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 AUGUST 6, 1849. 
 
 
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 REGULATIONS 
 
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 AUGUST 6, 1849. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE: 
 
 JOHN FORD, CHRONICLE PRESS. 
 
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REGULATIONS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 EULBS RELATING TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 
 
 1. Duties of the Chairman. The Mayor of tlie City- 
 is Chairman of the School Committee ex officio. He shall, 
 each year, call a meeting of the Board during the week 
 succeeding the first Monday of April, and shall call any 
 special meeting thereof when he may deem it necessary, or 
 when requested so to do by any of its members. In the 
 absence of the Chairman, his place shall be filled by the 
 Board pro tempore. 
 
 2. Appointment of Secretary and Sub Committees. 
 At the first meeting in each year, the Board shall complete 
 its organization by the election of a Secretary. Sub-Com- 
 mittees shall also be appointed to take the immediate 
 charge of the High School, and of the several schools in 
 the different Wards, and for such other purposes as may 
 be deemed expedient. 
 
 3. Duties of the Secretary. It shall be the duty of 
 the Secretary to keep a true record of the doings of the 
 Board, and report an abstract of the same in some news- 
 paper printed in Cambridge ; to give written notice of its 
 meetings when requested so to do ; to preserve files of 
 communications and documents belonging to the Board ; 
 to furnish all teachers who are appointed, or whose ap- 
 pomtment is confirmed by the Board, with certificates of 
 
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 qualification ; to see that the records are present at each 
 meeting ; and in general to perform the appropriate duties 
 of his office. 
 
 4. Monthly Meetings. The Board shall hold regular 
 meetings on the first Wednesday of each month, at three 
 o'clock, P. M. 
 
 5. Ditties of Sab- Committees. It shall be the duty 
 of Sub-Committees, having charge of particular schools, 
 to visit the schools under their immediate direction once 
 a month, " for the purpose of making a careful exam- 
 ination thereof, and of seeing that the scholars are 
 properly supplied with books." Each member shall 
 make a written report of his proceedings, and of the gen- 
 eral condition of the schools he may have visited, on the 
 monthly meeting succeeding the close of each term. It 
 shall also be the duty of the Sub-Committees to give ad- 
 vice to the teachers on any emergency, and, on complaint 
 duly made, to take cognizance of any difficulty that may 
 have occurred between the teachers and the parents or 
 guardians of the pupils, subject to an appeal to the Avhole 
 Board. It shall also be their duty to examine from time 
 to time the school-houses, and the yards and out-buildings 
 connected therewith, and to see that they are kept in good 
 condition. When the office of teacher in any school shall 
 become vacant, it shall be their duty to fill such vacancy 
 as soon as practicable, and to report their doings to the 
 whole Board at its next meeting, subject to its approval. 
 
 In addition to the specific duties of the Sub-Committees, 
 it shall be their duty, generally, to make such temporary 
 arrangements as they may find necessary in relation to 
 their schools, or the convenience of the instructors, in 
 cases not provided for by the general regulations. 
 
 6. Quarterly Examinations. The schools shall be 
 
examined at the close of each term by the whole Board, 
 or by Sub-Committees appointed for the purpose. If the 
 examination be conducted by Sub-Committees, they shall 
 make reports thereof to the Board at its next regular 
 meeting. 
 
 7. Annual Report. The Annual Report required by 
 the statute of the Commonwealth shall be prepared by 
 the Chairman, and presented to the Board for its accep- 
 tance ; and it shall be the duty of each member of the 
 Board to communicate to the Chairman such facts and 
 suggestions in relation to the schools, as will enable him to 
 present a true statement of their condition and wants. 
 
 8. Quorum. Five members of the Board shall consti- 
 tute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 9. Visitation of the Hopkins School. The Chairman 
 of this Board being ex officio a member of the Vis- 
 iting Committee of the Hopkins Classical School, it shall 
 be his duty to visit said school from time to time, and, 
 in general, to perform the services required of a mem- 
 ber of that Committee. 
 
 10. Admission of beneficiaries to the Sopkins School. 
 During the month of July or August, in each year, the 
 Board shall select from the applicants for admission, as 
 beneficiaries, to the Hopkins Classical School, as many as 
 may be requisite to fill any vacancies existing in the num- 
 ber entitled to free instruction in that school ; and the 
 boys thus selected shall be recommended by the Chairman 
 to the President of Harvard College for admission. 
 
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CHAPTER II. 
 
 KULES RELATINa TO THE INSTRUCTORS. 
 
 1. Duties and Qualifications of Teachers. The in- 
 structors of the several schools, deriving their authority 
 from this Board, shall be responsible to it for a faithful 
 discharge of their duties, and preferment to and contin- 
 uance in office shall depend solely on literary and moral 
 merit, and practical skill. 
 
 2. Election and Salaries of Teacliers. The teachers 
 shall be chosen annually, and their salaries voted, on the 
 Monday succeeding the close of the Summer Term ; and 
 those teachers will be considered as candidates for re- 
 election who do not signify a desire to the contrary. The 
 several quarters for the payment of salaries in the annual 
 schools shall commence on the first day of September, 
 December, March, and June. 
 
 3. Certificates. All teachers shall be required to pro- 
 cure and file certificates of their qualifications, agreeably 
 to the provisions of the Statute in that behalf made and 
 provided. 
 
 4. Approval of Bills. The Committee will not cer- 
 tify to the correctness of any bill contracted by any teach- 
 er, unless the same shall have been first authorized by the 
 Sub-Committee of the school with which such teacher is 
 connected. 
 
