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 CHAPTER I. 
 Organization of the Board. 
 
 Section I. The Board being constituted under the provisions of the City 
 Charter of so many members as the City Council shall see lit annually to elect, in- 
 addition to the Mayor and President of the Common Council, who are ew officio 
 members, it is deemed necessary, for the organization of the Board in conformity 
 to the Regulations hereby established, that the number of members to be elected 
 by the City Council shall be twenty-three, so that the Board,- when full, shall con- 
 sist of twenty-five members. A copy of the Regulations, with a special reference 
 to this article, shall be furnished by the Clerk to the Mayor at the commencement 
 of the municipal year, in order that the same may be communicated to both Boards 
 of the City Council, before they shall proceed to an election. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Mayor shall be Chairman, the President of the Common Council 
 shall i)e Vice Chairman, the City Clerk shall be Clerk, and the City Blessenger 
 ehall be Messenger of the Board. 
 
 Sec. 3. In the absence of both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Board 
 shall elect a Chairman pro tempore. 
 
 Sec. 4. In addition to the above-named officers, there shall be a Standing 
 Committee and eight District Committees.- 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 Duties of Officers.- 
 
 Sec. 1. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board, shall re- 
 ceive all communications, and shall sign all documents in their behalf. He shall 
 be authorized to call special meetings of the Board, and shall be required to do so 
 Hpon the request of any three members. Pie shall always call a special meeting 
 as soon as may be after the election of the members, for the purpose of organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Chairman to bring before the Board, from time to 
 time, whatever business may require their attention, as arising under these regu- 
 lations or otherwise. 
 
 In the absence of the Chairman, his powers and duties shall devolve upon tha 
 Vice-Chairman; and in the absence of both, upon the Chairman pro tempore to bo 
 elected by the Board. 
 
 The general powers and duties of the Chairman shall be the same as those of 
 the President of the Common Council, as defined by the rules of that Board. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall attend the semi-annual ex- 
 aminations of the Latin Grammar and English High Schools, and in connectiont 
 with the member of the Standino- Committee assigned to the First Division, they 
 
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 shall superintend and direct the annual distribution of the Choate Prizes, in 
 conformity to the directions of the donor, or to such rules of proceeding as, with 
 his concurrence, they may adopt. 
 
 The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall also attend one at least of the semi- 
 annual examinations of the other Schools, and shall make occasional visitations 
 of the same, to the end that as the representatives of the two Boards of the City 
 Council, they may be well informed of the condition of all the Schools. 
 
 Sec. 3, It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a faithful record of all the 
 votes and doings of the Board and of the Standing Committee; to preserve file3 
 of all communications addressed to the Board, and of all Reports of Committees; 
 to copy into the Record all such documents as the Board may direct; to notify all 
 meetings by causing a printed notification to be left by the Messenger at the place 
 of residence of each member; to keep a separate record of all accounts passed by 
 the Board; and generally to perform the services appropriate to his office, so far 
 as the same shall be required by the Board, or the Standing Committee. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Messenger to take charge of the room as- 
 signed to the Board in the City Hall, to cause the same to be always in readiness, 
 and to be suitably lighted and heated for the meetings of the Board and of the 
 Standing Committee ; to deliver all notifications, documents and messages; to 
 collect the Quarterly Returns of the Teachers, and the Quarterly Reports of the 
 District Committees ; and generally to perform all services appropriate to his of 
 fiee, accordingly as he may be directed by the Chairpian, Clerk, or any member 
 of the Standing Committee. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 Standing Committee. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Standing Committee shall consist of five members, who shall be 
 elected by ballot at the first meeting of the Board. Every vacancy which may 
 occur in the Standing Committee shall he filled by ballot. 
 
 Sec, 2. The duties of the Standing Committee shall be as follows, viz: 
 
 1. To take the exclusive care and oversight of the Latin Grammar and English 
 High Schools, in conformity to the regulations; and, with the concurrence of the 
 donor, to superintend and direct the annual distribution of prize-money. 
 
 2. To attend semi-annual examinations and visitations of all the Schools, and 
 to prepare semi-annual reports in the manner herein after specified. 
 
 3. To prepare blank forms for the Quarterly Returns of the Teachers, and the 
 Quarterly Reports of the District Committees ; to revise said Returns and Re-- 
 ports, and to cause an abstract thereof to be prepared by the Clerk under their 
 direction, 
 
 4. To prepare the Annual Report, and also the Annual Return required by law 
 to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. 
 
 5. To consider and report upon the expediency of building new school-houses, 
 and of altering or repairing those already built, and also to superintend the erec- 
 tion of school-houses, and all alterations and repairs in all cases beyond the con- 
 trol of the District Committees. 
 
 6. To approve all accounts for expenditures incurred under their direction. 
 
 7. To consider and report upon any proposed change in the organization of 
 classes, the mode of discipline, the course of studies, and the use of text-books. 
 
 8. To inquire into and report upon the qualifications of candidates for appoint- 
 ment as Teachers. 
 
 9. To consider and report upon any proposition for a change in the Regulations 
 which may have been previously submitted at a meeting of the Board. 
 
10. To provide for the supply and distribution of fuel, and to procure all such 
 books as it becomes necessary to furnish at the expense of the city. 
 
 11. To investigate, whenever presented by a District Committee, the complaints 
 of parents, masters or guardians, against teachers, for undue severity or neglect 
 in the treatment of scholars, and in all .such cases, if, upon investigation and a 
 hearing of both parties, the complaint should prove to be well founded, and the 
 complainant desires further action, to report thereon to the Board. 
 
