1841

XXV

EXPLANATION OP THE

MODE OF MARKING IN THE ROLL BOOK.

The daily register must be neatly kept, and marked in the
morning and afternoon.

When there is but one session of the school a day, the reg-
ister must be marked in the same manner as it Would be if
there were two sessions, treating the first half of the session
as the morning, and the latter as the afternoon.

The system of marking shall be that indicated in the an-
nexed diagram and explanations, the blank squares denoting
present all day and correct deportment:

Correct deportment.
Present all day.
Inattentive.
Present, but tardy in the morning and afternoon.

"Idle.

Present, but tardy in the morning.

Disorderly.

Present, but tardy in the afternoon.

Disrespectful.

Absent in the morning.

General misconduct.
Absent in the afternoon.

Vicious conduct or profanity.
Absent all day.

Particular attention is directed to the manner of combining
the characters used in marking the register. The character
denoting "Absence," is the most simple, being a single
slanting stroke downwards from right to left for "Absent in
the Morning," and a similar one from left to right for "Ab-
sent in the Afternoon." These two combined form the ob-
lique cross, and denote "Absent all day." When a pupil
comes in after being marked "Absent in the Morning," a
horizontal line is made from leff to right across the top of the
square connecting with the slanting stroke, and converting
it into the character for "Present, but tardy in the Morning."
The character for "Absent in the Afternoon," is converted
into the character for "Present, but tardy in the afternoon,"
by a horizontal stroke from left to right across the bottom of
the square. These two combined form the charcter for "Pres-
ent but tardy in the Morning and Afternoon." The combina-
tion of the characters for "Absent" during one session, and
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