The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-08-27
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.
Rules for the Government of the Brook
haven Public Graded School.
GENERAL RULES.

q The daily sessions are from o a. m.
to 3 p. m, without any intermission
exceeding thirty minutes.
3. The holidays are Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and such other days as may
be ordered by the Board of Control.
4. The course of study pursued and
the textbooks used shall be such as
the Board of Control prescribes.
3. Each pupil shall be required to
take all the studies of the grade he en-
tiers.
6. Should parents or guardians OBJ
ject to the infiiction of corporal pun
ishment on their children or wards,
they must make known that objection
to the Principal, in writing, and when
such pupils violate any rule, they may
be suspended.
RULES FOR PUPILS.
Z. Pupils are required to attend reg
ularly and punctually. Any pupil who
is absent two successive days, or three
days in one week or six days in one
month without satisfactory excuse
given by the parent or guardian, or
who is frequently tardy, may be sus-
pended.
8. All excuses for absence, hardness
or requests for dismission before the
close of school, must be made in writ
ing, signed by the parent or guardian.
8. Cleanliness of person and Cloth
ing is required, and neatness of books,
desk and of the floor in the immediate
vicinity of the desk.
10. Profane and indecent language,
and the use of tobacco, are positively
prohibited.
IL. Pupils must not assemble at the
school premises before school hours in
the morning, nor linger there in the
afternoon.
II. Pupils are expected to go direct
ly to and from school, refraining from
lettering, quarreling and fighting, while
en- route.
13. Pupils, after coming to school in
the morning, will not be allowed to
leave before the close of school with
out permission from the teacher.
IA. Pupils who injure or deface
school property, will be required to
pay in full for damages DONE Failure
to do so will subject them to suspen-
sion, and they will be readmitted only
by vote of the Board of Control.
10. Pupils who bring to school any
publication other than those they
study, do SO at the risk of FORGETTING
the same.
16. Pupils who absent themselves
from examination, or any public exer-
else of the school, may be suspended.
II. In the first six grades those pu-
pills who obtain at the final eXamina-
ton, an average of 65 and so on Arith-
metic, will be promoted; in the It'll and
8th they must obtain an average of 70
and so on Arithmetic.
IS. Certificates will be given those
pupils who complete the full course of
study They must obtain in the 9th
and 10th grades an average of so and
60 on Mathematics.
10. First grade pupils must enter the
first month of each term.
DUTIES OF TEACHERS.
20. Teachers must be at their post of
duty thirty minutes before the time
for school to open.
81. Teachers must go on the yard
with the pupils at recess; except those
who teach the 4th and 9Th grades, who
shall remain in the building during re-
cess to preserve order therein,
%. They must take immediate steps
to learn the cause of all absences on
the part of pupils.
%. They will try to familiarize them
selves with the different branches they
teach and as far as possible avoid the
use of text-b books in the class.
"a. Teachers are responsible for the
order and discipline of their rooms.
They are to use kind and persuasive
measures, but if these fail may resort
to reasonable punishments.
%, They must not teach sectarian
views in religion or partisan views in
politics.
26. They must keep such registers
and make such reports as may be re-
quired.
81. When necessary for them to be
absent they must send timely notice
thereof to the Principal in order that
necessary arrangements can be made
for carrying on the work.
%. They must endeavor to acquaint
themselves with any grievances of the
parents of pupils, and as far as posi-
BILE remove the same.
DUTIES OF PRINCIPAL.
30. To have charge of the school
property during school hours.
80. To direct and control the janitor.
81. To assign all applicants for adj
mission to the school to proper grades.
80. To make such reports as the
Board of Control may require.
33. To call special meeting of the
teachers, when the good of the school
requires it.
"a. To keep posted on modern meth
DDS of school work and as far as prac-
ticable introduce the best into the
school.
ADDITIONAL GENERAL RULES.
80. The principal and teachers in
their intercourse with each other must
at all times be courteous and polite.
The control of teachers intrusted to
the principal must be exercised by
conciliatory and kindly methods only;
and when such methods fail to accom-
plish results the principal shall bring
| the matter before the board of control
for adjustment.
So. The principal should never, di-
rectly or Indirectly, in any respect,