L 182.C5 1909" Universi,yUbrar v 3 1924 012 989 863 ENACTMENT September 20, 1905 The Regents of the University of the State of New York, assem- bled in Board meeting, hereby make, establish and enact the follow- ing rules, which they deem necessary to carry into effect the statutes of this State relating to education, and advisable for the accom- plishment of the trusts reposed in them. These rules, made under such simpler name, are intended and shall be deemed to be such rules and regulations, and ordinances and bylaws, as the Regents are empowered to enact under the pro- visions of section 4 of chapter 40 of the laws of 1904, and section 9 of the University Law. Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924012989863 REGENTS. REVISED RULES As enacted September 20, 1905, and as amended to October 28, 1909 CHAPTER I GENERAL RULES Organization § 1 Education Department. The Education Department shall embrace within its hereby unified jurisdiction the entire field of educational supervision and administration by the State of New York, including therein all departments of the University. § 2 Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner of Educa- tion shall be the chief executive officer of the Education Department and of the Board of Regents of the University. In addition to such powers otherwise derived, he shall have all executive powers and powers of initiation which he might not have, under existing laws, without this authorization. He shall attend all meetings of the Board of Regents, submit matters for their consideration and be free to participate in all discussions. He may, in his discretion, make or authorize suspensions of, and when in his judgment delay would be harmful or particularly undesirable he may make suitable changes in, the Regents rules relating to matters of routine and details, reporting such changes of rules to the succeeding meeting of the Regents. And, conformably to law and the established rules of the Board of Regents, he shall have full discretionary power to use, and direct the use of, means and methods necessary to carry into effect the statutes of this State relating to education. § 3 Assistant Commissioners and Chiefs of Divisions. There shall be three Assistant Commissioners of Education who shall aid and represent the Commissioner of Education in the performance of his duties and exercise in his stead such of his functions and powers as he shall delegate to them, and exercise such authority and render such service as shall be directed by the Regents of the University. In the absence or inability to act of the Commissioner of Education, so far as the exigencies of the Department may re- quire, any one of such Assistant Commissioners may, in numerical order, act in his stead. In addition to other duties, the especial fields of labor of the Assistant Commissioners shall be as follows : a The First Assistant. The First Assistant Commissioner shall have charge of higher education, including matters relating to uni- S 'X 6 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT versifies, colleges, professional and technical schools, and to the execution of educational laws concerning the professions. He shall also have general charge of the business affairs of the State Library and of the Division of Educational Extension. b The Second Assistant. The Second Assistant Commissioner shall have charge of secondary education, including matters relating to academies, academic departments, academic schools, high schools, the training of teachers therefor, and to the State Normal College. c The Third Assistant. The Third Assistant Commissioner shall have charge of elementary education, including matters relating to all schools below the academic grade and of the training of teachers therefor, and the general supervision of matters relating to normal schools, teachers training schools and classes, teachers certificates, institutes, and of the Division of School Libraries. d Regulations. Subject to the direction and rules of the Board of Regents and to the direction and approval of the Commissioner of Education, the Assistant Commissioners and Chiefs of Divisions in the Education Department may make suitable regulations for the administration of their respective fields of labor and divisions and the accomplishment of the purposes of the work assigned to them, including when contributory thereto the arranging of courses of study and syllabuses thereof and the preparation and conduct or direction of examinations as tests of attainments and bases for awarding credentials. § 4 Regents meetings. The annual meeting of the Regents shall be held at the Education Department in the Capitol at 11.30 a.m. on the second Thursday in December in each year. And the Chan- cellor is requested to call other meetings to be held in the same place and hour about once every two months, except during the months of July, August and September. At Regents meetings the order of business shall be as follows : a Roll call. b Approval of journal of previous meeting. c Matters relating to the organization of the Board. d Communications from the Commissioner of Education. e Reports of committees, (1) standing; (2) special. / Matters on the table. g Miscellaneous business. h Adjournment. REGENTS REVISED RULES 7 § 5 Committees. At each annual meeting the Chancellor shall appoint standing committees of three Regents each, as follows : a On charters. b On elementary education. C On secondary education. d On higher education. e On educational extension. / On examinations. g On the State Library. h On State science work. » On finance. j On legislation. k There shall also be a standing law committee composed of all the Regents who are members of the bar, to which shall be referred questions of legal interpretation or on which legal advice is needed. The chairman of such committee shall be designated by the Chan- cellor at each annual meeting of the Board. / Each committee shall meet at the time and place named by the Chancellor in any call for a meeting of the Board of Regents; and shall also meet at the time and place designated by its chairman in his call therefor, which shall be mailed to each member at least five days prior to the appointed time. tn Any other Regent present at a meeting of a committee may, upon invitation, sit therewith as a member for that session. § 6 Journal of proceedings. The Commissioner of Education shall cause a complete journal of the proceedings of the Board of Regents to be kept, and, as the official record thereof, after approval by the Board, have two original copies prepared upon enduring paper from the type used in printing the approved minutes and authenticate such copies by his official signature and the seal of the University, and from time to time have accumulated copies bound in form suitable for permanent preservation. He shall also, as occasions therefor arise, likewise authenticate further copies of, or extracts from, such journal. § 7 Accounts, moneys, etc. The Commissioner of Education shall cause accurate records of all business transactions and detailed accounts of all moneys received and paid out on behalf of the Department to be kept in his office, and shall submit to the Board at each meeting the certificate of an authorized representative of the Comptroller that such records and accounts are properly kept and are correct; and that the balances called for, subject to his 8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT control, are on deposit with the National Commercial Bank of Albany, N. Y. § 8 Chancellor. In intervals