Art. 12. The Superintendent, after each quarterly meeting of the Committee, shall cause to be published in the newspapers a statement of the number of scholars of each sex in all the schools during the preceding quarter.

CHAPTER II.

GENERAL REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.

SECTION I.

TEACHERS AND THEIR DUTIES.

Art. 1. Election of Teachers and their continuance in office.— All Teachers elected at the annual meeting, and all appointed by the Committee on qualifications, at any time during the year, and approved by the General Committee, shall hold their offices till the next annual meeting unless sooner removed for sufficient cause by vote of the Committee.

Art. 2. Teachers to observe the Regulations, &c.—It is enjoined on the Teachers strictly to observe these Regulations, the directions of the Committee, of the Sub-Committees and of the Superintend

ent.

Art. 3. Teachers required to be at their School Rooms early.— All the Teachers in the public schools are required to be at their respective school-houses at least fifteen minutes before the specified time for beginning school in the morning and in the afternoon, and to open their respective school rooms for the reception of pupils subject to all the rules of order for school hours as soon as they enter the rooms.

Art. 4. The Principal Teacher to cause the Bell to be rung. The Principal Teacher in each school shall cause the bell to be rung from three to five minutes beginning precisely at fifteen minutes before 9 o'clock, A. M., and before 2 o'clock, P. M.; and shall also cause it to be tolled from three to five minutes ending at the appointed time for beginning school in the morning and afternoon.

Art. 5. Opening Schools.—All the Schools shall be opened in the morning, by one of the Teachers, with reading from the Scriptures, or with prayer.

Art. 6. Supervision of Pupils in and out of School.-It shall be the duty of the Teachers, as far as practicable, to exercise a careful inspection over their pupils, as well out of school as within the same, during school hours; and, in cases of difficulty in the dis

charge of their duties to apply to the Superintendent for advice and direction.

Art. 7. Teachers must attend to school duties punctually and regularly.-The Teachers of the several schools shall devote themselves exclusively to the duties of their office. They shall daily and punctually attend at the hours appointed for the opening of the schools; and during school hours shall faithfully devote themselves to the duties assigned to them. They are enjoined carefully to maintain good order and discipline, and to follow the course of instruction prescribed by the Committee, permitting no books to be used in the schools but such as the Committee shall designate. No teacher shall keep a private school, or instruct a private class.

Art. 8. Classifications of Pupils.-The Teachers in each school shall put the pupils in the same into separate classes, according to their attainments; and shall teach them such portions of the prescribed studies, as, in their judgment, under the advice of the Superintendent, it may be most suitable for each class to pursue. Each pupil shall be confined to the studies of his class, unless, in particular cases, an exception shall be made by the advice or direction of the Superintendent.

Art. 9. School Property to be taken care of.-The Teachers shall take care that the School-Houses, the apparatus in the same, and all the public property entrusted to their charge, be not defaced or otherwise injured by the scholars; and it shall be the duty of the Teachers to give prompt notice to the Superintendent of any repairs or supplies that may be needed.

Art. 10. Ventilation of School Rooms.-The Teachers shall give vigilant attention to the ventilation and temperature of their rooms, causing those that have been occupied to be opened and aired each morning and afternoon at the times of recess, and at the end of school hours. They are required to take special pains to secure such continual changes of the air in the rooms as will prevent it from becoming impure and unhealthful between the times for opening and airing the rooms; and they shall carefully ascertain the temperature of their rooms by the thermometers, and use all proper means to avoid those injurious extremes of heat and cold which negligence might induce.

Art. 11. Notice of the sickness of Teachers to be given to the Superintendent immediately.-In case of the indisposition of a Teacher, notice thereof shall be immediately given to the Superintendent; and no substitute shall be employed without his approbation.

Art. 12. Presiding Teacher.-The directions of the principal Teacher of each school shall be followed by the other Teachers, in

all matters relating to the same. In the absence of the presiding Teacher, the assistant who has been the longest time in the school shall assume its management; or the oldest where they are of the same standing.

Art. 13. Recesses.-The Principal Teacher in each school shall allow a recess for all the pupils in the same not exceeding fifteen minutes in each half day; except in the Primary Schools, in which there may be two recesses in each half day, not exceeding ten minutes each, at the discretion of the preceptress.

Art. 14. Notice of the exclusion of pupils given. For violent opposition, or gross misbehavior, a presiding teacher may exclude a pupil from school for the time; and in all cases of exclusion shall forthwith give information in writing of the cause thereof to the parent or guardian, and to the Chairman of the Sub-Committee for the District, and to the Superintendent.

Art. 15. Roll called each half day.-The presiding Teacher in each school shall enroll the names of scholars as soon as they enter the same, and have the roll called in the morning and afternoon of each day, and all absences marked.

