6. Regulations in regard to School Premises, etcetera.-The Trustees, having made such provision relative to the School House and its Appendages, as provided in the Regulations relating to School Accommodation, it shall be the duty of the Master to give strict attention to the proper ventilation and temperature, as well as to the cleanliness of the School House; he shall also prescribe such Rules for the use of the Yard and Outbuildings connected with the School House, as will insure their being kept in a neat and proper condition; and he shall be held responsible for any want of cleanliness about the Premises.

7. School open for Pupils.-Care must be taken to have the School House ready for the reception of Pupils at least fifteen minutes before the time prescribed for opening the School, in order to afford shelter to those who may arrive before the appointed hour. (See Regulation Thirteen, "Duties of Assistant Teachers.")

8. Out Premises.-He shall see that the Yards, Sheds, Privies, and other Outbuildings are kept in order, and that the School House and Premises are locked at all proper times; and that all deposits of sweepings, from Rooms or Yards, are removed from the Premises.

9. Fires and Sweeping.-He shall employ, at a compensation to be fixed by the Trustees, a suitable Person to maks Fires, to sweep the Rooms and Halls daily, and dust the Windows, Walls, Seats and Desks, and other Furniture in the same; but no Assistant Teacher, or Pupil, shall be required to perform such duty, unless voluntarily, and with suitable compensation.

10. Librarian.-He shall, with the consent of the Trustees, appoint the Librarian of the School, who shall take charge of the Books; also make and preserve a Catalogue of the same; deliver, charge, receive, and credit the Volumes given out, and keep a Register of the same; number, label and Catalogue the Books; and make returns of the Library, its Books, etcetera, as required by the Library Regulations.

11. The Library. He shall see that the Library is kept open for the distribution, (and return), of Books to their Scholars, and Ratepayers of the High School District, or division, on Friday afternoon of each week; but this duty shall not be permitted to interfere with the regular exercises of the School.

12. Reports. He shall make the necessary Term, Special, or Annual, Reports to the Trustees, or to Chief Superintendent of Education, at such times and in such manner as may be required.

13. General Register.-He shall keep the General and other Registers of the School, (to be furnished by the Trustees), in which shall be entered, in each Term, the date of the admission of each Pupil, his, or her, name and age, from whence received; the Parent's or Guardian's name and residence; the names of each of the Classes in the School, together with the names of the Pupils in each such Classes; the promotion of Pupils from one Class to another; record of attendance of the Pupil; date if his leaving the School, and destination, both as to place and occupation; and such other information as shall at all times give a correct idea of the condition of the School.

14. Religious Exercises.-Ten Commandments. He shall see that the Regulations in regard to Opening and Closing Exercises of the Day, (Chapter III), are observed, and that the Ten Commandments are duly taught to all the Pupils and repeated by them once a week.

15. Examinations for Scholarships, Exhibitions and Prizes, which may have been instituted, shall be conducted by the Head Master, but the High School Board may. if they shall think proper, associate other Persons with the Head Master in the examinations for such Scholarships, Exhibitions, or Prizes.

16. A Report of the progress and conduct of each Pupil shall be furnished to his Parent, or Guardian, monthly, by the Head Master.

See note to (a) of Regulation Four of the " Duties of Inspectors."

2. Duties of Assistant Teachers.

NOTE. Qualification of Assistant Teachers.--No Assistant Teacher shall be employed in a High School who does not possess a legal Certificate "of Qualification, of the First, or Second Class prescribed for Public School Masters and Assistants, or a Certificate that he is a Graduate, (who proceeded regularly to his Degree), or an Undergraduate in the Faculty of Arts of good standing in some University in the British Dominions. But this Regulation shall not be held to apply to Teachers of the special subjects of French, German, Drawing, Vocal Music, Gymnastics, or Calisthenics.

The Teacher of each Class, or department, shall observe the following Regulations:1. Pupils. He shall give the children under his charge constant employment in the Studies prescribed in the authorized Programme; and endeavour, by judicious and diversified modes, to render the exercises of the School pleasant, as well as profitable.

