History of the burgh and parish schools of Scotland

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Part I. Schools Betoee The Eefoematiok

§ 1. INTRODUCTORY, p. 1. — § 2. EDUCATIONAL PERIOD, p. 2. — § 3. ANCIENT SCHOOLS CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH, p. 2. — § 4. EXTENT OF SCHOOLS, p. 5. — § 5. OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOLS, p. 7. — § 6. STATUS OF THE MASTER, p. 9. — § 7. EDUCATION OF LAYMEN, p. 12. — § 8. EDUCATION ENCOURAGED BY THE KINGS, p. 13. — § 9. ABSENCE OF GREAT SCHOOLS, p. 14. — § 10. THE UNIVERSITIES, p. 15. — § 11. SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDED BY THE CHURCH: CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS; ABBEY SCHOOLS; COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS, p. 18. — § 12. COMPULSORY EDUCATION ; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, p. 25. — § 13. PATRONAGE OF SCHOOLS, p. 29.— § 14. PROTECTION OF SCHOOLS, p. 32. — § 15. EN- DOWMENTS, p. 34. — § 16. SALARIES AND FEES, p. 36. — § 17. TENURE OF OFFICE, p. 41. — § 18. THE MASTER A CHURCHMAN, p. 43. — § 19. SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION, p. 44. — § 20. SCHOOL REGULATIONS, p. 59. — § 21. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, p. 62. — § 22. SUNDAY WORK, p. 63. — § 23. ENGLISH SCHOOLS, p. 63. — § 24. SANG SCHOOLS : DUTIES OF THE SANG MASTER ; DISCIPLINE IN THE SANG SCHOOL ;

SALARY OF THE SANG MASTER, p. 64. § 25. FABRIC OF

SCHOOLS, p. 69. — § 26. RESULT OF THE TEACHING, p. 70. — § 27. LEARNING PROMOTED BY THE ANCIENT CHURCH, p. 72. — § 28. RECAPITULATION, p. 72.

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Part II. Schools After The Reformation

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Chapter I. — The Church In Relation To Schools, 76-93

§ 1. SCHEME OF EDUCATION PROPOSED BT THE REFORMERS, p. 76. — § 2. PLANTATION OP SCHOOLS, p. 78. — § 3. PROVI- SION FOR SCHOOLMASTERS, p. 79. — § 4. JURISDICTION OF THE CHURCH ; ACTS OP PARLIAMENT ; ACTS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, p. 82. — § 5. JURISDICTION EXERCISED, p. 85. — § 6. JURISDICTION RESISTED, p. 90.

Chapter Ii.— Patronage And Constitution Of Schools, 94-128

§ 1. TRANSFER OF PATRONAGE: APPARENT EXCEPTIONS; THE RIGHT JEALOUSLY GUARDED, p. 94. — § 2. LIST OF BURGH SCHOOLS, p. 98. — § 3. BURGH AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS : BURGH SCHOOLS BECOMING BURGH AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ; ELECTION OF BURGH AND PAROCHIAL MAS- TERS j THE TWO BODIES OF PATRONS; LIST OF BURGH AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, p. 100. — § 4. CONSTITUTION OF SCHOOLS CHANGED BY ENDOWMENTS, p. 109. — § 6. ACADEMIES *. ' THEIR ORIGINAL INTENTION ; COURSE OF STUDIES; THE GOVERNING BODIES, p. 114. — § 6. THE OLD AND NEW PATRONS, p. 126.

Chapter IV. — Visitations And Examina- Tions Of Schools, 143-167

. § 1. ECCLESL^TICAL VISITATIONS, p. 143. — § 2. PARLIAMENT- ARY VISITATIONS, p. 145. — § 3. MUNICIPAL VISITATIONS,

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CHAPTER v.— ECONOMY OF THE SCHOOLS, . 158-213

§ 1. SCHOOL LAWS, p. 158. — § 2. PRATERS, p. 159. — § 3. SPEAKING LATIN, p. 161. — § 4. HOURS OF ATTENDANCE, p. 162.— § 5. HALF AND OCCASIONAL HOLIDAYS, p. 170. — § 6. SUPERINTENDENCE DURING PLAY-HOURS, p. 173. — § 7. GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS, p. 175. — § 8. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, p. 182. — § 9. AUTUMN HOLIDAY, p. 187. — § 10. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, p. 194. — § 11. PRIZES, p. 209.

Chapter Vi.— Appointment Of Masters, . 214-238

§ 1. VACANT OFFICES ADVERTISED, p. 214. — § 2. MASTERS ELECTED ON EXAMINATION, p. 216. — § 3. APPOINTED ON RECOMMENDATION, p. 230. — § 4. ADMITTED AFTER PRO- BATION, p. 233. — § 5. VOTING BY THE ELECTORS, p. 234. — § 6. MISCELLANEOUS ; DEPUTATIONS ; CORRESPOND- ENCE; TRAVELLING EXPENSES; INDUCTION, p. 235.

Chapter Vii.— Tenure Of Office Of Masters, 239-264

§ 1. APPOINTMENTS * AT PLEASURE,' p. 239. — § 2. APPOINT- MENTS FOR A DEFINITE PERIOD, p. 243. — § 3. APPOINT- MENTS DURING *GOOD BEHAVIOUR,* p. 250.— § 4. AP- POINTMENTS DURING fGOOD BEHAVIOUR AND AT THE WILL* OF Td^ELECTORS, p. 251. — § 5. APPOINTMENTS *AD VITAM AUT CULPAM,* p. 252. — § 6. SUMMARY OP DIFFERENT TENURES, p. 257. — § 7. TENURE OF OFFICE CHANGED^ p. 263.