 5. School Hours. The hours for keeping school (ex- 
 cept in the High School) shall be from 8 until 11, A. M., 
 between the first Monday in May and the first Monday in 
 
October: and from 9, A. M., until 12, M., between the 
 first Monday in October and the first Monday in May : 
 also, from 2 until 5, P. M., between the first Monday in 
 March and the first Monday in October : and from half 
 past 1 until half past 4, P. M., between the first Monday 
 in October and the first Monday in March : which hours, 
 both as to opening and closing, shall be punctually observed 
 by the several instructors. 
 
 6. Annual and Quarterly Reports. It shall be the 
 duty of each teacher to submit to the Committee, during 
 the month of February in each year, a written report, in 
 which the history of his or her school for that year shall 
 be fully presented, accompanied by such remarks, sugges- 
 tions, and statistics, as the state of the school may seem 
 to require ; and, also, to prepare and have in readiness for 
 the inspection of the Committee, at each quarterly exami- 
 nation, a perfect schedule of the studies pursued by each 
 class during the preceding term. 
 
 7. Keeping the School Register. All the instructors 
 shall be required to keep accurately the School Register 
 recomm.ended by the Board of Education. 
 
 8. Discipline. It is enjoined on the instructors to 
 exercise vigilant, prudent and firm discipline, and to gov- 
 ern by persuasion and gentle measures, as far as practi- 
 cable. 
 
 9. Exclusion of Pupils. For flagrant misconduct 
 any instructor may exclude a pupil from school, and shall 
 immediately report the case to the parent or guardian of 
 such pupil and to the Sub-Committee of the school. No 
 scholar under censure in one school shall be admitted to 
 any other. 
 
 10. Care of School-houses. It shall be the duty of 
 the instructors to exercise suitable care with regard to the 
 
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 school-houses and the appurtenances of the same, and to 
 Import the want of repairs to the Sub-Committees. 
 
 11. Tardiness and Absence of Pupils. The bell for 
 school shall be rung fifteen minutes before the time ap- 
 pointed for opening the session. Everj scholar not pres- 
 ent at the appointed time shall be marked as tardy. No 
 pupil of the Grammar or Middle Schools, shall be admit- 
 ted after the hour of commencing, without a satisfactory 
 excuse in writing from his parent, master, or guardian, 
 and all absences must be satisfactorily accounted for. It 
 shall be the duty of the teachers, in case of the frequent 
 or prolonged absence of any of the pupils belonging to 
 their respective schools, to ascertain the cause of such 
 absence, and use their influence to prevent a repetition of 
 the same. If any pupil shall still continue to be frequent- 
 ly absent, he shall cease to be considered a member of the 
 school, and shall not be re-admitted without a written per- 
 mission from one of the Sub-Committee. 
 
 12. Books for Teachers' deshs. Whenever books, 
 prescribed for the use of the schools, are needed for 
 teachers' desks, it shall be the duty of the teachers to 
 signify the same to the Sub-Committee of their schools ; 
 and when such books have been procured, the teacher 
 for whose use they are purchased, shall write upon one 
 of the blank leaves these words : " The p-operty of the 
 City of Cambridge. For the School." 
 
 13. Moral Instruction. Instruction in morals shall 
 be given by the teachers in each of the schools, in con- 
 formity with the provisions of the Revised Statutes, Chap. 
 23, §7. 
 
 14. Visiting other schools. The teachers may oc- 
 casionally, under the direction of the Sub-Committees, 
 
visit each others' schools, to observe the discipline and in- 
 struction of the same. 
 
 15. Doings of the School Committee. The teachers 
 are expected to keep themselves informed of the doings of 
 the School Committee, as published by the Secretary. 
 
 16. Teachers required to he at their school-rooms 
 early. All the teachers in the public schools are required 
 to be at their respective school-rooms at least ten minutes 
 before the specified time for beginning school; and all 
 pupils, who, during that time, may be in or about their 
 respective school-houses, shall be subject to all the rules 
 of order for school hours. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. 
 
 REG-ULATIONS COMMON TO ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 1. Qrades of Schools. The public schools of Cam- 
 bridge are divided into the following grades, viz : Alpha* 
 bet, Primary, Middle, Grammar, and High. In a few 
 districts, where this division is not practicable, two or more 
 grades are united in one school, and such schools are 
 called Mixed Schools. 
 
 2. Hopkins Classical School. In addition to the 
 public schools above mentioned, there is a Classical 
 School, in which, at all times, free instruction will be given 
 to nine pupils, intended for College, as beneficiaries of the 
 Hopkins Charity ; — said pupils to be selected and recom- 
 mended by the School Committee. 
 
 3. Division of School Tear. The school year is di- 
 vided into four terms, comprising forty-five weeks, and 
 commencing respectively, as nearly as practicable, on the 
 first of March, June, September, and December. 
 
 4. Holidays and Vacations. The following holidays 
 and vacations shall be granted alike to all the schools : — 
 "Wednesday and Saturday afternoons ; one week at the 
 close of the Winter term ; the 1st day of May ; Anniver- 
 sary week in May ; the Fourth of July ; Commencement 
 day, and the day after Commencement ; four weeks next 
 preceding the first Monday of September ; the annual 
 Thanksgiving week, and Christmas day. No other va- 
 cations or holidays shall be allowed but by a special vote 
 
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 of tlie Board, except on extraordinary occasions, at the 
 discretion of the Sub-Committees. 
 
