18 24. J Scheme of the Edi 



than is uecessaiy. Between every 

 change of occupation, tiiere ought to be 

 an interval in all the Classes; a run of 

 five or ten minutes in the play-ground 

 will be quite enough to renovate the 

 relaxed energies both of body and mind, 

 and make Ihe boys <ome witlj fresh 

 vigor to their new employment, and will 

 materially conduce to their health. It 

 may be thought that sufficient play is 

 not allowed to the othei Classes; but it 

 must be remembered, that the master 

 will always have it in his power, and 

 should be instructed, to grant this in- 

 dulgence to such boys as deserve it ; 

 and it is a most important instrument 

 to leave in his hands, 

 i'd Class — 



Latin, 9 to 11. 



Latin and Geography, ^ past 11 to |; 



before 1. 

 English, 1 to 2. 

 Writing, 2 to 3. 

 3d Class-— 



Latin, Greek, and Geography, from 9 



to ^ past 11, three days a-week. 

 Latin and Greek, from 9 to | before 11, 



two days. 

 English, 11 to 12, two days. 

 Writing, 12 to 1, every day. 

 Latin and Greek, J past 1 to 3, everyday. 

 Uh Class— 

 Latin and Greek, 9 to J before 11, every 



day. 

 Wriiing, 11 to 12, three days, 

 English, il to 12, two days. 

 Ariihmetic, 12 to 1, every day. 

 Latin, Greek, and Geography, J past 1 

 to 3, every day. 

 5lh and 6tk Classes — 



9 to 5 past 11 — Every day Latin and 

 Greek, with an interval of a quarter 

 of an hour, to be regulated by the 

 vector, according to his plan of 

 teaching. 

 J: before 12 to ^ before 1 — Geography 

 and Antiquities alternate days. 

 .So far both go on together. 

 5th Class— 



1 to 2 — Greek three days. Writing 

 two days. 



2 to 3 — Arithmetic three days, English 

 two days. 



6lh Class — " 



1 to 2 — Arithmetic and Geometry, every 

 day. 



2 to 3— Higher Greek three days, Eng- 

 lish two days. 



The plan does not apply to Saturday, 

 as it is intended (hat on that day all the 

 Classes should be dismissed at eleven 

 o'clock. 



When Latin and Greek are staled as 

 the occupation, it is meant that the por- 

 tion of time lobe devoted to each should 

 be regulated by (he master. 



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In constructing the plan, it was ne- 

 cessary to take care that there should 

 be no interference between one master 

 and another; and, in fixing the hours 

 for writing and ariihmetic, that there 

 should not be too many |)upils in the 

 room at one time, in order to diminish, 

 as far as possible, the number of 

 assistants. 



In the estimate of annual expenses, 

 it has laid aside one hundred guineas 

 for premiums, supposing that there are 

 500 boys at the school, without, how- 

 ever, meaning to assign that as a limit, 

 should a larger sum be found necessary. 

 How these are to be distributed, may 

 be left to after-consideration, when there 

 is an opportunity of obtaining the advice 

 of the masters. 



The crowded state of many of the 

 Classes in the High School, having been 

 one of the causes which led to the esta- 

 blishment of the Academy, the direc- 

 tors have thought proper to fix a limit 

 to the admission of scholars. They 

 propose that the number in each of the 

 four junior Classes shall not exceed 

 110, and that the Rector's Class shall 

 not exceed 160, making the total num- 

 ber at the school 600 ; unless when, by 

 the union of the boys of the sixth year 

 with those coming to the rector from the 

 41h Class, his Class shall exceed 160. 

 If, by that union, his Class amounts to 

 160, he is not to be permitted to increase 

 it by boys entering at the school for the 

 first time from other seminaries. 



The children and grandchildren of 

 shareholders are to be preferred, pro- 

 vided application is made three months 

 before the annual opening of the Classes; 

 but, in all other cases, the preference 

 will be given to priority of ajiplication ; 

 and the boys will be admitted in the 

 order they stand in a book, which will 

 be provided for the insertion of the 

 applications, until the limited number is 

 completed. Due notice will be given 

 where this book will lie; but, in the 

 mean time, the secretary will receive 

 applications. There is no reason to 

 doubt that the school will open on the 

 1st of October, 1824. 



The fees to be paid by the boys, for 

 each of the four quarters, shall be as 

 follows: — Per Quarter. 



English Reading, Elocution, and 



Modern History, in the 1st and 



2d Classes £0 5 



Do. in the 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th, 



Classes 2 6 



Latin and Geography in the 1st 



and 3d Classea 15 



Latin, 



