Pupil should be compelled to be present at these Exercises against the wish of his Parent, or Guardian, expressed in writing to the Head Master of the School.

FORMS OF PRAYER.

Before Entering upon the Business of the Day).

Let us Pray.

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, Almighty and Everlasting God, Who has safely brought us to the beginning of this day, defend us in the same by Thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger, but that all our doing may be ordered by Thy governance, to do always that which is righteous in Thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Almighty God, the Giver of every good and perfect gift, the Fountain of all wisdom, enlighten, we beseech Thee, our understandings by Thy Holy Spirit, and grant that whilst, with all diligence and sincerity, we apply ourselves to the attainment of human knowledge, we fail not constantly to strive after that wisdom which maketh wise unto salvation; that so through Thy mercy we may daily be advanced both in learning and godliness, to the honour and praise of Thy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Father, which art in Heaven; hallowed by Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven: give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

At the Close of the Business of the Day.

Let us Pray.

Most merciful God, we yield Thee our humble and hearty thanks for Thy fatherly care and preservation of us this day, and for the progress which Thou hast enabled us to make in useful learning; we pray Thee to imprint upon our minds whatever good instructions we have received, and to bless them to the advancement of our temporal and eternal welfare; and pardon, we implore Thee, all that Thou hast seen amiss in our thoughts, words, and actions. May Thy good Providence still guide and keep us during the approaching interval of rest and relaxation, so that we may be prepared to enter on the duties of the morrow with renewed vigour both of body and mind; and preserve us, we beseech Thee, now and forever, both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

Lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and by Thy great mercy, defend as from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of Thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Our Father, which art in Heaven; hallowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven: give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

IV. Weekly Religious Instruction by the Clergy of each Persuasion.

1. In order to correct misapprehension, and define more clearly the rights and duties of Trustees and other parties in regard to Religious Instruction in connection

with the High Schools and Collegiate Institutes, it is decided by the Council of Public Instruction that the Clergy of any Persuasion, or their authorized Representatives, shall have the right to give Religious Instruction to the Pupils of their own Church, in each School House, at least once a week, after the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon; and if the Clergy of more than one persuasion apply to give Religious Instruo tion in the same School House, the Trustees shall decide on what day of the week the School House shall be at the disposal of the Clergyman of each Persuasion, at the time above stated. But it shall be lawful for the Trustees and Clergymen of any Denomination to agree upon any hour of the day at which a Clergyman, or his authorized Representative, may give Religious Instruction to the Pupils of his own Church, provided it be not during the regular hours of the School.

V. Duties of High School Inspectors.

NOTE. No High School Inspector shall, during his incumbency, hold any office, or perform any other duties than those assigned to, or prescribed for him, without the permission of the Council of Public Instruction.

1. The High School Law requires the Inspectors of High Schools to perform such duties as may be prescribed for them by the Council of Public Instruction. These Regulations are as follows:

2. The Inspector's Full Time to be Employed. Each Inspector shall devote the whole of his time to the duties of his cffice as Inspector, or Member of the Central Committee of Examiners, if appointed thereto, except during the intervals of his visits to the Schools, or during the School Holidays and Vacations.

3. The Inspectors shall, under direction of the Chief Superintendent of Education, perform such duties as devolve upon them by the School Law and these Regulations, with such additional duties as may be required of them by the Council of Public Instruction. They shall visit the Schools, as directed by the Council, and, in their visitations, shall be governed by the following Regulations:

4. Visitation of Schools.-Each Inspector shall visit every High School and Collegiate Institute in the section of the Province which may be assigned to him from time to time by the Chief Superintendent of Education at least once during each half-year. He shall also visit the Separate Schools, (under such instructions as the Separate School Law authorizes), and shall also visit the principal Public Schools in Cities, Towns and Villages, to see how far the official Programme and Regulations are carried out in these Schools. He shall devote a day or more, to the examination of the Classes and Pupils in each School, and shall record the result of such examination in a Book to be kept for that purpose. (See Regulation Six of this Chapter). He shall also make enquiry and examination, in such manner as he shall think proper. into all matters affecting the condition and operations of the School, the results of which he shall record in a Book, and transmit it, or a copy thereof, on completing his inspection, to the Education Department; (but he shall not give any previous notice to the Master. or Trustees, of his visit). He shall also prepare and transmit to the Chief Superintendent such confidential, or other, Reports as the Chief Superintendent may require, in such form and manner as the Chief Superintendent may direct. The subjects of examination and inquiry at each School visited shall be as follows:

(a) Mechanical Arrangements.-The tenure of the Property; the materials, dimensions and plan of the Building; its condition; when erected; with what funds built; how lighted, warmed and ventilated; if any Class Rooms are provided for the separate instruction of part of the children; if there is a Lobby, or Closet, for Hats, Cloaks, Bonnets, Book Presses, etcetera; how the Desks and Seats are arranged and constructed; what arrangements for the Teacher; what Play Ground is provided;* what Gymnastic

* Size of School Grounds-The School Grounds should allow the School-house to be set well back from the Road, and furnish Play-grounds within the Fences A convenient form for School Grounds will be found to be an area of ten rods front by sixteen rods deep, with the School-house set back four or six rods from the Road. The Grounds should be strongly fenced; the Yards and Outhouses in the rear of the School-house being invariably separated by a high and tight board Fence: the front Grounds being planted with Shade Trees and Shrubs.

