Chapter 7

Reason for inserting the description. Advantage of visiting schools; and of reading descriptions of them. Addressed to a new scholar.

1. Her personal duty. Study card. Rule. But one rule. Cases when this rule may be waived. 1. At the direction of teachers. 2. On extraordinary emergencies. Reasons for the rule. Anecdote. Punishments. Incident described. Confession.

2. Order of Daily Exercises. Opening of the school. Schedules. Hours of study and recess. General Exercises. Business. Examples. Sections.

3. Instruction and supervision of pupils. Classes. Organization. Sections. Duties of superintendents.

4. Officers. Design in appointing them. Their names and duties. Example of the operation of the system.

5. The Court. Its plan and design. A trial described.

6. Religious Instruction. Principles inculcated. Measures. Religious exercises in school. Meeting on Saturday afternoon. Concluding remarks. 181