 12. To decide upon the application of teachers and scholars to be relieved from 
 the enforcement of the Regulations, in extraordinai-y cases, in which the applica- 
 tion is accompanied by the recommendation of a District Committee. 
 
 13. To devise and recommend, in their semi-annual or special reports, all such 
 measures as they shall deem adapted to promote the economy, efficiency, and ad- 
 vancement of the system of public instruction. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Standing Committee shall appoint a Chairman, who shall preside 
 at all their meetings, and shall sign all Reports and other documents in their be- 
 half. 
 
 The members of the Standing Committee shall be severally required to attend 
 semi-annual examinations and visitations of the several schools, in the months of 
 February and August, and to prepare semi-annual reports thereon. For the con- 
 venient performance of this duty, the schools shall be arranged into five Divisions, 
 and one member shall be assigned to each Division. The Divisions shall be as fol- 
 lows, viz: — 
 
 1st Division — Latin Grammar and English High Schools. 
 
 2d Division — East and West Schools for Boys, and South, North, and Ncrth- 
 West Schools, so far as relates to the male scholars belonging to the three last 
 mentioned. 
 
 3d Division — East and West Schools for Girls, and South, North, and North- 
 West Schools, so far as relates to the female scholars belonging to the three last 
 mentioned. 
 
 4th Division — Primary Schools situated east of Washington street. 
 5th Division — Primary Schools situated west of Washington street. 
 Sec. 6. The member assigned to the First Division, shall in the montlis a- 
 foresaid make a full and thorough examination of each class in the two schools in- 
 cluded therein, the results of which shall be stated in his semi-annual reports. — 
 As far as may be, he shall take particular note of the merits of each scholar, with 
 a view to the distribution of the Choate Prizes, in the manner directed in the sec- 
 ond section of the second chapter. This member shall also, in relation to these 
 schools, possess and perform the powers and duties of a District Committee. 
 
 Sec. 7. The member assigned to the Second Division, shall cause the teach- 
 ers of the several schools included therein, to bring together in the months afore- 
 said, on such days and at such place as he may appoint, all the male scholars be- 
 longing to the first class in each school; and under his direction the teachers shall 
 proceed to make a thorough examination of their respective scholars in all the 
 studies of the preceding half-year. He shall also, in like manner, cause the teach- 
 ers to bring together all the male scholars belonging to the second class in each 
 school, for the purpose of a similar examination, which shall be held on days as 
 nearly succeeding as may be convenient, the days appointed for the examination 
 of scholars of the first class. As soon as may be convenient after each examina- 
 tion of the scholars in the two higher classe.s, this member shall successively vi'sit 
 each school in the Division for the purpose of examining the other classes, and of 
 making such personal inspection and inquiry in all respects, as will enable hiiu 
 
fajlbfuilv to prepare his semi-aimnal reports. He shall notify tlie District Co0i=- 
 mittees, who isare the oversig'jt of the several schools, of the time appointed for 
 ths TisitatioDS, aad so far as he mav have the opporttraitv, shall confer witli them, 
 and seek their co-operation in the performaacs of his duties. 
 
 At the close of the semi-annual esamiaation in February, he shal), in connection 
 with one member of the District Committee and the Principal or Principals of thn 
 school, furnish certificates to as inar.y of the scholars belonging to t!ie first class 
 in each schooi, as thev shall in concurrence adjudge have sustained a good moral 
 character, and to have completed in a satisfactory manner all the studies required 
 in the school ; and such certificates shall also express the relative rank in respect 
 a'.jke to conduct and scholarship, as adjudged by them in concurrence, of the sev- 
 crsl scholars I)eionging to the first class. The certificates thus furnished shall be 
 in the form annexed, (marked A.) 
 
 .Sec. 8. The meinber assigaeil to the Third Division, shali direct similar ex- 
 aminations, r.nd make similar visitations in respect to the female scholars belong- 
 ia^ to the several schools included therein; and, in connection with one member 
 cf the District Committee and Principal, shall furnish certificates to as many of 
 the scholar.? l)elongiag to the ilrst class in each school, as they shall in concur- 
 rence adjudge to have sastained a good moral character, and to have completed in 
 a satisfactory manner all the studies required ia the school ; which certificates 
 thaJl also express the relative raiik, as adjadged by them in concorrence. of the 
 several scholars belonging to the same class. The certificates shall be in the form 
 prescribed for the schools in the second division. 
 
 Sec. 9. The members assigned to the Fourth and Fifth Divisions, shall direct 
 similar examinations, and make similar visitations in respect to the Primary 
 Schools included in tlieir respective divisions, and each of these members, in con- 
 nection in every case with one member of the District Committee and the Teach- 
 er, siiall at the close cf the semi-anaaal examination in Februarj,-, famish a gener- 
 al certificate to as many scholars i>eloDgi:ig to the first class ia each school, as they 
 f=hail in concurrence adjudge to be qualified for admission into the higher schools. 
 The certificate shall be ia the form annexed, (marked E.) 
 
 Ssc. 10. The Clerk, under the direction cf the respective members of the Stand- 
 ix^Z Committee, shall send a printed notice of the day and place appointed for each 
 of the semi-aanaal examinations, in the several Divisions, to the teachers of the 
 schools, and to all the memijers of the School Committee, who, so far as mav be 
 convenient, shall be expected to be present, and shall funlier cause a copy of the 
 notice to be published in the newspapers- for the information of parents of schol- 
 ars, and citizens generally, who shall always be considered as invited to attend. 
 