 6. Needle Work. Needle work may be introduced 
 into the Alphabet and Primary Schools at the discretion 
 of the teachers, not exceeding one hour in each day. 
 
 6. Siibscriptions of Money not allowed. No subscrip- 
 tion or collection of money for any purpose whatsoever 
 shall be introduced into any of the schools, or allowed 
 from any of the pupils, unless by express permission of 
 the Sub-Committee. 
 
 7. Vaccination. No pupil shall be admitted into any 
 of the public schools without a certificate from a physi- 
 cian that he or she has been vaccinated or otherwise se- 
 cured against the Small Pox ; but this certificate shall not 
 be required of pupils who go from one public school to 
 another. 
 
 8. Morning Exercises, The schools shall be opened 
 in the morning by reading a short portion of Scripture 
 and repeating the Lord's Prayer. 
 
 9. Scholajrs to he supplied ivith books. Every schol- 
 ar shall be furnished with all the books used by the 
 class to which he belongs. In cases where children 
 are unable to obtain books through the poverty or negli- 
 gence of their parents or guardians, the several Sub- 
 Committees are authorized, on behalf of the School 
 Committee, to carry out the provisions of the Statute on 
 fchis subject. Rev. Stat. Chap. 23, §§ 20, 21. 
 
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 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 REGULATIONS OF THE ALPHABET, PRIMARY, MIDDLE, AND 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 
 
 1. Admission of Pupils. Pupils, in all respects qual- 
 ified, may be admitted into the Alphabet and Primary 
 Schools at any time, by applying to the teachers of their 
 respective districts. Candidates for admission to the Mid- 
 dle and Grammar Schools may be admitted on receiving 
 a written permit from the Sub-Committee of the school, 
 and not otherwise. 
 
 2. Studies and Books in Alphabet Schools, In the 
 Alphabet Schools, the pupils shall be taught the Alphabet, 
 Reading and Spelling. The books used shall be Worces- 
 ter's Primer, Worcester's Second Reading Book, and 
 Fowle's Common School Speller. No child, under the 
 age of five years, shall be received into the Alphabet 
 Schools. 
 
 3. Studies and Books in Primary Sbhools. In the 
 Primary Schools the pupils shall be taught Reading, 
 Spelling, Mental Arithmetic, and the first principles of 
 Geography by oral instruction. The books used shall be 
 Worcester's Second Reading Book (continued); Swan's 
 Primary School Reader, Part Second ; Bumstead's Sec- 
 ond Book ; Fowle's Common School Speller, and Green- 
 leafs Mental Arithmetic. Drawing may be introduced 
 at the discretion of the teachers. No pupil shall be admit- 
 ted to the Primary Schools, unless five years of age, and 
 able to read and spell the Alphabet lessons.. 
 
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 4. Studies and Boohs in Middle Schools. The pupils 
 in the Middle Schools shall be taught Reading, Spelling, 
 Mental Arithmetic, Geography, Writing, and the first 
 principles of English Grammar by oral instruction. — 
 Drawing may be introduced at the discretion of the 
 teachers. The books used shall be Bumstead's Second 
 Reading Book (continued); Bamstead's Third Reading 
 Book ; Swan's Primary School Reader, Third Part ; 
 Fowle's Common School Speller ; Colburn's First Lessons 
 in Arithmetic, as far as the twelfth section ; Vfoodbridge's 
 Modern School Geography, first part, as far as the ninety- 
 seventh page. No pupil shall be admitted to the Middle 
 Schools until he shall be familiar with the books and studies 
 prescribed in the Primary Schools. 
 
 5. Studies and Books in G-rammar ScJiools. The 
 pupils in the Grammar Schools shall be taught Reading, 
 Spelling and Defining, Arithmetic, Geography, History, 
 Grammar, Writing and Composition. Declamation and 
 Drawing may be introduced at the discretion of the Sub- 
 Committees and teachers. The books used in the Gram- 
 mar Schools shall be Swan's Grammar School Reader; 
 Swan's Instructive Reader ; American First Class Book ; 
 Fowle's Common School Speller ; Worcester's Diction- 
 ary ; Chase's Common School Arithmetic ; Woodbridge's 
 Geography (continued) ; Willson's History of the United 
 States ; Weld's Grammar. No pupil shall be admitted to 
 the Grammar Schools, until he shall be familiar with the 
 books and studies prescribed in the Middle Schools. 
 
 6. Studies in 3Iixed Schools. The pupils in the Mix- 
 ed Schools shall be taught the same branches as are pur- 
 sued in the several grades of schools of which they are 
 composed. 
 
 7. Miscellaneous Studies. Punctuation, Abbrevia' 
 
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 tions, Names of Figures and Roman Numerals, together 
 with the Ten Commandments, shall be taught in all the 
 schools, so as to fix them permanently in the memory of 
 the pupils. The Bible may be used in all the schools at 
 the discretion of the instructors. 
 
 8. Instruction in Miidc. Instruction shall be given 
 in music in all the schools ; and every scholar shall be 
 required to give attention to this branch. During the 
 exercise in singing, the teacher of the school shall be 
 present and govern the pupils. 
 
 9. School Districts. No pupil shall be admitted to 
 or retained in any school except that for the District in 
 which said pupil resides, unless by a special vote of the 
 Sub-Committee of the school. 
 
