self as a candidate for admission, shall present a certificate from his parent or guardian, that he has reached the age of twelve years, also a certificate of good moral character, and of presumed literary qualifications, from the master of the school which he last attended, and shall pass a satisfactory examination in the following studies, viz: Spelling, Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Arithmetic, Modern Geography, and the History of the United States.

nation of candi

SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Annual examithe English High School to be present at the annual dates. examination of candidates for admission, but said examination shall be conducted by the instructors, from questions previously prepared, on all the branches, and subject to the approval of the Committee. The examination shall be strict; and a thorough knowledge of the required studies shall be indispensable to admission.

SECT. 5. On admission, pupils shall be arranged in divisions according to their respective degrees of proficiency. Individuals, however, shall be advanced according to their scholarship and no faster; and no one shall remain a member of the school longer than four years.

SECT. 6. It shall be the duty of the master to Reviews. examine each division as often as may be consistent with the attention due to those under his immediate instruction. Each class or section shall be occasionally reviewed in its appropriate studies, and once a quarter there shall be a general review of all the previous studies of that quarter.

SECT. 7. From the first Monday in November to the School hours. first Monday in May, the School shall hold one session each day,—commencing at 9 A. M., closing at 2 P. M. From the first Monday in May to the first Monday in November, there shall be two school sessions each day, -one from 8 A. M. to 11 A. M.-another from 3 P.M. to 5 P. M., except on such stormy days as the master shall think it best to keep till 2 o'clock, P. M., and dispense with the afternoon session.

Course of studies and text-books.

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SECT. 8. The course of study and instruction in this school shall be as follows:

Class 3. 1. Review of preparatory studies, using the text-books authorized in the Grammar and Writing schools of the City. 2. Ancient Geography. 3. Worcester's General History. 4. Sherwin's Algebra. 5. French Language. 6. Drawing.

Class 2. 1. Sherwin's Algebra, continued. 2. French Language, continued. 3. Drawing, continued. 4. Legendre's Geometry. 5. Book Keeping.

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Blair's Rhetoric. 7. Constitution of the United States. 8. Trigonometry, with its application to Surveying, Navigation, Mensuration, Astronomical Calculations, &c. 9. Paley's Evidences of Christianity,-a Mondaymorning lesson.

Class 1. Trigonometry, with its applications, &c., continued. 2. Paley's Evidences, continued,—a Monday-morning lesson. 3. Drawing, continued. 4. Astronomy. 5. Natural Philosophy. 6. Moral Philosophy. 7. Political Economy. 8. Natural Theology. 9. Cleveland's Compendium of English Literature. 10. French, continued, or the Spanish language may be commenced by such pupils, as in the judgment of the master, have acquired a competent knowledge of the French.

For the pupils who remain at the school the fourth year, the course of studies shall be as follows:

1. Astronomy. 2. Intellectual Philosophy. 3. Logic. 4. Spanish. 5. Geology. 6. Mechanics, Engineering, and the higher Mathematics, with some option.

SECT. 9. The several classes shall also have exercises in English Composition and Declamation. The instructors shall pay particular attention to the penmanship of the pupils, and give constantly such instruction in Spelling, Reading and English Grammar as they may deem necessary to make the pupils familiar with these fundamental branches of a good education.

CHAPTER XIV.

Regulations of the Latin Grammar School.

SECT. 1. This school, situated in Bedford street, was instituted early in the 17th century.

school.

SECT. 2. The rudiments of the Latin and Greek Object of the languages are taught, and scholars are fitted for the most respectable colleges. Instruction is also given in Mathematics, Geography, History, Declamation, English Grammar, Composition, and in the French language.

The following regulations, in addition to those common to all the schools, apply to this school.

SECT. 3. The instructors in this school shall be Instructors. a master, a sub-master, and as many ushers as shall allow one instructor to every thirty-five pupils, and no additional usher shall be allowed for a less number.

SECT. 4. It shall be a necessary qualification for the same. instructors of this school that they shall have been educated at a college of good standing.

admission.

