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*Corresponding with this is the Latin Grammar School for boys, to which promotions are made from the Boys' School. In this School the Languages and all other branches are taught which are necessary to prepare its students for the University.
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exercises of each class, with the number of scholars belonging to it present, and the number absent, the head of the class ; and any other particulars necessary to give information of the state of the School. A report embracing these particulars shall be made at the next regular meeting of the Board.
REGULATIONS.
The Instructors of the several Schools, before vacating their offices, are required to give three months notice of their intention to the Board of Overseers; and the Board will terminate the engagement of any Instructor by giving the same notice to the individuals to be discharged.
Any scholar belonging to the Female High School, the Second Female School, or the Boys' English School, whose absence has been of more than one month's standing, shall not be re-admitted by the Instructor of either of these Schools, without a ticket of admis- sion from the Visiting Committee of the Schools to which they respectively belong.
The Visiting Committee are authorized to regulate the vacations of their respective Schools, and it is made their duty to report to the Secretary the time and duration of all such vacations.
Written or printed Questions are prohibited in the Female High School and the Boys' English School. Emerson's Questions on Goodrich's History are allowed in the Second Female School.
Needle-work is permitted in the Primary Schools two half days in each week, and in the higher Female Schools one half day.
Writing will be taught in all the Schools above the Primary, two half days in each week.
Instruction will be given on the Terrestrial Globe in the Female High School, Second Female School, and the English School for Boys.
ADMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF SCHOLARS.
Scholars can be admitted to the Infant Schools, by a ticket signed by one member of the Board of Overseers. For admission to the other Schools, it is necessary that the tickets be signed by two members or more, one, at least, of whom, shall be a member of the Visiting Committee of the School to which the ticket is directed.
All transfers and promotions, from one School to another, except
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when the transfer is to another School of the same grade, shall be made by a vote of the Board, to be certified by the Secretary.
The teachers shall preserve the tickets of admission of the scholars that shall attend their Schools, and present the same to the Visiting Committee at the first examination after they shall be admitted.
No scholar shall be admitted into any of the Schools under the age of three years.
No person shall be entitled to the benefit of the Schools in the Dis- trict, who is not a member of some family resident therein; and residence in a family shall not entitle a person to this privilege when any compensation is given for board, other than services rendered to the family during the term for which the person continues in School.
When any doubts arise whether an applicant comes within the rules prescribed by this Board, a written certificate may be required from the applicant or the person in whose family he resides, or both, setting forth the existence of such facts as may clearly bring the case within the rules; the certificate to be placed on the files of the Board. And a refusal to comply with this regulation, shall be a sufficient ground of rejecting the application.
SYSTEM OF DISCIPLINE.
1. The several Schools are to commence at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and at half past 1 o'clock in the afternoon, from Nov. 1st to April 1st ; and at 2 o'clock, from April 1st to Nov. 1st, and to continue three hours each part of the day.
2. The school bell is to ring fifteen minutes before the commence- ment of School, forenoon and afternoon, at which time the rooms shall be opened for the admission of scholars. The Schools shall close in three hours from the time designated for their commencement, when the bell shall be rung and the rooms closed in five minutes afterwards.
3. It is expected that the Teachers of the several Schools will have some devotional exercises in their respective School Rooms, at 9 o'clock, A. M., of each day.
4. It is expected that the Teachers will take cognizance of the con- duct of the scholars, not only while in School, but also during their re- cess, while in the aisles and yards, and while coming to School, and returning from it.
5. Crimes to be punished are impertinence to Teachers, obstinacy,
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neglect of duty, falsehood, obscene and profane language, quarreling, and injury done to a school house, or to the property of any Teacher or scholar.
6. In case of delinquency, recourse is first to be had to persuasion, reproof, and admonition ; but when these fail to produce reformation, reasonable coporal punishment with the rod is to be inflicted.
7. No scholar is to be admitted into School after its commencement, or after absence from it a half day, or more, without a written, or verbal excuse from a parent or guardian. Nor is any scholar to leave School before it closes, unless illness, or some other cause obvious to the Teacher, shall render it necessary, without a written or verbal request to that effect, from a parent or guardian. And in neither of the above cases can the scholar be the bearer of a verbal excuse or request.
8. In case of any scholar's leaving School when under censure for misconduct, notice thereof shall be immediately given to the Board by the Instructor, and such scholar cannot be re-admitted to the School he left, or to any other School in the District, without making such satis- faction as shall be prescribed by the Teacher, or, on appeal from him, by the Board of Overseers.
