A Tercentenary History of the Boston Public Latin School, 1635–1935 / / Pauline Holmes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Holmes, Pauline,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1935
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Education ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (541 p.) :; 165 illustrations

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. THREE CENTURIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BOSTON, 1635-1935 -- CHAPTER II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL IN THE COLONIAL AND PROVINCIAL PERIODS -- CHAPTER III. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION -- CHAPTER IV. DISCIPLINE AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT -- CHAPTER V. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MASTERS AND USHERS OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL -- CHAPTER VI. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME FAMOUS PUPILS OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL -- CHAPTER VII. LOCATION OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL BUILDINGS -- CHAPTER VIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL -- CHAPTER IX. OLD TEXTBOOKS USED AT THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL FROM 1635 TO 1876 -- CHAPTER X. METHODS OF TEACHING SPECIAL SUBJECTS -- CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX I. HISTORY OF THE QUEEN STREET WRITING SCHOOL, THE CENTRE SCHOOL, AND THE ADAMS SCHOOL -- APPENDIX II. HISTORY OF THE NORTH WRITING SCHOOL AND THE ELIOT SCHOOL -- APPENDIX III. HISTORY OF THE NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL -- APPENDIX IV. HISTORY OF THE MUDDY RIVER WRITING SCHOOL -- APPENDIX V. HISTORY OF THE RUMNEY MARSH WRITING SCHOOL -- APPENDIX VI. HISTORY OF THE SOUTH WRITING SCHOOL AND THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL -- APPENDIX VII. HISTORY OF THE SPINNING SCHOOLS -- APPENDIX VIII. HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERMOST WRITING SCHOOL AND THE SOUTH READING SCHOOL -- APPENDIX IX. HISTORY OF THE NEW NORTH WRITING SCHOOL AND THE NORTH READING SCHOOL -- APPENDIX X. THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF 1789 -- APPENDIX XI. MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON. SCHOOL COMMITTEE FROM 1789 THROUGH 1822 -- APPENDIX XII. BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS FROM 1789 THROUGH 1822 -- APPENDIX XIII. HISTORY OF THE MAYHEW SCHOOL -- APPENDIX XIV. HISTORY OF THE HAWES SCHOOL IN SOUTH BOSTON -- APPENDIX XV. HISTORY OF THE SMITH SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN -- APPENDIX XVI. HISTORY OF THE BOYLSTON SCHOOL -- APPENDIX XVII. HISTORY OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS -- APPENDIX XVIII. HISTORY OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS -- APPENDIX XIX. LIST OF PRIVATE TEACHERS IN BOSTON FROM 1630-1822 COMPILED FROM THE TOWN RECORDS AND SELECTMEN'S MINUTES -- APPENDIX XX. LIST OF PRIVATE TEACHERS IN BOSTON FROM 1630-1822 COMPILED FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND SUFFOLK COUNTY PROBATE RECORDS -- APPENDIX XXI. LIST OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TEACHERS IN BOSTON COMPILED FROM THE TOWN DIRECTORIES, 1789-1822 -- APPENDIX XXII. HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF MUTUAL INSTRUCTION -- APPENDIX XXIII. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CLASSICAL SCHOOL [ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL] -- APPENDIX XXIV. LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOLS IN 1636 -- 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 -- 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 -- APPENDIX XXVII. APPROPRIATION FOR SALARIES FROM 1789 THROUGH 1821 COMPILED FROM TOWN RECORDS -- APPENDIX XXVIII. NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE TWO LATIN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS FROM 1738 TO 1789 -- APPENDIX XXIX. -- 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 -- APPENDIX XXXI. ТHЕ TEACHING STAFF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL FROM 1635 TO 1935 -- APPENDIX XXXII. THE POSITION OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY -- APPENDIX XXXIII. A PARODY ON VIRGIL'S MNEID, WRITTEN BY GEORGE SANTAYANA IN 1881 -- APPENDIX XXXIV. THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL ON APRIL 22 AND 23, 1935 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter