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City Document. — JVo. 3.
REGULATIONS

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

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ROXBURY:

L. B. & O. E. WESTON, PRINTERS, GUILD ROW.

1860.

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In School Committee, January 4, 1860.

Messrs. Olmstead, Williams, and Seavee, were appointed a Commit-
tee to prepare and report to this Board, Rules and Regulations for their
government the present year.

January 18.

The Committee on Rules and Regulations submitted the Report of said
Committee, which was read, amended, and adopted ; whereupon it was

Ordeeed, That 1000 copies of the Rules and Regulations, accompanied
by the Course of Studies, and Text-Books allowed in the several Schools
of the City, be printed for the use of the Schools and Committee.

JOSHUA. SEAYER, Secretary.

REaXJL^TIONS

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OE EOXBUEY.

CHAPTEE I,
Organization.

Section 1. The first meeting of the Board shall be
held on the Wednesday next succeeding the organization
of the City Government. A Chairman and a Secretary
shall then be chosen by ballot.

Sect. 2. There shall also be appointed at the same
meeting, Local Committees for the several schools in the
City^ to consist of three members for the High and each of
the Grammar Schools, and one member for each Primary
School; a Committee on Primary School Teachers, and on
Books, each consisting of five members, one of whom shall
be the Chairman of the Board; a Committee on Rules and
Regulations, and on Finance, each consisting of three mem-
bers.

Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Pri-
mary School Teachers to receive the names and credentials
of all applicants over eighteen years of age ; to examine
the qualifications of those present at any regular meeting
called by the Chairman ,• to grant a certificate to those
who pass a satisfactory examination ; and, acting in concert
with the Local Committee, to appoint a teacher from those

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examined and approved, to fill a vacancy in any Primary
School, to be confirmed within three months by the Board,
on recommendation of the Local Committee; also to keep
a list of all approved applicants, for the use of Local Com-
mittees in providing substitutes.

Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on
Books to propose the text-books to be used in the schools,
which shall, in all cases, be submitted to the Board for ap-
proval, but shall not be finally acted upon until said books
have been before the Board at least one week, and not un-
til every member of the Board has been supplied with a
copy of the book or books proposed to be introduced into
the schools. Nor shall any change of books be allowed,
except on condition that the publisher of the book pro-
posed to be introduced into the schools, shall give a copy
of said book to each pupil for the one in use by such pupil,
which said new book shall displace.

Sect. 5. It shall be the duty of the Committee on
Finance, to confer with any committee of the Board of
Aldermen and Common Council on the subject of appro-
priations for the Public Schools.

Sect. 6. Stated quarterly meetings of the Board shall
be held on the Wednesday after the third Monday in Feb-
ruary — on the first Wednesday in June — on the Wednes-
day after the last Monday in July — and on the Wednes-
day before Thanksgiving Day.

Sect. 7. At the last quarterly meeting in the year, the
teachers of the public schools shall be elected, and their
salaries voted.

Sect. 8. Seven members shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.

Sect. 9. All meetings of the Board shall be held in
public, except when otherwise ordered by special vote, and
notice thereof shall be given to all the members at least
four days previous.

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 5

CHAPTER II.

Rights and Duties of the Chairman.

Sect. 1. The Cliairman sliall 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 proceed to business. In the absence of
the Chairman, the Board shall choose a Chairman pro tem-
pore.

Sect. 2. The Chairman shall call a special meeting of
the Board whenever he may deem it necessary, or at the
request in writing of any two members.

Sect. 3. He shall appoint ail committees, unless the
Board shall otherwise direct.

Sect. 4. He shall preserve order in the meetings ; he
may speak to points of order in preference to other mem-
bers, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an
appeal to the Board, on motion of any member.

Sect. 5. He shall declare all votes, but if any member
doubt the vote, he shall, without further debate upon the
question, require the members voting to rise and stand
until they are counted, and he shall declare the result.

Sect. 6. The Chairman may call any member to the
chair, provided such substitution shall not continue longer
than one meeting. When the Board shall determine to go
into Committee of the Whole, he shall appoint the mem-
ber who shall take the chair. He may express his opin-
ion on any subject under debate, but in such case he shall
leave the chair, and appoint some other member to take it,
and he shall not resume the chair while the same question
is pending. But he may state facts, and give his opinion
on questions of order, without leaving his place.

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Sect. T. When any member shall require a question to
be taken by Yeas and Nays, the Chairman shall take the
sense of the Board in that manner.

Sect. 8. After a motion has been stated by the Chair-
man, it shall be disposed of by a vote of the Board, unless
the mover withdraw it before a decision or an amendment.

Sect. 9. The Chairman shall consider a motion to ad-
journ as always in order, unless a member has possession
of the floor, or a question has been put and not decided,
and said motion to adjourn shall be decided without de-
bate.

