Rules for Teachers and Pupils.

the time for opening the school, punctually to observe the school hours, and faithfully to devote themselves to the public service.

MORNING EXERCISES.

2. The morning exercises of all the schools shall commence with the reading of the Scriptures; and it is recommended that the reading be followed with prayer by the teacher.

MORALS AND MANNERS.

3. The teachers shall use every suitable influence to lead their pupils to the formation of correct moral habits, and shall inculcate the importance of good manners.

DISCIPLINE.

4. The teachers shall practise such discipline in their schools as would be exercised by a kind, judicious parent in his family, and shall avoid corporeal punishment in all cases where good order and obedience can be maintained without it.

5. Pupils are expected to render prompt and cheerful obedience to the requirements of their teachers, to conduct towards them with becoming propriety, and to observe a kind and courteous demeanor towards each other. And when a pupil shall be guilty of grossly immoral conduct, or if, after due admonition and effort to reform him, he shall persist in conduct which interrupts the order and progress of the school, he shall at the discretion of the visiting committee be expelled.

6. The teachers shall exercise a special supervision over the conduct of their pupils, while in school, or whenever they come within the school buildings or grounds, and, as

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far as practicable, while coming to, and returning from school.

VENTILATION, HEALTH, ETC.

7. The teachers shall carefully preserve neatness in the school-rooms, by having them properly swept and cleaned; and they shall also give vigilant attention to the ventilation and temperature of their rooms.

INJURIES TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

8. The teachers shall prescribe such rules for the use of the yards and out-buildings connected with the schoolhouses, as shall insure their being kept in a neat and proper condition; and in case any pupil shall wilfully deface, defile, or otherwise injure the school buildings, trees, or other property, he may be suspended from school by the district committee.

ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.

9. As regularity and punctuality of attendance are indispensable to the success of a school, it is important to maintain the principle that necessity alone can justify absence; and sickness, domestic affliction, and necessary absence from town, are regarded as the only rightful causes of nonattendance. In every instance of absence, the teacher shall be authorized to require a written excuse from the parents or guardians of the pupil.

TARDINESS.

10. Tardiness shall be accounted a misdemeanor, and be treated as such, except when it is excused by a written statement from the parents or guardian.

Books for Teachers.

IRREGULARITY.

11. The pupil cannot appreciate too highly the importance of continuing in school until the term has closed; the practice of leaving the school near the close of the term is exceedingly injurious, both to those who leave and those who remain. It is earnestly desired of parents and guardians, that they use their influence effectually to do away with this evil, and all the evils of irregular attendance.

EVERY teacher, who would hope to become truly useful and eminent in his profession, should cultivate a habit of reading. Remembering that "knowledge is power," he should be constantly learning. There are but few works of a strictly professional nature. These we shall enumerate first, and then give a list of books which will be found extremely valuable as books of reference. While we do not attempt to give the titles of all the good books now before the public, we do intend to name only such as we know to be valuable.

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. By David P. Page,

M. A., late Principal of the New York State Normal School. THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, collected from the most reliable Sources, with an Introduction, by Henry Barnard, LL. D. A work of great worth.

Books for Teachers.

POPULAR EDUCATION. By Ira Mayhew, late Superintendent

of Schools, Michigan. 12mo. pp. 467.

AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS, and their Influence. By Alexis de Tocqueville.

SCHOOL AMUSEMENTS; or, How to make the School Interesting. By N. W. Taylor Root.

DAVIES'S "LOGIC OF MATHEMATICS. The Logic and Utility of Mathematics, with the best Methods of Instruction, Explained and Illustrated. By Charles Davies, LL. D.

The seven volumes named above are published by A. S. Barnes and Burr, New York, under the title of "School Teachers' Library." We will only say, that any teacher will find the volume first named worth far more to him than the cost of the entire set.

MY SCHOOL AND SCHOOLMASTERS; or, The Story of my Education. By Hugh Miller. Boston: Gould and Lincoln.

1 vol. 12mo. pp. 551.

This is the autobiography of a very remarkable self-educated man. It is an excellent illustration of the acquisition of knowledge and character under difficulties.

THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOLMASTER. In Two Parts. Part I. by Alonzo Potter, D. D. Part II. by George B. Emerson, A. M. 12mo. pp. 552.

THE TEACHER. Moral Influences employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young. By Jacob Abbott. 12mo. pp. 352.

The two volumes last named are published by Harper and Brothers, New York, and are worthy a place in every library. THE FIRESIDE; or, Hints on Home Education. Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 16mo. pp. 325.

Boston :

This volume abounds in valuable hints. It should be read

by every teacher and parent.

THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD D.D.,

Reference Books.

late Head-Master of Rugby School. By A. P. Stanley, A. M. London and New York. 8vo. pp. 490. LOCKE AMSDEN; or, The Schoolmaster.

By D. P. Thompson.

Boston Bazin and Ellsworth. 12mo. pp. 231.

TEACHING A SCIENCE; the Teacher an Artist. By Rev.

Baynard R. Hall, A. M.

12mo. pp. 305.

New York: Charles Scribner.

THE DISTRICT SCHOOL AS IT WAS. By Warren Burton. Bos

ton: Phillips, Sampson, & Co.

THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTE; or,

Familiar Hints to Young Teachers. By William B. Fowle. 12mo. pp. 258.

THE TEACHER TAUGHT; or, The Principles and Modes of Teaching. By Emerson Davis, D. D. 12mo. pp. 79.

THE TEACHERS' MANUAL. By Thomas H. Palmer. Boston: Ticknor and Fields.

12mo. pp. 263.

LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. By S. R. Hall. Boston: J. P. Jewett & Co.

LECTURES ON EDUCATION. BY Horace Mann. 12mo. pp. 338. CONFESSIONS OF A SCHOOLMASTER. By William A. Alcott, M. D. New York: Ivison and Phinney. 12mo. pp. 316. NORMAL SCHOOLS, and other Institutions, Agencies, and Means designed for the Professional Education of Teachers. By Henry Barnard, LL. D. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, & Co. 8vo. pp. 435.

NATIONAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE: being an Account of the Organization, Administration, Instruction, and Statistics of Public Schools of different Grades in the different States. By Henry Barnard, LL. D. 12mo. pp. 878.

These two volumes by Dr. Barnard contain a vast amount of valuable information.

EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY; or, Memoirs of Teachers, Educators, and Promoters and Benefactors of Education, Literature, and Science. By Henry Barnard, LL. D. Vol. I. New York: F. C. Brownell. 12mo. pp. 524.

This work promises to be one of rare merit and value, and well deserves a place in every teacher's library.