 10. Promotions. The regular period for making pro- 
 motions from schools of one grade to those of another shall 
 be at the commencement of the Spring and Fall terms ; 
 but pupils may be promoted at other times, if deemed 
 necessary by the Sub-Committees. 
 
 11. Recesses. There shall be a recess of ten minutes 
 each half day ; and the recess in all the schools shall take 
 place as nearly as possible at the expiration of one half of 
 each school session. 
 
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 CHAPTER y. 
 
 EEGULATIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
 1. Qualifications for Admission. The qualifications 
 for admission to the High School shall be an ability to 
 read, Avrite, spell and define well; a good knowledge of Eng- 
 lish Grammar ; a thorough acquaintance with the first and 
 second parts of Woodbridge's Modern School Geography ; 
 with Chase's Common School Arithmetic as far as chapter 
 XV. (Mensuration); with Willson's History of the Uni- 
 ted States, as far as the 100th page, and from the 
 173d to the 285th page ; and in general with all the 
 studies required in the lower schools. In the case of 
 pupils coming from other towns, an equivalent to either of 
 the specified books may be received at the discretion of 
 the Committee. Candidates for admission must produce 
 a certificate of good moral character from their last 
 teacher, or the clergyman whose meeting they attend ; ' 
 and also a certificate that they have completed the pre- 
 scribed course of study. 
 
 2. Admission of hoys intended for College. Inas- 
 much as it is frequently important for boys intended for 
 College to commence the study of Latin before they have 
 completed the studies required for admission to the High 
 School, such boys may be admitted to the school on the 
 following conditions : 1st, They shall bring a certificate of 
 good character from their minister or last teacher ; 2d, 
 They shall bring a certificate from their parents stating that 
 
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 it is tlieir intention to qualify them for Harvard or some 
 other College ; 3d, Thej shall be able to read common 
 English authors well, to write a running hand, to sustain 
 a fair examination in the rudiments of English Grammar, 
 in the first seven chapters of Chase's Arithmetic, in the 
 first part of Woodbridge's. Modern School Geography, and 
 in the first hundred pages of Willson's History of the 
 United States. 
 
 3'. Examination for Admission. The regular exami- 
 nation for admission to the school shall be in the month of 
 July or August annually, at such time as the Committee 
 shall direct ; and there shall be no promotions from the 
 Grammar Schools at any other time. Pupils may be ad- 
 mitted at other times to advanced standing, in extraordi- 
 nary cases. 
 
 4. Period of Probation. All pupils admitted shall 
 be on probation for the first three months ; and if any of 
 them shall be found habitually indolent in their habits 
 of study, irregular in their attendance on school, or in- 
 subordinate in their deportment, such pupils shall be 
 dismissed from the school. 
 
 5. School entirely U7ider charge of the blaster. To 
 secure uniformity and efficiency in the management of the 
 school, it is committed entirely to the charge of the 
 Master ; and he, under the direction of the Committee of 
 the High Sclwol, shall hold the assistant teachers respon- 
 sible for the faithful execution of his plans and wishes. 
 
 6. JExaminatio7i of Classes by the blaster. The Master 
 shall examine the several classes in the school, by exchang- 
 ing classes with the assistants, or otherwise, at least once 
 a month, and as much oftener as consists with the faithful 
 discharge of his duties to those more immediately under 
 Ms instruction. 
 
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 7. Unnecessary Absence. As the advantages to be 
 derived from the school must depend in a great degree 
 upon regularity of attendance, pupils absent more than 
 a week shall be considered as having left the school, nor 
 shall they be re-admitted without a written permission from 
 the Chairman of the High School Committee. 
 
 8. Duties of Pupils. The pupils of this school shall 
 give faithful attention to the writing of Composition, to 
 Declamation, to Singing, and to such other exercises as 
 shall be required by the Committee ; and every scholar 
 shall be expected to study from one to two hours daily 
 out of school. 
 
 9. Dijjloma. Those scholars who shall have comple- 
 ted and sustained a satisfactory examination in the Eng- 
 lish studies prescribed, shall be entitled, on leaving the 
 school with a good character, to a Diploma from the Com- 
 mittee ; and those scholars who shall complete the Latin, 
 Greek, or French course, or any portion of it, shall have 
 the fact of their attainment duly certified, in addition to 
 the above Diploma. 
 
 10. School Hours. From the first Monday in April 
 till the first Monday in November, this school shall begin 
 at 8 o'clock, A. M., and close at 1 o'clock, P. M.; and 
 from the first Monday in November till the fiirst Monday 
 in April it shall begin at 9, A. M., and close at 2, P. M. 
 These hours, both as to opening and closing, shall be 
 punctually observed. 
 
 11. Course of Study. The course of study in the 
 High School is divided into two departments, English and 
 Classical. The Classical department comprises four, and 
 the English three years, as shown in the table annexed. 
 
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 EXGL.ISH DEPARTMENT., 
 
 FIRST TEAR. 
 
 tst Term. Arithmetic, Language, Geography, History. 
 2d Term. " " " " 
 
 3d Term. Algebra, Latin or French, " " 
 
 4th Term. " " " • " " 
 
 SECOND YEAR. 
 
 1st Term. Algebra, Geometry, Latii. or French. 
 
 2d Term. " " 
 
 3d Term. Natural Philosophy, Trigonometry, Latin or French, Book Keeping. 
 
 4th Term. ■' " " " " " " 
 
 THIRD YEAR. 
 
 Ist Term. Chemistry, Natupal Philosophy, Trigonometry applied. 
 2d Term. " Rhetoric, Moral Philosophy or Natural Theology. 
 