Sect. 10. He shall put the previous question in the
following form : " Shall the main question be now put ? "
and all amendments or further debate of the main question
shall be suspended, until the previous question shall have
been decided; and the previous question shall not be put
unless a majority of the members present are in favor of
it.

Sect. 11. When two or more members happen to rise
at the same time, the Chairman shall name the member
who is first to speak.

CHAPTEE III.

Duties of the Secretary.

Sect. 1. The Secretary shall have charge of the records
of the Board, and of all papers directed by them to be
kept on his files ; he shall keep a fair and full record of
all the proceedings of the Board ; shall notify all stated
and special meetings ; shall notify the Chairman of any
committee appointed, stating the commission, and the
names of the members ; shall notify the meetings of all
committees when requested by their Chairman ; notify the

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 7

instructors of their appointments, and shall give other
notices as the Board may require.

Sect. 2. He shall prepare the annual report
required by the statute of the Commonwealth.

CHAPTER IV.

Rights and Duties of Members.

Sect. 1. When any member is about to speak in de-
bate, or to deliver any matter to the Board, he shall rise
in his place, and respectfully address the Chairman ; shall
confine himself to the question in debate, and avoid j)er-
sonality.

Sect. 2. No member, in debate, shall notice another
member by his name ; but may describe him by the Ward
he represents, the place he sits in, or such other, designa-
tion as may be intelligible and respectful.

Sect. 3. No member speaking shall be interrupted by
another, but by rising to call to order, or to correct a
mistake. But if any member, in speaking or otherwise,
transgress the rules of the Board, the Chairman shall, or
any member may, call him to order ; in which case the
member so called to order shall immediately sit down,
unless permitted to explain ; and the Board, if appealed
to, shall decide on the case, but without debate.

Sect. 4. When a motion is made, it shall be considered
by the Board ; and when a question is under debate, no
motion shall be received but to adjourn — to lay on the
table — for the previous question — to postpone to a day
certain — to commit — to amend — or to postpone indefi-
nitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the
order in which they stand.

Sect. 5. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if

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the Chairman desire, or any member of the Board request

it.

Sect. 6. When a motion has once been made and car-
ried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for
any member to move a reconsideration. In case the mo-
tion be made at the same meeting, it shall be competent
for a majority of the members present to pass a vote of
reconsideration J but if it be made at a subsequent meet-
ing, the subject shall not be reconsidered unless a majority
of all the members of the Board vote therefor. No more
than one motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall
be permitted.

Sect. 7. Every member present when a question is
put, shall give his vote, unless the Board, for special
reasons, excuse him.

Sect. 8. On the "previous question," no member shall
speak more than once, vyithout leave of the Board ; and no
member shall speak longer than ten minutes at any one
time upon any question under consideration, unless by
special permission of the Board to continue his remarks.

Sect. 9. When the reading of a paper is called for,
and the same is objected to by any member, it shall be
determined by a vote of the Board.

Sect. 10. All proposed amendments to the Eegulations
shall lie over until the next meeting. Any rule may be
suspended for the time being by a vote of two-thirds of the
members present.

CHAPTEK V.

Duties of Local Committees.

Sect. 1. The Local Committees shall visit their re-
spective schools at least once a month, and oftcner if
convenient.

Sect. 2. The Local Committees shall give their advice

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 9

to tlie instructors on any emergency; and take cognizance
of any difficulty which may have occurred between the in-
structors and parents or guardians of pupils, or between
the teachers themselves, relative to the government or in-
struction of the School. An appeal, however, to the whole
Board, is not hereby denied to any citizen or instructor.

Sect, 3. The several chairmen of the Local Committees
of the High and Grammar Schools shall be the organ of
communication between said committees and the schools ;
but shall not act on any matter of interest to the school,
without the sanction of a majority of the Local Committee.

Sect. 4. In case of a vacancy in the office of principal
in the High or Grammar Schools, nominations and elec-
tions for the place shall be made by the Board.

Sect. 5. In case of a vacancy, in the High or Grammar
Schools, in the place of any teacher, other than the princi-
pal, the Chairman with the Local Committee shall examine
his or her qualifications, and the Local Committee shall
appoint a teacher pro tempore, and give notice of such
vacancy, at the next quarterly meeting of the Board, that
it may be filled by election. And no such teacher shall
be appointed by the Board, until he or she shall have been
examined as aforesaid, and shall have received a satisfac-
tory certificate thereof. The masters or heads of depart-
ments shall be consulted in the appointment of their
assistants.

Sect. 6. In case of a vacancy in the place of a teacher
of any Primary School, it shall be the duty of the Local
Committee to give immediate notice thereof to the Com-
mittee on Primary School Teachers, and with their
cooperation fill such vacancy.

