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 McGILL NORMAL SCHOOL, 
 
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 LEGAL ENACTMENTS AND REGULATIONS 
 
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 JANUARY, 1886. 
 
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 LKGISLATIVE PKOVJSIUN 
 
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 NORMAL SCHOOLS, 
 
 AS COLLECTED IN THE DRAFT OF THE REVISED GENERAL 
 STATUTES FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 
 
 A.D. 1884. 
 
 SECTION FOURTH. 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF NORMAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 ^ \.— Building Fund, for Normal Schools. 
 
 74. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may adopt E.stablish- 
 all needful meaeureH for the establishment of one m-maiLtdr 
 more Normal Schools, containing one or moi-e Model 
 Schools, for the instruction and training of teachers 
 of Common Schools in the science of education and 
 art of teaching. He may select the location of such 
 schools, and erect or procure and furnish the buildin-rs 
 requisite for the same. C.S. L.C., c. 1,5, s. 11 "^ 
 
 75. To provide for the purchase of such sites, and Certain 
 for erecting or procuring and furnishing of such PrS^'rfor 
 bu.ldmgs. the Lieutenant Governor in Council may of'thrne "Re- 
 order that, out of the said income fund, the sum of ings ''""''" 
 eight thousand dollars be yearly set aside and appro- 
 
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 printed to form a fiiml (.> he called ''The Normal 
 School Buikling Fund of the Province of Quebec;" 
 any sum so yeai'lj-sct apart and approjtriated shall bo 
 invested or placed at interest as' (he Lieutenant Gover- 
 nor in Council may direct; and (he income and 
 interest shall, like the principal, form part of the said 
 fund. C.S.L.O., c, 15, s. 12. 
 
 2. The moneys realized by the wale which the 
 Lieuienant (lovernoi- in Council may direct to bo 
 made of any site and the buildings thereon acquired 
 for Normal School purposes in the province and not 
 deemed convenient foi' such jnirposes, shall form pai-t 
 of the Normal School buildiny fund of the piovinco, 
 and shall be invested or placed at interest in (he like 
 manner as any other sum forming part thereof. C S 
 L.C., c. 15, s. 12 § 2. 
 
 Howunex- '*'^- Any cxcess or amount of the Normal School 
 
 anceo' the building fund not actually required Ibr the purposes 
 
 ,Sbe'^"'"' ^"'" ^^^"c'l ^he fund is constituted, shall, in the discre- 
 
 disp.,8ed of. tion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council as he may 
 
 direct, either revert to and foi-m part of the said 
 
 Superior Education income fund of the pi-ovince, or 
 
 be invested as part t)f the said Superior Education 
 
 investment fund. 
 
 2. The income and interest, in the latter case, 
 arising from such investment shall form |)art of the 
 said income fund. C.S.L.C., c. 15, s. 13. 
 
 Appropriation 77» A sum not exceeding six thousand dollars 
 iiries o/" shall be allowed yearly out of the Common School fund 
 
 normal gchool ,. ., •.in... 
 
 teachers. '"i" the province, to defray the salaries of officers and 
 
 other contingent expenses of Normal Schools; and a 
 sum not exceeding four thousand dollars shall be 
 allowed yearly out of the said income fund, as an aid 
 to facilitate the attendance of teachers in training at 
 Normal Schools. C. S. L. C, c. 15, s. 14. 
 
 
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 7H, In case the two suiiih niontioned in the In ciisc such 
 Fffedingurticlourc found insuiBciont, the Lieulenant ".'"inSiA". 
 Governor in Council may order that, out of (lie said 
 income fund, a certain sum be yearly appropriated for 
 the support and niaintcnanco of Normal Sciiools, 
 wluch sum so set apart and appropriated yearly, shall 
 not exceed in any one year the sum of ten thousand 
 dollars. C. S. L. C, c. 15, s. 15. 
 
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 ■Control of these Schools. 
 
 79. Xornial Schools shall be under the control Schools to be 
 of the supei-iuteiidcnl, who, for their establislnnent oT&rin-'''' 
 and maintenance, shall from time to time make such """'*""' 
 arrangements as the Lieutenant (iovernor in Council 
 may direct. 
 
 The superintendent shall, subject to the approval 'fi^iichers and 
 of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, determine""''' '"'"'''''''' 
 who shall be the teachers and the persons to he 
 employed therein, and the numbei' and remuneration 
 of such persons and teachers. C. S. L. C, c. U), s. It;. 
 
 .SO. The i)rofessor, professors, directors and i)rin--^fPO'"tttjnt 
 
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 cipals ot normal schools, are appointed or removed "'"» '"'"f«s''"» 
 
 1.,, iu r • i i /< . ^. ., of normal 
 
 by the Lieutenant (xovernor in Council, on the re- schools, 
 commendation of the Roman Catholic or Protestant 
 (>ommitteeof the ('ouncil of Public Instruction.accord- 
 ing as such appointments oi- removals concern Eoman 
 Catholic or Protestant Schools. 'M V., (r. 15. s. 2,3. 
 