between Regents meetings, or in cases for which no other method is provided, the Chancellor may in his discretion appoint any committee, council, examiner or honorary official required by law or rule or by vote of the Regents or of the University Convocation, and any special committee requested by the Commissioner of Education, and may appoint delegates for occasions where in his judgment it is proper and desirable that the University be represented. § 9 Appointments and removals. Positions in the Education Department shall be created and the salaries thereof be fixed by the concurrent action of the Commissioner of Education -and the Board of Regents. Appointments thereto and removals therefrom shall, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Education, be imme- diately operative, but shall not continue in effect beyond the adjourn- ment of the succeeding meeting of the Board of Regents, unless then approved by them. The Commissioner of Education may, in his discretion, employ such temporary assistance as the exigencies of the Department shall require and fix the compensation therefor. § io Cooperation of divisions. Under the discretionary direc- tion of the Commissioner of Education, the resources of the various divisions of the Education Department shall be available for use and the services of their employees transferable in aid of the work of any division of the Department. § n Working hours and vacations. The regular working hours' shall be from g a.m. till 5 p.m. on week days other than Saturday, when they shall end at noon. One hour, between 12 m. and 2 p.m., will be allowed for luncheon. So far as the needs of the service shall permit, regular employees will be given in each year vacations not exceeding 30 calendar days. The University Convocation § 12 Time. The University Convocation shall be held annually at the Capitol on such clays as the Chancellor and the Commissioner of Education shall determine. § 13 Object. Its object shall be to ascertain and formulate educational opinion ; to make such recommendations as experience may suggest, and by the cooperation of educational forces to ad- vance educational interests. REGENTS REVISED RULES 9 § 14 Membership. The Convocation shall include all educa- tional officers, teachers and others interested in the educational well- being of the State. §15 Officers. The University officers shall be the permanent officers of the Convocation. Advisory Bodies § 16 New York State Examinations Board. With the common consent and approval of the State, embodied in its statutes and the ordinances of the Board of Regents and expressed in a general use extending through more than 40 years, the State academic examinations have been established to guide and stimulate teaching, to insure a worthy and definite degree of training and scholarship in the schools, and to standardize the requirements for teachers licenses, for admission to training classes, training schools and normal schools, and, so far as may be, for all educational credentials for which the State assumes responsibility. That these examina- tions may be as truly representative as possible of the teaching in the best schools and be quickly responsive to progress in education, a New York State Examinations Board is hereby provided for. a Members. This board shall consist of twenty persons — the Commissioner of Education, the three Assistant Commissioners, and the Chief of the Examinations Division shall be ex officio members, and the Commissioner of Education shall be chairman. Fifteen other members shall be appointed by the Board of Regents, ordinarily at the time of the University Convocation, five of whom shall represent the colleges and universities, five the high schools and academies, and five the city superintendents. Only such per- sons as are engaged in teaching or in supervision in this State shall be members of the board. The appointive members shall serve for five years but the first appointees for each group shall serve for one, two, three, four and five years, as designated by the Board of Regents. b Powers. The functions of the Examinations Board shall be to appoint, with the approval of the Commissioner of Education, committees to prepare question papers for State examinations, and to advise with the Commissioner in respect to the form and con- tents of syllabuses covering the subjects of study in the elementary and secondary schools. c Expenses. This board shall serve without compensation, but the ordinary expenses incident to attendance upon meetings called by the Commissioner of Education shall be paid by the State. 10 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT d Committees. The committees appointed by the State Exami- nations Board to prepare question papers shall consist of three persons each. One of each committee shall be an officer of the Education Department; the other two members, for preacademic subjects shall be principals of elementary schools, and for academic subjects a college teacher and a secondary school teacher. Each teacher shall serve for one year and shall receive from the Statel the necessary expenses in attending meetings of his committee in each year and an annual honorarium as follows : on preacademic subjects, English, Latin, Greek, history with civics and economics,, mathematics, biologic science, and commercial subjects, $50; on German, French, Spanish and drawing, $40; on physics, chemistry and physical geography, $30. § 17 Councils. Convocation, college, academic, library, music, nurse training school and medical councils of five each to serve as advisory bodies with which the University officers may consult regarding prominent interests and classes of institutions in the Uni- versity, shall be appointed by the Chancellor, one councilor each year to serve for five years. The deans of the dental, pharmacy and veterinary medical schools shall constitute similar councils to represent respectively dental, pharmacy and veterinary medical interests. Incorporation, Admission and Registration § 18 Absolute charter. No educational institution will be given an absolute charter by the Regents of the University unless it has the following resources : For a college $500,000, for a medical school $50,000, for an academy $5000, for a public library $1000. § 19 Provisional charter. An institution holding a provisional charter shall in all cases print the words " under provisional charter " after its name wherever it is printed by authority of the institution. § 20 Execution of charters, decrees and certificates. The ac- tion of the Board of Regents in incorporating institutions, changing their corporate names, altering, suspending or revoking their char- ters, dissolving their corporate existence, approving transfers of their property, the approval of the acceptance of conditional gifts, and all action of the Board obviously requiring such suitable exem- plifying, shall, in addition to the record made in the journal of their proceedings, be evidenced by charters, decrees, certificates, or other appropriate instruments, which shall embody the said record of their journal, be executed by and in behalf of the Board of Re- gents under the seal of the University, which is hereby declared REGENTS REVISED RULES II to be the seal of such Board, be attested by the official signature of the Chancellor, or Vice Chancellor, and of the Commissioner of Education, and be recorded in the office of the Regents in. their per- manent public records. § 21 Application. An educational institution desiring admis- sion to or incorporation or registration