[179] Compiled Laws of South Dakota, 1913, par. 13, Vol. I, p. 565, for life certificates.
[180] Statutes of Wisconsin, 1915, ch. 27s. 450-2, p. 272. Digest of Statutes of Arkansas, 1921, par. 9022, rural teachers’ certificate (Act of March 28, 1917).
[181] Compiled Laws of South Dakota, 1913, par. 55, Vol. I, p. 572; ibid., 1911, p. 413; Revised Statutes, 1919, par. 7392, p. 1847, for first grade certificate; also Laws, 1919, p. 170. Laws of Nevada, 1907, secs. 15, 16, 17, p. 383, “current news”; Statutes, 1921, ch. 208, sec. 25, elementary school certificate, first grade, “current events.”
[182] Statute Law of Pennsylvania, 1920, 5003, p. 462, professional and provisional certificates. Laws of Delaware, 1919, 2326-118, sec. 118, elementary school certificate; ibid., 1920, sec. 170, p. 190. Code of West Virginia, 1916 (all statutes in force), ch. 45, par. 87, p. 580, for elementary and first three grades of certificates; again in Laws, 1919, p. 87, ibid., 1921, sec. 104, elementary certificate. Statutes of Kentucky, 1918, ch. 113, art. XI, par. 4501, p. 941, for all certificates. Laws of Mississippi, 1916, ch. 188, 4543, p. 278, first and second grade licenses; also state licenses, Laws, 1908, p. 209. Code of Alabama, 1907, 1734, Vol. I, p. 757, the first three grades of certificates. Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, 7923, Vol. II, p. 2153, the first three grades of licenses. McEachin’s Civil Statutes of Texas, 1913, articles 2799-2802, Vol. II, p. 1117, permanent certificates (also Sayles’ Civil Statutes, art. 3974, pp. 1419-20) and first, second, third grade certificates, and Laws, 1905, sec. 118, p. 293; ibid., 1921, p. 243. Laws of Wisconsin, 1919, ch. 601, 39.18 (1), 39.19 (1), and 39.20 (1), for first, second, and third grade certificates. Laws of South Dakota, 1919, p. 169, Compiled Laws of South Dakota, 1913, secs. 13 and 14, Vol. I, p. 565, life diploma, state, first, second, third grade certificates, and primary. Revised Statutes of Illinois, 1913, ch. 122, p. 2271, county certificates; ibid., 1917, ch. 122; Laws, 1919, p. 900, as well as Laws of 1903 and 1905. Laws of Kansas, 1915, ch. 298, p. 392, for the first, second and third grade certificates; ibid., 1913, ch. 268, p. 450; ibid., 1911, ch. 277, p. 506. Statutes of New Mexico, 1915, par. 4957, Vol. II, p. 1429, first and second grade certificates.
[183] Arizona prescribed for first and second grade certificates, civics and “history,” which probably meant American history. See Revised Laws, 1901, 2142 (sec. 13), p. 584.
[184] In Florida, for example, June 3 was made a holiday to “perpetuate in the minds of the people the purity of life, the intellectual ability, the heroic fortitude, and the patriotic character of Jefferson Davis.” Laws of Florida, 1891, ch. 4058, p. 99.
[185] See American History and Patriotic Program for all Schools of Oklahoma, issued by the State Department of Education, 1921, p. 7.
[186] Laws of New York, 1898, secs. 1, 2, 3, Vol. III, p. 1191; Revised Laws of Massachusetts, 1902, ch. 42, sec. 50, Vol. I, p. 474; Laws of Indiana, 1907, ch. 253, p. 537; Acts of Iowa, 1913, ch. 245, sec. 2, p. 264; Laws of Arizona, 1903, no. 19, p. 25.
[187] Burns’ Annotated Statutes of Indiana, 1914, 5852a, Vol. III, p. 385.
[188] Laws of Kansas, 1907, ch. 319, p. 493. The Iowa law, 1913, is much like this law. See Acts of Iowa, 1913, p. 264. The Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman’s Relief Corps were actively engaged in supplying schools with flags for the purpose of inculcating patriotism throughout this period.