 81. The principal of every Normal School shall, "-'""ditions 
 
 !,,,<• .. .1 ... „ ,, . ' imposed upon 
 
 uetoie the admission ot any pupil into such a school admission to 
 
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 make hini sign, in presence of two witnes.ses, a schools. 
 documentor obligation, by which he shall bind himself 
 to pay his board therein ; or if he is a bursar, to refund 
 in certain cases the amount of his bursary, and to pav 
 such sum as shall be required, according to the 
 
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 Powers of 
 parents, &c. 
 respectiriK 
 nbligations. 
 
 conditions, which shall, from time to time, be fixed 
 by the Lioutontint Governor in Council. 
 
 2. IJvoiy fiitluM', tutor, or friend, may sign such 
 document and bind himself, eillier in such quality 
 or personally, for the paj-ment of all sums of money 
 exigible under the document or obligation and the 
 conditions so fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in 
 Council. 
 
 name. 
 
 Principni mny 3. The principal of every Normal Scliool may sue 
 
 sue in his own • . ^ ,,...,.. ' 
 
 m any competent court of justice, for the recovery of 
 all sums due under such obligation, and shall be solely 
 designated in such suit by the words " the principal 
 
 of the Normal School of " adding thereto the 
 
 name of the school. 
 
 Account to 4. He shall account to the superintendent for all 
 
 suVeHn"*^ " sums Collected in virtue of this article, and this article 
 
 shall apply to the recovery of any sum now due to 
 
 Normal Schools under regulations now in force. 
 
 31 v., c. 22, s. 6. 
 
 Student? in 
 normal 
 schools, on 
 completion of 
 n regular 
 course of 
 study, may 
 receive a 
 certificate. 
 
 Eflect of such 
 certificate. 
 
 H*2. On the presentation, by any student to the 
 superintendent, of a certificate under the hand and 
 seal of the pi-incipal of any such Normal School, that 
 such student lias gone through a regular course of 
 study therein, the said superintendent may grant to 
 such student a certificate or diploma of qualification 
 which shall be valid until revoked for some bi-each of 
 good conduct or of good morals by such student. 
 
 By virtue of such certificate and while it remains 
 valid, such student shall be eligible to be employed 
 as teacher in any Academj'^, Model School or Elemen- 
 tary School under the control of school commissioners 
 or trustees. C. S. L.C., c. 15, s. 17. 
 
S3. Rules and regulations are made by the Council T" """kc ruios 
 of Puhiic Instruction vvilli the anniovai of the Lieu- """^'"''^Nor- 
 
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 tenant (rovornor in Council, (or the niana^'cment of 
 Normal Schools, and, saving always the provisions of 
 paragraph 1 and 2 of article 81, for i)rescribing the 
 terms anil conditions on which students shall ho 
 received and instructed therein, the course of instruc- 
 tion to he followed, the mode and mannei- in which 
 registers and books shall bo kept, and in which 
 certificates of study shall bo granted to students; and 
 the reports of the ])rincipal of any such normal 
 school, shall be made to the sui)orinlendent. (;. 8 L 
 C, c. 15, s. 21, ^2. 
 
 Note.— The sections above marked 75, 1G, 77 & 78 
 are obsolete, as the funds required since Confederation 
 have been annually voted by the legislatuie. 
 
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GENERAL REGULATIONS 
 
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 McGILL NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 
 (^Approved by the Governor in Council, 185G.) 
 
 EBTABLISHMKNT fiF NORMAT, SCHOOLS. 
 
 Article First. — Three Normal Schools shall ho estahlished in 
 Lower Canada, under the siiporintendencc and diicftion of the 
 Superintendent of Schools lor that part of this Province. 
 
 Article Third. — The Superintendent may establish one of tliose 
 Hchools in the city of Montreal, kmiI associate with him for its 
 direction, the ('orporation of the Univ.'isiiy of McClill College. 
 The studies in this school shall be principally carried on in the 
 English language, but the French shall likewis.j be taught. It is 
 chiefly established l\)v the purjiosc of educating teachers for the 
 Protestant population, and for those of all religions denominations 
 in Lower Canada, other than the Poijian (!atholic. It shall be 
 known under the name of " The McGill Normal School." 
 
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 OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANNUAL GRANT. 
 
 Article Fifth. — The Superintendent shall cause to be opened 
 and kept, a book of accounts with each of the Normal Schools , 
 he shall charge to the account of each of them such sums of 
 money as he shall from time to tim.e advance for their support, 
 on the requisitions of the Principal of each school. 
 