by the University must file a written application giving the information requested in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. Such application must be on file in the Education Department at least 10 days before the meeting of the Regents at which action thereon is to be taken. § 22 Liquidation. In case of the dissolution of a corporation by decree of the Regents, unless recourse shall be had to the courts therefor, its liquidation shall be conducted under the direction of the Commissioner of Education and by a procedure analogous, so far as applicable, to the provisions of title 2 of chapter 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure. § 23 Registration a If it appears that it maintains approved standards of equip- ment and instruction, and possesses resources at least equivalent to those prescribed by the laws of this State, a college, university, or professional school may be registered by the. Boar.d of Regents for the purpose of having its work recognized for professional licenses and for University certificates ; and other schools and ■educational institutions may be registered to such extent, for such purposes and on such conditions as the Regents shall prescribe. Admission to or continuance on the roll of registration shall depend upon fur- nishing all information requested and meeting the expanse of such inspection as the Commissioner of Education shall deem advisable. b A secondary school in this State which is not a member of the University, may be registered upon application and after the pay- ment of an annual fee of $20 to defray the cost of inspection. But no such school shall be registered until its work has been examined and favorably reported by a Department inspector, nor until it has filed with the Department such papers or reports as may be re- quired by the Commissioner of Education. c Institutions of secondary and higher grade thus registered, and no others, shall be entitled to use the word " registered " after their name. Temporary registration may be made by the Com- missioner of Education, to meet a case regarded by him as emergent, for a period till the adjournment of the succeeding meeting of the Board of Regents,- but formal registration shall be effected only by action of such Board. 12 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT d The work of institutions not registered shall not be accepted for a University certificate unless the student desiring the certificate shall submit to the officers of the University satisfactory evidence that the particular work which he has done is worthy of recognition. e A college or university may be registered as maintaining a sat- isfactory standing for one full year of medicine when the combined course for the baccalaureate and medical degrees is not less than seven years; and a university maintaining a registered medical school may be registered as maintaining a satisfactory standing if it shall confer academic degrees and medical degrees as a result of a combined course covering six years, provided the diploma con- ferring the academic degree, whether it be conferred at the end of four years or at the end of six years, shall clearly indicate that such degree is conferred as the result of concurrent courses cover- ing six years ; but this must in no case be construed to mean that less than four years work in subjects essential to a liberal education will be approved as the basis of the academic degree. § 24 College denned. An institution t@ be ranked as a college must have at least six professors giving their entire time to college or university work, a course of four full years of college grade in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies. § 25 Stock or business corporations. No educational institu- tion or association incorporated or conducted as a business enter- prise so that any part of its assets or income may be divided among stockholders or members, shall share in any grant of public money or publish itself as holding its charter from or having any con- nection with the University except in words for the use of which it has written permission from the Regents. If subject to Univer- sity supervision, it shall use the words " chartered as a stock (or business) corporation " or some other descriptive word or phrase accepted by the Regents as sufficiently indicating its proprietary character wherever the fact of its incorporation is printed. This regulation shall apply to all corporations holding limited charters from the University and also to every association or institution under University supervision not so organized that all its assets and receipts from tuition or other sources must be used solely for the benefit of the public and without profit to stockholders, officers or teachers beyond reasonable compensation for services actually rendered. REGENTS REVISED RULES IJ § 26 Registration of free public libraries. An incorporated free public library, or one controlled by an incorporated institution or by trustees appointed by school authorities, on request of its trustees and after official inspection, if meeting the requirements of the Regents of the University, will be registered by them as maintaining a proper standard. Registration may be canceled by the Regents upon application of the trustees of a library, or at the pleasure of the Regents. A registered library shall be subject to visitation and inspection by the Regents, and while maintaining a standard ap- proved by them shall be entitled to the rights and privileges, so far as applicable, provided for by or under sections 37, 47 and 50 of the University Law. Requirements for Admission of Secondary Schools § 27 General requirements for an academic department a It must be in a union school. b Approved academic instruction must be given for at least 175 days in each year. c The school must give approved instruction in preacademic grades ; provide adequate equipment and teaching force, and, in schools of high school grade, must have at least two teachers whose time, so far as needed, is given to academic work. d There must be in regular attendance at least five academic students who hold a preliminary certificate or its accepted equivalent. e The school must furnish sufficient suitable apparatus and refer- ence books relating to,, the subjects of study. § 28 Special requirements for the several grades of secondary schools a A school of junior grade must maintain an approved one year course of study that includes English, mathematics, and science, and does not exceed the minimum prescribed for a school of middle grade, and must have apparatus worth at least $100 and a library worth not less than $200. b A school of middle grade must maintain an approved two year course of study which includes that required for a school of junior grade and history and additional work in English and mathe- matics, but not exceeding the minimum prescribed for a school of senior grade. It must have apparatus worth at least $150 and a library worth not less than $300. c A school of senior grade must maintain an approved three year course of study which includes that required for a school of middle grade and additional work in history and English, and must 14 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT have apparatus worth at least $200 and a library worth not less than $400. d A school of high school' grade must maintain an approved four year course of study which includes all required for a school of senior grade and additional work in English, and must have apparatus worth at least $250 and a library worth