9. It is expected that the Teachers will keep accurate lists of their scholars in the order of their classes, containing a daily account of their attendance and absence, of their good and bad behaviour, with the manner in which their lessons are recited, as good, or bad, which lists are to be presented to the Visiting Committee at each examination.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
For Female High School :- Classical Reader, English Reader, Bible, Alger's Murray's large Grammar and Exercises, Worcester's Geography, Colburn's First Lessons and Sequel, and Smith's Arith- metic, Conversations on Natural Philosophy, Conversations on Chem- istry, Wilkins's Astronomy, Blair's Rhetoric, Whelpley's Compend of History, Abridgement of Irving's Columbus, Young Lady's Class Book, Geometry by Grund.
Second Female School and English School for Boys :- Murray's Introduction, Murray's Reader, Testament, Worcester's Geography, Alger's Murray's Grammar, Goodrich's History, Colburn's First Les- sous and Sequel, Smith's Arithmetic.
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Primary Schools :- Improved Reader, Leavitt's Easy Lessons, Introduction to the English Reader, Lee's Spelling Book, Testament, Cumming's First Lessons in Geography, Peter Parley's Geography, and Colburn's First Lessons in Arithmetic.
Infant Schools :- Franklin Primer, Gallaudet's Book on the Soul, First and Second Parts, Gallaudet's Picture and Defining Book, Testament.
VISITING COMMITTEES
Of the several Schools, as at present arranged.
Female High School, Messrs. Hill and Davis.
Second Female,
Burnside and Miller.
Boys' English,
Salisbury and Willard.
Apprentices,
Davis, Corbett and Washburn.
North Primary,
Lincoln and Abbott.
South Primary,
Corbett and Washburn.
North Infant,
Foster and Lincoln.
South Infant,
Burnside and Fox.
African,
Willard and Fox.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
SUB-PRIMARY.
AGE, 5-6. GRADE I.
Language .- Correct all errors of expression, and see that every word and sentence used by the pupil is distinctly enunciated and clearly under- stood.
Reading .- Lessons from cards, the Primer, and the blackboard, Ques- tion the children upon these lessons. Use First Reader the last term.
Spelling .- The words in use by the children, and all words in reading lessons. The meaning of the words should be made clear. First seven- teen pages of the Primary Spelling Book. Teach the use of the words as far as possible, and develop their meaning.
Printing .- The shape of the letters and figures, critically explained by the teacher from the cards and the blackboard. Such of the reading lessons as the teacher may assign, and words given in oral lessons, printed on the slate.
Arithmetic .- Develop the idea of number as far as ten. Count, using real objects, such as marbles, beans, or the numeral frame. Add, sub- tract, multiply and divide. Manual, pp. 146-176.
Physical Exercises .- Not less than twice each session, each exercise from three to five minutes.
Singing .- A few minutes three or four times each day.
Drawing .- On the slate. Combinations of two, three, four, etc., up to ten lines.
Oral Lessons .- On human body, or domestic animals, on place, on sounds, and on common objects, with reference to their form, size, color, weight, and more observable properties. Manual, pp. 317-318 ; 273- 274; 98-106; 73-74; 208-211; 45-55; 216-217.
Morals and Manners.
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INTERMEDIATE PRIMARY.
AGE, 6-7. GRADE II.
Language .- As in First Grade. Encourage a free and full expression of the children's ideas. Let them print short statements or sentences of their own composition, or what they have heard from the teacher.
Reading .- First Reader read and reviewed, with particular attention to punctuation. Second Reader the last term. Daily drill in the sounds of the letters. Questions on the lessons by pupils and teacher. Read from the Nursery.
Spelling .- By letters and by sounds, the words in the reading lessons and all words in use by the pupils. Primary Spelling Book to page 56, with the application of each word. Syllabication.
Writing .- The script letters on the slate. Write words in spelling lessons, and words given in oral lessons.
Arithmetic .- Reading and writing numbers to 100 in both the Arabic and Roman notation. Additions and subtractions with numbers not ex- ceeding 100. Manual, pp. 176-186.
Physical Exercise and Singing .- As in the First Grade.
Drawing .- Straight lines, angles, triangles and quadrangular figures. Use Bartholomew's drawing cards and slates.
Oral Lessons .- On tints, hues, shades and standard colors ; on form, objects, human body and animals; on the divisions of time and their names ; plants and vegetables ; the three kingdoms of nature ; on the scale, the points of the compass, long, dry and liquid measure ; the map of the school premises and map drawing. Manual, pp. 54-64; 80-88 ; 106-114; 322-326; 211-214 ; 217-218 ; 275-284.