Sect. 7. In addition to these specific duties of the Lo-
cal Committees, it shall be their duty, generally, to make
any temporary arrangement which they may find necessary,

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relative to their schools, or the convenience of the instruct-
ors, in cases not provided for by the general regulations.

Sect. 8. Although the interest of the schools demands
Local Committees, yet each member of the Board shall
consider it his duty to watch over all the public schools in
the city, to attend their examinations, and to visit them at
other times so far as practicable.

Sect. 9. No teacher or other person in the employ of
the School Committee, shall purchase anything at the ex-
pense of the city without a written order from the Local
Committee of the School for which such purchase is to be
made, or from the Chairman or Secretary of the Board,
and all bills for salaries, repairs, books and furniture, shall
be approved by the Local Committees, or in case of
absence or any other inability, by the Secretary of the
Board.

iiEaxji.A.Tioisrs

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CHAPTER I.

Teachers.

Sect. 1. All tlie teachers shall be responsible to the
Board for the faithful discharge of their duties. They
shall punctually observe the hours for opening and dismis-
sing the school, and during school hours shall devote them-
selves to the public service.

Sect. 2. When any teacher is reported as very deficient
by the quarterly examining committee, and placed on pro-
bation by order of the Board, the Secretary shall notify
such teacher of the fact, and state the deficiency reported.
Any teacher who shall persist in violating the Rules of this
Board, shall be put on probation by the Local Committee
or the Chairman, who shall report the delinquency at the
next meeting of the Board.

Sect. 3. The morning exercises of all the schools shall
be commenced by reading from the Holy Scriptures ; and
it is recommended that the same be followed by the Lord's
Prayer.

Sect. 4. The teachers shall open the school rooms of
their respective schools, for the reception of scholars; at

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least ten minutes before the time prescribed for commenc-
ing the school.

Sect. 5. The teachers shall give the children constant
employment, and endeavor by judicious and diversified
modes, to render the exercises of the school pleasant as
■well as profitable ; — they shall maintain firm, prudent and
vigilant discipline ] and shall govern by persuasive and
gentle measures as far as practicable. They shall never
resort to corporal punishment, until other means of influ-
encing the pupils shall have failed; and when deemed
necessary, it shall be administered in such a manner as to
operate on the moral sense of the pupil in the strongest
manner. As far as practicable, they shall also exercise a
general inspection over their scholars, as well out of, as
within the school, and on all suitable occasions inculcate
upon them the principles of truth and virtue.

Sect. 6. The teachers shall keep a list of the scholars
under their instruction, and shall record the page of the
text-book at which every class commences in each term,
and also the page to which it shall have advanced during
said term ,• and this record sliall be open to the inspection
of the School Committee.

Sect. 7. The principals of the Grammar Schools are
authorized, under the direction of the Local Committees,
to make such classification of their respective schools, and
such regulations for the discipline and government thereof,
(not in violation of the regulations of this Board,) as they
may deem expedient. And it shall be the duty of the
principals to examine the pupils under the care of the as-
sistant teachers, in said schools, as often as they can, con-
sistent with proper attention to those who are under their
immediate charge.

Sect. 8. The teachers of the several Grammar Schools
shall impart oral instruction to their pupils at stated times,
by assigning topics for their consideration, referring them

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to approved works for information, questioning them upon
the themes assigned, and communicating such information
thereon as they may think necessary. These exercises
shall take place as frequently as may be thought practica-
ble by the Local Committee and teachers. A list of the
topics shall be open to the inspection of the examining
committee.

Sect. 9. Li all the classes of the High and Grammar
Schools, (provided the pupils are able to write a fair, legi-
ble hand.) the teachers shall require, at least once in two
weeks, regular exercises in Composition, to consist of Es-
says, Letters, Descriptions, or Abstracts of Lessons, accord-
ing to the age and capacity of the pupils. These exercises
shall be corrected by the teachers, and preserved with
their dates respectively, in writing books, to be inspected
by the committee, as evidence of the proficiency of the pu-
pils in penmanship, punctuation, use of capitals, spelling,
and the grammatical constmction of sentences. In the
first division of the Washington and Dearborn schools
there shall also be regular exercises in declamation.

Sect. 10. In the Grammar Schools for Girls, no lessons
shall be assigned expressly for study out of the regular
school hours; and in all the schools, except the High
School, the programme of daily study shall be arranged,
and the time apportioned, as far as possible, so that the
lessons assigned may be prepared in school, and not re-
main for study out of school. Of the pupils in the High
School, a moderate amount of study out of school may be
required.

