CHAPTER VII

Of holidays and vacations

Art. 32. Holidays in the normal school shall be Sundays, feast days,

Ash Wednesday, day for the commemoration of the faithful dead, and

also the saints' days, and birthday anniversaries of their Majesties

and the princess of Asturias, the saint's day of the governor general

and that of the diocesan bishop.

The short vacations shall extend from Christmas eve to Twelfth-night,

the three carnival days, and from Holy Wednesday until Easter. During

the said vacations the resident scholars shall remain in the

institution.

The long vacations shall last one and one-half months, and shall be

during the time of the greatest heat. The resident scholars may pass

the long vacations in the bosom of their families.

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