR THE YEAR 1873.
CLARK JILLSON, PRESIDENT.
ALBERT P. MARBLE, SUPERINTENDENT. SAMUEL V. STONE, SECRETARY.
Members whose term expires Members whose term expires Members whose term expires January, 1876.
January , 1875. January, 1874.
E. H. HALL. C. B. METCALF. HARTLEY WILLIAMS.
WILLIAM T. HARLOW. GEORGE W. GALE.
G. HENRY WHITCOMB.
TERRENCE J. HINES. JAMES MCDERMOTT. JASON CHAPIN.
T. EDWARD MURRAY. DENNIS J. SCANNELL. THOMAS GRIFFIN. M. P. FINNIGAN. F. J. MCNULTY. M. J. MCCAFFERTY.
EDWARD H. PEABODY. F. P. GOULDING. LOAMMI HARRINGTON.
CHARLES BALLARD. EDWIN T. MARBLE.
EMERSON WARNER.
CHARLES A. CHASE.
P. EMORY ALDRICH.
E. B. STODDARD.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON SCHOOL HOUSES-Mayor and Messrs. Gale, Chapin, Ballard, Hines and Scannell.
ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS-Messrs. Stoddard, Williams, Aldrich, Chase and Griffin.
ON EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS-Superintendent, ex-officio, and Messrs. Hall, Metcalf, Peabody, Whitcomb and Warner.
ON FINANCE-Mayor, Superintendent, and Messrs. Marble, Goulding, Har- rington, McDermott and Murray.
ON ASSIGNING VISITING COMMITTEES-Superintendent, ex-officio, and Messrs. McNulty, McCafferty, Harlow, Ballard and Finnigan.
The Committee of Visitation shall exercise a general supervision over the Schools to which they are severally assigned, and shall visit them according to the provisions of the Statutes, not less than once in four weeks, and generally during the week preceding to the monthly meeting of the Board, at which they shall report their true condition .- [Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.
Though each School is assigned to a Special Committee, yet every member of the Board shall deemit his duty to watch over all Public Schools of the city, to attend their examinations, and visit them at other times, as his con- venience will permit .- [Rules, Chap. 9, Sec, 9.
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VISITING COMMITTEES.
The Roman Numerals designate the rooms to which members of Committees are specially assigned, and the grades according to the Course of Study.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Hall, Aldrich, Metcalf, Stoddard, Williams, Griffin, Peabody, Chase. TEACHERS. ELLIS PETERSON, Principal. Florence V. Bean, Mary E. Wilder,
Abner H. Davis,
Roswell Parish,
Latham Fitch,
Ann C. Stewart, Martha M. Ripley. Mary A. Parkhurst,
BELMONT STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. WHITCOMB, IX, VIII, VII. Harlow, VI, V, IV. Hines, III, II, I. TEACHERS.
IX, Edward I. Comins, Principal. Annie C. Wyman, Assistant.
VIII, Vashti E. Hapgood, V, Tirsah S. Nichols, II, Susie G. Gale,
VII, Mary H. Warren, IV, Addie H. Barnes, I, Ida C. Upton.
VI, Sarah L. Phillips, III, Mary E. Deane,
DIX STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Stoddard, IX, VIII, II, I. Ballard, VII, VI, IV. Scannell, III. TEACHERS.
IX, Addison A. Hunt, Principal. Clara H. Manley, Assistant.
VIII, Carrie A. George, VI, Ellen Merrick, III, Abbie J. Reed,
VII, Eldora M. Aldrich, IV, Elizabeth E. Daniels, II, Emily M. P. Halstead, I, Emma C. Moulton.
WALNUT STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Williams, VII. McCafferty, V, IV. TEACHERS. V, Kate A. Meade. V, IV, Nellie C. Thomas.
VI, VII, Etta A. Rounds, Principal.
WOODLAND STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE.
Williams, IX, VIII, VII, I. Whitcomb, VI, V, IV. Murray, III, II. TEACHERS. IX, Samuel E. Fitz, Principal. Jennie A. Howard, Assistant.
VIII, Emma C. McClellan, V, Carrie R. Clements, II, Maggie I. Melanefy, VII, Ann S. Dunton, IV, Susie M. Everett, I, A. H. Davie.
VI, Mary M. Lawton, III, Lizzie C. Goodwin,
LAMARTINE STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Aldrich, IX, VIII, VII, V. McNulty, IV, III, II. Scannel], II, Į, I, I.
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TEACHERS.
IX, Charles T. Haynes, Principal. Josephine M. Wilson, Assistant.