Sect. 11. When the example of any pupil is very inju-
rious, and in all cases where reformation appears hopeless,
it shall be the duty of the teacher, with the approval of
the Local Committee, to suspend or expel such pupil from
the school. But any child under this public censure, who
shall have expressed to the teacher regret for such misde-

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meanor, as openly and implicitly as the nature of the case
may require, and shall have given evidences of reformation,
shall, with the previous consent of said committee, be re-
instated in the privileges of the school.

Sect. 12. It shall be the duty of the teachers to take
good care of the apartments of the public buildings which
they occupy, and of the appurtenances thereof, that there
may be no unnecessary injury sustained by them j also to
attend to the ventilation and temperature of the school
rooms, and to the cleanliness and comfort of the pupils.

Sect. 13. No subscription or contribution, for any pur-
pose whatever, shall be allowed by the teachers, in any
public school.

Sect. 14. Any teacher may, by permission of the Local
Committee, take half a day each term, for visiting such
other school in this city, or in the vicinity, as may be de-
signated, and the name of the school thus visited shall be
entered in the teacher's register, with the date of the visit.

Sect. 15. When the teachers in the Grammar and Pri-
mary Schools leave their divisions, temporarily, and require
their places to be supplied by others, they shall notify their
Local Committees, who shall provide the substitutes; and
as far as practicable, these substitutes shall be taken from
the list of approved applicants in the hands of the Com-
mittee on Primary School teachers.

Sect. 16. No teacher shall be allowed to relinquish the
charge of his or her school without giving at least three
weeks' notice to the Local Committee ; and in ordinary
cases no teacher shall be required to give up the charge
of his or her school without having received at least three
weeks' notice to that effect.

Sect. 17. The teachers are required to make vocal
music one of the exercises of the school.

Sect. 18. Teachers shall entertain no proposals from
agents and venders of any kind, during school hours.

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Sect. 19. The principal of each of the Grammar Schools
shall submit, at the close of the Summer term, an annual
report in writing, giving his or her view of the state,
progress and wants of each division of the school during
the year.

CHAPTER II.

Pupils.

Sect. 1. All children residing within the limits of this
City, shall, on application to the Local Committee, have
free admission to such public schools as, in the opinion of
said Committee, they may be qualified to enter, provided
they be five years of age ; and no obstacle shall be inter-
posed by any teacher or any member of this Board.

Sect. 2. But no child shall be admitted into any of the
public schools without a certificate from his parent, or a
physician, that he has been vaccinated, or otherwise secured
against the contagion of the small-pos.

Sect. 3. Children of the age of eight years and upwards,
who may pass a satisfactory examination in the reading
books used in the Primary Schools, in spelling words se-
lected from the reading lessons and from the spelling book
used in the Primary Schools, in explaining the use of the
marks of punctuation, in enunciating clearly and accurately
the elementary sounds of our language, in writing words in
script hand upon the slate, in reading and writing Arabic
numbers containing four figures, and in the Arithmetic
used in Primary Schools, shall be entitled to admission
into the Grammar Schools. Children above eight years
of age, though not possessing the requisite qualifications,
may be admitted into the Grammar Schools by special
permission from the Local Committees.

The examination for admission into the Grammar Schools

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shall be made by the principal or assistant teachers thereof,
and shall take place on the first Monday of the first and
third terms ; and no pupil shall be admitted into the
Grammar Schools from the Primary Schools except at
those times. Provided, however that, the Local Commit-
tees shall have discretionary power to admit pupils, pos-
sessing the necessary qualifications, at other times than
those mentioned. Pupils changing residence, shall be
transferred from one school to another of the same rank,
provided they bear a certificate from the teacher of the
school they leave, expressing their standing and character,
as a condition of their admission by the teacher to whom
they apply for that purpose.

The examination for admission into the High School,
shall take place during the last week of the second term.
Pupils who shall have reached the age of twelve years, and
shall present a certificate of good moral character, and of
presumed literary qualifications, from the principal of the
school which they last attended, and shall pass a satisfac-
tory examination in the following studies, viz. : Spelling,
Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Arithmetic, Modern
Geography, and the History of the United States, shall be
regarded by the School Committee as qualified to enter
the High School.

Sect. 4. No pupil, whilst under sentence of suspension
from one school, shall be admitted to the privileges of
another, unless by a vote of this Board.

Sect. 5. In the Grammar Schools, each session, there
shall be a recess for every pupil, of ten or fifteen minutes ;
and in the Primary Schools of from fifteen to twenty min-
utes.

Sect. 6. Pupils shall be prompt and punctual at school,
and shall not absent themselves therefrom except on ac-
count of sickness or other urgent reason j and no request
for absence shall be deemed valid, unless it be a wriiten

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one from parent or guardian. Every pupil entering after
the time prescribed for the commencement of school, shall
be marked tardy; and whenever any pupil shall absent
himself or herself for two weeks in succession, such pupil
shall be considered no lono-er a member of the school.

