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<br /> At the Superior Court begun and holden at Concord, within and
<br /> for the County of Middlesex,.on the first Monday of June, being the
<br /> sixth day of said month, Anno Domini 1864, the Town of Lexing-
<br /> ton present to this Court the following code of by-laws for approval,to wit: " rg.By-laws relating to Truancy, and other Offences against R E P 0 R 1 .
<br /> the School Laws."
<br /> 1st, It shall be the duty of the teachers in the public schools,
<br /> whenever any pupil is absent, to ascertain promptly whVther it was
<br /> for a sufficient reason, arid, if not, to, report the truancy to the
<br /> parents or guardian of the offender.
<br /> 2d,• If any such pupil, being between the ages of seven and six- ' THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL. —As for several years before, this
<br /> teen years, shall, in the course of the same term, be guilty of a school remained through the year in the charge of Miss FRAN-
<br /> second offence of truancy, the name of the pupil so offending shall be CES M. PARKER. Under these circumstances it is not to be ex-
<br /> reported to the School Committee and to one of the truant-officers of petted that any special change would be noticed. At the fall
<br /> the town; and thereupon the said officer shall arrest the said pupil,
<br /> examination, the exercises averaged well, and the order and
<br /> if found by him in any of the streets or public places of the town
<br /> during school-hours, and shall return him to the school to which he general-appearance were satisfactory. At the closing exami-
<br /> belongs; and the Committee shall confer with the parents or guar nation, the recitations were hardly as good as usual, and there
<br /> dian, and obtain satisfactory assurances, if possible, that the offence � was too much -of a disposition to play and whisper. In one
<br /> shall not be repeated. respect,—namely, writing,—we noted the signs of more
<br /> 3d, Any pupil between the ages of seven and sixteen years, who _ than usual care, and efforts for improvement. The attend-
<br /> shall commit truancy three or more times in one term, shall be con- ante-through the winter was very much broken by sickness and
<br /> sidered an habitual truant. other causes; and this may in a measure account for the less
<br /> 4th, Every habitual truant, and every child between the ages of "
<br /> seven and sixteen years, wandering about the streets or public places favorable appearance of the school than that reported a year
<br /> of the town, having no lawful occupation or business,'not attending ago. The facts are a reminder to all,— teacher, pupils, and
<br /> school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be liable to prosecution, parents,—that unflagging efforts, diligent study, and regular
<br /> under the provisions of sections 4 to 8 of chapter 42 of the General , ; attendance must unite to reach, and after reaching to main-
<br /> Statutes, and chapter 207 of the Acts of 1862; and, on conviction, tain, a high standard of school life and character. A school is
<br /> shall be punished by fine not less than five dollars.
<br /> The foregoing by-laws, having been examined by the Court, are:, 00, 4. not a machine,that can be run by simple mechanical pressure;
<br /> on this twent iseventh day of June instant approved. but thoughtfulness, earnestness, and unceasing endeavors are
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<br /> In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record, necessary to its successful operation.
<br /> L. S. I hereto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, on The WARREN SCHOOL passed from the experienced hands of
<br /> this twenty-third day of July, Anno Domini 1864. Miss CUTLER to the care of Miss ALICE A. TUFTS, a member
<br /> of the High-School class of 1864. -Though feeling confident of
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<br /> A true co JNO. J. SAWYER, Assistant'
<br /> Clerk. Miss Tufts's ability,the Committee still remembered the uncer-
<br /> Attest: ALBERT W. BRYANT,,'Town Clerk. tainty attending the first attempt to teach. This uncertainty,
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