not less than $500. e Schools of senior and high school grade must provide suffi- cient laboratory facilities suitable for individual experimentation, and in all of the grades there must be a minimum of 18 recitation periods in each school week. § 29 English requirements. To maintain approved standing and the right to share in grants from the academic fund; all second- ary schools in the University must require each class, throughout its course, to have in each school week at least three recitations in English, which shall include the study of the English language and literature and practice in English composition. § 30 Academy changed to academic department. An academy adopted or leased as the academic department of a union school may retain its membership in the University if the board of edu- cation request it and notify the Regents in writing that they intend to maintain at least the standards required for admission. Apportionment § 31 General requirements. No city, union free school district or academy shall share in these apportionments unless it makes proper provision for not less than 175 days of actual academic instruction, shows an aggregate academic attendance of not less than 1000 days for the school year, provides a school building approved by the Commissioner of Education, maintains a course of study of prescribed standard, makes general use of the Regents academic examinations which shall be mandatory only in the last two years of the school's course, and meets all other requirements. This rule shall not prohibit an apportionment for libraries on the basis of apportionments to common school districts. Success in passing the Regents examinations shall not be deemed necessary for the promotion or graduation of pupils from schools that prefer to deter- mine such advancements by their own local standards; and the principal of a school, for physical or mental reasons to be reported to the Department, may without prejudice to the school's rights excuse a pupil from taking any particular Regents examination. § 32 Quota and attendance money. No academic department shall be entitled to the quota of $100 or to any apportionment based REGENTS REVISED RULES 15 upon the attendance of academic students for the year during which it is admitted unless its application for admission, showing that all the required conditions for admission have been met, has been filed prior to August i of the year during which it was admitted, or unless it is a school established by the board of education of a city or district already maintaining an academic department which is a member of the University. Academic students counted for apportionment shall be those who have passed all preliminary or preacademic subjects or who hold credentials approved by the Com- missioner of Education as the equivalent of the preliminary cer- tificate and are enrolled in a secondary school of the University. § 33 Consolidation. If two schools unite, the apportionment due both for the current year shall be paid to the one, except that only one quota of $100 shall be paid. If an academy becomes the academic department of a union school by lease or adoption, the apportionment due the academy for the current year shall be paid to the union school on the report of a Department inspector that the work is satisfactorily continued, but only one quota of $100 shall be paid to any one institution in the same year. § 34, Tuition of nonresident students. No school shall be en- titled to compensation from public moneys for the tuition of non- resident academic students, unless such students while under in- struction — a Resided in a district of this State which did not then contract under the laws of 1903, chapter 265, with another district main- taining an academic department. b Resided in a district of this State which did not then main- tain an academic department. c Were not then members of a teachers training class or train- ing school, for whose tuition therein the State made other pro- vision. d Were in attendance at least eight weeks. e Were duly qualified for admission in the manner directed by the Commissioner of Education. § 35 For books and apparatus. To obtain an apportionment from the academic fund for buying needed and suitable books or apparatus, an institution must be registered as in good standing in the University for that year and must show that twice the amount of the appropriation asked for has been actually expended for ap- proved books or apparatus. § 36 Books and apparatus allowed. Standard books for read- ing and reference, cyclopedias when conditions warrant, pictures, i6 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT and apparatus essential for the proper teaching of academic and pre- academic subjects of approved courses, and, for rural school dis- tricts, approved books, geographical maps and a globe, may be in- cluded; but not unbound periodicals, professional or technical col- lections, series or sets of books by different authors, musical instru- ments, singing books or textbooks, furniture, fixtures, benches, ma- chinery, chemicals or supplies consumed in using. No duplication will be made for gifts of books or apparatus. § 37 Protection against loss. Every allotment for books or ap- paratus shall be made upon condition that in case the institution is closed, falls below the standard of admission, or for any cause is dropped from the roll of the University, then the boQks and apparatus bought with its apportionment and with the equal amount raised locally shall be returned to the University to be distributed to other similar institutions ; or, at the option of the institution, it may return instead of the books and apparatus the total amount of money received from the University for books and apparatus. Allotment of Public Library Appropriations § 38 Conditions. Circulating libraries and reference libraries, free to the public, maintaining required standards and registered by the University, may receive annually, so far as the fund permits, allotments equal to the money raised by them from other sources. But no allotment shall exceed $200 or be made for less than $5. Allotments may be made to a branch library containing not less than 1000 volumes after it has been inspected and registered. § 39 Use of money. The State allotment and the local equiva- lent must be spent for approved books, serials and first binding. It can not be used for repairs or for rebinding worn books. New li- braries or those reorganizing and needing to use part of this money for cataloguing, printing, or library supplies may do so when the written permission of the Commissioner of Education has been obtained in advance. A report of the expenditure of library money must be submitted in the prescribed form. So far as applicable, section 37 shall apply to libraries. Degrees and Diplomas § 40 Diplomas. No diploma shall be conferred which does not represent four years or their equivalent of work of a grade above the elementary or grammar school. REGENTS REVISED RULES 17 § 4* Degree-conferring power. No charter hereafter granted shall authorize any institution to confer any honorary degree, or any degree on examination without residence, or any degree on lower requirements than those fixed by the University as the mini- mum for that degree. § 42 Honorary degrees. The bachelor's degree in arts, phi- losophy, science and literature, and the doctor's degree in philosophy shall not be conferred by the University or by any institution in this State causa honoris. § 43 Degrees in absentia. No degree shall be conferred in