Morals and Manners.
PRIMARY.
AGE, 7-8. GRADE III.
Language .- As in preceding grades, with special reference to enlarg- ing and correcting the pupils' vocabulary. Children to paraphrase upon the slate and orally the reading lessons or stories with which they are familiar.
Reading .- Second Reader read and reviewed, with special attention to
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the meaning, punctuation, capitals, abbreviations, etc., and exercises in calling words at sight. Third Reader the last term.
Spelling .- By sounds and by letters, all words in the reading lessons, and all words in use by the pupils. Primary Speller completed. The words spelled to be arranged in sentences, both written and oral, as a test of the pupils' knowledge of their proper use.
Writing .- Script letters upon the slate and from copies on the drawing cards.
Arithmetic .- Notation and Numeration to 1,000. Multiplication and Division tables. Exercises in the ground rules and in fractions. Man- ual, pp. 186-206.
Physical Exercise and Singing .- As in the preceding grades.
Drawing .- Bartholomew's cards. Simple maps. Inventive drawing, as in preceding year, and exercises from dictation. The idea of form and arrangement developed, by requiring all exercises to be neatly placed and executed. Manual, pp. 448-457.
Oral Lessons .- City map, county map, map of the State, names of natural divisions, the seasons, etc. Color, form, objects, human body, animals, plants. Manual, pp. 64-71; 90-95; 114-130; 326-355.
Morals and Manners.
LOWER SECONDARY.
AGE, 8-9. GRADE IV.
Language .- Oral instruction ; the relation of subject and predicate ; distinguish the noun, the adjective, and the articles ; correct grammatical errors and teach the use of capitals. Let pupils write sentences, para- phrase stories, etc. Greene's introduction in the hands of the teachers.
Reading .- Third Reader read and reviewed ; special attention to flu- ency of utterance, distinctness of articulation, correctness of pronuncia- tion, and the points and marks of punctuation. Intermediate Reader last term.
Spelling .- The words in the reading lessons, and in the Pronouncing Speller to page 53, omitting the dictation exercises. Spell orally and by writing upon slates.
Writing .- With pen, Book No. 1.
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Drawing .- Bartholomew's series, Book No. 1 last six months of the year. All the copies once.
Arithmetic .- Colburn's, four sections. Written arithmetic through the ground rules, taught orally and from the blackboard, with numbers of five or more places, so that pupils may perform these simple operations with ease and rapidity.
Geography .- The Primary Geography commenced and completed, with the free use of outline maps ; all places and routes named to be located on the map.
Music .- By special teacher once a week, with daily practice of at least ten minutes on the rudiments and songs daily.
Oral Instruction .- Use Hooker's Child's Book of Nature.
Physical Exercise .- Twice each session.
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HIGHER SECONDARY.
AGE, 9-10. GRADE V.
Language .- Oral instruction ; define and illustrate all the parts of speech. Let pupils write sentences, as in the fourth grade, analyze them, and write descriptions of familiar objects.
Reading .- Intermediate Reader; practice on the exercises in the in- troduction on articulation, pronunciation, accent, emphasis and inflection ; and attend to their application in the reading lessons.
Spelling .- Pronouncing Speller 76 pages, with selections from the dic- tation exercises ; and all words in use and in reading lessons, orally and on slates.
Writing .- Book No. 2.
Drawing .- Book No. 1, completed.
Arithmetic .- Colburn's, six sections. Written arithmetic through re- duction, omitting articles 65, 66, 67, 68, 79, 80.
Geography .- In Intermediate Geography, the first twelve lessons, and South America, North America, and United States to States between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains.
Physical Exercise and Music .- As in the Fourth Grade.
Oral Lessons.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
AGE, 10-11. GRADE VI.
Language .- As in previous grades, and the text book to page 70 with correlative subjects. Especial attention to writing, in the pupils' own lan- guage, what has been taught orally.
Reading .- Fourth Reader, all the selections to page 150, with special reference to their meaning and the information they contain.
Spelling .- Pronouncing Speller 108 pages, etc., as in the Fifth Grade.
Writing .- Book No. 3.
Drawing .- Book No. 2, completed.
Arithmetic .- Colburn's, eleven sections. Written arithmetic to Deci- mals, omitting as in the preceding grade, and the demonstrations in arti- cles 121, 122, 123 and 128. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals taught orally.
Geography .- Finish the Intermediate Geography.
Physical Exercise .- Two or three times daily.
Music .- By special teacher once a week, with daily practice, at least ten minutes, upon the lesson and in singing.
Oral Lessons.