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 Avticlo Sixth.— The Suporintendcnt may hiy out for the ex- 
 penses of inaugiinition, for the purchase of books, maiw, g\ohv8, 
 mathematical instruments and philosophical apparatus, funiiture 
 and otiier articles of a similar nature, accordini.- as (hoy may be 
 required by each of the xVormal Schools, «uch "sums of' money as 
 lie may deem I'cquisite for those purposes, out of the ir,.ant of 
 £4,000 currency, for the year 185(5; and (he balance shall be 
 equally divided among the three schools, and will aid to defray 
 the expenses of their maintenance for this, and the following 
 years. 
 
 Article Seventh.— There Shall be allowed for every subsequent 
 year, £1,300 currency for the maintenance of the liaval Normal 
 Schoo',— £1,.300 currency for that of the McGill Normal School, 
 —and £1,400 curi-cncy for the suppoi-t of the Jacques Cartier 
 Normal School.* 
 
 Article Eighth.— The Superintendent shall divide annually 
 equally among the three schools, the sum of £1,000 currency to 
 assist in paying the board and travelling e.vpenses of students 
 requiring aid. 
 
 Article Ninth.—The balance remaining unexpended by each 
 school, shall go to increase the boarding-fund of that school for 
 the following year. 
 
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 OP THE COURSE OF STUDIES. 
 
 Article Tenth.— The course of studies in each Normal School 
 shall, in the Hrst place, fas the principal object to be attained) 
 consist of " The Art of 'I'eaching." It must also comprise among 
 other studies — Religious Instruction — Methodical Reading— 
 Elocution— Recitation— French and English Gi-ammar- Litei-ary 
 Composition— The Elements of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy 
 —History, both general and particular— Sacred History—The 
 Histories of England and Canada— Geography— Arithmetic in 
 an its branches — Book-keeping — Algebra — the Elements of 
 
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 Geometry— Mensuration— Astronomy— Natural Philosophy and 
 Chemistry— Natural History, Agriculture, Di-awing and Singing. 
 Article Eleventh.- For those who wish to ohtain a diploma 
 enabling them to tcacli Model Schools, tiie course of studies 
 should not occupy moi-e than two years, and it is to he so I'cgu- 
 lated, that the diploma enabling the pupil-teachers to teach^'in 
 an Elementary School may be obtained at the end of the first 
 year. [The course of study for the Aoademy diploma extends 
 over three years.] 
 
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 OF PROFESSORS. 
 
 Article Twelfth.— The professors shall bo divided into two 
 classes; Oi'dinary professors and Associate professors. These 
 shall be under the direction of a Principal, who, as such, will 
 have particular duties to perform, for which he will bear the 
 responsibility. Any one of the Ordinary professors may be 
 chosen to till the office. 
 
 Article Thirteenth.— Each of the Ordinary professors will teacli 
 several branches of study, and it may be' required of them to 
 devote the whole of their time exclusively to the Normal School. 
 
 Article Fourteenth.— The As.sociate professors shall teach one 
 or moi-e separate branches, and shall not be required to devote 
 the whole of their time to the school. 
 
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 OF ADMIS.SION TO STUDY AND DIsOFPMNE OP PUPFL-TEACHERS. 
 
 Article Fifteenth.— Previous to admission to classes, every 
 pupil-teacher shall undergo an examination as to his sufficient 
 knowledge of reading, writing, the rudiments of grammar in his 
 own language, and arithmetic ; he may also be requii'ed by the 
 By-laws of any one of the schools to give proof of his knowledge 
 of other subjects. This examination shall take place before the 
 Pi-mcipul, or before such other }ierson as he may specially appoint 
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 Article Sixteenth.— Every pujjil-toacher before being admitted, 
 shall be I'cquired to pi-oduce acertifieate of good moral character 
 from the curate of his parish, or from the minister of the religious 
 denomination of which he is a member and undei- whose 
 spiritual charge lie previously was, also to jjrove that he has 
 completed the sixteenth j^ear of his age. 
 
 Article Seventeenth.— The Rules and Regulations which shall 
 from time to time he established, tor the governance of each 
 school, shall provide for the proper discipline of the pupil- 
 teachers; and every scholar who shall have been intoxicated,— 
 have frequented taverns, — shall have been seen in any disorderly 
 liouse, gambling-lioHse, or in the company of a pei-son of known 
 bad charactei', or have been guilty of any act <>(' immorality or 
 insubordination, shall be expelled. 
 
 Article Eighteenth.— Boarding-houses may be established foi- 
 the pupil-teachers of each school, 01' they may be permitted to 
 live in any one already established. 
 
 The price of board, in the boarding-house attached to a s';hool, 
 shall be fixed by the Principal, subject to the approbation oi' the 
 Superintendent. 
 
 Article Nineteenth.— Pupil-teachers, not being boai-ders, shall, 
 unless they reside with their parents, be permitted to live in 
 such boariling-houees only as shall be approved of by the Pi-in- 
 cipal of each school. 
 