 3d Term. Astronomy, " " " " " 
 
 4tliTerm. " Constitution of U. States, '* "• 
 
 CLASSICAL. DEPARTMENT. 
 
 FIRST YEAR. 
 
 1st Term. Latin Grammar and First Latin Book, Arithmetic, Geography, History. 
 
 2d Term. " " " " " " " " " 
 
 3d Term. Latin Reader and Grammar, " " " 
 
 4th Term. " " " " " " 
 
 SECOND TEAR. 
 
 1st Term. Arnold's Nepos, Latin Composition, Arithmetic. 
 
 2d Term. " " " " " 
 
 3d Term. Caesar, " " " 
 
 4th Term. " " " " 
 
 THIRD YEAR. 
 
 1st Term. Caesar, Greek Grammar, Latin Composition. 
 
 2d Term. Cicero, " " " " 
 
 3d Term. " Greek Reader, Latin and Greek Composition. 
 
 4th Term. " " " " " '* 
 
 fourth: TEAJl. 
 
 1st Term. Virgil, Greek Reader, Latin and Greek Composition, Algebra. 
 
 2d Term. " " " " " " 
 
 3d Term. " " " " " " " Geometry- 
 
 4th Term. " " " " " *' " " 
 
 11. Books. The books used in the High School shall 
 be as follows : Cleveland's Compendium of English Liter- 
 
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 ature ; Worcester's Dictionary ; Greene's Analysis ;■ 
 Woodb ridge's Geography ; Guyot's Lectures on Compara- 
 tive Physical Geography ; Willson's History of the United 
 States ; Worcester's Elements of General History ; Chase's 
 Arithmetic ; Sherwin's Algebra ; Geometry and Science 
 of Form from Prussian text-books ; Pavies's Legendre ; 
 Fowle's Linear Drawing ; Olmstead's School Philosophy ;, 
 Olmstead's Astronomy with Mattison's Maps ; Silliman's. 
 Chemistry ; Davies's Surveying ; Hitchcock's Book Keep- 
 ing ; Boyd's Rhetoric ; Whately's Lessons in Reasoning ; 
 Abercrombie's Litellectuah Philosophy ; Wayland's Moral 
 Philosophy ; Sullivan's Political Class Book ; List's Bota- 
 ny ; Cutter's School Physiology ; Agassiz and Gould's 
 Zoology ; Paley's Natural Theology. 
 
 Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar; Arnold's 
 First and Second Latin Books ; Arnold's Nepos ; Caesar's 
 Commentaries (Zumpt and Schmitz's edition) ; Arnold's 
 Latin Prose Composition ; Anthon's Classical Dictionary ; 
 Leverett's Latin Lexicon. For girls wishing to pursue the 
 study of Mathematics, Geography, or the Classics further, 
 and for boys preparing for college, the books shall be those 
 which are prescribed for admission to Harvard College. 
 
 Longfellow's French Grammar ; Ollendorff's New Meth- 
 od, &c. ; Bugard's French Translator ; Guillaume Tell ; 
 Numa Pompilius ; Corinne ; and other books at the dis- 
 cretion of the Committee. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 ABSTRACT OF THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH 
 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the president, professors, and' 
 tutors of the university at Cambridge, and of the several 
 colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, 
 and all other instructors of youth, to exert their best en- 
 deavors, to impress on the minds of children and youth, 
 committed to their care and instruction, the principles of 
 piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their 
 country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, 
 industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temper- 
 ance, and those other virtues, which are the ornament 
 of human society, and the basis upon which a republi- 
 can constitution is founded ; and it shall be the duty of 
 such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their 
 ages and capacities will admit, tnto a clear understanding 
 of the tendency of the above mentioned virtues to preserve 
 and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the bles- 
 sings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happi- 
 ness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of 
 the opposite vices. — Rev. Stat. CJi. 23, §7. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the resident ministers of the 
 gospel, the selectmen, and the school committees, in the 
 several towns, to exert their influence, and use their best 
 endeavors, that the youth of their towns shall regularly 
 
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 attend the schools established for their instruction. — lb. 
 §8. 
 
 The school committee shall require full and satisfactory 
 evidence of the good moral character of all mstructors, 
 ■who may be employed in the pubhc schools in their town, 
 and shall ascertain, by personal exammation, their literary 
 qualifications and capacity for the government of schools. 
 —Ih. §13. 
 
 Every instructor of a town or district school shall obtain 
 of the school committee of such town a certificate in dupli- 
 cate of his qualifications, before he opens such school, one 
 of which shall be filed with the town treasurer, before any 
 payment is made to such instructor on account of his ser- 
 \ices. — lb. §14. 
 
 The school committee shall determine the number and 
 qualifications of the scholars to be admitted into the school, 
 kept for the use of the whole town, as aforesaid, and visit 
 such school, at least quarter yearly, for the purpose of 
 making a careful examination thereof, and of ascertaining 
 that the scholars are properly supplied with books ; and 
 they shall, at such examination, inquire into the regulation 
 and discipline of the school, and the habits and proficiency 
 of the scholars therein. — lb. §15. 
 
 The school committee, or some one or more of them, 
 shall, for the purposes aforesaid, visit each of the district 
 schools in their town, on some day during the first or 
 second week after the opening of such schools, respective- 
 ly, and also on some day during the two weeks preceding 
 the closing of the same ; and shall also, for the same pur- 
 poses, visit all the schools kept by the town, once a month, 
 without giving previous notice thereof to the instructors. 
 —lb. §16. 
 