2. Regulations.-He shall read, or cause to be read, to his Class, at least once in each quarter, (or otherwise inform the Pupils of), so much of the Regulations as shall be necessary to give them a proper understanding of the Rules by which they are governed.

3. Register. He shall keep the Daily Register, (provided by the Education Department), which shall remain the property of the Trustees, in which shall be entered the names and daily attendance of Pupils, their proficiency in various Studies, and other information.

4. Returns. He shall make such Returns, and at such times, as may be required by the Head Master, Inspector, or Trustees, relating to his Class, School, or department.

3. Additional Duties of Masters and Teachers..

It shall also be the duty of each Head Master and Teacher of a High School, or Collegiate Institute, to observe the following Regulations:

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1. General Principles of Government.-Masters and Teachers are to evince a regard for the improvement and general welfare of their Pupils; treat them with kindness, combined with firmness, and aim at governing them by their affections and reason, rather than by harshness and severity. Teachers shall also, as far as practicable, exercise a general care over all their Pupils in and out of School, and shall not confine their instruction and superintendence of the usual School Studies, but shall, as far as possible, extend the same to the mental and moral training of such Pupils, to their personal deportment, to the practice of correct habits and good manners among them, and to omit no opportunity of inculcating the principles of Truth and Honesty, the duties of respect to superiors, and obedience to all persons placed in authority over them."

2. Discipline.—They shall practise such discipline in the School, Class, or department, as would be exercised by a kind, firm, and judicious Parent in his family. It is strictly enjoined upon all Teachers in the Schools to avoid the appearance of indiscreet haste in the discipline of their Pupils; and, in any difficult cases which may occur, to apply to the Head Master, Inspector, or to the Trustees, (as the case may be), for advice and direction.

3. Merit Cards.-Prizes.-In all the Schools, the series of Merit Cards, prepared and authorized by the Education Department, shall be regularly used; and if Prizes are given, it must be on the principles laid down in that series of Cards.

*The following are modes to be adopted, or avoided:

(a) Proper.-Reproof kindly but firmly given, either in private, or before the School, as circumstances require it, or such severe punishment as the case really warrants, administered as directed in the above Regulation. (b) Improper.-Contemptuous language, reproof administered in passion, personal indignity, or torture, and violation of the laws of health,

4. State of Feeling among Pupils.-They shall cultivate kindly and affectionate feelings among the Pupils; discountenance Quarrelling, Cruelty to Animals, and every approach to vice.

5. Absence. No Master, or Teacher shall be absent from the School in which he, or she, may be employed, without permission of the Trustees, except as provided in Number Nine, below, or in case of sickness, in which case the absence of such Teacher shall be immediately reported to the Trustees; and no deduction from the Salary of a Teacher shall be made on account of sickness, as certified by a Medical man.t

6. Subscriptions, Collections, Presents, etcetera.-No collection shall be taken up, or subscriptions solicited for any purpose, or notice of Shows, or Exhibitions given in any High School, or Collegiate Institute, without the consent of the Trustees; nor shall the Head Masters, or Teachers act as Agents for Books, or sell Stationery, etcetera, or receive Presents, (unless made to them on leaving the School), nor Award, without the permission of the Trustees, Medals, or other Prizes of their own to the Pupils under their charge.

7. Teachers' Meetings.-The Head Master and Teachers of a High School, or Collegiate Institute, (where there are at least two, in addition to the Head Master), shall regularly attend the Teachers' Meetings each month, and at such other times as the Head Master shall direct; and they shall by conference, study, recitations and general exercises, strive to systematize and perfect the modes of discipline and of teaching in the High School. Where there are only a Head Master and an Assistant Teacher, they shall confer together from time to time on the subject.

8. Teaching. They shall classify the children according to the Books used; study those Books themselves, and teach according to the improved method recommended in their Prefaces. In giving out the Lessons for the next day, difficult parts should be explained, and, where necessary, the best mode of studying them pointed out.

