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SYSTEM OF MERIT MARKS.
Conduct is considered under four heads, viz., labour, house duties, (including order in dormitory and at table, personal cleanliness, &c.), school duties, and general conduct.
A boy may get 16 marks per day, i.e., 4 under each of these heads, the significance being as follows:—0, very bad; 1, bad; 2, moderate; 3, good; 4, very good.
On Sudays there are no marks for good conduct, but only fines for mis-conduct.
Sixteen marks are worth a penny;—so that a boy may get sixpence per week.
Every morning, at breakfast, the marks of the preceding day are publicly read in detail,—each boy's marks, under each head.
Every week, each boy is accredited with the value of his marks for the preceding week, in his own separate book.
Certain sums are allowed to be spent weekly, under supervision,—a privilege which enables boys to realize the value of marks.
Fines are an ordinary punishment, and as they are taken out of the portion allowed for spending, their infliction is speedily felt, and may be long felt.