Morals and Manners.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
AGE, 11-12. GRADE VIII.
Language .- One hundred pages in the text book, with correlative sub- jects. Teach and illustrate, by familiar examples, each of the fourteen rules of Syntax ; and extend the exercises in composition, analysis, etc., of the preceding grades.
Reading .- Fourth Reader completed, taught as in the preceding grade ; and exercises from Monroe's Manual.
Spelling .- Pronouncing Speller 137 pages, as in preceding grades. Explain the simpler rules to page 148.
Writing .- Book No. 4.
Drawing .- Book No. 3.
Arithmetic .- Colburn's, fourteen sections. Written arithmetic to In- terest ; and Interest taught orally, as far as Partial Payments.
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Geography .- North America, South America and the United States, taught by topics ; the natural divisions, each taken up and described by the pupils in some simple order ; the climate, soil and productions ; the inhabitants, principal occupations, etc., and the form of government in each country. A list of items to be learned about each natural division or state may be furnished by the teacher ; and information may be ob- tained by the pupils from any source within their reach. Further direc- tions are given in the eighth grade of this course of study.
Physical Exercise, Music and Oral Lessons .- As in the Sixth Grade.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
AGE, 12-13. GRADE VIII.
Language .- Complete the text book, following the suggestions for pre- ceding grades, continue the exercises in composition, and analysis and parsing from the reading book.
Reading .- Fifth Reader, with practice on the examples in the intro- duction. Expressive reading to be aimed at, in connection with the study of the thought and emotion of the selections.
Spelling .- Complete the Pronouncing Speller. All new and difficult words that occur in any of the studies.
Writing .- Book No. 5.
Drawing .- Book No. 4.
Arithmetic .- Colburn's, finished. Written to cube root and all parts omitted previously.
Geography .- Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia by topics, as in the Seventh Grade. The islands about a continent, for example, may be studied in order, beginning at the north. Each may be described by dif- ferent pupils in succession, as to its location, surface, climate, soil, pro- ductions, exports, imports, inhabitants and their occupation, civilization, language, government, history, etc., with such other items as the teacher may suggest. Text books in the hands of the pupils, others in the pos - session of the teacher, cyclopædias, newspapers, and a variety of sources accessible to pupils and teachers, will contribute to the general interest and knowledge of the subject. During the study of the lesson, which may be at the same time a recitation, the maps may be before the eye of the pupil, till the last time or last but one, when the lesson is studied.
Physical Exercise, Music and Oral Lessons .- As in preceding grades. Morals and Manners.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
AGE 13-14. GRADE IX.
Language .- Analysis and parsing from reading book, and the knowl- edge of all ordinary idioms and constructions. Practice in writing con- tinued and extended.
Reading .- Fifth Reader completed, as in Eighth Grade.
Spelling .- In connection with other studies, the new and difficult words that occur ; instruction in the significance of prefixes and affixes ; a weekly exercise in writing passages dictated from the reading book.
Writing .- Book No. 6.
Drawing .- From objects, twice a week.
Arithmetic .- Review mental. Finish and review Common School Arithmetic. The Metric System.
Geography .- General review last half of the year.
History .- Anderson's United States, completed.
Physical Exercise and Music .- As in Grade Eight.
Oral Lessons .- On Physiology. The subject as represented in the ele- mentary text books should be explained in familiar talks by the teacher, and afterwards written from memory by the pupils, as an exercise in grammar and English composition, to be recited subsequently by topics. On Book-Keeping. The simpler business forms and an easy system of accounts. Memoranda given for pupils to enter and post.
Morals and Manners.
HIGH SCHOOL.
In this school three distinct courses of study. The First (I.) is de- signed for those who are preparing for college; the Second (II.) for others who wish to study the Ancient Classics ; the Third (III.) or Eng- lish course, for all others. The figures denote the number of recitations each week.
FIRST YEAR.
I. Latin Grammar and Reader 5, Ancient History 5, Algebra 5.
II. Same as the above.
III. Botany 3, Ancient History 5, Arithmetic 2, Algebra 5.
Last Six Months .- Analysis and Parsing 3, Ancient History 5, Book Keeping 2, Algebra 5.
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SECOND YEAR.
I. Greek Grammar and Reader 5, Cæsar 5, Algebra (till completed) 5, Geometry 5.
Last Six Months .- Physiology 2, Xenophon's Anabasis 4, Cæsar 5, Geometry 4.
II. Cæsar 5, French Grammar and Reader 5, Algebra (till completed) 5, Geometry 4.
Last Six Months .- Physiology 2, Cæsar 5, Picciola 4, Geometry 4.
