The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
Provisions o. Coce.

lskOrna state normal schools. The
quarterly report Of the County Super
lntendep rs dispensed with. No
school dlstrict can be formed contain
ln4 less than nine square miles Of
area and an assessed valuation o.
less than $4,000.
The salary Of County 6uperin'
tendents % provided for az follows:
In counties having population Of 49,
/ 900 or less. 1920; over $500 and not
over 10000, sl.400; In counties hay'
/ Ing a population Of more than $4,000
and not more than 30,COO 81 300; in
counties having population Of over
$4,000, $4,000.
] SIX DAYS School Provided.
In districts maintaining less than
/ four months school, the school month
shall consist Of four weeks Of six days
each, Of six hours per day. Power
lg conferred upon the county excise
beard TO provide tax sufficient TO
maintain the schools " any district
six months. provided the voters OF
gnch districts at the annual school
meeting have voted for a six months
Hctool. Qualifications Of district
school officers are that they shall be
able TO read and write the English
language and have resided Ia bhe dis
trict twelve months a. the time o.
election Or appointment The office
Of county school treasurer Is abolish
Cd and the county treasurer Ia made
custodian Of the district funds. Or
ders On warrants drawn against
funds belonging 10 school districts
must be c01ntersigned BY the county
sLperintendeu N public instruction.
Teachers contracts shall be ap-
proved by the county superintendent
Of public instruction before being
valid. Teachers daily register and
uupils report cards shall be bought
By school districts from forms to be
prescribed by the state superintend-
tnt
"If any society or organization uses
the school building Of any district and
ncglects to have same swept or re-
fuses to pay damages resulting
through the use OF such building, 1t
shall be finol not less than s. or
more than $2J for each offense.
Optional Fivc-Fear Term for City
Superintendent.
Each city OF the first class or in
cOrporatcd town containing four
years high school fully credited with
the state university, shall constitute
an independent district, and be gov
efned by the provisions which have
been heretofore prescribed for cities
Of the first class. city supcrlntend-
cnts may be elected for term of one
or more years, and not to exceed five
years. The disestablshment and abol-
ishmcut Of county high schools is
provided for.
"A teachers training course in lieu
Of county normal institutes IL made
optional with the county superintend-
cnts; such training courses shall con
tinuc for not less than five days nor
more than ten days, and special train
ing shall be prepared for such instruC-
tion The course shall include the
following subjects School law and
government, hygiene. sanitation,
methods of teaching, child psycholo-
gy. primary methods, including the
hest methods OF presenting all ele-
memary subjects taught in the com
mon schools. emphasizing the teach.
ing Of reading and spelling
THE compulsory school law ls ma
terially strengthened by providing
that all children shall attend school
at least 66 per cent OF the number Of
days the schools Of the district are
maintained. which shall apply to all
children of the district over the age Of
s and under the age of lG. The new
CCdo provides that no person will be
permitted to participate in any appor-
tionment of the state and county pub
lie school funds who fails to attend
school of the district ut least &C
per cent of the number OF days the
school has been taught during the past
year Each teacher is required to
take oath to term report which shall
show the number of days each child
has attended school
Qualification of Teachers.
Certificates Of first grade shall
certify that the person to whom issued
is proficient and fully qualified to
teach algebra. American literature.
arithmetic. composition, civics, ele-
mcntary psychology. English gram
mar. geography. Oklahoma history
and government. photography, physiol.
opy, hygiene. reading, theory and