_Of the Masters_.
RULE I. There shall be the following Masters—A Head Master, a Second
Master, an Assistant Master, a French Master, and a Drawing Master.
RULE II. The Masters shall be elected as often as occasion may require,
by the Committee, by ballot.
RULE III. The Head and Second Masters shall be Graduates of the
University of Oxford, or of Cambridge.
RULE IV. The Committee shall have the assistance of the Head Master in
examining the competence of the Assistant Master.
RULE V. None of the Masters shall be subject to removal from their
respective Offices, except on account of non-adherence to the Rules of
the Institution, inability, incapacity, negligence, immoral conduct, or
other sufficient cause; their removal to be determined upon by the
Committee, at a Special Meeting to be convened for that purpose.
Three Calendar Months’ notice, in writing, shall be given by the
Secretary to any Master intended to be removed, except for any flagrant
misconduct, or gross immorality; in which cases the dismissal shall be
immediate.
Any Master intending to resign his Office, shall give three Calendar
Months’ notice, in writing, of such his intention to the Secretary.
RULE VI. The internal regulation of the School shall be under the
management of the Head Master, who shall carry into effect the system of
education specified in these Rules, subject to the control of the
Committee.
RULE VII. The Head Master shall keep a Register of the Scholars, in such
form as the Committee shall determine.
RULE VIII. The Head Master shall also keep a Register of the progress
made by the Pupils in the course of their studies; which Register shall
be open to the inspection of the Visitors, and be produced to the
Committee at their periodical Meetings.
RULE IX. The Head Master shall report to the Committee what Books,
Mathematical Instruments, Stationery, &c. may from time to time be wanted
for the purposes of the Institution. He shall also furnish the
Committee, quarterly, with an account of such Books and Instruments lost,
or wilfully destroyed, as, in his opinion, ought to be charged to the
Pupils by whom they shall have been so lost, or destroyed.
RULE X. The Head Master may suspend any of the other Masters, except the
Second, in the event of any flagrant misconduct; but he shall forthwith
give notice of such suspension to the Secretary, in order that it may be
submitted immediately to the decision of the Committee.
RULE XI. The French Master shall attend the School, on such days, and
for such period in each day, as the Head Master may fix, with the
approval of the Committee.
RULE XII. The Drawing Master shall attend the School under the same
regulation as is fixed in regard to the French Master.
RULE XIII. The Head Master, and Second Master, may take Boarders, who
are Scholars of the Institution, but none others; such Scholars to be in
no case considered or treated as private Pupils. The Head Master shall
not take more than Fifteen Boarders, and the Second Master not more than
Ten.
RULE XIV. The Head and Second Master shall have the privilege of sending
their own sons as Pupils to the School, subject to the same rules as
affect the other Pupils, except the annual payments.
RULE XV. The Head, Second, and Assistant Masters, are to attend in the
School Room, from Seven o’Clock in the Morning until Eight; from Ten in
the Day until One; from Three in the Afternoon until Five, from the 1st
of April to the 30th of September, inclusive; and from the 1st of
October, to the end of March, from Nine o’Clock, until Noon, and from
Half-past One, until Four, Holidays excepted.
RULE XVI. None of the Masters shall be allowed to perform any duty, or
undertake any occupation, or employment, which shall in any way interfere
with their attendance and duties in the School.
RULE XVII. No Master shall inflict corporeal punishment, except the Head
Master; and the cane only shall be used for that purpose.
RULE XVIII. If any Master shall have cause of complaint, he is to state
it in writing to the Secretary, who will submit the same to the Committee
for their decision.