CHAPTER I. THREE CENTURIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BOSTON, 1635-1935

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD xi
3. PREFACE xiii
4. CONTENTS xix
5. CHAPTER I. THREE CENTURIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BOSTON, 1635-1935 1
6. CHAPTER II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL IN THE COLONIAL AND PROVINCIAL PERIODS 27
7. CHAPTER III. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION 54
8. CHAPTER IV. DISCIPLINE AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT 77
9. CHAPTER V. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MASTERS AND USHERS OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL 87
10. CHAPTER VI. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME FAMOUS PUPILS OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL 125
11. CHAPTER VII. LOCATION OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL BUILDINGS 232
12. CHAPTER VIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL 252
13. CHAPTER IX. OLD TEXTBOOKS USED AT THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL FROM 1635 TO 1876 306
14. CHAPTER X. METHODS OF TEACHING SPECIAL SUBJECTS 373
15. CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION 386
16. APPENDICES
17. APPENDIX I. HISTORY OF THE QUEEN STREET WRITING SCHOOL, THE CENTRE SCHOOL, AND THE ADAMS SCHOOL 390
18. APPENDIX II. HISTORY OF THE NORTH WRITING SCHOOL AND THE ELIOT SCHOOL 396
19. APPENDIX III. HISTORY OF THE NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 401
20. APPENDIX IV. HISTORY OF THE MUDDY RIVER WRITING SCHOOL 406
21. APPENDIX V. HISTORY OF THE RUMNEY MARSH WRITING SCHOOL 407
22. APPENDIX VI. HISTORY OF THE SOUTH WRITING SCHOOL AND THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL 410
23. APPENDIX VII. HISTORY OF THE SPINNING SCHOOLS 416
24. APPENDIX VIII. HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERMOST WRITING SCHOOL AND THE SOUTH READING SCHOOL 418
25. APPENDIX IX. HISTORY OF THE NEW NORTH WRITING SCHOOL AND THE NORTH READING SCHOOL 420
26. APPENDIX X. THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF 1789 423
27. APPENDIX XI. MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON. SCHOOL COMMITTEE FROM 1789 THROUGH 1822 430
28. APPENDIX XII. BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS FROM 1789 THROUGH 1822 432
29. APPENDIX XIII. HISTORY OF THE MAYHEW SCHOOL 438
30. APPENDIX XIV. HISTORY OF THE HAWES SCHOOL IN SOUTH BOSTON 440
31. APPENDIX XV. HISTORY OF THE SMITH SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN 441
32. APPENDIX XVI. HISTORY OF THE BOYLSTON SCHOOL 443
33. APPENDIX XVII. HISTORY OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS 444
34. APPENDIX XVIII. HISTORY OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS 445
35. APPENDIX XIX. LIST OF PRIVATE TEACHERS IN BOSTON FROM 1630-1822 COMPILED FROM THE TOWN RECORDS AND SELECTMEN'S MINUTES 447
36. APPENDIX XX. LIST OF PRIVATE TEACHERS IN BOSTON FROM 1630-1822 COMPILED FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND SUFFOLK COUNTY PROBATE RECORDS 456
37. APPENDIX XXI. LIST OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TEACHERS IN BOSTON COMPILED FROM THE TOWN DIRECTORIES, 1789-1822 457
38. APPENDIX XXII. HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF MUTUAL INSTRUCTION 470
39. APPENDIX XXIII. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CLASSICAL SCHOOL [ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL] 471
40. APPENDIX XXIV. LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOLS IN 1636 472
41. APPENDIX XXV. SALARIES OF MASTERS AND USHERS OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL FROM 1635 TO 1796 COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE TOWN, SELECTMEN, AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE 474
42. APPENDIX XXVI. SALARIES OF MASTERS AND USHERS OF THE NORTH [LATIN] GRAMMAR SCHOOL FROM 1713 TO 1789 COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE TOWN AND SELECTMEN 477
43. APPENDIX XXVII. APPROPRIATION FOR SALARIES FROM 1789 THROUGH 1821 COMPILED FROM TOWN RECORDS 479
44. APPENDIX XXVIII. NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE TWO LATIN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS FROM 1738 TO 1789 480
45. APPENDIX XXIX. 482
46. APPENDIX XXX. CHART SHOWING THE GROWTH OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL FROM 1789 TO 1935 COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, FROM THE BROADSIDE CATALOGUES, AND FROM THE ANNUAL CATALOGUES OF THE SCHOOL 483
47. APPENDIX XXXI. ТHЕ TEACHING STAFF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL FROM 1635 TO 1935 486
48. APPENDIX XXXII. THE POSITION OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY 502
49. APPENDIX XXXIII. A PARODY ON VIRGIL'S MNEID, WRITTEN BY GEORGE SANTAYANA IN 1881 506
50. APPENDIX XXXIV. THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL ON APRIL 22 AND 23, 1935 522
51. BIBLIOGRAPHY 524
52. INDEX 532
53. Backmatter 542