SECT. 5. Each candidate for admission shall have Candidates for attained the age of ten years, and shall produce, from the master of the school he last attended, a certificate of good moral character. He shall be able to read English correctly and fluently, to spell all words of common occurrence, to write a running hand, understand mental arithmetic, and the simple rules of written. arithmetic, and be able to answer the most important questions in Geography, and shall have a sufficient. knowledge of English Grammar to parse common sentences in prose. A knowledge of Latin Grammar shall be considered equivalent to that of English.

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SECT. 6. Boys shall be examined for admission to Time of examthis school only once a year, viz: on the Friday and for admission. Saturday of the last week of the vacation succeeding the exhibition of the school in July.

SECT. 7. The regular course of instruction shall continue six years, and no scholar shall enjoy the privileges of this school beyond that term, unless by writ

Pupils may re

main six years.

School hours.

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Classes.

Course of studies and text-books.

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ten leave of the Committee. But scholars may have the option of completing their course in five years or less time, if willing to make due exertion, and shall be advanced according to scholarship.

SECT. 8. From the first Monday in May, to the first Monday in November, annually, the forenoon session of this school shall begin at 8 o'clock, and end at 12 o'clock, and the afternoon session shall begin at 3 o'clock, and end at 5 o'clock.

The master shall, however, be allowed to keep school until 2 o'clock on days when the weather is stormy, and to dispense with the afternoon sessions, on such occasions from April to November.

SECT. 9. From the first Monday in November to the first Monday in May, the school shall commence at 9 A. M. and close at 2 P. M., thus holding only one session each day.

SECT. 10. The school shall be divided into classes and sub-divisions as the master, with the approbation of the Committee, may think advisable.

SECT. 11. The master shall examine the pupils under the care of the other teachers in the school, as often as he can, consistently with proper attention to those in his own charge.

SECT. 12. The books and exercises required in the course of instruction in this school, are the following:

Class 6. 1. Andrews's and Stoddard's Latin Grammar. 2. English Grammar. 3. Reading English. 4. Spelling. 5. Mental Arithmetic. 6. Mitchell's Geographical Questions. 7. Declamation. 8. Penmanship. 9. Andrews's Latin Lessons. 10. Andrews's Latin Reader.

Class 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, continued. 11. Cæsar's Commentaries. 12. Written Translations. 13. Colburn's Sequel. 14. Mitchell's Geography. 15. Cornelius Nepos. 16. Arnold's Latin Prose Composition.

Class 4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, continued. 17. Sophocles' Greek Grammar. 18. Sophocles' Greek Lessons. 19. Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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Parker's Aids to English Composition. 21. Fasquelle's

French Grammar.

22. Exercises in speaking and

reading French with a native French teacher.

Class 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, Text-books. 22, continued. 23. Sallust. 24. Arnold's Greek

Prose Composition. 25. Felton's Greek Reader. 26.
Sherwin's Algebra. 27. English Composition.
Le Grand-père.

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Class 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, Same. 26, 27, continued. 29. Virgil. 30. Elements of History. 31. Translations from English into Latin. 32. Somerville's Physical Geography. 33. Voltaire's

Histoire de Charles XII.

Class 1. 1, 7, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, continued. 34. Geometry. 35. Cicero's Orations. 36. Composition of Latin Verses. 37. Bonnechose's Histoire de France. 38. Composition in French. 39. Latham's English Grammar. 40. Ancient History and Geography.

The following books of reference may be used in pursuing the above studies:

Leverett's Latin Lexicon, or Gardner's Abridgment of the same.

Andrews's Latin Lexicon.

Same.

Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon, or Pickering's same. Greek Lexicon, last edition.

Worcester's School Dictionary.

Smith's Classical Dictionary.
Smith's Dictionary of Antiquities.

Baird's Classical Manual.

SECT. 13. No translations, nor any Interpretation, Keys, or Orders of Construction, are allowed in the School.

SECT. 14. The instructors shall pay particular atten- Same. tion to the penmanship of the pupils, and give constantly such instruction in Spelling, Reading and English Grammar as they may deem necessary to make the pupils familiar with these fundamental branches of a good education.