[238] Laws of California, 1917, ch. 549, p. 728. Approved May 18, 1917. It was the same for the social studies for the elementary schools in 1921. Statutes, 1921, ch. 486, p. 739. A law of Illinois in which instruction was to be devoted to “raising the standard of good citizenship” was passed in 1909, and was still on the statute books in 1917. Revised Statutes, 1917, p. 273.
[239] Revised Code of South Dakota, 1919, par. 7660, p. 1917. Source 1918, ch. 39.
[240] Statutes of Texas, 1920, art. 2904, aa, p. 492. Acts, 1918, ch. 17, sec. 1, p. 29.
[241] Ibid., approved March 20, 1918.
[242] Laws of New York, 1918, ch. 241, art. XXVI-C, secs. 705, 706, pp. 886-887. See the discussion under Oaths of Allegiance as Teacher Requirement for a statement regarding the repeal of the Lusk Law.
[243] General Acts of Massachusetts, 1918, pp. 294-295; Acts, 1920, ch. 411, p. 418. General Statutes of Connecticut, 1918, ch. 45, sec. 852, Vol. I, p. 312. In 1903, Connecticut was a pioneer in this form of law, which was slightly changed in 1915. At this time it was prescribed that normal schools and teacher training schools should give instruction concerning methods of teaching citizenship, including the knowledge of the form of the national and local governments. Connecticut left her law of 1915 unchanged in her General Statutes of 1918.
[244] Acts of New Jersey, 1919, ch. 125, p. 304.
[245] Laws of Pennsylvania, 1919, sec. 1607, pp. 544-545. Amends an act of May 18, 1911. In 1921 the law relating to courses of instruction for public and private elementary schools was amended but carried with it the requirement of United States history, history of Pennsylvania, and civics including “loyalty to the state and national government.” Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Instruction, The School Law ... 1921, sec. 1607, p. 116.
[246] Laws of Ohio, 1919, secs. 7645 and 7762, p. 542. Approved June 6, 1919. Acts of Iowa, 1919, ch. 406, p. 535. Approved April 25, 1919. Private as well as public schools were included. Laws of Kansas, 1919, ch. 257, secs. 2 and 3, p. 352; Session Laws of Washington, 1919, p. 50. Alabama in 1919 added community civics to her elementary school curriculum but merely enumerated her subjects. General Laws of Alabama, 1919, art. 3, sec. 7, p. 571.
[247] Laws of Maryland, 1920, ch. 656, p. 1248.