1 EDGARTOWN 367 333 .90-74 3 Chilmark, 141 2 Tisbury,.. 390 345 .88-46

NANTUCKET,

MARSHPEE,

.

NANTUCKET COUNTY.

MARSHPEE DISTRICT.

122 .86-52

1,235 902 .73-04

TABLE, in which all the Counties are numerically arranged, according to the AVERAGE ATTENDANCE of their Children upon the Public Schools, for the year 1859-60.

Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age in the State,

Ratio of attendance to the whole number of children between 5 and

15, expressed in decimals,

.75

INDEX.

[See separate Index of School Laws.]

Agents of Board, usefulness of, 25, et. seq. 52 et. seq. 69.

Board of Education, Report of, 5.

Agents of, 25.

Boutwell, Hon. George S., resignation of, as Secretary of the Board, 19.
Bridgewater Normal School, Report of Visitors of, 39, statistics, 40.

Marshall Conant, Principal of, resigned, 7.

A. G. Boyden, appointed Principal of, 7.
needed enlargement in the building for, 18.

Framingham Normal School, Report of Visitors of, 30.

Massachusetts School System, 57.

the first free system, 57, 60.

priority of, to the Parochial system of Scotland, 58.
priority of, to that of first settlers of New York, 58.

Normal Schools, importance and condition of, 7.

list of teachers of, and their time of service, 8 et. seq.
expenditures for, 11.

standard of scholarship in, raised, 14.

statistics of admission, attendance, &c., 26, 15.

Report of Board of Education, 5.

Secretary of the Board, 51,

Treasurer of the Board, 46.

Visitors of the Normal School, at Framingham, 30.

Westfield, 33.

Bridgewater, 39.
Salem, 42.

Salem Normal School, Building for, improved, 18, 45, plan of, 21.
Report of Visitors of, 42, statistics of, 42.
Library of, 45.

State Scholars, number and scholarship of, 6.
Statistics of Public Schools, summary of, 54.
School Fund, importance of enlarging it, 23.
Secretary of the Board of Education, Report of, 51.

manual of school laws for teachers and committees, 57.

Teachers' Institutes, number of and where held, 53.

Treasurer's Report, 46.

Westfield Normal School, Building for enlarged, 18, 36, plan of, 19, 20.

Report of Visitors of, 33.

White, Hon. Joseph, appointed Secretary of the Board of Education, 22.

APPENDIX.

Abstract of Returns of School Committees,

tabular statements of, ii.
recapitulation of, xl.

Tables, graduated, 1st series, showing the sum appropriated for each child between 5 and 15, xliii.

2d series, showing the ratio of the valuation of the towns to their appro

priation, lxiii.

3d series, showing the ratio of the mean average attendance to the number of children in each town between 5 and 15, lxxvi.

INDEX.

MANUAL OF SCHOOL LAWS.

[General Statutes, Title Eleventh.]

OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING CHILDREN.

Chapter 34.-Of the Board of Education, pp. 61-70.

Chapter 35.-Of Teachers' Institutes and Associations, 70-73.

Chapter 36. Of the School Funds, 73–81.

Chapter 37.-Of State Scholarships, 81-89.

Chapter 38.-Of the Public Schools, 89-111.

Chapter 39.-Of School Districts, 111–127.

Chapter 40.-Of School Registers and Returns, 127-131.

Chapter 41.-Of the Attendance of Children in the Schools, 131-135.

Chapter 42. Of the Employment of Children, and Regulations respecting them, 135–137.

Abstract of Returns required, value of, 64, 65.

Adult Schools, any town may establish them, determine the time when they shall be kept, and appropriate money for support of, 94.

to be under superintendence of school committee, 94.

origin, benefit, and success of, 94.

Agents of the Board, may be appointed; their duties, 68.

list of, and importance of their labors, 68.

Apparatus, books of reference, &c, authority to purchase, 106.
Assistant-Secretary, duties of, 65, 70.

Asylum for the Blind, 169.

directions respecting admission to, 170.

Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, at Hartford, Ct., 169.

Attendance of Children in the Schools, 131. (See Children.)

Bible, to be read daily in public schools, 104.

Board of Education, how constituted, 61.

term of office of members of, 61.

vacancies in, how filled, 61.
favorable changes effected by, 61.

members of, since its establishment, 62.

may take grants, &c., in trust, 63.

bequest to, by Henry Todd, 63.

to prescribe form of school-register and of blank form of inquiries for returns, 64.

to report annually to the legislature, 64.

may appoint a secretary; his duties, 65.

different secretaries of, 65.

Reports of, and their distribution, 65, 66, 130.

assistant-secretary of, 65, 70.

may appoint agents; their duties, 68.

expenses of, to be paid by the State, 69.

to arrange sections and classes for State scholarships, 82.
duties of, in selecting candidates for scholarships, 83.

Reports of, how received, delivered, and for what purpose, 130.

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