VIII, Mary E. Eastman, III, Louise A. Dawson, I, Alice M. Prouty,
VII, Mary A. Smith, II, Mary E. Kavanaugh, I, Belle Y. Hoyt.
V, Nellie L. Moore,
IV, M. A. E. Adams,
II, Nellie J. Spurr, I, Ida A. E. Kenney.
LEDGE STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Griffin, IX, VIII, VII, Peabody, VI, V, IV. Chapin, III, II, I, I.
TEACHERS.
IX, C. C. Woodman, Principal. Jennie I. Rice, Assistant. VIII, J. F. Sinith, V, Charlotte N. Follett, II, Esther M. Rice,
VII, Marie P. Cole, IV, Margaret M. Geary, I, Mary E. D. King,
VI, Charlena C. Har- III, Nancy M. Hopkins, I, Mary V. Callaghan. rington,
THOMAS STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Gale, VIII, VII, VIa, I. Harrington, VI, V, IV, III. Murray, II, I.
TEACHERS. VIII, Harriet G. Waite, Principal.
VII, Ann E. McCambridge, V, Elizabeth H. Coe, II, Amanda M. Phillips,
VIa, Eliza J. Wallace, IV, Abbie F. Knowles, I, Abbie F. Hemenway,
VI, Mary A. Harrington, III, Helen M. Shattuck, I, Flora J. Osgood.
SYCAMORE STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Peabody, VII, VI. Hall, IV. III. McDermott, V, II, I. TEACHERS. VII, Mary F. Reed, Principal. VI, Mary F. Wentworth, IV, Mary E. Trask, II. Emma F. Marsh,
V, Jennie A. Greene, III, Sarah W. Clements, I, Eliza J. Day.
EAST WORCESTER SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Murray, V, IVa, Ia. Metcalf, III, IIc, II. Harlow, IVb, Ib.
TEACHERS. V, Mary W. Mitchell, Principal.
IVa, Annie Brown, II, Sylvia N. Stackpole, Ia, Mattie A. Collins, IVb, Tamerson S. Darling, II, Hattie A. Smith, Ib, Aloysia Radcliffe.
III, Ella M. McFarland,
PROVIDENCE STREET SCHOOL.
IV, Sarah J. Newton, III, M. Jennie Morse,
COMMITTEE. Ballard, V, IV. Finnigan, III, II. Warner, I, I. TEACHERS. V, Lizzie E. King, Principal. II, Ella J. Pratt, I, Delia M. Welch. I, Evelyn E. Towne,
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ASH STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Chase, V, IV. Warner, III, III. Marble, II, I. TEACHÈRS. V, Mary J. Mack, Principal.
IV, Lottie M. Harrington, III, Sarah A. Harrington, I, Sarah J. Melanefy. III & IV, Mary J. Packard, II, Emma H. Barton,
SOUTH WORCESTER SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. McNulty, VIII, VI, V. Chase, IV, III. Goulding, II, I. TEACHERS. VII & VIII, Myra J. Wetmore, Principal.
VI, Fannie H. Greenwood,IV, Amelia M. Walker, II, Susan W. Forbes,
V, Ellen M. Boyden, III, Ann E. Hall, I, Mary C. Page.
PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL. (Training School.)
COMMITTEE. Metcalf, V, IV. Hall, III, II. Whitcomb, I. TEACHERS. Rebecca Jones, Principal. III, Mary L. Norcross, I, Emma J. Norcross. II, Mary A. E. Hoyt,
V, Carrie E. Gilbert.
IV, Eunie M. Gates,
SALEM STREET SCIIOOL.
COMMITTEE. Goulding, VI, V, IV. Marble, III. Finnigan, I.
TEACHERS. V, Rebecca Barnard, Principal. V, IV, Mary O. Whitmore, III, Emma J. Claflin, I, Hattie A. Harrington.
EDGEWORTH STREET SCHOOL. COMMITTEE. McCafferty, V, III. Gale, II. Chapin, I. TEACHERS. V, IV, Hattie E. Clark, Principal. III, Sarah M. Brigham, II, Susan M. Buttrick, I, Hattie W. Bliss.
NEW WORCESTER SCHOOLS. COMMITTEE. Marble, VIII, VI. Griffin, IV, I. TEACHERS. IX, VIII, Charlotte N. Munger, Principal. VII, VI. S. Lizzie Carter, IV, V, Adeliza Perry, I, E. J. Seaver.
SUMMER STREET SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Hines, II. Finnigan, I. TEACHERS. I, Libbie H. Day.