 Sec. 11. The school at Tapley Brook, which, on account of its location, is 
 not included in either Division, shall be visited and examined in Febmarv. bv 
 the ineaiber assigned to the Second Division, and in August by tlje member 
 assigned to the Fifth Division; and the condition of the school shall be fullv stated 
 in the semi-annual reports, prepax-ed by these members respectively. 
 
 Sec. 12. The School for Colored Children, which on account cf its peculiar 
 and separate organization, is not included in either Division, shall be visited and 
 examined in February ky the memijer assigned to the Second Division, ;ind in Au- 
 g:!st by the memljer assigned to the Third Division; and the condition of the 
 School shall be fully f tated in the seuii-annual Reports prepared bv these mem^ 
 bers respectively. 
 
 Sec. 13. The seroi-annnal Reports, required to ije prepared bv the respective 
 laeabsrs of tiie .Standing Committee, shall be laid before the Standing Com' 
 
tnittee, at Its first regular meeting after the exam i nations and visitations in the 
 several Divisions have been completed. Each report shall embrace in a succinct 
 form all the information which may have been collected, and all suggestions which 
 are deemed important in relation to each School, mider the following heads, viz: 
 
 1. Number of scholars — increase or diminution since the preceding report — 
 with a statement of the ascertained or supposed causes of such increase or dimi- 
 nution. 
 
 2. Number of absences during the half year, as obtained from the Quarterly 
 Returns — with the results of a careful inquiry into the causes of such absences, 
 and the practicability of diminishing the same by a change in the Regulations, if 
 it shall appear that the existing regulations have been properly enforced, but have 
 failed to produce the intended effect. Under this head the views of the District 
 Committees, so far as they may have been ascertained from their Quarterly Re- 
 ports, or from personal communication, as well also as the explanations aad sug- 
 gestions of Teachers, shall always be presented. 
 
 3. Whole niunber of tardinesses during the last half year, as obtained from the 
 Quarterly Returns — witli the results of an inquii-y similar to that prescribed in 
 regard to absences. 
 
 4. Whole number of dases submitted by the Teachers for the decision of Dis- 
 trict Committees, with a reference to all particulars in such cases which mav be 
 deemed of special interest. 
 
 5. State of discipline — particularly referring to tiie extent to which corporal 
 punishment is still inflicted, with a statement of the results in cases in which it 
 has been wholly or for the most part discontinued — specifying also such other 
 modes of pi-nishment as appear deserving of commendation or censure. Under 
 this head may be further included a comparative statement of the good order, 
 quiet and decorum of manners in the several Schools — showing how far whisper- 
 ing, studying aloud, bad attitudes or bad habits of any kind are still prevalent, or 
 have been evidently restrained by the vigilance, good judgment and enero-y of 
 Teachers. There may be appended a comparative statement of the avera<7e num- 
 ber of merits obtained respectively ia the corresponding classes in the several 
 Schools. % 
 
 6. State of morals — showing how many, if any, scholars have been detected in 
 stealing, lying, using profane or obscene language, committing disturbances or 
 causing injury to property in school or in the streets, or in any way furnishint' 
 cause of special complaint to the teachers or to citizens. 
 
 7. Course of studies — showing in detail the particular proficiency of the several 
 classes, with a reference, to striking proofs of thoroughness or neglect in teachino-, 
 and the need, if such should appear, of particular suggestions to any of the teach- 
 ers in regard to the manner of discharging this part of their duty. Under this 
 head should also be included a full statement of any supposed defects in the ar- 
 rangement of exercises, and of any alleged inconvenience or disadvantage in the 
 use of text-books, as prescribed by the regulations. 
 
 8. School Registers and Class Books — showing whether the same have been 
 uniformly kept in the form prescribed by the Standing Committee. 
 
 9. Number and condition of books furnished at the expense of the city — statino- 
 the amount expended in the several schools — showing how^ far in the case of those 
 whose parents, masters or guardians are unable to pay for the same, tlie books 
 thus furnished are retained in the hands of teachers for the use of other scholars — 
 and in what respects, and by what means, a greater economy in this expenditure 
 fliay be eiFected. 
 
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 10. Library and Apparatus — showing the number of books and the descriptioit 
 of articles furnished by the city, and also what has been effected for either object 
 by voluntary contribution — describing the manner in which the library is used, its 
 existing deficiencies, and suggesting such expedients as, upon careful examina- 
 tion, and after conferring with the teachers, are deemed important and practicable, 
 with a view to an extension of the benefits derived from these sources. 
 
 11. Prize money — furnishing a statement of prizes awarded, in the Latin Gram- 
 mar and English High Schools, and a statement of facts which illustrate either the 
 benefit or disadvantage of conferring such rewards. 
 
 12. Condition of school-houses, out-houses, and fences, with a suggestion of 
 whatever is necessary to cause the same to be put and kept at all times in good 
 condition, including under this head the results of inquiries in respect to the mode 
 of heating the school-room, the consumption of fuel, and the arrangement for vent- 
 ilation. 
 
 13. Relation of Principal and Assistant — expressing an opinion how far the sys^ 
 tern in operation provides for a suitable distribution of duties, and in what respects 
 it is important that it should be modified. 
 
 14. Vaccination — shewing whether, and to what extent, there is reason to sup- 
 pose that the regulation requiring every scholar to have been vaccinated, has not 
 been complied with. 
 
