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New Rules and Regulations of the Otago Normal School, I. Officers of the Normal School. 1. The officers of the training department of the normal school shall be a Rector, a Matron, a Tutor, visiting masters appointed by the Otago Board of Education, and such officers of the practising school as shall be appointed by the Rector with the consent of the Headmaster of the practising school and the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board. 2. The Rector shall be responsible for the management of the normal school, and for the instruction of the students attending its several classes. He shall also have a general superintendence of the practising school and of the model school. The Matron shall have the superintendence of the female students, and the control of the needlework classes of the practising school and of the model school, subject to the arrangements made for them in their time-tables. All the officers of the normal school shall, as such, be under the control of the Rector. 3. The Rector shall receive a salary of not less than .£5OO per annum, the Tutor of not less than £300 per annum, and the Matron of not less than £150 per annum. The salaries of the visiting masters shall be according to agreement made with them by the Otago Board of Education. 4. The Rector shall instruct the students of the normal school in the theories of education and the methods of teaching, shall arrange for and superintend their practice in teaching in the practising school and in the model school, and shall instruct them in at least two such other subjects as may be necessary or convenient for him to undertake. He shall consult with the Headmaster about the management of the practising school, and shall furnish the Otago Board of Education with any information on the work of the normal school which it from time to time may require. The Headmaster of the practising school shall instruct the students in at least one of the more important subjects which they may afterwards be required to teach, and shall assist in arranging for and superintending their practice of teaching in the practising school. He shall also consult with the Rector on the management of the practising school. The Matron shall instruct the female students in needlework, and shall superintend their practice in teaching it in the practising school and in the model school. She shall assist in superintending the practice of teaching in the infant department of the practising school. She shall also instruct the female students in domestic economy, and shall be present with them on such occasions as she may deem fit or the Rector direct. The Tutor shall teach Latin, science, and such other subjects as maybe assigned to him by the Rector with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board. He shall also, if necessary, assist in superintending the practice in teaching of the students. The visiting masters shall teach, under the Rector's superintendence and control, such subjects as shall be intrusted to them by the Rector with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board at the time of their appointment. The officers of the practising school, selected and appointed as above provided for, shall give instruction in such subjects as may be assigned to them by the Rector with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board. 11. Terms of Admission. 1. Candidates for admission shall be at least seventeen years of age, shall furnish the Education Board with testimonials of good character, and shall declare that they are free from any physical defect likely to impair their usefulness as teachers. 2. Candidates who have complied with the preceding regulation shall be admitted on passing the entrance examination; but pupil-teachers who have completed their term of apprenticeship and passed their final examination, and teachers who have been more than a year in charge of a public school, shall be admitted without examination on the recommendation of an Inspector of Schools. 3. Candidates who declare it to be their intention to adopt the profession of teaching, and who give security (by a bond for £100, signed by the candidate and two approved sureties) that they will teach in the public schools of the colony for at least two years after leaving the normal school, shall be admitted without fee. Other candidates shall pay a fee of £3 3s. per quarter, payable in advance. 4. The entrance examination shall be held by the Rector and the officers of the normal school, at such times as shall be fixed by the Education Board. 5. The entrance examination shall be in the following subjects:—Reading, spelling, dictation, and writing. English grammar and composition. Arithmetic: The subject generally, with simple cases of mensuration. Geography: Outlines of physical and political geography, with drawing of maps from memory. History : Outlines of British history. 6. To the subjects in the preceding regulation there will be added, for the purpose of awarding scholarships, the two following:—(1.) Mathematics: Algebra to the end of simple equations, including fractions; geometry.; Euclid, Book I. And (2.) Latin: Grammar, with translation of very easy sentences at sight; or, Erench : Grammar, Avith translation of very easy sentences at sight";" or, German : Grammar, with translation of very easy sentences at sight. 7. For passing the entrance examinations the examiners shall require a standard of proficiency suph that those who are admittted may reasonably be expected to pass the examination for a certificate of Class E after one year's further study at the normal school. 13— E. 1.