II, Abbie A. Wells, Principal.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE. QUINSIGAMOND SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE. Harrington, VII, V. Scannell, III. TEACHERS. VII, VI, Eveline Conant, Principal. V, IV, Jennie P. Fisk, III, I, M. Ella Spaulding. MASON STREET SCHOOL. COMMITTEE. Chapin, III. Stoddard, I. TEACHERS.
III, Julia M. Martin, Principal. I, Mary E. Pease.
ADRIATIC SCHOOL. COMMITTEE. Finnigan, III. Hines, I. TEACHERS.
III, Martha T. Wyman, Principal. I, Maria J. Metcalf.
UNION HILL SCHOOL. COMMITTEE. Harlow, VI. Gale, III. TEACHERS. VI, IV, Ellen G. Wheeler, Principal. III, I, Esther B. Smith.
ORANGE STREET SCHOOL. ( Ungraded.)
COMMITTEE. McNulty and Hall. TEACHERS. Geo. A. Adams, Principal. Octavia M. Farnsworth, Assistant. Persis E. King.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. (Ungraded.)
NORTHVILLE,
Abbie E. Clough, Principal. Metcalf.
Ella M. Redding, Ass't.
TATNUCK,
Sarah A. Bullock,
Ballard.
VALLEY FALLS,
Susie A. Partridge,
Marble.
LEESVILLE,
Ella P. Newton,
Marble.
BLITHEWOOD,
Emily Haywood,
McCafferty.
BLOOMINGDALE,
Hattie M. Johnson,
McDermott.
ADAMS SQUARE,
Ada M. Davis,
Peabody.
BURNCOAT PLAIN,
Ada E. Simmonds,
Goulding.
NORTH POND,
Lizzie Vaughan,
Metcalf.
CHAMBERLAIN,
Lilla F. Upton,
Chase.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
ORANGE ST .- MEN. Carrie A. George, Principal.
Williams.
CAMBRIDGE ST .- MIXED.
Myra J. Wetmore, 66
WALNUT ST .- GIRLS.
Ellen Merrick, 66
Goulding. Williams.
SUMMER ST .- GIRLS.
Ella M. McFarland,
Harlow.
BELMONT ST .- MEN.
Mary W. Mitchell, 66
Harlow.
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EVENING DRAWING SCHOOLS.
TEACHER. - George E. Gladwin.
66 George I. Alden. Milton P. Higgins.
COMMITTEE. - Hall. 66 Gale.
66 Ballard.
MUSIC.
COMMITTEE .- Whitcomb, Warner, Goulding. TEACHER .- E. S. Nason.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1873. Vacation periods indicated by Full Face Figures.
Sunday.
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DEC.
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The 1st Term begins Dec. 2nd, 1872, and ends Feb. 14th, 1873. comprising 10 weeks.
66
2nd
Feb. 24th, 1873, "
66 May 2nd. 1873. 66
66 3rd
66
May 12th, 1873,
66 June 27th, 1873,
66
66 4th
Aug. 25th, 1873, "
*Nov. 26th, 1873, 66
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66 1.st
66 Dec. 1st, 1873.
Half Term reports due March 29th, Oct. 11th.
* Assuming that Thanksgiving day will be appointed for the last Thursday in Novem- ber, as usual.
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SEPT.
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APPENDIX.
Among the first movements in this county to establish graded schools, was the following :-
REPORT OF A COMMITTEE
OF THE CENTRE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WORCESTER.
1823.
THE Committee, appointed by the inhabitants of the Centre School District in Worcester, on the fourth day of August current "to re- port on the general concerns of said District," and for other purposes, have attended to the duties assigned them, and ask leave to
REPORT :
That they are deeply impressed with the importance of the subjects submitted to their consideration.
To children and youth must we look for the social and moral character of the next generation. Upon our common schools, children generally depend for that instruction, which will qualify them for manly and useful exertions in mature life ;- and their moral worth, in their future domestick and civil relations, is in no small degree suspended on the first impressions made on their minds, and the first principles established in their hearts. Our venerated ancestors set worthy examples in the education of children. They early instituted a seminary, at which a due proportion of youth might be fitted for the publick services of the community .- They also established town schools, open to the poor as well as the rich, and in their families were careful to form their
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children, by example and by instruction, to amiableness of disposition and purity of life; to habits of sobriety, industry, and virtue. The benefits of their system have been apparent in every subsequent age .- The seeds thus sown have yielded the best fruits. Our countrymen, through successive generations, have been distinguished for their intelli- gence, their love of liberty, their regard to order, their spirit of enter- prise, and their general respectability of character.