 15. A statement of all cases in which the Standing Committee have granted a 
 special exemption from the enforcement of the regulations, in favor of teachers or 
 scholars. 
 
 The semi-annual Reports, thus prepared by the respective members, shall, as 
 Boon as they are presented, be read and carefully considered by the Standing 
 Committee. All such portions as they may deem it important to communicate to 
 the teachers generally, shall be communicated at a joint meeting of the Standing 
 Committee and teachers called for the purpose ; and in relation to such portions of 
 the Reports, the teachers shall be invited to make such oral or written suggestions 
 as thev may deem expedient, and all such suggestions shall afterwards be specially 
 considered by the Standing Committee. All such portions of the Reports as may be 
 deemed to require special action in regard to individual teachers, shall be commu- 
 nicated in written copies to the individuals concerned, and the action of the Stand- 
 ing Committee shall be suspended until such teachers shall have the opportunity of 
 preparing written replies, which replies shall be filed with the Reports, and shall be 
 duly considered whenever the subject is acted upon, alike in the first instance by the 
 Standing Committee, and finally by the Board. After the semi-^-annual Reports 
 have been thus considered and referred to the teachers generally or individually, 
 an abstract thereof shall be prepared by the Clerk, under the direction of the 
 Standin<T Committee, which, together with the communications of the teachers, 
 shall be laid before the Board, and shall be accompanied by such recommenda- 
 tions, in the shape of Resolutions or otherwise, as the Standing Committee may 
 have concurred in. 
 
 Sec. 14. The Annual Report required to be transmitted to the Secretary of 
 tlie Commonwealth, shall include copies of the abstracts of the semi-annual Re- 
 ports submitted to the Board, with such omissions, and with such additional state- 
 ments or remarks as the Standing Committee may deem necessary. 
 
 Sec. 15. A copy of the Annual Report shall be furnished by the Clerk to the 
 Mayor, for the purpose of being laid before the City Council. 
 
 Sec. 16. The Standing Committee shall regularly meet in the months of A- 
 
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 pril, May, July, August, October, November, January, and February, and on 
 such day as they may appoint. 
 
 The Clerk shall notify the regular meetings, by causing a printed notice to bs 
 left at the residence of each member. 
 
 Special meetings, to be notified in the same manner, shall be appointed by the 
 Chairman of the Standing Committee, whenever he shall deem the same expedi- 
 ent, or shall be requested to call them by any two members. 
 
 At all meetings of the Standing Committee, the presence of three members shall 
 be required to constitute a quorum. 
 
 All documents and papers in the possession of the Standing Committee, shall 
 be regularly filed and carefully preserved by the Clerk, who, under their direction, 
 shall perform all such clerical services as they may require. 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 District Committees. 
 
 Sec. 1. For the purpose of immediate and local oversight, the several Schools, 
 with the exception of the Latin Grammar and English High Schools, shall be ar- 
 ranged into eight Districts, viz: 
 
 1st District — East School for Boys, and Primary Schools in Essex and Bath, 
 Williams and Bridge streets. 
 
 2d District — East School for Girls, and Primary Schools in East Street. 
 
 3J District — School for Colored Children, and Primary Schools in Chestnut 
 and Marlborough streets. 
 
 4th District — West School for Boys, and Primary Schools in Dean and Essex 
 (opposite May) streets. 
 
 5th District — West School for Girls, and Primary School in Beckford street. 
 
 6th District — School in Aborn street, School at Tapley Brook, and Primary 
 School in Aborn street. 
 
 7th District — North School, and Primary Schools in North Salem. 
 
 8th District — South School, and Primary Schools in South Salem. 
 
 Committees, to consist of four members for the First District, and of two mem- 
 bers for each of the other Districts, shall be appointed at the first meeting of the 
 Board, and shall be denominated District Committees. 
 
 No member of the Standing Committee shall serve upon a District Committee. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the District Committees to maintain a constant 
 oversight of the several Schools in their respective Districts; and for this purpose 
 they shall visit each School "at least once in each month, without giving previous 
 notice to the teacher," in conformity to the law of the Commonwealth. The object 
 of such visits shall^be to obtain a full knowledge of the organization of the schools, 
 the state of discipline, the method of instruction, the condition of the school- 
 houses, out-houses and fences, and generally of all causes in operation affecting the 
 welfare of the schools, which deserve to be especially noticed, either by way of 
 praise or censure. They shall always be expected to attend at least one Recitation 
 and one Review of each class in every study, during each term. At the close of 
 each term, they shall examine and approve the Quarterly Returns prepared by the 
 teachers, and shall prepare the Quarterly Reports to be annexed thereto, in the 
 form prescribed by the Standing Committee. They shall also append to the Re- 
 ports such statements and suggestions as they may deem entitled to the consider- 
 ation of the Standing Committee ; and especially they shall always express an o- 
 pinion in regard to the manner in which the several teachers in their respective 
 Districts have performed' their duties during the term. They shall deliver the 
 
