Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of BostonGeo. C. Rand & Avery, 1868 - Boston (Mass.) |
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Page 9 - Chairman shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Board at the request of any two members.
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Page 265 - It was a NEW type. Its main features were these. 1. It was large. Up to this time, a Grammar School containing four hundred pupils was considered very large. This building had six hundred and sixty seats in its school-rooms, exclusive of the hall. 2. It contained a separate school-room for each teacher, twelve in all, and, of course, recitation rooms were not needed.
Page 265 - It contained a separate schoolroom for each teacher, 12 in all, and, of course, recitation rooms were not needed. 3. It contained a hall large enough to seat comfortably all the pupils that could be accommodated in its schoolrooms, and even more.
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| Title | Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston School document |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). School Committee |
| Publisher | Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1868 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
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