 Article Twentieth.— Such pupil-teacher- as shall receive an 
 allowance from Government for theii- boaid, may be compelled 
 to reside in the boai'ding-house altached to the establishment 
 unless, for suilicient rea.sons, speciaily exempted by the Superin- 
 tendent of Schools. 
 
 Article Twenty-first.- The Superintendent may divide the sum 
 allowed to each school for the board of the pupil-teachers into 
 a certain number of bursaries, none of which shall exceed the sum 
 of £15 noi- be less than 1:5 currency. Public notice shall be 
 given of the dates within which application must be made tor 
 obtaining these bursaries. A certain number of them may also be 
 put up for competition, to be awanled to the successful candi- 
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 examination to which they shall ho suhjected for this purpose. 
 
 Article Twenfy-Kecond.— The Su|)crinten(icnt may also deduct 
 from the sum granlcd to lacilitate the attendance of pupil- 
 teachers at each of the Normal schools, a certain sum of money 
 which shall ho apj)licd tn pay their travelliny expenses, conform- 
 ahly to a tarlH' which shall ho hereafter estahlished, for each 
 Hcdiool. 
 
 Article Twenty-third.— Sec Act 31 Vict. ch. xxii., sec. (I, as 
 ahove cited. Kveiy pupil-tea(dier hefort* hein-,^ admitted to study, 
 shall sign a declaration, \>y which he shall hind himself to con- 
 i'orm to all the rules and reguhitious of the school, to under<To an 
 examination lor ohtaining a diploma, and aftoi' obtaining the 
 same, to teach in a s( hool under the control of the Superinten- 
 dent of Schools, or in .some college or academy in Jjower I'anada, 
 either incoi-porated or receiving a grant from tlie Province, 
 during lit least three consecutive years; and, in case he should 
 not fulfil these conditir.ns, then to pay to the Superintendent of 
 Schools the sum (d' €1(1 curriincy, as an indemnity tor the ex- 
 penses uselessly incurred by the tiovernment in pi'eparing him 
 for the profession of a teacher, and further to I'eimbur.se such 
 sums as may have been advanced for him on account of his boanl 
 and ti'avelling expenses. 
 
 Article Twenty-tburth.—A pupil-teachcir shall bo considered as 
 having failed in his engagement, when he shall have been expelled 
 from the Normal School, when ho shall not have obtained a dip- 
 loma, or when, alter obtaining the same, he shall be deprived of 
 it undei' the provisions of the liJth clause of the Act 19th Vict 
 Cap. I4th. 
 
 Article Twenty -fifth.— A teacher shall not bo deemed to have 
 failed in his engag*Mnent, when ho shall have been unable to ob- 
 tain employment, provided that he shall have refused no offer 
 to which th(^ salary attached shall he ccmsidered by the Superin- 
 tendent of Schools sufticient, according to the class of his diploma. 
 
 Article Twenty-sixth.— In such of the Normal Schools as shall 
 have a boarding-house attached to it. the Superintondont may 
 I.ay over to the director of su(di boarding-house the amount of the 
 bursaries awarded to the pii])il-trachers who shall not have ob- 
 
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 tained pei-raissi.^n to board olsowhero. He may also pay out of 
 the portion of the annual grant allowed to each school the sum 
 required to pay off the surplus of expenses incurred tor the 
 maintenance of the boai-ding-house. 
 
 Article Twenty-seventh.— The director of the boarding-house 
 and the n.a8t(!rs of tht; study, shall be appointed by the Siiperin- 
 tcndont in I he same manner as the Ordinary and Associate profes- 
 sors in each school, subject to the approbation of His Excellency 
 the Governor-Goueral. [Now the Lieutenant-Governor in Coun- 
 cil.] 
 
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 OF DIPLOMAS. 
 
 Article Twenty-eighth.-Seo C.S.L.C, Cap. 15, s. 17, as above 
 cited. Ihplomas shall be granted by the Superintendent on the 
 certificate of the Principal of each school, that the candidate 
 bearer of such certificate, has passed an examination before him' 
 or before such examiners as the Superintendent shall h-ive 
 appointed. 
 
 Article Twenty-ninth.-Diplomas shall consist of three kinds 
 VIZ. .—For Academies, for Model Schools, and for Elementary 
 schools. *' 
 
 VII. 
 
 OF MODEL SCHOOLS. 
 
 Article Thirtieth.-For each of the Normal Schools (hero shall 
 be established a Model School for males, and a Model School for 
 females ; in each of these shall be taught, at least, all those 
 branches of education required by law to be taught in model 
 schools. 
 
 Article Thirty-first.— The teachers (both male and female) of 
 the Model Schools, shall bo nominated by the Superintendent of 
 Schools. The salary of no teacher shall, for the present, exceed 
 £200 currency. 
 
 Article Thivty-yecond. — The pupil-teachers in the Normal 
 
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 Schools shall, each in thoir turn, teach in the Model School of the 
 POX to which thoy belon^L?, under the direction of the teachers 
 of such school, and under the superintendence of the Principal 
 and Ordinary Professors of the Normal School. 
 