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 Quarterly Reports, together with the Quarterly Returns, to the Messenger, to be 
 laid before the Standing; Committee. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall also be the duty of the District Committees to cause the schools 
 assigned to them to be supplied with all necessary articles of furniture, to appoint, 
 whenever authorized by the Board, suitable persons to take charge of the school- 
 houses, to attend to all slight repairs not involving an expenditure of more thaii 
 ten dollars, and in all cases requiring a greater expenditure, to make a special re- 
 port to the Standing Committee. They shall approve all accounts for expenditures 
 incurred under their direction. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall also be the duty of the District Committees to receive the com- 
 plaints of parents, masters or guardians, against teachers, for undue severity or 
 neglect in the treatment of scholars, and to present such complaints to the Stand- 
 ing Committee, whenever they shall deem the same of suflicient importance to re- 
 quire investigation. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall also be the duty of the District Committees to give their ad- 
 vice to the teachers in any emergency, to make careful inquiry into every case of 
 misconduct reported by a teacher, to confer with the parent, master or guardian 
 of the offending scholar, in relation thereto, and to adjudge the penalty to which, 
 in every such case, the offending scholar shall be subjected. In no case in which 
 the flagrant misconduct of a scholar is fully proved, shall they authorize a re-ad- 
 inission into school, until the offender has given satisfactory evidence of amend- 
 ment, nor except upon the condition that the offence shall bs confessed to the 
 teacher, and due regret expressed for it, as openly and explicitly as the nature of 
 the case may require. The decisions of the District Committees, in all cases for- 
 mally reported by teachers, shall be given in writing, and shall be subject to the 
 revision of the Board, upon the application either of the parent, master or guard- 
 ian of the offending scholar, or of the teacher. 
 
 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of at least one member of each District Commit- 
 tee, to attend the semi-annual examinations appointed for the respective Divis- 
 ions to which the several schools in the District may be attached, and to accom- 
 pany the members of the Standing Committee assigned to these Divisions, in their 
 regular visitations of the schools; and, so far as may be, the District Committees 
 shall always confer and co-operate with the Standing Committee in relation to all 
 measures affecting the welfare of the schools. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 Meetings of the Board. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Board shall meet regularly in the months of March, June, Sep- 
 tember, and December, on such day in each month as the Board shall from lime 
 to time designate, and at such hour as the Chairman shall appoint. 
 
 A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Sec. 2. At each meeting, the Board shall come to order precisely at the time 
 appointed, when, after reading the record of the jireceding meeting, the list of 
 members shall be called by the Clerk, who shall record the names both of the ab- 
 sentees and of the members present. 
 
 Sec. 3. The yeas and nays shall be ordered upon any question, whenever call- 
 ed for by three members. 
 
 Sec. 4. All questions of order which may arise, shall be decided in conformi- 
 ty to the rules and usages of the Common Council. 
 
 Sec. 5. AU propositions iuvolving a change in the Jlegulations, if deemed 
 
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 Worthy of consideration, shall ba referred to the Standing Committse, to consid- 
 er and report thereon. 
 
 Sec. 6. All accounts for expenditures, after having been audited by the Clerk 
 and approved by the Standing Committee or District Committee under whose di- 
 rection the expenditures may liave been incurred, shall be submitted in detail to 
 the Board; and if passed, shall be signed by the Chaiiman and delivered to ths 
 Clerk, to bs by him recorded and presented to the Joint Standing Committee of 
 Accounts of the City Council, in the mode prescribed by the City Ordinance. 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 Okganization of Schools, Course of Studies, and Text Books. 
 Sec. 1. Latin Grammar School. This School shall be under the care of ona 
 Male Principal, who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars. 
 
 The school shall be open for the admission of boys belonging to the city, who 
 are at least nine years of age, and shall pass a satisfactory examination by the 
 Principal, under the direction of the member of the Standing Committee assigned 
 to the First Divisian, in spelling, reading, writing, and the rudiments of arithme- 
 tic and geograjihy, and who shall also bring certificates from their last instructer 
 of good moral character and presumed qualifications. 
 
 The examination of candidates for admission shall take place on the second 
 Monday afier ths Commencement at Harvard University ; and no scholar shall be 
 admitted at any other time, unless by the permission under extraordinary circum- 
 stances, of the member of the Standing Committee assigned to the First Division. 
 The scholars shall be divided into classes according to their proficiency in the 
 several studies, at the discretion of the Principal. 
 
 The course of studies shall include all the branches required for admission into 
 Harvard University, and also reading, writing, English grammar, English compo- 
 sition, and declamationi 
 
 The text-books to be used in this school shall be the following, viz: — 
 Andrews' Latin Lessons. 
 Andrews & Stoddard's Latin Grammar. 
 Andrews' Latin Reader. 
 Andrews' Latin Exercises. 
 Cae^sar de bello Gallico. Virgil. 
 
 Cicero's Select Orations. Greek Delectus. 
 
 Sophocles' Greek Grammar. Emerson's Arithmetic. 
 
 Feltjn's Greek Reader. Classical Reader. 
 
 Totten & Sherwin's Algebra. G. Brown's English Grammar. 
 
 Worcester's Ancient and Modern Geography. 
 Sec. 2i English High Schooh This School shall be under the care of 
 one Male Principal, who shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars, 
 with two Female Assistants, who shall each receive an annual salary of two hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars. 
 
