Same.

Certificate of vaccination.

Cleanliness of pupils required.

Truants.

Annual exhibitions.

the several Committees on the Schools to see that this rule is strictly enforced.

SECT. 32. No pupil shall be admitted to 'the privileges of one school who has been expelled from another, or while under suspension, unless by vote of the Board.

SECT. 33. No pupil shall be admitted into any of the Public Schools without a certificate from a physician that he or she has been vaccinated or otherwise secured against the small pox; but this certificate shall not be required of pupils who go from one public school to another.

SECT. 34. No child 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, but shall be sent home to be prepared for school in a proper manner.

SECT. 35. If in the schools under their charge there are any pupils who are habitually truant, the principal teachers shall report their names, their residences and the names of their parents, when known, to the truant officers.

SECT. 36. There shall be an annual exhibition of the Latin School on the Saturday, of the English High School on the Monday, of the Girls' High and Normal School on the Tuesday, preceding the third Wednesday in July; and on the Tuesday following said Wednesday there shall be an exhibition of the several Grammar Schools; at which exhibitions the medals and diplomas shall be conferred upon the pupils. The hours for the exhibitions of the several schools shall be arranged by the President of the Board. And in the afternoon School festival. Of the same day, the Annual School Festival shall be held, to which members of the School Committee, all

the teachers in the Public Schools, and the medal scholars of the current year shall be invited.

vacations.

SECT. 37. The following holidays and vacations Holidays and shall be granted to the schools, viz: every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, throughout the year; Christmas day, New Year's day, and Fast day; May day; Artillery election; the Fourth of July; Thanksgiving week; the week immediately preceding the first Monday in March; one week commencing on the Monday preceding the last Wednesday in May; seven weeks after the exhibition of the Latin School in July to said Latin School; the remainder of the week after the exhibition of the English High School, in July, and the six succeeding weeks to said English High School; the remainder of the week after the exhibition of the Girls' High and Normal School, and the six succeeding weeks to said school; and the remainder of the week. after the exhibition of the Grammar Schools in July, to the first Monday in September, to said Grammar Schools and the Primary Schools; and the President of the Board is authorized to suspend the schools on such public occasions as he may think proper, not exceeding three days in the year. In addition to these holidays the Latin and English High Schools shall be entitled to the two days of public exhibition at Harvard University. No other holidays shall be allowed except by special vote of the Board.

CHAPTER IX.

Regulations of the Primary Schools.

SECTION 1. Every teacher shall admit to her school Admission of

all applicants of suitable age and qualifications, resid

pupils.

Transfer of pupils.

Absence of pupils.

Promotion of pupils.

Schools for special instruction.

ing nearest to the school under her charge, provided the number in her school will warrant the admission; and in all cases of doubt or difficulty in the discharge of this duty, she shall apply to her Sub-Committee for advice and direction.

SECT. 2. When any child shall apply to be admitted from another Primary School, the teacher shall require a certificate of transfer from the teacher of the former school; which certificate shall serve instead of a Certificate of Vaccination. And if qualified for the First or Second Class, said child shall be entitled to admission into a Primary School, although more than seven years of age.

SECT. 3. Whenever any scholar is absent from school, the teacher shall immediately ascertain the reason; and if such absence be continued, and is not occasioned by sickness or other sufficient cause, such child, with the consent of the Sub-Committee, may be discharged from the school, and a record of the fact be made.

SECT. 4. The regular promotion of scholars to the Grammar Schools shall be made semi-annually, on the first Monday in March, and on the first Monday in September. But occasional promotions may be made on Monday of any week, whenever the Sub-Committee of the Primary School and the Master of the Grammar School may deem it necessary.

SECT. 5. One or more schools for the special instruction of children over seven years of age, and not qualified for the Grammar School, may be established in each District. Children over seven years of age are not to be admitted into any of the Primary Schools, unless by transfer, or for special reasons satisfactory to the Sub-Committee. Any scholar over eight years of age, and not in the first or second class, may be re

moved from any Primary School to a school for special instruction, at the discretion of the Sub-Committee.

SECT. 6. The School on the Western Avenue shall be connected with the Phillips School District. Children over eight years of age may be admitted into this school, at the discretion of the Sub-Committee; and their studies shall conform to the Regulations of the Grammar Schools.

the recesses in the

the children may be

the pupils in school.

SECT. 7. The teachers shall attend to the physical Proper care of education and comfort of the pupils under their care. When from a state of the weather, or other causes, open air shall be impracticable, exercised within the room, in accordance with the best judgment and ability of the teachers. In the schools which are kept in buildings occupied by Grammar Schools, the recesses shall be arranged by the masters so as not to interfere with the exercises of those schools.

vacations.

SECT. 8. The holidays and vacations of the Primary Holidays and Schools shall be the same as are granted to the Grammar Schools, either by the rules of the School Board or by the order of the Mayor; and they shall also have the day preceding, and the day of the Annual Exhibitions of the Grammar Schools.

No school shall be suspended on any other occasion, except for special and important reasons relating to a particular school, and then only by express permission of the Sub-Committee.

SECT. 9. The schools shall contain, as nearly as Classes. practicable, an equal number of pupils; it being desirable that the average number of daily attendants should be fifty to each teacher, and the pupils in each of the schools shall be arranged in six classes, unless otherwise ordered by the District Committee.

SECT. 10. Simple oral lessons in Arithmetic, adapted

Sewing.

Singing.

to the ages of the scholars, shall be given in the several classes; and the Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication Tables must be thoroughly learned by the first and second classes. Every scholar shall be provided with a slate, and employ the time not otherwise occupied, in drawing, or writing words from their spelling lessons, on their slates in a plain script hand. The teachers are expected to take special pains to teach the first class to write-not print-all the letters of the alphabet on slates.

SECT. 11. Plain sewing may be introduced into any Primary School, at the discretion of the Sub-Committee, and Singing shall form part of the exercises of every session.

SECT. 12. The following Books and Studies shall be attended to in the respective Classes.

SIXTH CLASS.

Tower's Gradual Primer.

"My First School Book," as a Spelling-book.

1.

Pronouncing words without Spelling.

2. Pronouncing and Spelling combined.

3. Spelling without Book, words that have become familiar.

4. Counting from one to one hundred.

5. Drawing on the slate or blackboard, imitating some mark, letter, or other object, or copying from a card.

FIFTH CLASS.

Tower's Gradual Primer.

"My First School Book," continued,—in the columns to the 20th page, and in the sentences to the 70th page. Numeration, or counting from one to one hundred. Drawing, continued, as in the Sixth Class.