this State on examination without completion of a prescribed course in which one year at least has been taken in regular attendance on the usual exercises of a teaching institution registered for that de- gree. § 44 Professional and technical schools. No professional or technical school in this State shall confer any honorary degree, nor shall it confer any degree on examination except for completing its course of study in subjects for which the school is registered by the University as having equipment, faculty and course of instruc- tion not below its established minimum. § 45 Preliminary education required. No degree shall be con- ferred for completion of a course of study or on examination, unless the candidate has a preliminary general education of at least a four year high school course or its equivalent, as determined by the University rules. Satisfactory evidence of such preliminary educa- tion must be offered before beginning the course of study for the degree and any deficiencies (which must not exceed three academic subjects) must be made up within one year. § 46 State degrees. The B. A. degree will not be conferred on a candidate from an institution which looks to the University for the conferring of such degree, unless the candidate has completed a standard college course approved by the Commissioner of Educa- tion and the Regents of the University. § 47 LL.B. No candidate shall receive the University degree of LL.B. unless, in addition to passing the required examinations in law for admission to the bar of this State, or others accepted by the University as fully equivalent, he has filed satisfactory evidence that after having completed a general education equivalent to that required for the Regents academic diploma, he has taken to the satisfaction of the faculty not less than a three year course in one or l8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT more law schools registered by the University as maintaining a satisfactory standard. § 48 LL.M. The University degree of LL.M. shall be conferred only after one year's graduate study subsequent to receiving the degree of LL.B., and only on candidates who have taken to the satisfaction of the faculty not less than a four year course in one or more law schools registered by the University as maintaining a satisfactory standard. § 49 University honorary degrees. No honorary degree shall be conferred by the University, except by unanimous vote by ballot at a regular meeting, on a candidate recommended therefor at a previous Regents meeting and whose name with the proposed degree was communicated to each Regent in the call for the meeting at which final action is taken. § 50 Diplomas for University degrees. The conferring of any degree by vote of the Regents of the University shall be certified by a parchment under seal bearing the signatures cf the Chancellor and the Commissioner of Education, and shall be completed by its delivery to the candidate. § 51 Registered degrees. The following symbols of degrees shall have the protection accorded to the University degrees, as pro- vided in section 33 of the University Law, as amended by the laws of 1895, chapter 859, § 4. a Arts e Theology i Dentistry B.A. or A.B. B.D. B.D.S." M.A. or A.M. D.D. or S.T.D. M.D.S. b Philosophy f Law D.D.S. Ph.B. LL.B. j Veterinary medicine Ph.M. LL.M. B.V.S. Ph.D. LL.D. D.V.S. c Science D.C.L. k Librarianship B.S. or B.Sc. g. Pedagogy B.L.S. M.S. or M.Sc. Ped.B. M.L.S. D.Sc. Ped.D. D.L.S. d Literature /; Medicine / Music B.L. B.M. or B.Med. Mus.B. or Mus.Bach. M.L. M.D. Mus.D. or Mus.Doc. D.Lit. or Lit.D. L.H.D. REGENTS 'REVISED RULES 19 § 52 Fees for University degrees and certificates. Unless otherwise provided, the fee charged each condidate who takes an examination for a University degree shall be $5 for a degree in theology, $5 in arts and science, $10 in law, $25 in medicine, $25 in dentistry, $10 in veterinary medicine, and $25 for a certificate as a" certified public accountant. Miscellaneous Provisions § 53 Annual reports. The institutions in the University, except libraries, shall transmit to the Department yearly, on August 1st, a report in prescribed form for the preceding school year, and libra- ries shall likewise report for and soon after the close of their preced- ing library year. Any University institution whose annual report for the preceding school year is not filed before the 20th day of September shall not participate in any apportionments unless such neglect is duly excused for sufficient reason. Any institution failing for two consecutive years to report shall be deemed to have dis- continued its educational operations, and after due notice its charter may be suspended as provided in section 31 of the University Law. § 54 Delinquent and dormant institutions. A new inspection and written report to the Regents shall be made of each institution which fails after due notice to make- any required report, or fails— in case of discontinuance of educational operations — to surrender its charter to the Regents, or which refuses or neglects in any other respect to conform to the provisions of law or of the Regents rules. § 55 Leasing University institutions. The leasing of the prop- erty of any University institution by its trustees to any individual, association or corporation other than a board of education or an institution in the University shall, unless such leasing is first ap- proved in writing by the Regents, be considered a discontinuance of its educational operations and shall subject such institution to a suspension of its charter, as provided by law. § 56 Preservation of records. When an educational corpora- tion is dissolved, its books, records, and papers, unless otherwise specially provided, shall be placed in the State Library or in some nearer public library approved by the Regents. § 57 Vacancies in colleges and academies. In case the office of president of a college or of principal of an academy shall be left vacant for one year without satisfactory excuse therefor from the trustees of such institution, the Regents may fill the vacancy. The person so appointed shall continue in office during the pleasure of the Regents, and shall have the same powers, salary, emoluments 20 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT and privileges as his immediate predecessor in office enjoyed; or, if he had no immediate predecessor in office, he shall have such salary as the Regents shall direct to be paid by the trustees out of the funds or property of their college or academy. § 58 Salaried officers ineligible for trustees. No salaried. em- ployee, other than its executive or financial officer, or both, shall be a trustee of a University institution; nor shall such a trustee have a right to vote in any case relating to his own salary or emoluments. § 59 Sectarianism. Any school of which the charter, bylaws or rules provide that the students, teacners, trustees, or the voters who elect the trustees, shall belong to any particular religious body, or any school in which any distinctively denominational tenet or doctrine is taught, shall be deemed and treated as sectarian. The name of the school, the sources from which its funds are derived, or the denominational connection of its trustees, teachers or stu- dents, shall not be construed as determining its character if under its charter, bylaws and rules the official positions named are not in any way limited to any denomination. Any school of which the principal and the president of the trustees shall certify that un'ler the terms of this rule it is unsectarian