Rules for new students at the Collegio Calasanzio in Rome. Unrecorded.

[Education] / [Rome]. Istruzione per l’ingresso de’ Signori Convittori nel Collegio Calasanzio di Roma de’ Padri delle Scuole Pie. [Rome], s.n., [c. 1746]. 4to [22.8 x 17.5 cm], [1] f., with woodcut initial. Folds and creases, minor toning, edges untrimmed. 
 
 
Unrecorded mid-18th-century leaflet outlining rules for newly arriving students at the Collegio Calasanzio in Rome, a prestigious boarding school for poor adolescents. The collegio, also called the Scuole Pie, was named for the educational reformer Giuseppe Calasanzio (José Calasanz) (1557-1648)—known also for his friendship with Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)—and was run by the Chierici Regolari Poveri della Madre di Dio delle Scuole Pie, an order founded by Calasanzio. This ephemeral handbill was likely distributed to parents and guardians of incoming students.
 
The document is undated but mentions that the school has recently moved from its original premises in Piazza San Pantaleo, a relocation that occurred in 1746. The document is arranged in 11 numbered paragraphs and discusses requirements for daily prayer and services, comportment, the presence of priests as chaperons, the curriculum (“reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, humanities, rhetoric, Greek, philosophy, mathematics, and theology” and giving required monthly presentations of new compositions or scientific research). New students may be as young as 8 or 9 years old and must be of suitable social standing; they will be assigned a priest to help them with cleanliness and the maintenance of their quarters. The cost is 6 scudi per month, payable in three-month increments. An addition 10 scudi per year should be budgeted for “servants, barbers, hairdressers, personal recreation,” etc. Students provide their own bed, bedding, a bookshelf, desk, chairs, napkins, and silver cutlery. Winter and summer clothing are discussed and regulations during autumn vacation are outlined. 
 
 
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*Mario Spedicato and Paolo Agostino Vetrugno, eds., Princeps iuventutis: Giuseppe Calasanzio e la rivoluzione educative; Carlo Cremona, Giuseppe Calasanzio: Vita avventurosa del Santo inventore della scuola per tutti; Marco Spinelli, Giuseppe Calasanzio: Il pioniere della scuola popolare; Quirino Santoloci, San Giuseppe Calasanzio: Un grande amico dei fanciulli.