If we would accelerate the improvement of our country, and transmit to posterity the social, political and religious blessings we enjoy, we must not fail to cherish, support and extend the wise institutions of our fathers, and to accommodate their admirable system of education to the present state of society. It will not be denied that the people of our Commonwealth are laudably solicitous to adopt effectual methods to cul- tivate the intellectual and moral faculties of youth, to polish their manners, and prepare them for the active pursuits of life .- But your Committee are constrained to declare their opinion, that, for several years past, the schools in this District have generally fallen below the common standard in the Commonwealth, and would not bear comparison with many in our immediate neighbourhood. Ought this state of things to be longer endured ? Is it not reproachful to the Centre District of the shire town in the county of Worcester ?
Are the children of this District less dear to their parents and friends, or less able to become useful to our common country than others ; or are we less solicitous about their future success and condition in the world, that we withhold from them those means of improvement which are so amply furnished by neighbouring districts, possessing not one half of our population, and not one fifth of our resources ?
They cannot believe, that this appeal can be made without effect, to the feelings of parents. They cherish the hope that the work of refor- mation will be speedily begun, and prosecuted with success.
The inefficiency of our schools may be traced in the opinion of your Committee, to two prominent causes .- First, the false notions of economy, which have introduced incompetent masters. The amount of compensation, paid annually to all the instructors within this District, .including $400 for the Grammar School, has averaged nearly $840 .- Of this sum, about $440 have been appropriated to the support of the common Schools, leaving but $400 to meet the whole expense of a Grammar School.
Now it requires no argument to shew, that for a salary of $400, a pre- ceptor, possessing the requisite qualifications could not be obtained ; and the man, who would engage for that sum, would probably not be
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deserving of your confidence. Better is it, in the view of your Com- mittee, that your children should depend for instruction, upon their friends at home, than be entrusted to one, who would learn them nothing right, and restrain them from nothing wrong.
But in a few instances, the liberality of individuals has supplied, in some measure, the deficiency of the monies of the town, and competent masters have been sometimes employed .- Then another cause of the difficulties complained of, has been found in the unaccountable neglect of parents to avail themselves of these advantages. Many children have been so irregular in the days and hours of their attendance upon the Schools as to defeat the most earnest endeavours of the instructors for their advancement in knowledge, and to retard materially the progress of other scholars ; and some, they are grieved to say, have never attended at all.
From the causes of these evils, your Committee proceed to point out the only remedies which they deem effectual.
First, insure the employment of able instructors in the Centre School, by raising the salary heretofore given them .- This can be effected only by individual subscriptions, or by persuading the town to increase the general School tax for the benefit of the Grammar School, or by an assessment of the necessary additional sums upon the inhabitants of the District in pursuance of powers to be obtained from the Legislature for that purpose .- Upon the first method suggested, your Committee think no permanent reliance can be placed ;- but they believe either the second or third to be practicable, and recommend the adoption of measures to pursue either the one or the other, or both, as circumstances may render most advisable.
In the second place, Your Committee propose the following arrange- ment of the Schools.
1st. A Grammar School to be kept permanently in the Centre School House.
2d. A School for every necessary branch of English education, to be kept in the Centre School House for, at least, eight months in the year.
3d. A female School to be kept in each of the other houses from April to November inclusive.
4th. A third female School of a higher order than those last men- tioned, to be kept for the same term near the centre of the District and to be composed of the scholars most advanced from the other female Schools.
In the third place, Your Committee recommend, that a board of twelve
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overseers be chosen annually by ballot, whose duty it shall be, in conjunction with the Selectmen, to determine upon the qualifications of instructors and to contract with them for their services ;- to determine upon the attainments of scholars, to be admitted into said Schools respectively ;- to prescribe the course of instruction therein, and all necessary rules and regulations for the government thereof ;- to deter- mine upon all complaints of instructors, of parents or of scholars, which may arise in relation to said Schools, or either of them; to visit and examine said schools respectively, at stated periods during the year ;- to encourage, in every suitable manner, both instructors and scholars in the performance of their relative duties; and to make a report in writing annually to the District, of the condition of said Schools during the period of their office.
In conclusion, your Committee would respectfully and seriously urge upon heads of families, as they love their children, as they regard their parental obligations, as they estimate their responsibility to their Country and to God, to co-operate unitedly and individually with the Board of Overseers in the attainment of the great and interesting objects of their appointment.
Your Committee have obtained, conformably to their instructions, a warrant from the Selectmen, under which the District will be authorized, at a future meeting, to act upon all the subjects embraced in this Report ;- all which is respectfully submitted.
SAML. M. BURNSIDE, A. BANCROFT, LEVI LINCOLN, OTIS CORBETT, JONA. GOING, SAML. JENNISON.
Worcester, August 22, 1823.
WORCESTER CENTRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
1828.