 Any scholar belonging to the first class in either of the English Schools, who 
 shall produce a certificate in the form prescribed by the Regulations [Chap. IIL 
 Sec. 7], may be a candidate for admission into this school. Any boy belonging to 
 the citv, who has been previously educated in a private school, and siiall bring 
 from his last instructer a certificate of good moral character and of presumed qual- 
 ifications, and who, after a thorough examination by the Principal in the studiea 
 pursued in the English schools, shall be deemed fully qualified, may also be a can- 
 didate. If the whole number of candidates shall not exceed the number of vacan- 
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 Principal shall repcJrt to the Standing Committee the mimber of vacancies, and 
 shall furnish a list of the candidates, annexing thereto their respective certificates, 
 and also a statement showing the relative rank of the scholars belonging to the 
 public schools, as ascertained from their certificates, and the relative rank of 
 scholars belonging to private schools, as ascertained by his examination. The 
 Standing Committee shall thereupon proceed to apportion the nmnber to be ad- 
 mitted among the several public and private schools, (the private scliools to be 
 taken collectively) having regard, as nearly as may be, to the proportion of the 
 number of candidates from each public school, or from the several private schools 
 taken collectively, to the whole number of candidates from all the schools, both 
 public and private ; and giving the preference in the selection of candidates to 
 6uch as have attained the highest relative rank. 
 
 The regular time for the admission of scholars into this school, shall be on the 
 first Monday in March. Applications for admission at any other time during the 
 year, must be addressed to the Standing Committee, who shall have authority to 
 grant the same in any case in which it is made to appear that the applicant on ac- 
 count of extraordinary circumstances could not attend at the regular time for ad- 
 mission, that he is fully qualified to join one of the classes, and that there is a va- 
 cancy in the school. 
 
 The school shall be divided into three classes, to be denominated respectively 
 t'le Junior Class, the Middle Class, and the iScnior Class. The Junior Class shall 
 consist of such scholars as have been recently admitted, in conformity to the re- 
 quirements of this section. The Middle Class shall consist of such scholars as 
 have regularly completed the studies of the Junior Class. The Senior Class shall 
 consist of such scholars as have regularly completed the studies of the Junior and 
 Middle Classes. The course of studies for each class shall continue during one 
 year ending with the semi-annual examination in February, and the entire course 
 of studies in the school shall be completed in three years. 
 
 If it shall appear, at the semi-annual examination in February, that any mem- 
 ber of the Junior or Middle Class has so far neglected his studies, that in the 
 judgment of the Principal he is disqualified for advancement, and if, from the re- 
 sults of the semi-annual examinations, as reported by the member assigned to the 
 First Division, the Standing Committee shall concur in this judgment, every such 
 member of either of the aforesaid classes shall be dismissed from the school as 
 unworthy of its privileges. 
 
 The studies of this school shall be arranged into two Divisions, each Division 
 comprising four courses, as follows, viz: — 
 
 Division A. 
 
 First Course. Reading and Grammar. The text-books shall be Tower's 
 Gradual Reader, the Classical Reader, G. Broxun's Grammar , Scholar's Compan- 
 ion, Walker's Dictionary. In connection with the use of the text-books, oral and 
 written exercises in spelling, defining and parsing, and miscellaneous grammatical 
 exercises upon the slate and black-board, shall be constantly required. 
 
 Second Course. Geography and History. The text-book shall be Emer- 
 son's enlarged work on Geography and History, and in connection therewith the 
 teaclier shall give such further illustrations of the subject studied as may be sup- 
 plied from other sources. 
 
 Third Course. Natural History, Chemistry and Geology. The text- 
 books shall be Smellie's Philosophy of Natural History, Gray's Chemistry, and 
 Hitchcock's Geology. The exercises in this course shall be accompanied by visi- 
 ble illustrations and experiments. 
 
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 Fourth Course. Political Economy and Government. The text-books 
 shall be Wayland's Political Economy, the City Charter, the Constitution of Mas- 
 sachusetts, and Bayard on the Constitution of the United States. The subjects of 
 this course are to be explained and illustrated, as far as may be, by oral instruc- 
 tion. 
 
 Division B. 
 First Course. Arithmetic and Book-keeping. The text-books shall be 
 Emerson's Arithmetic, Third Part, and Clarke's Book-keeping. The teacher shall 
 also propose arithmetical operations, to be performed on the slate or black-board 
 derived from other sources; and in Book-keeping, after completing tlie study of 
 the principles and rules in the text-book, each scholar shall be required to open a 
 set of Account Books, to be founded upon a supposed course of transactions in 
 any branch of business, and to be regularly kept under the supervision of the 
 Principal or Assistants, during the period of his connexion with the scliool. 
 
 Second Course. ALGEBRA AND Geometry. The text-books shall be Sker- 
 win's Algebra, and so much oi Ingrain's Mathematics as relates to Geometry. Op- 
 erations shall be constantly performed upon the slate and black-board, and every 
 exercise shall be accompanied, as far as may be, by oral instruction. 
 
 Third Course. Practical Mathematics. Tiie text-book shall be In- 
 gram's Mathematics, and the object of instruction in this course shall be to make 
 the scholars familiar with the practical application of mathematical principles and 
 rules to mechanical employments, and to the various branches of Manufactures 
 and Commerce. 
 
 Fourth Course. Natural PHILOSOPHY. The text-books shall be Olmsted's 
 Natural Philosophy and Wilkins's Astronomy . In this com'se, experiments shall 
 be introduced in connexion with the regular exercises. 
 
 The Junior Class shall prepare and perform four Recitations and two Reviews 
 in the first course, and two Recitations and one Review in the second course, in 
 each Division, during every week. 
 
 The Middle Class shall prepare and perform four Recitations and two Reviews 
 in the second course, and two Recitations and one Review in the third course, in 
 each Division, during every week. 
 
 The Senior Class shall prepare and perform four Recitations and two Reviews 
 in the third course, and two Recitations and one Review in the fourth course, in 
 each Division, during every week. 
 
 The Recitations shall be conducted by the Assistants, who for this purpose shall 
 be respectively assigned by the Principal to the two Divisions, and shall perform 
 their duties under his supervision and direction. 
 