CHAPTER III.
Periods of Instruction.

Sect. 1. There shall be four Terms in the year. The
first shall commence the Monday after the third Monday
in February.*

The second shall commence the Monday following the
last Wednesday in May.f

The third shall commence the first Monday in Septem-
ber.:}:

The fourth shall commence on the Monday after Thanks-
giving Day.

Sect. 2. The schools shall be kept three hours in the
forenoon, and three in the afternoon of each day, Sundays
and the holidays and vacations hereinafter specified, ex-
cepted. Schools shall begin at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing, from May to August inclusive ; at other times, at nine
in the morning ; and shall commence at two in the after-
noon, except the Girls' High School, which shall commence
at nine in the morning, and close at two in the afternoon.
Scholars may, however, be detained for delinquencies a
reasonable time after the regular school hours.

Sect. 3. There shall be the following Vacations :

1. One week commencing on the third Monday in Feb-
ruary. §

* Feb. 27th. f June 4th. % Sept. 3d. ^ Feb. 20th.
3

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2. One week commencing on the Monday before the
last Wednesday in May."^

3. Six weeks next preceding the first Monday in Sep-
tember.f

4. One week, commencing on the Monday before Thanks-
giving Day.

Sect. 4. The following holidays shall be granted alike
to all the schools : — Every Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoon; Fast Day; Independence Day; Christmas Day;
New Year's Day; May Day. No holiday not herein speci-
fied shall be given except by a vote of the Board, or by a
written certificate, signed by at least seven members of
the School Committee; and in such case it shall be given
alike to all the schools in the city.

Sect. 5. The Norfolk County Convention of Teachers
may be attended by all the teachers belonging to the
schools in this city, for which purpose their respective
schools may be dismissed; it being understood, however,
that this permission is not granted, except to those teach-
ers who actually attend said Convention.

CHAPTER lY.

Examinations.

Sect. 1. Quarterly. The Chairman, or some member
or members of the Board designated by him, shall visit
and examine every public school in the City, at least once
each quarter, without giving previous notice to the teach-
ers, according to the provisions of the Statute. It shall
be the duty of this committee to obtain accurate informa-
tion of the condition of each school, and at the next quar-
terly meeting to make a report to the Board, in writing,

* May 28tli. f July 23a.

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 19

of their examination and its results, of the condition of the
school houses, and of any occurrences affecting the stand-
ing and usefulness of the schools.

Sect. 2. Annual. During the last two weeks of the
first term, a committee of seven members of the Board
shall examine the High and all the Grammar Schools, and
a committee, also of five members, shall examine all the
Primary schools in the city, and report upon the same, at
the next quarterly meeting of the Board.

Sect. 3. All reports of the examinations of the several
schools shall be duly filed according to their date, and shall
not be taken therefrom except by permission of the Board.

CHAPTER Y.

Books and Studies.

Sect. 1. The Exercises, Studies and Text-Books au-
thorized in the Primary Schools, shall be the following :

FIRST YEAR.

1. Charts, and Sargent's Primer;

2. Enunciating the elementary sounds of letters and

words ;

3. Oral Instruction;

4. Exercises on the Slate ;

5. Singing.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Sargent's First Reader, (Sargent's Second Reader;)

2. Spelling, from the Reader and Swan's Primary Spelling

Book ;

3. Enunciating the elementary sounds of letters and

words ;

4. Marks of Punctuation ;

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5. Arithmetical cards ;

6. Eeading and "Writing Arabic numbers ;

7. Exercises on the Slate ;

8. Oral Instruction;

9. Singing.

THIRD YEAR.

1. Sargent's Second Reader, (Hillard's Fourth Reader;)

2. Spelling, from the Reader and Swan's Primary Spelling

Book;

3. Enunciating the elementary sounds of letters and

words ;

4. Leach and Swan's Primary School Arithmetic ;

5. Geography, taught orally, (Cornell's Primary;)

6. Oral Instruction;

7. Writing words in script-hand, and other exercises on

the Slate ;

8. Singing.

Sect. 2. The studies pursued, and the Text-Books
authorized, in the Grammar Schools, shall be the follow-
ing:

FIRST YEAR.

1. Reading — Hillard's Fourth Reader;

2. Spelling — The Reader, and Worcester's Speller;

3. Mental Arithmetic — Colburn's First Lessons ;

4. Geography — Cornell's Primary;

5. Penmanship.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Reading — Sargent's Third Reader;

2. Spelling — Continued;

3. Defining — Worcester's and Webster's Dictionaries ;*

* Worcester's Dictionary to be the standard in Orthography in all the
schools.