 Article Thirty-third. -There shall bo e^tahlislle<l f„r each 
 model school a cei-tain monthly or wecldy rate, to he paid hv all 
 children attending such schools. 
 
 The revenue derived from such fees shall bi^ aj)plied towards 
 defraying the expenses of the Model and Normal Schools, and an 
 account thereof shall bo regularly kept and rendered to the Super- 
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 OF THE BY-LAWS OF EACH SCHOOL. 
 
 Article Thirty-fourth. - By-laws shall be established for the 
 management of each of the three schools. These By-laws must 
 in all respects be conformable to the provisions of the present 
 General Eegulations. 
 
 PIERRE J. O. CHAUVEAU, 
 
 Superiniendenf. of Schools. 
 Approved by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. 
 
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 PRINCE OF WALES MEDAL. : 
 
 Resolutions of Council of Public Instruction, 1861. 
 
 The Superintendent having laid before the Council a letter 
 fi-om His Excellency the Governor-General, informing him of the 
 liberal gift made by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales of 
 asumof SBOOfor pri/.es to be given in the Lower Canada Normal 
 Schools, the Council passed the following resolutions :— 
 
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 1. Resoled, That this Council aiknowlodges with deep grati- 
 tude the liberality which Hi8 Eoyal Jlighness the Prince of Wales 
 has been pleased to extend to the Normal schools of Lower 
 Canada, in placing a sum of £200 in the hands of Ilig Excellency 
 the Govornorlieneral, to bo distributed as a prize in these 
 schools. 
 
 2. Rmilved,— Thai it is the opinion of the Council, that this 
 sum should be permanently invested, so as to form with the 
 interest a prize in each school, to be called ' The Prince of Wales' 
 Prize.' 
 
 3. iZeso^cer/,— That this prize should be crjual in amount to on© 
 third of the interest on said sum, foi- each school, to be paid to 
 the most successful competitor at (he examination for Model 
 School Diplomas; provided always that for moral conduct and 
 apj)lication to study he shall have been sot down as entitled to 
 the highest grade of merit, in f)oth semi-annual " Keports of 
 Progress " ; and also entitled to the highest grades of excellence 
 
 for the following branches in the last '' Eeport of Progress"; 
 
 Eeligious Instruction; Writing; Reading, Grammar and Spelling, 
 in his vernacular idiom ; Arithmetic; Book-keeping; Geography; 
 History of Canada; the Art of Teaching, and Teaching in Model 
 Schools. He should also be classed by said Reports at least in 
 the second grade of excellence for all other branches, with the 
 exception of Gymnastics, Drawing, and Music, vocal and instru- 
 mental, for which this proticiency should not be required of him. 
 
 4. Resoli. ill, —That if no one pupil fulfil the necessary con- 
 ditions, the sum accruing to the school for the ycai-, should be 
 deposited in a Savings Bank by the Superintendent, and when it 
 shall have amounted to £100, be placed at interest, together with 
 the original principal, so as to increase the annual prize. 
 
 5. Resolved, — That the Superintendent should be authorized 
 to cause bronze medals to be struck to serve as testimonials to 
 the pupils taking this prize. 
 
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 AMENDED REQU NATIONS 
 
 Of the Council of Public Instruction of Lower Canada, 
 Uth Mciij, ]8()4. 
 
 Resolved, — That (IioOenoral Rogulations rolaliiii-' (o the Normal 
 .Schools of Lowur {'aujula lio uincnded as follows: — 
 
 1st. That it shall be at the option of the Principal of each 
 school, with the sanction of the Superintendent of Education, to 
 confer a bursaiy of ei<.;hty dollars on any pupil who shall follow 
 a third year's course while preparing for the Academy Diploma, 
 or on any pupil who, on entering the school, shall possess the 
 required degree of instruction to commence a course of prejiava- 
 tion for thatdiploma at once; provided, however, that the sui-plus 
 charge he taken from the bursaries to be conferi-ed each year, so 
 that the expenses oi" the school may not be augmented thereby, 
 
 2nd. That all j)erson8 holding the degree of Bachelor of Arts 
 or Master of 7\rts from one of the Lower Canada Universities 
 shall be comj)etent to receive the Academy Diploma at the 
 Normal School without being bound to follow a course of studies 
 at such Normal .School, and without being constrained to under^-o 
 examination in subjects which may have been included in the 
 examination previously undergone lor the degree conferred by 
 the University; but they shall, however, be bound to follow the 
 (courses on the Art of Teaching and all the other "-equired sub- 
 jects not included in such pievious examination, and they shall 
 therefore undergo examination accoidingly. 
 
 RELATION OF MCOILL irNIVERSITY TO THE MCGILL NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 
 Approved by the Lieut.-Governor in Council, March 'A, 1870. 
 