 The Reviews shall he conducted by the Principal, and shall be so arranged as 
 that a Review shall immediately follow two successive Recitations in each course 
 of studies. 
 
 For the purpose of attending Recitations and Reviews, each class shall be di- 
 vided into two sections, which shall alternately succeed each other in the per- 
 formance of these exercises. 
 
 One daily exercise, either Recitation or Review, shall be prepared by each 
 class out of school, and Sunday lessons shall be prepared by the several classes in 
 the following text-books, viz: by the Junior Class in Wayland's Moral Science; 
 by the Middle Class in Paley's Natural Theology; and by the Senior Class in 
 Dick's Christian Philosopher. 
 
 The entire course of exercises shall be conformed to the annexed synopsis, in 
 •which the sciiool-time, divided into half-hours, and thus consisting of sixty half- 
 
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 hours in winter and sixty-four half hours in summer, is so distributed as that ill 
 winter thirty half hours shall be appropriated to the preparation and performs 
 ance of Recitations and Reviews, four to writing, six to opening exercises and 
 daily business, ten to Recess and general exercises, six to special exercises, two 
 (successive) to a Weekly Lecture and Experiments by the Principal, and two to 
 the performance of the Sunday lesson, with no other variation in summer than 
 that the four additional half-hours at the close of the aftei'noon shall be appropri- 
 ated to General Exercises. General Exercises, as thus required, shall be under- 
 stood to comprise Singing, Drawing, Grammatical, Geographical and Mathemat-' 
 ical exercises upon the slate and black-board, Composition, Declamation, and 
 Philosophical experiments. Special Exercises shall be such as the Principal may 
 deem it necessary to require of the several classes or of individual scholars, to 
 complete their proficiency in the regular studies. 
 
 The time allowed for the preparation and performance of each Recitation and 
 Review shall be half an hour. Any Recitation, the preparation and performance 
 of which are not completed during the first half hour, may be continued during 
 the next succeeding half hour which is assigned to a Recitation in the same study, 
 at the discretion of the teacher; and the Principal shall be authorized to detain a 
 section of a class or a whole class after the close of the school for the purpose of 
 completing Reviews, whenever he deems it important to appropriate further time 
 to this object. 
 
 Sec. 3. East School for Boys, on Essex and Bath Streets. This School shall 
 be under the charge of two Principals, who shall each receive an annual salary of 
 seven hundred dollars, with six Female Assistants, who shall each receive an an- 
 nual salary of one hunrlred and fifty dollars. 
 
 The sciiool shall be open for all boys belonging to the city and residing east^ 
 ward of a line drawn through the centre of North and Summer streets, who shall 
 bring the certificate required to be furnished to such scholars as have passed a 
 satisfactory examination in the studies pursued in the Primary Schools, or who, 
 if previously educated at private schools, shall upon examination by the Princi' 
 pals, be deemed qualified for admission. 
 
 The regular time for the admission of scholars shall be on the first Monday of 
 March. Applications for admission at any other time during the year, must be 
 addressed to the District Committee, who shall have authority to grant the same 
 in any case in which it is made to appear that the applicant, on account of extra- 
 ordinary circumstances, could not attend at the regular time for admission, that he 
 is fully qualified to join one of the classes, and that there is a vacancy in the class 
 which he is qualified to join. 
 
 The school shall be divided into two departments, to be denominated respec- 
 tively, (from the location of the school-rooms) the North and South Departments. 
 
 Each Department shall be divided into eight classes, and each class shall con- 
 sist, as nearly as may be, of twenty-two members. The classes in the North De- 
 partment shall be called and numbered North first to North eighth inclusive, and 
 the classes in the South Department shall be called and numbered South first to 
 South eighth inclusive. 
 
 The studies in the North Department shall be divided into three courses, viz: 
 1. Grammar. 2. Ks3.ding, first course. 3. Heading, second course. 
 
 The studies in the South Department shall be divided into three courses, viz: 
 1. Geography. 2. Ar\thmpx\c, first course. 3. Arithmetic, second course. 
 
 The course in Grammar shall include the study of Orthography and Etymology 
 for the lower classes, and of Syntax and Prosody for the higher classes. Every 
 
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 lesson, ns far as may be, shall be accompanied by operations on the hlack-bcard 
 and slates; and exercises in parsing and composition shall be required from the 
 higher classes. 
 
 The text-books in Grammar shall be Fowlc's Improved Guide to Fnglish Spelling, 
 Scfijlar's Companion, Parker and Fox's Progressive Exercises in Grammar, Frost's 
 Exercises in Composition. 
 
 The first course in Reading shall comprise instruction in Readin"-, Spellin"-, 
 Defining and Punctuation, so far as these several branches may be connected with 
 the reading lessons. The second course in Reading shall comprise instiuction 
 preparatory for the first, and, so far as practicable, in the same branches. In 
 Spelling, the scholars shall be constantly required to write words upo.": the black- 
 board, as well as to spell orally. 
 
 The text-books in Reading shall be The Ycung Reader and Y/crccster's Third 
 Part for the second course, and the Mount Vernon Reader and American First Class 
 Book for the first course. To these may be added Tower's Gradual Reader, to be 
 used in both courses as directed by the Principal. 
 
 The course in Geography shall include the study of the elementary and higher 
 text-books, the use of Maps and Globes, the construction of 3Iaps, the elements 
 of Astronomy, History of the United States, and General History, so far as the 
 same can be blended with Geography. 
 