9. Visiting Schools.-The Chief Superintendent of Education may permit a Head Master to be absent two of the ordinary teaching days in each half-year, for the purpose of visiting and observing the methods of classification, teaching and discipline practised in other Schools than that in which he teaches.

NOTE. Each High School Master and Teacher must give at least three days' notice to the Trustees; and, in addition, the High School Master must communicate with the Education Department, and obtain the Chief Superintendent's consent, so that he may not be absent during the visits of the Inspector to his School. In order that no loss of Apportionment may accrue to any School in consequence of the Head Master's absence under this Regulation, a proportionate amount of average attendance will be credited to the School for the time so employed by the Teacher; but, under no circumstances, can lost time be lawfully made up by teaching on any of the prescribed Holidays, or Half-holidays, nor will such time be reckoned by the Department.

10. Time Table.-They shall keep in some conspicuous place in the School Room a Time Table, showing the order of Exercises for each day in the week, and the time for each Exercise, as prescribed in the Programme of Studies for High Schools.

11. Classes. The division of Pupils into Classes, as prescribed by the Programme, shall be strictly observed; and no Teacher shall be allowed to take his, or her, Class beyond the limits fixed for the Classes taught by such Teachers, without the consent of the Head Master, or Inspector, except for occasional reviews; but individual Pupils, on being qualified, may, with the consent of the Head Master, be advanced from a lower to the higher Class.

12. Quarterly Examination.-Each Class in every School shall be open for Public Examination and inspection during the last week of every half-year, and the Head Master, or Teacher, shall call upon every Pupil in the School, unless excused, to review, or recite, in the course of such Examination.

†The Trustees may allow any period beyond four weeks in the entire year, for absence on account of sickness.

13. In School at 83 a.m., etcetera.—All Teachers shall be in their respective Schools, and open their Rooms for the reception of Pupils, at least fifteen minutes in the morning, and five minutes in the afternoon, before the specified time for beginning School; and during School hours they shall faithfully devote themselves to the duties of their office.

14. Visitors' Book.-They shall keep the Visitors' Book, (which is required by Law to be furnished by the Trustees), in which shall be entered the Dates of Visits and Names of Visitors, with such remarks as they may choose to make.

15. Visitors. They shall receive courteously the Visitors to the School, and afford them every facility for inspecting the Books used, and examine into the state of the School; shall keep the Visitors' Book accessible, that the Visitors may, if they choose, enter remarks in it. The frequency of Visits to the School by intelligent Persons animates the Pupils, and greatly aids the faithful Teacher.

VIII. Duties of Pupils of High Schools and Collegiate Institutes.

1. Cleanliness and Good Conduct.-Pupils must come to School clean and neat in their Persons and Clothes. They must avoid Idleness, Profanity, Falsehood and Deceit, Quarrelling and Fighting, Cruelty to Dumb Animals; be kind and courteous to each other, obedient to their Instructors, diligent in their Studies, and conform to the Rules of their School.

2. Tardiness on the part of Pupils shal be considered a violation of the Rules of the School, and shall subject the delinquents to such penalty as the nature of the case may require, at the discretion of the Master.

3. Leaving before Closing.-No Pupil shall be allowed to depart before the hour appointed for closing the School, except in case of sickness, or some pressing emergency; and then the Master, or Teacher's consent must first be obtained.

4. Absence.-A Pupil absenting himself from School, except on account of sickness, or other urgent reasons satisfactory to the Head Master, forfeits his standing in the Class, and his right to attend the School for the remainder of the Quarter.

5. Excuses. Any Pupil not appearing at the regular hour of commencing any Class of the School which he may be attending, without a written excuse from his Parent, or Guardian, may be denied admittance to such School for the day, or half-day, at the discretion of the Head Master.

6. Punctual Attendance.-Every Pupil, once admitted to the School, and duly registered, shall attend at the commencement of each Term, and continue in punctual attendance until its close, or until he is regularly withdrawn by notice to the Head Master to that effect; and no Pupil violating this Rule shall be entitled to continue in such School, or be admitted to any other, until such violation is certified by the Parents, or Guardians, to have been necessary and unavoidable, which shall be done personally, or in writing.

7. Class to Attend.-Pupils shall be required to attend any particular Class which may be designated for them by the Head Master, with the consent of the Inspector. 8. Absence from Examination.-Any Pupil absenting himself from Examination, or any portion thereof, without permission of the Head Master, shall not thereafter be admitted to the School, except by authority of the Inspector, in writing; and the names of such Absentees shall be reported by the Head Master immediately to the Trustees; and this Rule shall be read to the School just before the Examination Days at the close of each Quarter.

9. Going to and from School.-Pupils shall be responsible to the Head Master for any misconduct on the School Premises, or in going to, or returning from, School,

except when accompanied by their Parents, or Guardians, or some responsible Person appointed by them.

10. Supply of Books.-No Pupil shall be allowed to remain in the School unless he is furnished with the Books and Requisites required to be used by him in the School; but, in case of a Pupil being in danger of losing the advantages of the School, by reason of his inability to obtain the necessary Books, or Requisites, through the poverty of his Parent, or Guardian, the Trustees have power to procure and supply such Pupil with the Books and Requisites needed.

11. Fees for Books.-The Fees for Tuition, or Books and Stationery, etcetera, as fixed by the Trustees, whether monthly or quarterly, shall be payable in advance; and no Pupil shall have a right to enter, or continue in the School until he shall have paid the appointed Fee.

12. Property Injured.-Any Property of the Schools that may be injured, or destroyed by Pupils, must be made good forthwith by the Parent, or Guardian, under a penalty of the suspension of the delinquent Pupil. (See (g) of Regulation Three of the "Powers and Duties of Head Masters.")

13. Contagious Diseases.-No Pupil shall be admitted to, or continue in, any of the High Schools who has not been vaccinated, or who is afflicted with, or has been exposed to, any contagious disease, until all danger of contagion from such Pupil, or from the disease, or exposure, shall have passed away, as certified in writing by a Medical man.

14. Effects of Expulsion.-No Pupil shall be admitted to any High School who has been expelled from any School, unless by the written authority of the Inspector. (See Regulation Four of the Duties of Head Masters).

15. Certificate on Leaving.-Every Pupil entitled thereto shall, when he leaves, or removes from a School, receive a Certificate of good conduct and standing, in the form prescribed, if deserving of it.

IX. Admission of Pupils to the High Schools.

1. Admission of Pupils.-The School Law of 1871, Section 38, provides that "the County, City, or Town, Inspector of Schools, the Chairman of the High School Board and the Head Master of the High School, shall constitute a Board of Examiners for the Admission of Pupils to the High School, according to the Regulations and Programme of Examination provided according to Law; and it shall be the duty of the Inspector of High Schools to see that such Regulations are duly observed in the Admission of Pupils to the High Schools."

2. The Subjects of Examination for Admission to the High Schools or Collegiate Institutes, shall be the same as those prescribed for the first four Classes of the Public Schools, but for Pupils intended for the Classical Course, the entrance test in Arithmetic shall be the standard prescribed for the Third Class in the Public Schools, and the following subjects of the Fourth Class shall be omitted, videlicet:-Christian Morals, Animal Kingdom, and Elements of Chemistry and Botany.

3. Uniform Standard of Admission.-The standard of Admission to all the High Schools and Collegiate Institutes shall, as far as practicable, be uniform throughout the Province.

4. Uniform Examination Questions.-The Central Committee, (appointed by the Council of Public Instruction for the examination of Public School Teachers), shall prepare, from time to time, under the direction of the Council, Questions for the Examination of Pupils for Admission to the High Schools and Collegiate Institutes. It is intended, and is to be understood, that the use of the Questions prepared and printed under the direction of the Council of Public Instruction is recommendatory only. Where the Papers, so prepared, are not used, Questions shall be prepared and confidentially printed by the Local Board of Examiners, who shall have them sealed