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Of the Schoolhouse on Bedford Street, occupied by the Latin and English High Schools, the former being accommodated in the rooms on the left side of the first and second stories, and the front Hall of the third story, and the latter in the other rooms and Hall.

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which now stands on Bedford street, (a picture of which forms a frontispiece to this document,) and which is used partly for the Latin School and partly for the English High School, was erected in the years. 1843 and 1844. The portion of the building used for the Latin School originally consisted of four large rooms, two small rooms, and a capacious hall. The rapid increase of the pupils again making it necessary to have more ample accommodations, a room in the basement was finished off for the temporary use of a part of the school in 1858, which proved so unsatisfactory that demands have constantly been made since that time for better accommodations. These demands, though they may be met by hiring rooms out of the school-building for the present need, should be liberally listened to by the City Council, and the whole building on Bedford street should be appropriated to the uses of the Latin School, or else a new school-house should be erected on the modern and improved plan, and with the present style of appointments, for its special use. The two large rooms on the lower floor and the temporary accommodations, are for the younger classes, and the two rooms on the second floor are for pupils of more advanced standing, while the large hall is for the first class under the immediate care of the master of the school. One of the small rooms is used occasionally for recitations, when the number of instructors exceeds that of the larger rooms; and the other is used for the deposit of the valuable classical library belonging to an association of the graduates of the school. The public declamations and debates are conducted in the large hall, where also the public ex

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