 1. A Standing Committee of the Corporation of the University 
 shall be appointed yearly at the regular January meeting, or 
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 momhors, tho Vico-Chancellor to be ex officio one of the number 
 and Chairman, and three to be a quorum. Such Committee to 
 be named " The Normal School Committee," and to have tlie 
 general Hupcrvision of the affairs ,>f the school, on behall' of the 
 Corporation, in the intervals of its meetings, reporting annually 
 at the regular meeting in January. 
 
 2. Jt shall be the duty of the Principal of the Normal School 
 to contmue the monthly meetings for Confeience of Pi-ofessorb 
 and Teachers, which heietofore liave been held, and to give 
 notice of the same to the Chairman of the Normal School Com- 
 mittee, that he may attend in behalf of the Committee. 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Normal School 
 Committee to watch over the interests of the school, and to 
 represent the Corporation, or to provide for such representation 
 at all public meetings in connection with the school. He shall 
 also co-operate with the Principal and Professors in the Examin- 
 ations of the school. 
 
 4. The Auditors appointed by the Board of Governors for the 
 accounts of the University shall also be Auditors of the accounts 
 of the Normal School, and the accounts shall be laid before the 
 Corporation in the same manner and at the same time with 
 those of the University. 
 
 5. The Annual Report of the Principal of the Normal School 
 to the Superintendent of Education, required by the regulations 
 of the Normal School, shall be laid before the Corporation, at its 
 regular meeting in June of each yeai-. 
 
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 DATE OP (jI.OSE OP SESSION. 
 
 Regulation of the Protestant Committee of the Comcil of Public Ins- 
 truction, 1883. 
 
 That the Regulations of Normal Schools be so amended as to 
 permit the McGill Normal School to close its session on the last 
 day of May instead of the last day of June as at present. 
 
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 AfADEMY JlII'LOMAS. 
 
 Rerjiilafinn of Prof. Com. ('. P. J. ^Ipprorerl hi/ Lieutenant 
 (rtirenwr ni ''oiinci/, March 2?,, 1S85. 
 
 1. Thill lu^iTiil'ttM- (lie Aciideiiiy IMplomas^n'aiilcd bytlio Boai'il 
 of Exiuniiicis be known iiH " Aoacloiiiy l)i|)lonias, (li-ade 2," in 
 the case of candidates Wuv^ ^n'aduatcs of any Hritish op Cana- 
 dian Univci'isity. 
 
 2. Tliat ^Taduah'H Ironi any Brilisli or Canadian Univei-Hlly 
 (a) wlio have (akon tluM(tiir>o and j>a.ssod the examinations in 
 the Ai-t of Teachinsr at (lie McGill Normal School ; or, (6) who 
 U\ke. first rank in tlu^ special professional examinations provided 
 from time to time lor such t,n'aduates in the Normal School ; or, 
 (f) who shall have received a certificate from the Academy 
 Inspector that they have taught successfully for two years, shall 
 receive Academy Diplomas, to be known as " Academy Diplomas, 
 Grade 1. " 
 
 ;{. Tiiat graduates who take second rank in the professional 
 examinations shall receive the " Academy Diploma, Grade 2." 
 
 4. That teachers in training of the McGill Normal School who 
 pass the Intermediate Examination or that for Senior Associate 
 in Aj'ts (taking both Latin and (ireek) of the McGill University, 
 or of the University of Bishop's College, shall receive " Academy 
 Diploma, Grade 2." 
 
 
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 Additional regulations respecting Bachelors of Arts candidates for 
 Normal School Diplainas, passed by the Frotestajit Committee 
 of the Council of Public Instruction, Sept. 9, 1885. 
 
 1. The examination of Bachelors of Arts, candidates for the 
 Normal School Diploma, shall be hold in the Normal School on 
 and alter the 15th of May in each year, and the results shall be 
 declared at the close of the Normal School session in Hay. 
 
 2. The Principal of the school shall be autliorised to send the 
 examination papers to the University of Bishop's College and 
 
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 to Morrin College for the mo of HtiidentH of their graduating 
 cla8.se8, and 8.ich «tu<lonts Bhall ho entitled to receive their dinlo- 
 mas on their graduating. 
 
 1. The period for ^tudy in the Model Seho.dn .ludl he Hxed 
 
 .on, tune to time hy the Prineipal, and shall extend ever at least, 
 iour weeks. .Students of Binhop's College shall he required to 
 jM-esent a eertiHeato of attendance in its school, and student, of 
 MMvm (.ollege a similar .ertiticate ..f attendance at a school in 
 tijuebec sanctioned by the College. 
 
 JiegulaUons respecfim, admission of tearh.rs Mdin.j Academy Diplo- 
 'nas, to the Classes of the Second Year in the (Jnivemties. 
 
 1. Temhers in training who have received the Academy 
 i^iploma, and who may enter either of the Protestant Universities 
 of Lower Canada for a further year of study, shall be entitled 
 to have a bursary of $25 continued to them, unless they shall 
 i-eceive a Univoi-sity Sholarship of like amount. 
 
