The three boys who were the first students at St. Paul’s School were George Brune Shattuck and Frederick Cheever Shattuck (sons of the Founder), and Horatio Bigelow. Although within a short time the number of pupils increased to twelve, the Rector was for the first few months the sole teacher. The subjects were Sacred Studies, Latin, Greek, English and Mathematics. There was no summer vacation.The term which began in April lasted until October. Then after an interval of a month the winter term opened and ran until the spring. During the first eight years the boys spent both the Fourth of July and Christmas at the School. The rising bell rang at five o’clock, prayers were at quarter to six, breakfast at six. From seven until half-past one the boys studied or recited, until dinner at two o’clock. There was an air of formality at meals. The Rector presided; Mrs. Coit and any guests who might be present sat at the same end of the table with him. When the meal was over, the Rector signified the fact by rising and bowing; then the boys filed out in silence and order through the common room into the school room. After breakfast and dinner, the Rector stood at the master’s desk on the platform and said prayers. After prayers a hymn was sung. Such was the daily schedule in the first years of the School’s life, when everyone lived, studied, and prayed together as a school family under one roof.