shall be so considered till after special inspection and report the Regents shall declare it to be sectarian. § 60 Credentials accepted. Unless otherwise specified, any ap- proved credential previously issued shall be accepted in place of an examination covering the same ground. § 61 Credentials subject to cancelation. All diplomas, certifi- cates and other credentials and examination ratings shall be subject to cancelation by the Commissioner. of Education, for cause. § 62 Special University property. Such library, museum, and other property of the University as is unique in character and there- fore impossible to replace shall not be loaned. § 63 Disposition of publications. The Commissioner of Educa- tion shall furnish free to the Regents copies of State publications, and may, in his discretion, direct the free distribution or sale of Department publications and fix the prices therefor. § 64 Amendments. The Regents rules shall be altered or re- pealed only by six favoring votes at a meeting of the Board for which the notice to each Regent specified the changes to be pro- posed; but any rule may be suspended during a meeting of the Board by unanimous vote of the members present. REGENTS REVISED RULES 21 CHAPTER II NORMAL SCHOOLS Admission g 81 Age. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age. § 82 Scholarship. Beginning with February 1906, candidates must present a high school diploma, or its equivalent to be approved by the Commissioner of Education. Beginning with September 1907, candidates must present a diploma of graduation from the course prescribed by the Commissioner of Education for admission to normal schools and city training schools under the provisions of the laws of 1895, chapter 1031. a Admission on condition. Candidates, 21 years of age, who have had two years of high school work or its equivalent and in addition thereto have taught two years will be admitted to the normal school with the understanding that they must complete the high school course in addition to the professional course before they shall be graduated. b Admission to advanced standing. Graduates of training classes who enter the class upon a high school diploma and who have taught one year since graduation from the training class may complete the professional course in the normal school in one year if they possess the required aptitude for training. § 83 Transfers. On concurrence of the principals interested, students may be transferred from one normal school to another by the Commissioner of Education, for cause. § 84 School year. The schools open on the second Wednesday of September and continue in session 39 weeks. The year is divided as follows : two terms of 19 weeks each ; one week at the close of the year for examinations and graduation. Students will be graduated at the end of each term, but commencement exercises will be held only at the close of the year in June. § 85 Privileges. Tuition and the use of textbooks are free to students in the professional courses. § 86 Nonresidents. Residents of other states are admitted by special appointment of the Commissioner of Education but are re- quired to pay in advance to the treasurer of the local board a tuition fee of $20 a term of 19 weeks. 22 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Courses of Study § 87 The regular course of study, two years in length, is as follows : a Subjects and periods of 60 minutes each Psychology I0O Principles and history of education 100 Methods of grammar and composition 100 Methods of literature (optional) . ., 100 School economy 40 Methods of vocal music 120 Methods of arithmetic, algebra and geometry 120 Methods of United States history 80 Methods of drawing 200 Methods of advanced science (optional) 100 Logic 80 Methods of Latin (optional) 100 Methods of geography 60 Methods of primary reading, spelling, phonics and language. . 100 Methods of nature study and methods of elementary science. . 100 Methods of manual training 40 1 with pen \ Penmanship j with pencil V 40 y with crayon J Methods of physical training 120 Observation and practice 600 b Diplomas. Graduates from this course, upon recommendation of the principal of the school, will receive a normal school diploma, which is a life license to teach in any public school in the State. City boards of education are empowered by statute to prescribe additional qualifications for teachers to be employed by them. Kindergarten Course § 88 The kindergarten course, two years in length, is as follows : a Subjects and periods of 60 minutes each Logic with the normal class 80 English — reading, spelling, phonics and voice training with the normal class 80 Elementary science and nature study .with the normal class 100 Elementary science and nature study with the kindergarten teacher I00 REGENTS REVISED RULES ^3 Drawing with the normal class 140 !with pen \ with pencil V with the normal class 40 with crayon ) Physical training with the normal class 120 Music with the normal class 40 Psychology with the normal class 100 History of education with the normal class 100 English — voice training, children's literature, story-telling — with the kindergarten teacher 120 Songs and games 120 Mother play, gifts and occupations with the kindergarten teacher 180 Principles of education with special reference to kindergarten with kindergarten teacher 60 Program — kindergarten procedure 60 Observation and practice 560 b Kindergarten diploma. Graduates from this course, upon recommendation of the principal of the school, will receive a kinder- garten diploma which diploma will entitle its holder, upon con- forming to local regulations, to teach in any kindergarten of the State. c Primary and kindergarten diploma. Students who shall com- plete the kindergarten course and who shall then complete all the primary methods, training and teaching of the regular normal course, will receive diplomas licensing them to teach in both kinder- garten and primary schools. High School Courses § 89 The following courses are prescribed for the high school department of the training school. a Admission. Pupils who pass through the grades of the train- ing school must qualify for admission to the high school by pre- senting a Regents preliminary certificate. Other pupils from the vicinity who may be entitled to enter must qualify for admission in one of the following ways : (1) By presenting a Regents preliminary certificate. (2) By presenting a ninth grade certificate. (3) By presenting a teachers certificate of the first, second or third grade. (4) By presenting a certificate of admission to a training class or a training school. 2 4 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (5) By presenting other credentials satisfactory to the principal of the school, which must be submitted for approval to the Educa- tion Department. b Exclusion. No nonresident pupil living in a district that main- tains an academic school registered under the free tuition act is eligible for admission to the high school department. c Eligible list. Resident pupils can be admitted only at the beginning of a term. Should a larger number of resident pupils apply for admission than can well be accommodated in the high school, they shall be admitted from an eligible list in the order of their application. d Course for admission to normal schools (1) First year SUBJECTS COUNTS English 5 Biology (including human physiology) 5 Algebra 5 SUBJECTS COUNTS Latin 5 Drawing 2 Physical training 2 Music 1 (2) Second year English 3 Ancient history . . . . : 3 Geometry 4 Latin 5 Physical geography 5 Drawing 2 Physical training 2 Music 1 (3) Third year English 3 Voice training 1 History of Great Britain and Ireland 3 Physics A foreign language 5 Review of algebra 2 Drawing 2 Physical training 2 5 Music 1 (4) Fourth year English 3 American history with the de- velopment of civic institu- tions 5 Same foreign language as of third year 5 Chemistry or botany or zoology 5 Review of geometry 2 Drawing 2 Physical training 2 Music ". 