 2_ The names of such teachers shall be retained in the Register 
 of he Normal School, and their obligation to teach shall be held 
 to date from their pit.ssing the University e.xamination entitling 
 to the second grade of diploma. 
 

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 McGILL NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 
 (Approved by tht Superintendmt of Education and the Corporation 
 
 of the University.) 
 
 i^l. ADMISSION, CONDUCT AND DXSCII'LINE. 
 
 I. Any person desirous of being {ulmitted as a Teachei'-in- 
 training must apply to the Principal of the Normal School, who, 
 on hiH producing an Extract from the Register of Baptisms, or 
 other evidence, showing that he is full sixteen years of age, with 
 the certiricate of character and conduct requircu by the f)th 
 article of the General Eules and Regulations, approved by his 
 Excellency the Govci-nor-Gcnei-al, on the 22nd December, 1856, 
 shall examine the candidate. 
 
 If, upon his examination, it is found that the candidate can 
 read and write sufficiently well, knows the Rudiments of Gram- 
 mar in his mother tongue, and Arithmetic as far as the rule of 
 three inclusively, and has some knowledge of Geography, the 
 Principal shall grant him a certificate. 
 2. The candidate having thus obtained the certificate of the 
 
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 Pi-ineipal, hIui!! thcMi (in tlic pivhcwuc ot two witnoHse.s. who. 
 with the Principal, shuii countorHign the same) Hign an applica- 
 tion in wrilinfr for admission, cntaininK' Huulociaration m|uiro.l 
 l>y Iho 2;{nl general regulation. This sh.-ill I.e torwaid,.! to (ho 
 Siiperintondont of Kdination. togetlier with all the cortiticalos 
 and other .locun.entH ivqiiired, and, if the whole he (bund correct 
 the Superintemh'nl shall cause the name of the candidate to be 
 inscrii.ed in the Register, and notice (hereof shall be given to the 
 I'rincipal. 
 
 3. The Teachers-in-truining Mhall state the j»lace of their venU 
 dence; and those who cannot reside with their parents will be 
 permitted to live in boarding-houses, but in such only as shall be 
 Hpeeially approved of. So boarding-houses having j.ermission 
 to board male Teaehers-in-training will bo permitted to receive 
 tomalo Teachers-in-training as boarders, and oice versa. 
 
 4. Every Teacher-in-training, on passing the examination, will 
 be allowed a sum, not exceeding §36, to assist in paying his 
 board. 
 
 5. Every Teachor-in-training i-esiding at a distance of more 
 than ninety miles from the City of Montreal, shall b(. entitled to 
 receive an allowance for travelling expenses proportionate to the 
 distance, but not to exceed ten lUAlavsper imnnm. 
 
 <j. There shall bo no inteicourso between the male and female 
 Teachei -in-training while in School, or when going to, or re- 
 turning Irom it. Teachers of one sex arc strictly prohibited 
 from visiting those of the other. 
 
 T. They are on no account to be absent fjom their lodgir.^s 
 after half-past nine o'clock in the evening. 
 
 8. They will be allowed to atteiul such lectures and public 
 meetings only as may be considered by the Principal conducive 
 to the=r m,;i'' and mental improvement. 
 
 1>. Proprit. .! of boa.-ding-houses authorized by the Pi-incipal 
 shall report ;,o ,, „• ; ,y i- faction of the rules with which they 
 may have becoinu^ , tr a'iiiod. 
 
 10. The Pi'oleiiHOi > wiall have .i -; power of excluding from the 
 lectures, for a time, any student who may bo inattentive to bis 
 studies, or guilty of any minor infraction of the regulations. 
 
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 11. TcachcrH-iii-t mining' will l.o ic(iniro<l f(» HtiUc witli whiil 
 religions .lononiinutio?! tlioy aio conrieofed ; iiiid a lint ot'tlio Stii- 
 • lentH connected wilii wich dcnominiilioii mIijiI! l.o liiniiHliud to 
 "iioolUic Minis(,(>rH of Hiich donominafi(jii rosidoiil in Montival, 
 witli (lio rei|iifsl that lie will nifcl woeldy will. Iliat iM)iti(.ii of" 
 the TeacliorH-in-trainin^', or otiiciwise provide loi' tiieir ruli^nous 
 instruction. Every Thursday after four o'clock will l.o assignciJ 
 for Ihis purpose. 
 
 12. In addition to punctual atlfudame a( weelcly religious 
 instruction, eacii Student will be required to attend public wor- 
 ship at his own church, at least once every Sunday. 
 
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 ?;-. ("i.A.ssrrAi, sTnorEs fn modei, soiioof, class. 
 