 The text-books in Geography shall be, Child's Own Book of American Geogra- 
 phy, Smith's Atlas, Emerso?i's Outlines of Geography and History, Fairfield's Map 
 Queiticns, Wilkins's Astrcncmy, and Frat's Hiftcry of the United States. 
 
 The first course in Arithmetic shall include the higher branches of Mental and 
 Practical Arithmetic, constant operations on slates and black-board, Book- keep- 
 ing, and if practicable, the elements of Algebra and Geometry. The second course 
 shall include the lower branches of Mental and Practical Arithmetic, and simpler 
 operations on slates and black-board. 
 
 The text-books in Arithmetic shall be, Colhurn's First Lessons for the second 
 course ; Colbur7i's Sequel, and Leonard's Arithmetic, partly for both courses, Bai' 
 ley's Algebra, and Grund's Geometry for the first course. 
 
 The courses in Grammar and Geography shall be attended by all the classes in 
 both Departments, each class being required to prepare and perform two Recita- 
 tions and one Review in each study during every week. 
 
 The first courses in R<;adingand Arithmetic shall be attended by the four higher 
 classes in each Department, each class being required to prepare and perform four 
 Recitations and one Review in each study during every week. 
 
 The second courses in Reading and Arithmetic shall be attended by the four 
 lower classes in each Department, each class being required to prepare and per- 
 form four Recitations and one Review in each study during every week. 
 
 The six Assistants shall be respectively assigned to the six courses into which 
 the studies are divided; and each Assistant shall be exclusively emplnyed in at- 
 tending Recitations in the course assigned, being required to attend thirty-two 
 Recitations during every week. 
 
 The Principals shall be respectively assigned to the two Departments into 
 which the school is divided, and shall be employed in reviewing in the studies of 
 their respective Departments all the classe.-. belonging to both Departments— (he 
 Principal of the North Department reviewing every class in each Department once 
 during every week in Grammar and Heading, and the Principal of the South De- 
 partment reviewing every class in each Department once during every week in 
 Geography and Arithmetic— each Principal being Uius required to attend Uiirtj- 
 
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 two Reviews during every week. The Reviews in Grammar and Reading shall 
 be attended by the classes in one Department at the saine time that the Reviews 
 in Geography and Arithmetic are attended by the corresponding classes in the 
 other Department; each Principal devoting the first half of the week to the classes 
 in his own Department, and the last half to the classes in the other Department. 
 
 The clas'ses shall attend Recitations in the Recitation Rooms occupied by the 
 respective Assistants, each Recitation Room being assigned to one Assistant ex- 
 clusively, and furnished witli fixtures and apparatus appropriate to the course of 
 studies pursued in it. 
 
 The classes shall attend Reviews in the School Rooms occupied by the respec- 
 tive Principals, at the stations in the I'ear of the desks designed for this purpose. 
 
 The time devoted to the preparation and also to the performance of each Re- 
 view and Recitation shall be precisely half an hour, as indicated by the striking of 
 the school clock. Any Recitation, the preparation and performance of which are 
 not completed during the first half hour, may be continued during the next suc- 
 ceeding half hour which is appropriated to a Recitation in the same study at the 
 discretion of the teacher; and the Principals shall be authorized to detain classes 
 after the close of the school, for the purpose of completing Reviews, whenever 
 they deem it important to appropriate further time to this object. 
 
 The movements of the classes, in proceeding to and from the several Recitation 
 Rooms and Review stations, shall be regulated by such a method as will prevent 
 confusion and require but little time, and will at the same time afford an agreeable 
 and salutary recreation. 
 
 The scholars shall be seated at the desks in such a manner that the two occu- 
 pants of one desk shall never remain together during the time allotted to Recita- 
 tions and Reviews. For this purpose the members of the first and second classes 
 in each Department shall occupy the first and second ranges of desks in their res- 
 pective school-rooms, a member of each class being seated at each desk. The 
 members of the third and fourth classes shall in like manner occupy the third and 
 fourth ranges — the members of the fifth and sixth classes the fifth and sixth 
 ranges — and the members of the seventh and eighth classes the seventh and eighth 
 ranges. 
 
 The time of weekly attendance at school consistingof fifty-six half hours in win- 
 ter and sixty half hours in summer, the arrangement of exercises shall be such as 
 that during the winter term thirty-two half hours shall be appropriated to Reviews 
 and Recitations, eight to Writing, six to opening exercises and the daily business 
 of the school, and ten to Recess and general exercises in the school-room, such as 
 singing, the sim.ultaneous rehearsal of rules and tables, arithmetical and grammat- 
 ical exercises upon the black-board and slates, drawing, &c.; with no other vari- 
 ation during the summer term than that the four additional half hours at the close 
 of the afternoon shall be appropriated to general exercises, especially to Declama- 
 tion under the direction of the Principal of the North Department, and the con- 
 struction of Maps under the direction of the Principal of the South Department. 
 
 The entire course of exercises in the school shall be conformed to the annexed 
 synopsis, the same exercises recurring on the same days in each week, the Reci- 
 tations immediately preceding the Review in each course of studies, and the Re- 
 views and Recitations in the several studies being preserved uniformly equi-dis- 
 tant throughout. 
 
 The Principals shall have the sole oversight of the scholars occupying desks in 
 their respective school-rooms in respect to discipline. All misdemeanors occur- 
 ring during the Recitations shall be reported by the Assistants to tlie Principals 
 
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