Apparatus, if any); whether there be a Well, and proper Conveniences for private purposes; and if the Premises are fenced, or open on the Street, or Road; if Shade Trees and any Shrubs, or Flowers are planted.

NOTE. In his enquiries into these matters, the Inspector is especially directed to see whether the School Law and Regulations have been complied with in regard to the following matters; (should he discover remissness in any of them, he should at once call the attention of the Trustees to it, before reporting the facts to the Chief Superintendent, with a view to its remedy before his next half-yearly visit).

(1) Size of the Site.-As to the size of the School Site, as prescribed by the Regulations.

(2) School Accommodation.-Whether the Trustees have provided "Adequate Accommodation for all children attending the School," as required by the Regulations.

(3) Space for Air.-Whether the required space of nine square feet for each Pupil, and the average space for one hundred cubic feet of air for each Pupil have been allowed in the construction of the School House and its Class Rooms. (See Regulations).*

(a) Well; Proper Conveniences.-Whether a Well, or other means of procuring Water is provided; also, whether there are proper Conveniences for private purposes of both sexes on the Premises; and whether the Regulations in regard to them contained in Regulation Six of the "Duties of Masters," and Regulation Nine of the "Duties of Trustees," are observed.

(b) Means of Instruction.-He shall see whether the authorized Text Books are used in the several Classes, under the heads of Reading, Arithmetic, Geography, etcetera; whether sufficient and suitable Apparatus are provided, as Tablets, Maps, Globes, Blackboards, Models, Cabinets, etcetera.

(c) Organization.-Arrangement of Classes; whether each child is taught by the same Teacher; if the Assistant, or Assistants, required by Law, are employed; to what extent; how remunerated, and how qualified.

(d) Discipline.-Methods of instruction and attainments of the Pupils in the various subjects of the Programme.

(e) Miscellaneous.-How many Pupils have been admitted to the High School during the year. 2. Whether a Visitor's Book and Register are kept, as required by Law. 3. Whether the Journal of Education is regularly received by the Trustees. 4. Whether the Pupils have been examined before being admitted to the School, and arranged in Classes, as prescribed by the Regulations; and whether the required Public Examinations have been held. 5. What Prizes, or other means are offered to excite Pupils to competition and study; and whether the Merit System of Cards issued by the Department is employed. 6. Library.—Is a Library maintained in the School; number of Volumes taken out during the year; are Books covered and labelled as required; are Books kept in Library Case; is Catalogue kept for reference by applicants; are fines duly collected, and Books kept in good order; are Library Regulations observed. 7. How far the Course of Studies and method of discipline prescribed according to Law have been introduced, and are pursued in the School; and such other information in regard to the condition of the Schools as may be useful in promoting the interests of High Schools generally."

5. Authority of an Inspector in a School. The authority of an Inspector in a School, while visiting it, is supreme; the Masters, Teachers and Pupils, are subject to his direction; and he shall examine the Classes and Pupils, and direct the Masters or Teachers to examine them, or to proceed with the usual exercises of the School, as he may think proper, in order that he may judge of the mode of teaching, management and discipline in the School, as well as of the progress and attainments of the Pupils.

Ventilation becomes easy as soon as it is known that it is embraced in these two essential operations, videlicet: 1st, to supply fresh air: 2nd, to expel foul air. It is evident that fresh air cannot be crowded into a room unless the foul air is permitted to pass freely out: and certainly the foul air will not go out unless fresh air comes in to fill its place. It is useless to open ventilating flues when there is no means provided to admit a constant supply of fresh air from without

Temperature-In Winter the temperature during the first School hour in the forenoon, or afternoon, should not exceed 70°, nor 66° during the rest of the day.

6. Procedure in the Visitation of Schools.-On entering a School, with a view to its inspection, and having courteously introduced himself to the Masters, (if a stranger), or, if otherwise, having suitably addressed them, the Inspector shall,

(a) Note in the Inspector's Book, the time of his entrance, and on leaving, the time of departure from the School.

(b) See whether the business going on corresponds with that assigned to that particular hour on the Time Table of the School, and, generally, whether the arrangements which it indicates agree with the prescribed Programme of Studies, and are really carried out in practice. If not, he should at once privately notify the Head Master, or Teacher, of the omission, and the penalty for neglect to observe the Regulations.

(c) Examine the Registers and other School records, and take notes of the attendance of Pupils, number of Classes in the Schools at the time of his visit, etcetera.

(d) Observe the mode of teaching, the management of the School, and generally its tone and spirit; also whether the bearing, manner, and language of the Teacher, his command over the Pupils, and their deportment at the time of his visit are satisfactory.