Chapter VIII. — Removal Of Masters From

§ 1. NONCONFORMITY, p. 265. — § 2. POLITICAL DISAFFECTION, p. 273. — § 3. INEFFICIENCY, p. 275. — § 4. SEVERE DIS- CIPLINE, p. 27Q. — § 5. OTHER CAUSES OF REMOVAL, p. 281. — § 6. REMOVAL IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATION ACT, p. 285.

Chapter Ix.— Masters Encouraged And Pen

1. MASTERS MADE FREE BURGESSES, p. 288. — § 2. MASTERS

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RECEIVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, p. 289. — § 3. PRESENTA- TION TO MASTERS, p. 289. — § 4. GRANT OP PENSIONS, p. 290. — § 5. PENSIONS GRANTED CONDITIONALLY, p. 291. — § 6. PENSIONS AT EXPENSE OF TEACHERS, p. 292. — § 7. PENSIONS IN THE HIGHER SCHOOLS, p. 293. — § 8. EDUCATION ACT AND SUPERANNUATION, p. 294.

Chapter X.—the Master As A Pluralist, . 298-^06

§ 1. THE MASTER AS READER, PRECENTOR, AND SESSION CLERK, p. 298. — § 2. MINISTER ACTING AS MASTER, p. 300. — § 3. SECULAR EMPLOYMENT OP MASTER, p. 302. — § 4. MASTER AS PUBLIC ORATOR OR POET, p. 302. — § 5. PLURALITIES CONDEMNED, p. 303. — § 6. PLEA FOR PLURALITIES, p. 305.

Chapter Xi.—compulsory Education, . . 307-316

§ 1. PARLIAMENT AND CHURCH ORDAINING SCHOOL ATTEND- ANCE, p. 307. — § 2. ACTS OF COUNCILS COMPELLING AT- TENDANCE, p. 308. — § 3. DIFFICULTIES IN ENFORCING COMPULSORY CLAUSES, p. 312. — § 4. DEFECTS OP THESE CLAUSES, p. 313. — § 5. HOW THE CLAUSES ARE ENFORCED, p. 314. — § 6. COMPULSION NECESSARY, p. 315. — § 7. COMPULSION TO BE EFFECTUAL, p. 315. — § 8. OPERATION OP THE CLAUSES, p. 316.

CHAPTER XIL— FORMS OF SCHOOL GOVERNMENT, 317-329

§ 1. FORMS OF SCHOOL GOVERNMENT, p. 317. — § 2. TEACHERS NOMINATED BY MASTERS, WITH APPROVAL OP COUNCIL, p. 317. — § 3. TEACHERS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL, WITH CONSENT OP MASTERS, p. 319. — § 4. TEACHERS APPOINTED BY THE MASTERS ALONE, p. 319. — § 5. GOVERNMENT AB- SOLUTE, p. 320. — § 6. GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL, p. 322. — § 7. GOVERNMENT REPUBLICAN, p. 325. — § 8. DIFFERENT SYSTEMS COMPARED, p. 326.

Chapter Xiii.— Studies In The Schools, . 330-443

§ 1. ARS GRAMMATICA : EXTENT ; QUANTITY AND QUALITY ; CURRICULUM ; PROMOTION ; GRAMMARIANS AND GRAM-

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MARS, p. 330. — § 2. MUSIC, p. 373. — § 3. English and

WRITING, Pi 384. — § 4. GEOGRAPHY, p. 395. — § 6. AR- ITHMETIC AND MATHEMATICS, p. 397. — § 6. DRAWING AND PAINTING, p. 403. — § 7. MODERN LANGUAGES: FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN, p. 403. — § 8. GAELIC, p. 407. — § 9. DANCING, p. 410. — § 10. GYMNASTICS, p. 411. — § 11. ACTING OF PLAYS, p. 411. — § 12. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, p. 416. — § 13. SUNDAY WORK, p. 425. — § 14. LIBRARIES, p. 436.

CHAPTER XT v.— SALARIES, FEES, AND EMOLU- MENTS, ....... 444-^10

§ 5. PUBLIC MONEY, p. 463. § 6. FEES : REGULATED ;

PREPAID ; ENFORCED ; COLLECTED, p. 466. — § 7. DUES AND CASUALTIES : CANDLEMAS OFFERINGS ; BENT SILVER j COCK-MONEY, p. 473. — § 8. AUGMENTATION OF STIPEND,

KINDLY PROVISIONS : DWELUNG-HOUSES ; FIRE j CLOTH- ING ; BOARDING, p. 486. — § 11. POOR SCHOLARS AND FREE EDUCATION, p. 493. — § 12. COST OF EDUCATION AND SALARIES OF TEACHERS, p. 505.

Chapter Xv.— School Buildings, . . 511-525

§ 1. SUBSTITUTES FOR SCHOOLHOUSES, p. 511.-^ 2. SCHOOLS BUILT, REPAIRED, OR FURNISHED, p. 512. — § 3. HOW SCHOOLS WERE ERECTED, p. 517. — § 4. STATE OF THE BUILDINGS, p. 519. — § 5. SIZE OF PLAYGROUNDS, p. 621.