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4. Mental Arithmetic — Continued ;

5. Written Arithmetic — Leach and Swan's ;

6. Geography — Cornell's Primary, and Grammar School ;

7. Penmanship — {Drawing by the Girls — Barthole-

mew's system.)

THIRD YEAR.

1. Readi?ig — Sargent's Third and Fourth Readers ;

2. Spelling and Definifig — Continued ;

3. Geography — Cornell's Grammar School;

4. Mental and Written Arithmetic — Continued j

5. Grammar — Tower's Elements of;

6. Penmanship, Map-Drawings {Drawing — Continued.)

FOURTH YEAR.

1. Reading — Sargent's Fourth Reader;

2. Spelling and Defining — Continued ;

3. Geography — Continued ;

4. Mental and Written Arithmetic — Continued ;

5. Grainmar — Continued;

6. Composition — Tower's Grammar of;

7. History — Quackenbos's United States ;

8. Penmanship, Map-Drawing, [Drawing — Continued ;)

FIFTH YEAR.

1. Reading — Sargent's Fifth Reader;

2. Spelling and Defining — Continued ;

3. Geography — Continued ;

4. Mental and Written Arithmetic — Continued ;

5. Grammar — Butler's ;

6. Coinposition — Continued ;

7. History — Continued;

8. Penmanship, Map-Drawing, [Drawing — Continued ;)

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9. Book-Keeping — Hannaford and Payson's, (by the
Boys;)
10. Declamation — (by the Boys ;)

Sect. 3. The studies pursued, and the Text-Books
authorized, in the High School for Girls, shall be the fol-
lowing :

FIKST YEAR.

First and Second Terms.

1. Arithmetic — Creenleaf's Higher,-

2. History — Worcester's ;

3. Physiology — Comings's Class Book of;

4. Reading — Hillard's First Class Reader ;

5. Spelling and Defining — Worcester's and Webster's

Dictionaries ;

6. English Grammar — Butler's;

7. Composition and Rhetoric — Quackenbos's ;

8. Linear Drawing — Bartholemew's System;

9. Penmanship — Dunton's System.

Third and Fourth Terms.

1. Arithmetic — Continued;

2. History — Continued;

3. Bota7iy — Wood's;

4. Reading, Spelling ^' Defining, Composition, Analysis ;

5. Penmanship, and Linear Drawing.

SECOND YEAE.

First and Second Terms.

1. Algebra — Sher win's;

2. Latin — Andrews' Latin Lessons ;

3. Physical Geography — Fitch's Outlines of;

4. Natural Philosophy — Tate's (larger) ;

5. English Literature and Biography — Cleavland's Com-

pendium ;

SCHOOL EBGULATIONS. 23

6. Composition mid Rhetoric — QuackeDbos's ;

7. Perspective Drawing — Bartholemew's System.

Third and Fourth Terms.

1. Algebra — Continued;

2. Latin — Nepos, or Cgesar;

3. French — G-engembre's Practical French Instructor, and

Le Grand-Pere ;

4. Chemistry — Stockhardt's ,*

5. English Literature and Biography — Continued;

6. Composition and Rhetoric — Continued;

7. Perspective Drawing — Continued.

THIRD YEAR.

First and Secotid Terms.

1. Geometry — Davies' Legendre ;

2. Latin — Virgil (Bowen's Ed.);

3. French — Le Grand-Pere ; Conversations sur Le Grand

Pere ;

4. Astronomy — Olmstead's ;

5. Composition atid Rhetoric — Continued ;

6. English Literature and Biography — Continued ;

7. Drawing from Nature.

Third and Fourth Terms.

1. Latin — ^Virgil — Continued ;

2. French — Le Grand-Pere, Collot's Dialogues, Collot's

Anecdotes ;

3. Intellectual Philosophy — Wayland's ;

4. Moral Philosophy — Wayland's ;

5. English Literature and Biography — Continued;

6. Composition and Rhetoric — Continued;

7. Drawing from, Nature.

[Note. — Any parent or guardian desiring a change made in the
course of studies, in reference to the pupils under his or her charge, ia
requested to confer with the Local Committee and Teacher.]

24 CITY DOCUMENT. — No. 3.

Sect. 4. Scholars requiring books shall be directed by
their teacher to provide them. If not so provided within
'three days, the teacher shall notify the parent or guardian
in writing-, of the kind of book required, and in case of his
neglect to provide in two days thereafter, shall then make
a requisition upon the Local Committee, in which shall be
expressed the name of such scholar, the name of the parent
or guardian, and the name of the book ; and it shall be the
duty of the Local Committee thereupon to furnish the book,
and make return thereof, according to law, to the Asses-
sors of the city.

CHAPTER YI.

The attention of teachers is particularly directed to the
following section of the Revised Statutes :

"Sect. 7. It shall be the duty of the president, profes-
sors and tutors of the University of Cambridge, and of the
several Colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of
Academies, and all other instructors of youth, to exert their
best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and
youth, committed to their care and instruction, the princi-
ples of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to
their country, humanity and universal benevolence, 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 constitu-
tion is founded ; and it shall be the duty of such instruct-
ors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and
capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the ten-
dency of the above-mentioned virtues to preserve and per-
fect a republican constitution, 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."

SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1860.

ELECTED AT LAEGE.

GEORGE PUTNAM, Highland, near Cedar Street.
WILLIAM A. CRAFTS, Washington, near Francis Street.
EDWIN RAY, Warren, near Walnut Street.

ELECTED BY WARDS.

Ward 1. — Horatio G. Morse, 65 Zeigler Street;

Franklin Williams, Short, cor. Union Street.
" 2. — Joshua Seaver, Cabot St., cor. Sumner PI. ;

Ira Allen, Cabot, cor. Sudbury Street.
« 3.— Timothy R. Nute, 163 Dudley Street;

John D. McGill, Washington, near Francis St.
" 4. — John W. Olmstead, Centre, cor. Cedar St. ;

Jeremiah Plympton, 7 Hawthorn Street.
" 5. — Sylvester Bliss, 2 Dana Place;

William S. King, Vine, cor. Eustis Street.
Horatio G. Morse, Chairman. Joshua Seaver, /Secretary.

SUB-COMMITTEES.

Regulations. — Messrs. Olmstead, Williams, Seaver.

Finance. — Messrs. Seaver, King, Crafts.

Music and Drawing. — Messrs. Nute, Allen, Williams.

Books. — Messrs. Morse {ex. off.), Putnam, Crafts, Olm-
stead, Bliss.

Examination of Primary School Teachers. — Messrs.
Morse {ex. off.), Ray, Olmstead, Allen, Plympton.
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CITY DOCUMENT. — No. 3.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL COMMITTEES.
[Each School for both Sexes. — Salary of each Teacher $300.]

Teachebs.

Location.

Committees.

No. 1. Sarah T. Jennison.

Yeoman Street.

Morse.

2. Eliza Brown.

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3. Sarah 0. Babcoek.

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4. Sarah H. Hosmer.

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Eustis Street. .

Williams.

6. Mary F. Neal.

Sumner Street.

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Eustis Street.

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8. Mary L. Walker.

Sumner Street.

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9. Ann M. Backup.

Vernon Street.

Bliss.

10. Susannah L. Durant. .

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13. Sophia L. Stone.

Sudbury Street.

Allen.

14. Sarah E. Field .

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15. Cornelia J. Bills.

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16. Mary C. Williams. .

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17. Sarah J. Davis. .

Avon Place.

McGill.

18. Clara M. Adams.

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19. Sarah W. Holbrook. .

Mill Dam. . .

Allen.

20. Elizabeth Waldock. .

Francis Street.

Crafts.

21. Caroline N. Heath.

Heath Street. .

Putnam.

22. Mary A. Waldock.

Smith Street. .

Nute.

23. Anna M. Eaton. .

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24. Caroline Y. Rice.

Heath Place.

Seaver.

25. Mary H. Hicks. .

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26. Sarah C. Duncklee.

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28. Emily W. Fillebrown. .

Orange Street. .

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Centre Street. .

Olmstead.

31. Mary A. Morse. .

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32. Maria L. J. Perry.

Edinboro' Street.

Plympton.

33. Matilda M. Hutchins. .

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34. Almira B. Russell.

Munroe Street.

Ray.

35. Frances N. Brooks.

Winthrop Street.

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Elm Street.

King.

38. H. B. Scainmell. .

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NAMES OF MEMBERS OF TPIE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,

SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY CHARTER IN 1846.

At Large.

George Putnam, 1846, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.

Cyrus H. Fay, 1846, 48.

*Samuel H. Walley, Jr., 1846, 48.

George R. Russell,' 1847.

Thomas F. Caldicott, 1847.

George W. Bond, 1847.

John Wayland, 1849, 50, 51.

William E,. Alger, 1849, 50, 56.

William Hague, 1849, 50.

Theodore Dunn, 1851.

Thomas D. Anderson, 1851.

Horatio G. Morse, 1852, 53, 54.

William H. Ryder, 1852, 53, 54, 57, 58.

William A. Crafts, 1852, 53, 54, 59, 60.

Bradford K. Peirce, 1855.

Joseph H. Streeter, 1855.

John S. Flint, 1855.

Julius S. Shailer, 1856, 57, 58.

Arial I. Cummings, 1859.

