194 PHYSIOLOGY AND TEMPERANCE, 



APPENDIX I. 



REGULATIONS OF THE EDUCATION DEPART- 

 MENT RESPECTING THE STUDY OF 

 PHYSIOLOGY AND TEMPERANCE. 



By the regulations of the Education Department, at least 

 one hour per week shall be devoted to familiar conversations 

 with the whole school on the effect of alcoholic stimulants 

 and of narcotics upon the human system. Attention should 

 also be called to the degrading tendencies of their habitual 

 use, and their injury to the individual and to society gene- 

 rally. These conversations are in addition to the course of 

 study prescribed for the fourth and fifth forms. 



The chapters upon digestion, respiration, the circulation 

 of the blood, and the nervous system shall be studied in the 

 Fourth Form, and the examination for entrance to the High 

 School shall be based upon the pupil's knowledge of these 

 chapters. The maximum marks awarded is seventy-five, one- 

 third being required for pass. 



In the Fifth Form, the course in the Fourth Form is con- 

 tinued, including also the other subjects of the text-book. 

 In the case of candidates who fail to pass the Leaving Exami- 

 nation, twenty-five per cent, of the maximum marks will be 

 required for Entrance, 