III. Chemistry 5, French Grammar and Reader 5, Algebra (till com- pleted) 5, Geometry 5.
Last Six Months .- Physiology 2, Picciola 4, Modern History 3, U. S. Constitution 2, Geometry 4.
THIRD YEAR.
I. Natural Philosophy 3, Xenophon's Anabasis 5, Sallust 5, Rhetoric 2.
Last Six Months .- Natural Philosophy 3, Anabasis 5, Cicero 4, Rheto- ric 2, Metric System 1.
II. Natural Philosophy 3, Ovid 4, Corinne 3, Rhetoric 2, Geometry 3. Last Six Months .- Natural Philosophy 3, Virgil 4, Molière 3, Rhetoric 2, Trigonometry and Surveying 3.
III. Natural Philosophy 3, Corinne 3, Rhetoric 2, Modern History 4, Geometry 3.
Last Six Months .- Natural Philosophy 3. Molière 3, Rhetoric 2, Sci- ence of Government 4, Trigonometry and Surveying 3.
FOURTH YEAR.
I. Homer's Iliad 5, Review of Mathematics 3, English Literature 2.
Last Six Months .- Homer's Iliad 3, Greek Prose Composition 2, Vir- gil 3, Latin Prose Composition 2, Ancient Geography 3, English Litera- ture 2.
II. Mental Philosophy 4, Virgil 5, German Grammar and Reader 4, English Literature (Chaucer, Spencer, etc.) 2.
Last Six Months .- Moral Philosophy 4, Horace 4, Undine or Wilhelm Tell 5, English Literature (Shakspeare, Milton, etc.) 2.
III. Mental Philosophy 4, Geology 5, German Grammar and Reader 4, English Literature (Chaucer, Spencer, etc.) 2.
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Last Six Months .- Moral Philosophy 4, Astronomy 4, Undine or Wil- helm Tell 5, English Literature (Shakspeare, Milton, etc.) 2.
Reading and spelling exercises the first year, weekly. Declamations (masters) and readings (misses) monthly, after the first year. Themes monthly throughout the course.
THE NORMAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL.
Candidates for this school are examined in the English studies. A majority of those admitted have graduated at the High School. The time is mainly devoted to the study of methods of instruction and discipline, and to the practice of teaching. A few text books are in use, however : Sheldon's Manual, Wickersham's School Economy, Haven's Mental Philosophy, Chapters from Barnard's Journal, and various authors . on the Philosophy of Education. Each student teaches a part of the day, subject to the criticism of her classmates and the teachers. Sketches of work to be done with a class of pupils are written throughout the course, which occupies a year.
Two or three weeks are spent on lessons upon each of the following subjects : Objects, number, form, inventive drawing, human body, ani- mals, size and weight, color, place, reading and spelling, writing and lan- guage, sound, plants, etc. An examination takes place at the close of each subject. All the subjects are reviewed subsequently.
Each student is marked in respect to energy, punctuality, tact, neat- ness, ease of manner, ability to gain love and respect of pupils, power of control, power of questioning, power of securing attention, thorough- ness and general skill.
There is a lesson for criticism given to a class of children each Wednesday afternoon, to which the public are invited.
TEXT BOOKS FOR PUPILS.
The Testament ; the Readers in use are Sargent's, Part II; the Spel- lers, Worcester's ; Mental Arithmetic, Colburn's ; Written Arithmetic, Eaton's ; Geography, Guyot's ; Drawing Books, Bartholomew's ; Writing Books, Payson, Dunton and Scribner's ; Grammar, Kerl's First Lessons ; History, Anderson's United States ; Physiology, Hooker's ; Dictionary, Worcester's or Webster's.
GRADE I.
Primer, Primary Speller, First Reader.
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GRADE II.
First Reader, Primary Speller, Second Reader.
GRADE III.
Second Reader, Primary Speller, Third Reader.
GRADE IV.
Third Reader, Pronouncing Speller, Mental Arithmetic, Primary Geography, Writing Book No. 1, Drawing Book No. 1, Golden Robin, Intermediate Reader.
GRADE V.
Intermediate Reader, Pronouncing Speller, Mental Arithmetic, Com- mon School Arithmetic, Intermediate Geography, Writing Book No. 2, Drawing Book No. 1, Golden Robin.
GRADE VI.
Fourth Reader, Pronouncing Speller, Mental Arithmetic, Common School Arithmetic, Intermediate Geography, Grammar, Writing Book No. 3, Drawing Book No. 2, Golden Robin.
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