Edwin Ray, 1860.

Ward 1.
Allen Putnam, 1846.
Henry B. Wheelwright, 1846, 47.

Horatio G. Morse, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.
William R. Alger, 1848, 52.
Bradford K. Peirce, 1849, 50, 51, 52.
John Jones, 1853, 54.
Joseph Bugbee, 1853, 54.
Henry W. Farley, 1855, 56, 57.
Franklin Williams, 1858, 59, 60.

Ward 2.
Thomas F. Caldicott, 1846.

Joshua Seaver, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 67, 58, 59, 60.
Alfred Williams, 1847, 48.
Ira Allen, 1849, 50, 51, 52, 56, 67, 58, 59, 60.
Arial I. Cummings, 1853.
Charles Marsh, 1854, 65.

* The junior dropped in 1850.

30 CITY DOCUMENT. — No. 3.

Ward 3.

Charles K. Dillaway, 1846, 47.

Francis Hillard, 1846, 48, 49.

Theodore Otis, 1847.

Julius S. Shailer, 1848, 50, 51, 62, 53, 54.

William Gaston, 1849, 50, 51.

Timothy R. Nute, 1852, 57, 58, 59, 60.

Joseph H. Streeter, 1853, 54.

William H. Ryder, 1855,

Benjamin Mann, 1855.

Arial I Cummings, 1856, 57, 58.

William. A. Crafts, 1856.

Richard Garvev, 1859.

John D. McGill, 1860.

Ward 4.

Benjamin E. Cotting, 1846, 47, 49.

David Green, 1846, 47, 48.

Henry Eartlett, 1848.

Henry W. Fuller, 1849, 50, 51.

John S. Flint, 1850, 51, 52.

John Wayland, 1852, 53, 54, 55.

Theodore Otis, 1853.

*John W. Olmstead, 1854, 56, 58, 59, 60.

James Waldock, 1855, 56.

Joseph N. Brewer, 1857, 58, 59.

Jonathan P. Robinson, 1857.

Jeremiah Plympton, 1860.

Ward 5.

Augustus C. Thompson, 1846,

Daniel Leach, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 64, 55.

Samuel Walker, 1847, 56.

John H. Purkett, 1848.

Charles F. Foster, 1849, 50, 51, 52.

Bradford K. Peirce, 1853, 54.

Edwin Ray, 1855, 57, 58, 59.

Theodore Otis, 1856.

Alfred P. Putnam, 1857,

Robert P. Anderson, 1858, 59.

Sylvester Bliss, 1860.

William S. King, 1860.

jWakd 6.

George W. Bond, 1846.

Edward Turner, 1846,

Edmund F, Slafter, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51. .

Dan, S. Smalley, 1847.

George Faulkner, 1848.

Edward D, Boit, 1849, 50, 51.

* Resigned in 1856, and Joseph N. Brewer elected.

t Wards 6, 7 and 8, with parts of AVards 4 and 5, were set ofT and incorporated, by Act
of the Legislature, May 24, 1851, under the name of the Town of "West Eoxbury.

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 31

Ward 7.

John O. Choules, 1846, 47.
Joseph H. Allen, 1846.
Theodore Dunn, 1847, 48,49. 50.
Grindell Reynolds, 1848, 49, 50, 51.
Stephen M. Allen, 1851.

Ward 8.

Theodore Parker, 1846.
George R. Russell, 1846.
Dexter Clapp, 1847, 48, 50, 51.
Matthews W, Green, 1847.
Abijah W. Draper, 1848, 49.
Joseph H. Billings, 1849.
Cornelius Cowing, 1850, 51.

Chairmen.

Charles K. Dillaway, 1846, 47.
George Putnam, 1848,
Daniel Leach, 1849, 50, 51.
Julius S. Shailer, 1852, 53.
John Wayland, 1854.
Bradford K. Peirce, 1855.
*Williana H. Ryder, 1856, 57, 58.
Horatio G. Morse, 1859, 60.

Secretaries.

Joshua Seaver, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60.
Arial I. Cummings, 1856, 57.

* Resigned in 1858, and Horatio G. Morse elected Chairman ad interim.

CuEATOR OF School Buildings,

Residence, Washington Place, first house on the right.

NOTE TO TEACHERS.

As articles which may be needed for the Schools cannot
be purchased without written orders from Local Commit-
tees, the Chairman, or Secretary of the Board, Teachers
will perceive the necessity of procuring such orders, when
they desire to have anything purchased for the use of their
Schools at the expense of the Committee. All such or-
ders, if the Teachers prefer, may be given to the Curator,
or deposited in his box in the Post Office,"^ as it is his
duty, in such cases, to see that the articles needed are pur-
chased and promptly delivered.

* Box 336.