[169] Session Laws of Oregon, 1911, ch. 58, sec. 59, p. 96.
[170] Session Laws of Wyoming, 1913, Senate File No. 41, p. 45.
[171] Ibid., 1917, ch. 123, p. 215.
[172] Statutes of California, 1903, par. 1874: 2, p. 195; Codes and Statutes, 1905, par. 1874: 2, Vol. I, p. 451, Statutes, 1907, p. 70; Consolidated Supplement to Kerr’s Cyclopedia, 1913, par. 1665, p. 194. Cf. page 20.
[173] Revised Laws of the Territory of Arizona, 1901, 2214 (sec. 85), p. 602. This is the same as Laws of 1885, p. 157, also Revised Statutes, 1887, 1553, sec. 81, p. 284.
[174] Laws of New Mexico, 1911, ch. 41, p. 68. Approved June 8, 1912. Also Annotated Statutes, 1915, par. 4958, sec. 152, Vol. II, p. 1429.
[175] Codes of California, 1905, 1772, Vol. I, p. 426, grammar school certificates; United States history and civil government were also required for this certificate. Compiled Statutes of Idaho, 1919, par. 986, Vol. I, p. 276; first grade certificate, with a choice of medieval and modern history or English history added to American history and civics required for other certificates. Session Laws, 1911, p. 448; ibid., 1915, p. 333; repealed in session 1921, Laws, 1921, p. 473. General Laws of Oregon, 1911, ch. 58, sec. 9, p. 89; for state certificate, general history was required. Revised Laws of Minnesota, 1905, ch. 14, 1354, p. 275, for professional certificates, ancient, medieval, English, and American history. General Laws of Wisconsin, 1919, ch. 601, first grade, modern history and United States history, history of Wisconsin, rural economics. Laws of Ohio, 1919, sec. 7831-2, p. 685, modern history, general history, economics, sociology, civics, among sixteen branches from which five were to be chosen for high school certificates. Laws of Missouri, 1911, sec. 10939, p. 408, first grade certificate, giving a choice of ancient, medieval or modern or English history for examination. Laws of Texas, 1921, ch. 129, sec. 108a, p. 243, high school certificate civil government, ancient and modern history, and for elementary certificate of second class, United States history and Texas history.
[176] Compiled Statutes of Idaho, op. cit. Statutes of Nevada, 1912, ch. 114, p. 156, also Revised Laws, 1912, sec. 3263, Vol. I, p. 947, general history, United States history, civil government, current events for the first and second grade elementary certificates; sec. 3262, high school certificates; civil government, general history, United States history, with a selection of English history out of a group of subjects. Laws of Kansas, 1915, ch. 298, sec. 14, p. 392, first grade certificate, also in Laws, 1911, ch. 277, sec. 2, p. 506; ibid., 1913, ch. 268, p. 450. Statutes of Wisconsin, 1913, sec. 450-3, first grade certificate required English history, history of United States, civil government, local and national; for the third grade, the latter two were required.
[177] Code of West Virginia, 1916, ch. 45, par. 87, elementary certificates, Laws, 1919, p. 87. Annotated Revision of Louisiana, 1915, 2572 (sec. 1, art. 55, 1906, Vol. I, p. 88), state teachers’ certificate. Laws of Texas, 1905, sec. 118, p. 293, permanent certificate and first grade. Revised Statutes of Illinois, 1913, ch. 122, 541, third to first grade elementary certificate, also ibid., 1917, ch. 122, 541, Laws, 1919, p. 900. Revised Laws of Minnesota, 1905, ch. 14, 1354, p. 275, professional state certificates. Laws of Nebraska, 1919, ch. 70, sec. 3, p. 262, professional state and high school certificate; also Revised Statutes, 1913, ch. 71, art. XIII, 6859, sec. 158, professional state certificate (Laws, 1905, p. 559). Laws of South Dakota, 1919, p. 169, repeals provisions of Revised Code, 1919, sec. 3; for a life diploma, general history, economics or sociology; also general history, United States history, South Dakota history and civil government in a state certificate; Laws of 1905, sec. 2286, p. 136, and ibid., 1911, p. 170. Compiled Laws of Utah, 1907, par. 1767, pp. 684-685, and ibid., 1917, par. 4509, p. 914, state professional certificates for grammar grades and high school. Statutes of Nevada, 1912, ch. 80, p. 157, first grade elementary school certificate; ch. 114, sec. 24, high school certificates (approved bill March 17, 1913); also Statutes, 1912, high school and elementary school certificates; General Laws, 1914, sec. 7831, high school certificate general history and a choice in elective history. Session Laws of Washington, 1909, sec. 4644, p. 516, first grade elementary certificates and life certificates; ibid., 1911, ch. 16, sec. 4, p. 51, life certificates. Political Code of Idaho, 1901, ch. XXXVI, sec. 1028, Vol. I, p. 311, first, second and third grade certificates.
[178] Supplement to the Code of Iowa, 1902, sec. 2736, p. 315. Acts, 1906, ch. 122, sec. 4, p. 88, first grade certificate had been found as early as 1882. Laws of Nebraska, 1903, par. 5542, sec. 5; in 1919, political economy is not mentioned. Revised Statutes of Wyoming, 1899, sec. 627, p. 228; also Laws, 1901, ch. 57, p. 60.