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Ist Year. 2nd Tear. Hours per week. Hours per week. Science, or laws of health, domestic economy, and sewing .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 0 Drawing .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 Music .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 Drill and gymnastics .. .. . . .. 2 .. 2 Theory of school management .. . . . . 2 . . 1 Five hours a week shall be devoted to practice in teaching. 3. Students who have matriculated, or have otherwise shown themselves capable of profiting by attendance at classes in the University of Otago, may, at the discretion of the Rector, receive permission to attend these classes. The hours of attendance at the normal school may be lessened in proportion to the work undertaken by students at the University; but such students must furnish the Rector with monthly reports of attendance and results of examination, and with any other information he may require in connection with their studies. VI. Practice in Teaching. 1. At least one hour daily shall be devoted to the practice of teaching, and during that hour, if required, whole of the practising school and the model school shall be at the disposal of the Rector. 2. The Rector, Headmaster, Matron, and Master of the model school shall superintend the practice of the students. 3. Teachers in whose class-room students may be practising shall for the time being be considered officers of the normal school, and shall report to the Rector, if required, on the work performed by the students. 4. It shall be the duty of teachers of the practising school and the model school to give every facility to students while practising, and, when necessary, to give them advice and assistance in maintaining discipline. VII. Normal-School Certificates. Students in training shall receive official certificates setting forth the length of their period of training, and the subjects in which they have received instruction and passed examinations either at the normal school or at the University of Otffgo. Such certificates shall be signed by the Rector and the Chairman of the Education Board. VIII. Relations of Officers. The Rector of the normal school having a general superintendence of the practising and model schools, it shall be the duty of the Headmaster and of the Master of the model school to consult him on all matters relating to the management of these schools, and to make such arrangement and distribution of work as shall allow the students in training to have the practice in teaching above described. IX. Organization of the Practising School. 1. In the organization of the practising school due regard shall be had to its purpose as a part of the training institution, as well as to its forming in itself a public school. All departments of ordinary public schools shall be maintained in active operation, and classes shall be so grouped that students may have experience not only as class teachers, but as teachers of departments in larger schools, and as teachers in charge of schools with or without assistance. 2. In the appointment of teachers to the practising school due regard shall be had to the duties which shall devolve on them as officers of the normal school. Its staff will be the same as that of an ordinary public school, and the assistant teachers will be paid at the same rate as in ordinary public schools. This staff shall do the work of the school, without assistance from the training department, with the exception of that rendered by the Matron. X. Model School. 1. The model school shall have an attendance not exceeding seventy, and shall be organized so as to show an approved mode of conducting a school suited for a rural district. 2. The Master of the model school shall be responsible for its organization and management, with reference to which he shall consult the Rector, and he shall supervise and direct the practice in teaching of such pupil-teachers or students in training as the Rector may for the purposes of training send to the model school. XI. Inspection. It shall be the duty of the Board's Inspectors periodically to inspect and report on the training department of the school, as well as the practising and model schools. Appendix. The following'is the matriculation examination of the New Zealand University. Every candidate is required to pass in the first three subjects, and in three at least of the remaining subjects: —(1.) Latin {Compulsory) : Translation at sight of easy passages from Latin into English ; translation of easy passages from English into Latin; questions on grammar. (2.)