portion of them having been employed in teaching for considerable time. As an evidence of the value of the school in the estimation of the pupils, the visiters are happy to say, that many of them remain a longer time than is required by the terms of admission. The pupils of this school, by the regularity of their attendance, by their devotion to the business of the school,-by their moral deportment, and success in teaching,-commend themselves and the benefits of Normal Schools to the confidence of those who honor them. In behalf of the visiters, Boston, Dec. 13, 1849. E. DAVIS. Rules adopted at the late meeting of the Board of Education, for the Regulation of the Normal Schools. 1. No new applicants for admission to the Normal Schools shall be received, except at the commencement of the term. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board and of one of the visiters to be present on the first day of the term, for the examination of the candidates for admission. 3. There shall be two periods for the admission of new members, the time to be fixed by the visiters of each school. 4. Candidates for admission at the West Newton Normal School must promise to remain four consecutive terms; and at the other Normal Schools, three consecutive terms. An exception may be made in the case of persons of more than ordinary experience and attainments. 5. It shall be the duty of the principals of the several Normal Schools to make a report, at the end of each term, to the visiters, and if, in their judgment, any do not promise to be useful as teachers, they shall be dismissed. 6. The course of study in each of the Normal Schools shall begin with a review of the studies pursued in the Common Schools, viz.: reading, writing, orthography, English grammar, mental and written arithmetic, geography, and physiology. 7. The attention of pupils, in the Normal Schools, shall be directed, 1. To a thorough review of elementary studies; 2. To those branches of knowledge which may be considered as an expansion of the above-named elementary studies, or collateral to them; 3. To the art of teaching and its modes. 8. The advanced studies shall be equally proportioned, according to the following distribution, into three departments, viz. 1. The mathematical, including algebra through quadratic equations; geometry, to an amount equal to three books in Euclid; book-keeping; and surveying. 2. The philosophical, including natural philosophy, astronomy, moral and intellectual philosophy, natural history, particularly that of our own country, and so much of chemistry as relates to the atmos phere, the waters, and the growth of plants and animals. 3. The literary, including the critical study of the English language, both in its structure and history, with an outline of the history of English literature; the history of the United States, with such a survey of general history as may be a suitable preparation for it; and historical geography, ancient and mediæval, so far as is necessary to understand general history, from the earliest times to the period of the French Revolution. 9. "The art of teaching and its modes," shall include instruction on the philosophy of teaching and discipline, as drawn from the nature and condition of the juvenile mind; the history of the progress of the art, and the application of it to our system of education; and as much exercise in teaching under constant supervision, towards the close of the course, as the circumstances and interests of the Model Schools will allow. 10. Members of the Normal Schools may, with the consent of the respective Boards of Visiters, remain as much longer than the period required, as they may desire. Boston, Dec. 13, 1849. |