Art. 16. Register, and the entries to be made in it.-The Principal Teacher in each school and each Teacher in the High School shall keep a register, in which shall be recorded the names, ages, dates of entrance and places of residence of the scholars; and shall make such other entries as shall exhibit a view of their absences, their behavior in school, and the progress made in their studies. An account of the same shall be transmitted to the parent or guardian of each scholar at least once a month, with a request that it be returned with the name of the parent or guardian written upon it, in acknowledgment of its receipt. The register shall be at all times open to the inspection of the members of the School Committee and of the Superintendent.

Art. 17. Teachers' Reports to Visiting Committees at each quarterly examination.-It shall be the duty of the presiding teachers to report in writing to the Visiting Committee, at each quarterly examination, the names of such pupils as have been distinguished during the quarter for good conduct and proficiency in their studies, and also the names of those who have been grossly negligent in attending school, or inattentive to their studies, or guilty of any violations of these regulations, or of other wilful offences.

Art. 18. Teachers' quarterly reports to the Superintendent.The principal Teacher in each school and each Teacher in the High School shall severally make a report in writing to the Superintendent, one week before the termination of each quarter, stating the number of pupils admitted, the number actually attending, and the

average attendance during the quarter, and containing such other information as may be necessary to set forth the general condition of their schools, together with any suggestions which they may have to offer for the improvement of the same.

Art. 19. The teachers may occasionally, under the direction of the Superintendent, visit each other's schools, to observe the discipline and instruction of the same.

Art. 20. The Teachers shall not permit the school-rooms under their charge to be used for any purpose whatsoever other than the instruction prescribed in these Regulations, unless by order of the City Council, or of the School Committee.

Art. 21. No Teacher shall allow a subscription paper for any purpose whatsoever to be introduced into a public school; nor shall any contribution be permitted to be made in the same by the pupils.

Art. 22. No Teacher shall admit to any school, (except the High School,) a pupil that resides out of the district in which the school is established, unless by permission of the Superintendent.

Art. 23. Making Fires.-The principal Teacher in each school house shall for the compensation allowed by the Committee, employ some suitable person to make fires in the same when necessary, shall see that this important work is properly and economically done.

and

Art. 24. Sweeping and Cleaning.-The principal Teacher in each school shall hire some person, for the allowed compensation, to sweep the room and its entries daily, and dust the blinds, seats, desks and other furniture in the same, and to clean the same once a quarter, and shall see that this work is neatly and properly done.

Art. 25. Teachers' Reports of absence and lateness.-The principal Teacher in each school shall state in his or her quarterly report to the Superintendent, the number of times each Teacher in said school has been absent or late during the quarter, with the reasons for such absence or lateness.

Art. 26. Indigent pupils furnished with books.—The presiding Teacher shall furnish to the Superintendent the names of those scholars whose parents or guardians declare they are unable to furnish them with books; but no books shall be supplied at the public expense, unless satisfactory proof of the inability of such parents or guardians be furnished: these books are to be considered as a part of the school property.

Art. 27. Books belonging to the Public Schools.-The Principal Teacher in each school shall enter upon the catalogue kept in the Register, the name of every book placed in his or her room for

the use of the teachers, or to be lent to indigent pupils, and shall, in each quarterly report to the Superintendent state the number and condition of said books.

SECTION II.

OF SCHOLARS.

Art. 1. Object of the Schools.-The Public Schools being established for the general benefit of the community, all pupils that may be received therein, under the following Regulations, shall be instructed without preference or partiality, and with strict attention to their morals and deportment as well as to their improvement in learning.

Art. 2. Conduct of the pupils.-Good morals being of the first importance, and essential to their progress in useful knowledge, the pupils are strictly enjoined to avoid idleness and profanity, falsehood and deceit, and every wicked and disgraceful practice, and to conduct themselves in a sober, orderly and decent manner, both in and out of school, and to be punctual and constant in daily attendance.

Art. 3. Pupils liable to pay for all damage they do to school property. Every pupil who shall, accidentally or otherwise, injure any school property, whether fences, gates, trees or shrubs, or any building or any part thereof, or break any window glass, or injure or destroy any instrument, apparatus or furniture belonging to the school, shall be liable to pay in full for all the damage he has done.

Art. 4. Use of bad language, &c. prohibited.-Every pupil who shall, any where on, or around the school premises, use or write any profane or unchaste language, or shall draw any obscene pictures or representations, or cut, mark or otherwise intentionally deface any school furniture, or buildings inside or out, or any property whatsoever belonging to the school estate, shall be punished in proportion to the nature and extent of the offence; and shall be liable to the action of the civil law.

Art. 5. Cleanliness of Pupils.-No scholar who comes to school without proper attention having been given to the cleanliness of his person and of his dress, or whose clothes are not properly repaired, shall be permitted to remain in school.

Art. 6. Times for admission of pupils.--During the first week in each quarter, and on the first Monday in the second and third school months, any child, living in the city, and in all respects qualified, may enter any Primary, Intermediate or Grammar School, by applying to the Teachers at the school house.

But no pupil shall be permitted to take a place in any public