7. Intercourse with Teachers and Pupils.-Inspection.-In his intercourse with Masters and Teachers, and during his visit to their Schools, the Inspector should treat them with kindness and respect, counselling them privately on whatever he may deem defective, or faulty, in their manner and teaching.

8. Check against Incorrect Returns.-The Half-yearly Return of the Pupils' names, and number of days on which they attended during each month, will be a check against false, or exaggerated, Returns; as the Inspector can, in his visit to any School, examine the School Register and make any further enquiries he may deem necessary. He should also, at his visits to the School, take notes in his Book of the School attendance, etcetera. Schools using unauthorized Text Books are not entitled to be paid any part of the School Fund; and the Council has given notice that it "disapproves of the use, in any High, or Public, School, of any Text Book which is not included in the list of Text Books authorized by it, as provided by Law."

VI. High School Accommodations.

The High School, or Collegiate Institute, should have:Grant unless suitable Accommodations shall be provided for it. The High School, or Collegiate Institute, should have :

(1) A Site of an Acre in extent, but not less than half an Acre.

(2) A School House, (with separate Rooms, where the number of Pupils exceeds fifty), the walls of which shall not be less than ten feet high in the clear, and which shall not contain less than nine square feet on the floor for each child in attendance, so as to allow an area in each Room for at least one hundred cubic feet of air for each child. It shall also be sufficiently warmed and ventilated, and the Premises properly drained.

(3) A sufficient Fence, or Paling, round the School Premises.

(4) A Play Ground, or other satisfactory provision for physical exercise, within the Fences, and off the road.

(5) A Well, or other means of procuring Water for the School.

(6) Proper and separate Offices for both sexes, at some little distance from the School House, and suitably enclosed.

(7) Suitable School Furniture and Apparatus, videlicet: -Desks, Seats, Blackboards, Maps, Library, Presses and Books, etcetera, necessary for the efficient conduct of the School. (See also note to (a) of Regulation Four, of the "Duties of Inspectors.")

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VII. Powers and Duties of Head Masters and Teachers of High Schools and Collegiate Institutes.

1. Number of Teachers.-In every High School there shall be, as required by Law, and as necessary to teach the subjects of the prescribed Programme of Studies, a Head Master and one, or more, duly qualified Teachers employed.

NOTE.-Designation. The chief Teacher employed in any High School shall be designated and known as the Head Master, and the others shall be named First, Second, or Third, etcetera, Assistant Teacher. For qualifications of the Assistants, see Note to Duties of Assistant Teachers.

1. Powers and Duties of Head Masters of High Schools and Collegiate Institutes.

Authority as a Public Officer.-The Head Master of every High School, or Collegiate Institute, is a Public Officer, and, as such, shall have power, and it shall be his duty to observe and enforce the following Rules:

1. See that the Rules are observed.-He shall see that these General Rules and Regulations, and any special Rules, (not inconsistent with them), which may be approved by the Trustees for their respective Schools, are duly and faithfully carried out, subject to appeal, in case of dissatisfaction, to the Inspector.

2. Prescribe Duties of Teachers.—He shall prescribe, (with the assent of the Trustees), the duties of the several Teachers in his School, but he shall not be responsible for the control and management of the Classes under their charge.

3. Power to Suspend Pupils.-He shall suspend, (subject to appeal, by the Parent, or Guardian, to the Trustees), any Pupil for any of the following reasons:

(a) Truancy persisted in.

(b) Violent opposition to authority.

(c) Repetition of any offence after notice.

(d) Habitual and determined neglect of duty.

(e) The use of profane, or other improper, language.

(f) General bad conduct, and bad example, to the injury of the School.

(g) Cutting, marring, destroying, defacing, or injuring any of the High School property, such as Buildings, Furniture, Fences, Trees, Shrubbery, Seats, etcetera, or writing any obscene, or improper, words on the Fences, Privies, or any part of the Premises; provided that any Master suspending a Pupil for any of the causes above named shall, immediately after such suspension, give notice thereof in writing, to the Parent, or Guardian of such Pupil, and to the Trustees, in which notice shall be stated the reason for such suspension; but no Pupil shall be expelled without the authority of the Trustees. (See also Regulation Two of the "Additional Duteis of Masters and Assistant Teachers," which also applies to Head Masters).

4. Expulsion of Pupils.-When the example of any Pupil is very hurtful to the School, and in all cass where reformation appears hopeless, it shall be the duty of the Head Master, with the approbation of the Trustees, to expel such Pupil from the School. But any Pupil under public censure, who shall express to the Master his regret for such a course of conduct, as openly and explicitly as the case may require, shall, with the approbation of the Trustees and Master, be re-admitted to the School.

5. Care of School Property.-He shall exercise the strictest vigilance over the High School property under his charge, the Buildings, Outhouses, Fences, etcetera, Furniture, Apparatus, and Books, belonging to the School, so that they may receive no injury; and give prompt notice, in writing, to the Trustees, of any repairs which may require to be made to the Building, Premises, or Furniture, etcetera, and of any Furniture, or supplies which may be required for the School.