INCORPORATION.
By an Act of the Legislature, passed January 27, 1824, Chap. 67, the inhabitants of the Centre School District in Worcester, are author- ized to raise money in addition to the moneys voted and raised by the town, to be appropriated for the support of Schools in said District, in such manner as the inhabitants of said District may direct.
By an additional Act, passed February, 1826, Chap. 94, the Centre School District was authorized to determine in what manner future meetings of the inhabitants of said District should be called.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of said District, held April 14, 1826, it was voted, that "the legal method of notifying all future meetings of the Centre School District, be by written notifications from the Board of Overseers for the time being, and signed by them or a major part of them, and posted on the four meeting houses within the District, at least seven days before the time appointed for such meetings."
BOARD OF OVERSEERS.
By a vote of the District, December 31, 1823, the Board of Over- seers of Schools in the Centre District are authorized, and it is made their duty, "to determine upon the qualifications of instructors, and to contract with them for their services; to determine upon the attain- ments of scholars to be admitted into said Schools respectively ; to prescribe the course of instruction therein, and all necessary rules and regulations for the government thereof; to determine upon all com- plaints of instructors, of parents, or of scholars, which may arise in relation to said Schools or either of them; to visit and examine said Schools respectively, at stated periods during the year; to encourage,
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in every suitable manner, both instructors and scholars in the per- formance of their relative duties ; and to make a report, in writing, annually, to the District, of the condition of the Schools during the period of their office."
By a subsequent vote of the District, the expenditure of all moneys was intrusted to the Board ; and at a meeting on the 3d of May, 1826, it was voted, "that all orders for the payment of money, hereafter ex- pended, be drawn by the Board of Overseers or by their direction."
In pursuance of power granted by these and other votes of the District, the Board of Overseers have adopted the following regu- lations :-
Regular meetings of the Board shall be holden on the first Monday of each month, and special meetings may be holden whenever the President may deem it advisable, or whenever he may be requested to call one by two members of the Board.
The several members of the Board shall be informed of all meetings thereof by a written notification from the Secretary, designating the time and place of the meeting. And where meetings are so called, when the time appointed has arrived, one-third of the Board shall con- stitute a quorum to transact business.
There shall be a standing committee of the Board, to consist of three, who shall be called the Committee on Accounts, whose duty it shall be to examine all accounts presented against the District, and, if correctly stated, to present them to the Board. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board to draw orders for all moneys, which the Board shall direct to be paid, and to keep a Book, wherein shall be regularly entered an account of all moneys received by the Board, or passed to their credit, on the Town Treasurer's books, and of all moneys paid by them; which account shall be settled at the close of the year for which the Board is chosen. He shall also keep an account current with each Instructor employed by the Board, which shall be settled as often as twice in the year. And all vouchers for moneys paid by the Board shall be kept on file by the Secretary, with the other papers of the Board.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
By various votes of the District there have been established, in addi- tion to the Grammar School, which is supported by the town, eight permanent Schools and one temporary one, the arrangement and desig- nation of which are as follows :
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The School for the children of color is kept in the new School House, situate on the Eastern corner of the new Burying Lot, where all the useful branches of a common education are taught, and from which there are no promotions to a School of a higher grade.
The Schools kept in the North and South School Houses, are for the youngest and lowest grade of scholars, and are denominated the North and South Infant Schools.
The Schools kept in the chambers of the Centre School House are the next in grade, and are denominated the North and the South Primary Schools. Promotions are made to these from the Infant Schools.
The next in grade are the Second Female School and the English School for Boys, to which promotions are made from the Primary Schools.
The last, and highest in rank of the permanent District Schools, is the Female High Schools,* to which promotions are made from the Second Female School. All. the foregoing Schools are to be kept during the whole year, with such vacations only as may be required for the accommodation of the teachers, or as may be directed by the Board.
In addition to these, a School is kept for three months in the winter, for apprentices and clerks, and such other boys as attend School only a part of the year.
Each of these Schools is to be under the immediate care of a sub- Committee of two members of the Board of Overseers, called the Visiting Committee, to be assigned by the Board as often as they shall deem expedient; and of every new assignment, notice shall be given to the teachers respectively, in writing, by the Secretary of the Board.
It shall be the duty of the Visiting Committees, on the week preceding the regular meetings of the Board, to examine the several Schools in the branches to which they have attended during the months preceding ; and at the examinations preceding the meeting in the months of January, April, July, and October, they shall review their studies for the last three months, and report the names of candi- dates for promotion to the next meeting of the Board. Minutes of the examinations shall be made in a book kept for that purpose, desig- nating the whole number of scholars, and the number present; the
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