 The school committee of each town shall direct what 
 
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 books shall be used in the several schools kept by the 
 town; and may direct what books shall be used in the 
 respective classes. — Ih. §17. 
 
 The scholars at the town schools shall be supplied by 
 their parents, masters or guardians, with the books pre- 
 scribed for their classes.— J6. §18. 
 
 The school committee of each town may procure, at the 
 expense of the town, or otherwise, a sufficient supply of 
 such class books, for all the schools aforesaid, and shall 
 give notice of the place where such books may be ob- 
 tained ; and the books shall be supplied to the scholars, at 
 such prices as merely to reimburse the expense of the 
 same. — lb. §19. 
 
 In case any scholar shall not be furnished by his pa- 
 rent, master or guardian, Avith the requisite books, he shall 
 be supplied therewith by the school committee, at the 
 expense of the town. — Ih. §20. 
 
 The school committee shall give notice, in writing, to 
 the assessors of the town, of the names of the scholars so 
 supplied by them with books, and of the books so furnished, 
 the prices thereof, and the names of the parents, masters 
 or guardians, who ought to have supplied the same ; and 
 said assessors shall add the price of the books so supplied, 
 to the next annual tax of such parents, masters or guardi- 
 ans ; and the amount so added shall be levied, collected, 
 and paid into the town treasury, in the same manner as 
 the town taxes. — lb. §21. 
 
 In case the assessors shall be of opinion, that any such 
 parent, master or guardian is unable to pay the whole 
 expense of the books so supplied on his account, they shall 
 omit to add the price of such books, or shall add only a 
 part thereof, to the annual tax of such parent, master or 
 
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 guardian, according to tlieir opinion of liis ability to pay. 
 —76. §22. 
 
 The school committee shall never direct to be purchased 
 or used, in anj of the town schools, any school books 
 which are calculated to favor the tenets of any particular 
 sect of christians. — lb. §23. 
 
 The school committee of any town is hereby authorized 
 to dismiss from employment any teacher in such town, 
 "whenever the said commitee may think proper, and from 
 the time of such dismissal such teacher shall receive no 
 further compensation for service rendered in that capaci- 
 ty.— aS'^. 1844, ch. 32. 
 
 Any child, unlawfully excluded from public school in- 
 struction, in this Commonwealth, shall recover damages 
 therefor, in an action on the case, to be brought in the 
 name of said child, by his guardian or next friend, in any 
 court competent to try the same, against the city or town 
 by which such public school instruction is supported. — St. 
 1845, ch. 214. 
 
 Every person who shall wilfully disturb any school or 
 other assembly of people, met for a lawful purpose, within 
 the place of such meeting, or out of it, shall be punished 
 by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than thirty 
 days, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. — St. 1849, 
 ch. 59. 
 
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 HOPKINS CLASSICAL SCHOOL. 
 
 In this school free instruction is given to nine boys, in- 
 tended for college, on the foundation established by Ed- 
 ward Hopkins. The president and fellows of Harvard 
 College, the minister of the first church in Cambridge, and 
 the mayor of the city of Cambridge constitute the 
 visiting committee of the school. Subjoined are extracts 
 from the act of incorporation and by-laws. 
 
 ACT OP INCORPORATION, SECT. III. 
 
 The trustees, the visitors of the school, and the in- 
 structors thereof shall receive into the same, when estab- 
 lished, and admit to all its benefits, privileges and advan- 
 tages, free of all expense, any number of boys, not exceed- 
 ing nine at any time, belonging to the town of Cambridge 
 or elsewhere, who, being suitably qualified, shall be selected 
 and presented for admission thereto by the school com- 
 mittee of said town. 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE VISITING 
 COMMITTEE. 
 
 1. Every parent or guardian who wishes to avail him- 
 self of the benefit of this school for his child or ward, shall 
 certify in writing to the chairman of the Cambridge school 
 committee, that his intention is, that his son or ward shall 
 enter Harvard or some other college when his preparation 
 is completed. 
 
 2. The application for admission as beneficiaries in the 
 Hopkins School shall be made in writing to the president 
 
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 of Harvard College, for the time being, by the chairman 
 of the school committee of Cambridge, "uho shall transmit 
 the same to the master of the school, with authority to 
 admit the candidate on the beneficiary foundation, provi- 
 ded, on examination, he shall be found qualified according 
 to the rules which are or shall be established hj the vis- 
 itors of the school. 
 
 3. Admission on the Hopkins foundation for beneficiary 
 scholars shall take place in the month of August annually ; 
 and no student shall be admitted upon it after the com- 
 mencement of the academic year, except by special vote 
 of the visiting committee. 
 
 4. Scholars admitted upon the Hopkins foundation, 
 who shall not prosecute their studies, but leave the school 
 before they are prepared for admission to some college, 
 shall be liable to pay to the treasurer of the Hopkins trus- 
 tees the expense of such instruction, at its usual rate, for 
 the time of their continuance in the Hopkins School, unless 
 the same be remitted, for reasonable cause, by the vis- 
 iting committee ; and the parents and guardians of those 
 under age, shall sign an agreement to that effect, previous- 
 ly to the admission of such scholars. 
 