 ^ Students in tiic Model School Class shall take Latin until tho 
 Christmas exaniinalious. If their standing in all the subjects of 
 the Christinas examinations has been satisfactory, they will be 
 expected to continue in tlie Latin Cla.ss, and will be permitted to 
 enter on the study of Greek, if they elect to do so. The standanl 
 for Latin in the Model School year shall be Mryce's First Latin 
 Book. In the tinal examinations of the .Model "scIk.oI year, tail 
 ure to pass either in Latin or in (ireek. or in both, shall not of 
 itself deprive a student of the diploma, but shall prevent admis- 
 bion to the Academy Clas^. 
 
 (May C, ISfiS). 
 
 ^3. I'RrVILEOES OP ASSOCfATES IN ARTS. 
 
 Associates in Arts of llie University, of the lequiied age, 
 may be admitted into the Elementary and Model School Cla.sses 
 of the Normal School without examination, provided that they 
 have passed in (ieometry. Algebra and French. 
 
 Also in tlie t xamination for entrance into the Academy Class, 
 the Principal may allow exemption from examination foi- such 
 subjects as in the examinations for Associates in s candidates 
 may have passed in with credit. 
 
 Candidates for entrance claiming such admissions on exemp- 
 
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 cipal of the Normal Srhool. Asnocates to the Pri„. 
 
 „, (Feb. 5, 1879.) 
 
 ^4. MEPAr.S, FKIZES AND BHR.SARrES 
 
 The Prince of Wales Medal an<l P.m/o will . •' 
 dent taking the highest nl-i.e ,n . It , *" ^'"'''" ^^ ^''^ "^tu- 
 
 tl.at such Sudent S d .- , o " " ' ''''"'"' ^'^^•'^' l^'^-'-' 
 lationsoftheConnei o PabioT '! ^^"'"^'"-^^ "■^'«^' ^^^ ^he Ke^u. 
 
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 lowin,. letter of the donoT!!^ n '""''^'^"■^ '^'^^^^^ ^" ^^'^ ^•-'- 
 
 '^orapetition in that Chiss \vhJ '^ "In '''"'' ^^ ''•^^'^''"•^^ a prize for 
 Hmo; and shall be fW ! t:^'"" '^' ^"•'"^"•' ^'^ ' •'• ^'- Wilson 
 a Volume tobeeh.>sene eh ve , ;''"'"''"^'"^^ I>'>'mnion, and 
 or the prize, ,o be .^^t ^^ i: ^r! T'7 '''''''^'''- 
 graduated with the .creates. • '''"" ^'^^ •"^''^" ^^^e 
 
 and eveiy year, .o lo^^ t SZ^;:"'? '' ''''"'^' '" -^'^ 
 
 '^ " IS in nij power to give." 
 
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 Une-third of the annual bursarv sl,.,ll i 
 
 dents of the cit,^ of Montreal ;rLt' L 'rf ^ "' '""-'■^^^- 
 tions; and (o those resident and « /-'"•'«tmas examina- 
 
 - the end of the sessi:':;: ^ ^ir x: /t 'r\ ■' ^"•" 
 
 to non-residents. ^'"'"^ '^^'•"> "'Is of that paid 
 
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 coiifso and the examination therein, shall be received without 
 lui-ther examination into the seeuu(lye;ir, provided that the ques- 
 tions set at the examination for the said Academy Diploma, and 
 the marks sevei'ally assigned to them, together with the marks 
 gained on each question by tlie said candidates, shall liave been 
 submitted to the University Hxaminers for their information and 
 approval; and further, that the said questions with the nuirks 
 assigned to them shall have been set by the Principal or Exam- 
 ers of the Normal School, and the marks to the answers of the 
 candidates shall also have been awarded by them. 
 
 3. That such students, not exceeding throe in number, and who 
 shall be certified by the Principal of the School, as having taken 
 75 per cent, of the total marks in the said Examinations, and not 
 loss than two-thirds of the marks in Latin and Greek, shall be 
 entitled to free tuitions in the Faculty of Arts of McGill Univer- 
 sity in the second year. 
 
 (April 29, 1885.) 
 
 [Similar Pi'iviloges to the above have been granted by the 
 University of Bishop's College.] 
 
 §6. LODGING-HOUSES. 
 
 1. A copy of the regulations shall be sentto all keepers of Lodg- 
 ing Houses at the beginning of Session. 
 
 2. In case of Lodgings being chosen by parents or guardians a 
 written statement of the parent or guardian shall be presented 'to 
 the Principal. 
 
 3. All intended changes of lodgings shall be made known 
 betoi-ohantl to the Principal or to one of the Professors. 
 
 4. Boarding-houses shall be visited by a committee of Professors 
 monthly. 
 
 5. Special visitations shall be made in case of sickness being 
 reported, either by Professoi-s or by ladies connected with the 
 school ; and if necessary, medical attendance shall be procured. 
 
 6. Students and Lodging-house keepers are required to report 
 as soon as possible, all cases of serious dlness. 
 
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