Chapter V: Section V: 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.