 5. Applicants for admission as beneficiaries in the 
 Hopkins School shall bring from the master of the school 
 they last attended, in addition to a certificate of moral 
 character, a certificate that, in his judgment, such appli- 
 cant can read common English authors correctly and 
 fluently, and write a running hand ; that he understands 
 mental ai'ithmetic and the simple rules of written arithme- 
 tic, and is able to answer the map questions of Worcester's 
 or some other modern Geography, and to pass an examina- 
 tion in Goodrich's History of the United States or in some 
 equivalent,, and has a sufficient knowledge of English 
 
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 Grammar to parse common sentences in prose. A knowl- 
 edge of Latin Grammar shall be considered equiYalent to 
 that of English. 
 
 6. In case, notwithstanding such certificate, the master 
 of the Hopkins School shall find such appHcant, materially 
 deficient in any of the particulars above specified, it shall 
 be his duty, after giving notice to the parent or guardian 
 of such applicant, to refer the applicant to some member 
 of the visiting committee, for his examination by some one 
 whom such member may appoint ; and if such applicant 
 be found deficient in such particular or particulars, he 
 shall not be admitted as a beneficiary on the foundation, 
 until such disqualification be removed. 
 
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 PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS 
 
 BELONGING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
 APPAKATUS PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE JUNE 4, 1843. 
 
 1. Cliambeihiin's American Air Pump, $85,00 
 
 2. Open Swelled Bell Glass, 3,50 
 
 3. Eight Inch Brass Capped Bell Glass, 3,00 
 
 4. Tall Bell glass and Jar, 3,00 
 
 5. Freezing Apparatus with Thermom. Fixtures, 8,00 1 
 
 6. Swelled Hand Glass, 1,00 
 
 7. Mercury Tunnel used with do., 1,00 
 
 8. Glass Pan " " " 50 
 
 9. Syphon Gauge for Pump, 2,50 
 
 10. Pear " Vacuum Test, 3,00 
 
 11. Barometer Apparatus, 7,00 
 
 12. Sheet Rubber Bag, Cap, Cork and Hook, 2,00 
 
 13. Double Transferrer, 10,00 
 
 14. Weighing and Buoyancy of Air Apparatus, 7,00 
 
 15. Water Hammer and Stopcock, 3,00 
 
 16. Pair Hemispherical Cups, 7,00 
 
 17. Upward Pressure Apparatus, 12,00 
 
 18. Large, heavy Syphon or Barometer Apparatus, 5,00 
 
 19. Guinea and Feather Tube and Stand, 7,00 
 
 20. Bell for Vacuum, 1,50 
 
 21. Set of Screw Couplings, 2,50 
 
 22. Artificial Fountain and Jets, 4,00 
 
 23. Bolthead and Cup, 1,25 
 
 24. Expansion Apparatus, 1,00 
 
 25. Pair of Gauges for Compressibility in Glass Chamber, 2,00 
 
 26. Double-Acting Condenser, 8,00 
 
 27. Glass Condensing Chamber, 10,00 
 
 28. Condensing Gauge and Mercury Syphon, 2,50 
 
 29. Pair of Condensina Gauges by Bulk of Air, 2,00 
 
 30. Dozen Crushing Squares for Condenser, 1,00 
 
 31. Dozen Sinking Glass Balls, 50 
 
 32. Air Gun Barrel, 1,00 
 
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 33. Revolving Jet, $1,25 
 
 34. Syphon in Vacuo, 3,00 
 
 35. Exploding Cup witii Cap and Cock, 2,00 
 
 36. Dozen Bursting Squares, 1,50 
 
 37. Valve Cap for Squares, 33 
 
 38. Guard Cap for Squares, 1.00 
 
 39. Straight Brass Jet, 50 
 
 40. Hose Brass Jet, 1,00 
 
 41. Eight Inch Straight Jar, 1,00 
 
 42. Copper Condensing Chamber and Stopcock, 3,50 
 
 43. Thirty Inch Plate Electric Machine, 85,00 
 
 44. Six Jars for Electric Battery, 12,00 
 
 45. Two Qt. Leyden Jar, 2,00 
 
 46. Two Qt. Electrometer Jar, 2,50 
 
 47. Two Qt. Diamond Jar, 3,00 
 
 48. Two Qt. Movable Coatings Jar, 3,00 
 
 49. Two Qt. Suspension Jar, 3,00 
 
 50. One Qt. Hand Jar, 1,25 
 
 51. Jointed Discharger, 3,50 
 
 52. Universal Discharger, 7,00 
 
 53. Directing Rod, 2,00 
 
 54. Spiral Tube, 3,50 
 
 55. Set of Bells, 3,00 
 
 56. Electric Season Machine, 3,00 
 
 57. Insulating Stool, 6,00 
 
 58. Set of Dancing Images and Plates, 3,50 
 
 59. Abbe Nollet's Globe, 5,00 
 
 60. Thunder House and Fixtures, 5,00 
 
 61. Gas Generator or Plutina Igniter, 4,00 
 
 62. Electric S. and Point, 75 
 
 63. Long Haired Man, 75 
 
 64. Wheel and Point, 1,25 
 
 65. Ether Spoon, 1,00 
 
 66. Ball Electronueter, 75 
 
 67. Wax Cylinder, 1,50 
 63. Glass Friction Cylinder, 2,00 
 
 69. Balance Electrometer, 6,00 
 
 70. Pair Cylindrical Copper Gasometere with Compound Blow- 
 pipe and Fixtures, 30,00 
 
 71. Flask with Cork Sockets for Oxygen Gas, 1,00 
 
 72. Pair Reflectors in Cases with Iron Ball and Stand, 8,00 
 
 73. Conductometer with Six Rods, 2,00 
 
 74. Fire Syringe and Tinder, 1,50 
 
 75. Wollaston's Steam Globe, 3,00 
 
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 76. Marcel's Steam Globe with Lamp, tall Pressure Gauge, 
 
