Exams for NYS High School Teachers' Certificates in 1901

Under a new ruling of the department of public instruction all teachers who expect to teach in high schools of this state will be required to possess certain credentials or else pass an examination before receiving a license to teach in those schools. The following is an extract from the superintendent's rules:

After Aug 1, 1901, no person who does not possess one of the following qualifications or who was not employed in high school teaching in this state during the school year ending July 31, 1901, shall be employed to teach foreign languages (modern or ancient), English, mathematics, botany, zoology, physiology, physics, chemistry, physiography, history. civics, economics, or psychology, in any high school or high school department in any city whose teachers are examined and licensed under the authority of the state department of public instruction or in any village authorized by law to employ a superintendent of schools:

a) a state certificate issued since 1875 by the state superintendent of public instruction;
b) a college graduate certificate issued by the state superintendent of public instruction;
c) graduation from a college approved by the state superintendent, and graduation from a pedagogical course in a university or college also approved by the state superintendent, or in lieu of graduation for such pedagogical course three years' experience in teaching;
d) a Normal school diploma issued on the completion of a classical course in a state Normal school in this state, or in a state Normal school of another state whose classical course has been approved by the state superintendent of public instruction;
e) a Normal school diploma issued on the completion of a course in a state Normal school other than the classical course, will be accepted for those subjects above enumerated which were included in the course completed by the person holding such Normal school diploma;
f) a first grade uniform certificate and in addition thereto a standing of 75 per attained in an examination under the direction of the state superintendent of public instruction in each of the above enumerated subjects which such person is employed to teach.
These rules apply to all cities in the state except Albany, Buffalo, Jamestown, Middletown and New York. The certification of teachers in these cities is under the supervision of local authorities. The following examinations for high school teachers will be held at the Central school in Cortland on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 10 and 11, and should be taken by all who do not have the above qualifications and credentials:
Thursday, Jan. 10, 1901, A. M.—Geometry, chemistry, botany.
Thursday, Jan. 10, P. M.—Latin, French, German, Greek.
Friday, Jan, 11, A. M.—Composition and rhetoric, English literature, physiography.
Friday, Jan. 11, P. M.—Zoology, history. The paper in history will include five questions on English, five on Grecian, five on Roman and five on general history.

F. E. SMITH, Superintendent.

 Editor's note: This notice was published in The Cortland Evening Standard on Saturday, January 5, 1901.