 Chemical Thermometer, Safety- Valve, Stopcock, &c., $20,00 
 
 77. Chamberlain's Steam Boiler with Lamp, Thermometer, 
 
 Safety-Valve, &c., 8,00 
 
 78. Mounted Differential Thermometer, 2,50 
 
 79. Pair of Radiating and Absorbing Cubes, 2,00 
 
 80. Air Thermometer, 2,00 
 
 81. Lead Conducting Gas Tube and Screws, 1,50 
 
 82. Set Wire Gauze for Gas Flame, 50 
 
 83. Spirit Lamp, 1,00 
 
 84. Electro Pot Battery, 6,00 
 
 85. Magic Circle and Armatures, 3,00 
 
 86. Pair of Magnetic Needles, 2,00 
 
 87. Page's Revolving Magnet, 5,00 
 
 88. Powder Bomb, 1,25 
 
 89. Decomposing Bomb, 1,75 
 
 90. Steel U Magnet and Rolling Armature, 3,00 
 
 91. Apparatus for Analysis of Shocks, 12,00 
 
 92. Lifting-coil and Bars, 2,00 
 
 93. Powder-cup, 50 
 
 94. De La Rives Ring or Floating Battery, 1,25 
 
 95. Pair of Shocking Handles, 1,50 
 
 96. Set Connecting Wires, (4) 50 
 
 97. Hydrostatic Press, 25,00 
 
 98. Pair Water Pumps and Fixtures, 12,00 
 
 99. Syphon and Suction Tube, 1,25 
 
 100. Hydrostatic Bellows and Fixtures, 8,00 
 
 101. Set of Mechanical Powers, 35,00 
 
 102. Atwood's Machine for the Laws of Falling Bodies, 35,00 
 
 103. Magic Lantern with Solar Lamp, &c. 25,00 
 
 104. Set of Astronomical Illustrations, 20,00 
 
 105. Season Machine, 12,00 
 
 106. Set of Eye Models, 12,00 
 
 $701 OS 
 
 APPARATUS PI;RCHASED FROM THE PROCEEDS OF LECTURES 
 GIVEN DURING THE WINTER OF 1848-9. 
 
 107. Set of Ivory Collision Balls and Frame, $8,00 
 
 108. Whirling Machine and Fixtures, 8,00 
 
 109. Bell Glass for Freezing Apparatus, 1,50 
 
 110. One Hose and Screws, 2,00 
 
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 111. Three Thermometers, 3,75 
 
 112. One Extra Finished Thermonieter, 6,00 
 
 113. Working Model of the Steam Engine, 50,00 
 
 114. Rosewood-cased Barometer and Thermometer, 18,00 
 
 115. Torricellian Tube, 1,00 
 
 116. Hydrogen Balloon, 3,00 
 
 117. Suspension Jar, 2,50 
 
 118. Exploding Cup and Rubber, 1,00 
 
 119. Treble Globe Transferrer, 1,00 
 
 120. Mill for Vacuum, 7,00 
 
 121. Three Bohemian Flasks, 1,00 
 
 122. One Lamp Stand, 2,00 
 
 123. One upward Pressure Apparatus, 14,00 
 
 124. Weighing Air and Hydrostatic Paradox Apparatus, 25.00 
 
 125. Pair of Gasometers with Fixtures, (large size) 60,00 
 
 126. Two Flasks Cork and Cap, 1,00 
 
 127. One Platina Lime Fork, 75 
 
 128. Open Bell Glass, 2,00 
 
 129. Prism, 3,00 
 
 130. Straight Jar, 1,00 
 
 131. Copper Tube and Revolving Jet, 50 
 
 132. Electric Inclined Plane and Wheel, 4,00 
 
 133. Gold Leaf Electrometer Cap and Point, 4,00 
 
 134. Electrophorus and Fixtures, 8,00 
 1,35. Electric Swing and Image, 2,00 
 
 136. Pith-ball, Electrometer and Stand, 75 
 
 137. Case of Bar Magnets, 4,00 
 
 138. Gas Pistol, 2,50 
 
 139. Galvanic Lamp. ' 2,50 
 
 140. Helix on Stand, ' 2,50 
 
 141. Magnetic Telegraph, 35,00 
 
 142. Simple Form of Telegraph, 5,00 
 
 143. Register Machine, 10,00 
 
 144. Galvanometer, 3,50 
 
 145. Double Beam Engine, 18,00'' 
 
 146. Revolving Circle, 12,00 
 
 147. Decomposing Apparatus, 4,00 
 
 148. Electro Magnetic Railway, 35,00 
 
 149. Physiological Charts, 17,50 
 
 150. Grove's Battery, (four cups.) 8,00 
 
 151. Dipping Needle, 4,00 
 
 152. Hydrostatic Balloon, 4,00 
 
 153. Large Electro Magnet, 2,3& 
 
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 154. Screen for Magic Lantern, 5,00 
 
 155. Set of Mounted Lenses, ' 13,00 
 
 156. India Rubber Tablecloth, 1,50 
 
 157. Map of Western Asia, 4,00 
 
 158. Magneto Machine, 45,00 
 
 159. Bidvvell's Map of the World, 12,00 
 
 492 00 
 701 OS 
 
 !i?1193 08 
 
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