1 REGENTS REVISED RULES 25 e Course for admission to college (1) First year SUBJECTS PERIODS English 200 Algebra 200 Biology (including human physiology) 200 (2) Second year English 120 Plane geometry 160 History (the college require- ment) 120 Latin 200 SUBJECTS PERIODS Latin 200 Drawing 80 Physical training 80 Music 40 Second foreign language . . . 200 Drawing 80 Physical training 80 Music 40 (3) Third year English 120 Review of algebra 80 Physics 200 Second foreign language . . 200 (4) Fourth year English 120 Review of plane geometry. 80 American history, with civics 200 Latin 200 Latin 200 Drawing 40 Physical training 80 Music 40 Second foreign language. . 200 Drawing , 40 Physical training 80 Music 40 (5) Equivalent courses. Excepting history, this curriculum also meets the minimum requirements for admission to normal schools and training schools, for which slight deficiency the excess of time given to foreign language study will be an acceptable substitute. / Course for admission to technical schools (1) First year SUBJECTS PERIODS English <;i 1 ) Algebra 200 Biology (including human physiology) 200 SUBJECTS PERIODS German 200 Drawing 80 Physical training 80 Music 40 26 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (2) Second year SUBJECTS PERIODS SUBJECTS PERIODS English 120 French 200 Plane geometry 160 Drawing 80 History (the entrance re- Physical training 80 quirement) 120 Music 40 German 200 (3) Third year English 120 Review of algebra 80 Physics 200 German .* 200 (4) Fourth year English 120 Review of plane geometry. 80 American history with civics 200 Advanced mathematics. . . . 200 French 200 Drawing 80 Physical training 80 Music 40 Chemistry 200 Drawing 80 Physical training 80 Music 40 g Recitation periods. The numbers after each subject in these courses indicate the number of recitation periods per year, on the basis of a school year of 40 weeks. h Unprepared lessons. For the relief of the student, five recita- tion periods a week should be devoted to unprepared lessons in subjects exclusive of drawing, physical training and music. These lessons should be learned in the class with the aid and guidance of the teachers to the end that right habits of study may be estab- lished. REGENTS REVISED RULES 27 CHAPTER III TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOLS AND CLASSES Appointments § 101 Establishment. The board of education or the public school authorities of any city, or of any village, employing a super- intendent of schools, may establish, maintain, direct and control one or more schools or classes for the professional instruction and training of teachers in the principles of education and in the method of instruction for not less than 38 weeks in each school year. Qualifications of Candidates § 102 Age. Candidates must be at least 17 years old at the time of entrance, unless the course is two years in length. In such instance the candidate must be at least 16 years, 6 months old. § 103 Declaration. They must subscribe to the following declaration : " We, the subscribers, hereby declare that our object in asking admission to the training school or class is to prepare ourselves for teaching; and that it is our purpose to engage in teaching in the public schools of the State of New York, at the completion of such preparation." § 104 Education. They must hold certificates issued by the Commissioner of Education certifying to the completion of an approved course of study in a high school or in an institution of equal or higher rank as provided under the law. In addition thereto they must pass an examination conducted under the direction of the city superintendent of schools. This examination must include English (grammar, rhetoric, composition and literature), mathe- matics (arithmetic, algebra and plane geometry), at least one science, and any other three subjects of an approved high school course. § 105 Additional qualifications. Additional qualifications may be prescribed by boards of education. § 106 Candidates from other states. Candidates from other states, in order to qualify for entrance to any training school, shall present credentials of graduation from a high school or an institu- tion of equal or higher rank having a course of study at least equivalent to the high school course of study prescribed as a basis for entrance to training schools in this State. Such credentials shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Education for approval. 28 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Organization § 107 Terms. The school year is divided into two terms, but no school year shall consist of more than 40 weeks. § 108 Time of instruction. At least four hours and 30 minutes every school day must be occupied in study, in instruction on the topics laid down in the course of study, in the observation of model teaching and in practice work. § 109 Forms. Two blank forms for notice of organization will be furnished to each institution. These blanks must be properly filled, and one of them forwarded to the Department at the end of the third week after the organization of the school. The other must be kept for inspection by the proper school officers. Requirements §110 Certificate of qualification. Before admission the prin- cipal of the training school must require each candidate to pre- sent a certificate of qualification. § in Latest date of admission. No person shall be admitted to the class later than the second Monday following its organiza- tion. § 112 Payment for eligible students only. No payment will be made for any pupil not shown by reports to have been eligible to enter the class. § 113 Payment for absent students. No payment will be made for any pupil who leaves the class before the expiration of the year, except by permission of the Commissioner of Education, and no such permission will be granted during the year, simply that the candidate may teach. § 114 Attendance register. When the class is organized, the qualifications of each candidate for admission must be entered in the place designated for such entry in the training school attendance register. § 115 Recitation register. The daily attendance of each mem- ber upon such recitation must be recorded in the recitation register supplied for this purpose. § 116 One or two classes. Training schools that organize but one class a year must not admit members at the beginning of the second term. Those that organize a class at the middle of the school year must keep a separate register for this class. REGENTS REVISED RULES 29 Course of Study § 117 Minimum course. This course is designated as a mini- mum to meet the requirements of the laws of 1895, chapter 1031, and at least 500 hours must be devoted to its completion. a Subjects and suggestive time allowance. The number of hours to be devoted to each subject shall be determined by the local school authorities. The number of hours placed opposite the several sub- jects is to be regarded as suggestive only, and as indicative of their relative value. b Subjects and periods of 60 minutes each Psychology and principles of education 80 History of education 60 School management 20 Methods in mathematics - 5° ! plants . . animals . minerals f -i and physiology and hygiene. Methods in reading, spelling and phonics and literature for children 50 Methods in language, composition and grammar 50 Methods in geography 30 Methods in drawing 30 Methods in history and civics 30 Physical culture, with methods 30 Methods in music 30 c Observation and practice teaching. At least 50 hours shall be spent by each member of the training school in observation and at least 50 hours in practice teaching. Examinations § 118 Semester. At the close of each semester, the Education Department will furnish a special examination in the several sub- jects prescribed in the course of study or in such of them as the Commissioner of Education may determine, which examination is included as a part of the work required in the approved course of study. § 119 Time. These examinations will occur in January and in June, on the last three days of the week during which the Regents examinations are held. 30 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT § 120 Report. The name of every member taking the exami- nation shall appear in the report of the examination. § 121 Standing. Members must attain a standing of at least 75 per cent in each prescribed subject and complete the course within two years. § 122 Program of examination a Wednesday a. m. Psychology; nature study, physiology and hygiene. b Wednesday p. m. School management; language, composition and grammar. c Thursday a. m. Arithmetic. d Thursday p. m. History and civics; reading, spelling and phonics. e Friday a. m. Geography; history of education. / Friday p. m. Drawing. Certificates § 123 Training school certificates. Members of training schools who attain a standing of 75 per cent in the several subjects of the course will receive a training school certificate if the city superintendent of schools shall certify that the candidate has shown sufficient skill in teaching to warrant his receiving such certificate, that he is a person of good moral character, and is worthy to be employed in the schools of the State. § 124 Validity. Training school certificates are valid for three years and are renewable thereafter for 10 year periods if the holder has had a successful experience of at least two years under the certificate. Minimum Requirement for an Approved Course § 125 Approved course of study in high school or academy. A course of study in a high school or academy to receive the ap- proval of the State Commissioner of Education, as required by the laws of 1895, chapter 1031, entitled "An act to encourage and promote the professional training of teachers," must include 2880 recitation periods, of which the following subjects must be a part: a Subjects and periods. (1) English. The course in English must be continuous through- out the four years, and must provide adequate instruction in litera- ture, rhetoric and composition, and grammar, 494 hours. REGENTS REVISED RULES 31 (2) History. The course in history must include the three follow- ing courses, each of which should be continuous throughout the year. Ancient history and history of Great Britian and Ireland, 114 hours, and American history with the development of civic insti- tutions, 152 hours. (3) Mathematics. The course in mathematics must include alge- bra (through quadratics) and plane geometry, 190 hours each. (4) Science. The course in science must embrace biology (includ- ing human physiology) and physics, 190 hours each. The labora- tory method of teaching these subjects is prescribed. (5) Foreign languages. The course in foreign languages must in- clude Latin or French or German, 380 hours. (6) Drawing. The course in drawing must be continuous throughout the four years, and must provide adequate instruction for 228 hours. (7) Vocal music. The course in vocal music must be continuous throughout the four years, and should provide adequate instruc- tion in sight singing from the staff and the use of common tech- nical terms, for 152 hours. b Definition of period. The number of hours required in each subject is based on a school year of 38 weeks as a minimum. An hour means a recitation period of not less than 45 minutes. 32 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER IV TEACHERS TRAINING CLASSES Appointments § 141 Application. To receive consideration, application for appointments to instruct classes should be forwarded to the Education Department by the first of April each year. Blank forms are supplied upon request. § 142 Requirements. In order that a school- may receive an appointment, the board of education must meet the following requirements : a Employ as instructor or instructors of the class for not less (each day) than four recitation periods of 40 minutes each, a duly qualified teacher who is either (1) A college graduate or a graduate of a normal school of this State, who has had at least two years' experience in teaching in the public schools of the State since graduation at least one year of which must have been in grade work ; or (2) A holder of a State certificate granted in this State upon examination subsequent to 1875. b Pay a salary of at least $500 to the training class instructor. c Equip a suitable room or apartment separate from all other departments of the school in which the training class members and no others shall be seated, unless they shall be members of the grad- uating class of the current school year. d Provide opportunity for members of the class to observe methods of teaching in the several grades, and to teach in such grades under proper criticism and direction. e Conduct the prescribed recitations of the course separately from all other recitations. / Maintain a class for at least 36 weeks. § 143 Assignments. In making assignments to institutions reference will be had to : a The proper distribution of the classes among the school com- missioner districts. b The location of classes to accommodate the greatest number of candidates. c Proper equipment of the institution and the advantages offered for thorough work, both in the theory and in the practice of teaching. REGENTS REVISED RULES 33 Qualifications for Admission § 144 Age. Candidates must be at least 17 years of age at the time of entrance. § 145 Declaration. They must subscribe to the following declaration : " We, the subscribers, hereby declare that our object in asking admission to the training class is to prepare ourselves for teaching; and that it is our purpose to engage in teaching in the public schools of the State of New York, at the completion of such preparation. We pledge ourselves to remain in the class during the year, unless prevented by illness or excused by the Commissioner of Education." Candidates should have their attention specially called to this obligation. § 146 Character. Candidates must possess good health, good character, freedom from physical deformity, and capacity for training. § 147 Evidence of education. Candidates must hold as a minimum qualification one of the following: a Any teachers certificate, expired or unexpired, issued in this State. b A passing mark in Regents examinations in each of the follow- ing subjects: elementary United States history with civics, arith- metic, geography, reading, spelling, penmanship, drawing, physiology and first year English, and in addition any 12 academic counts under the syllabus of 1900 or 18 counts under the syllabus of 1905. c A Regents academic diploma. Organization § 148 Terms. The school year is divided into two terms of not less than 18 weeks each. § 149 Classes. New classes are organized in September only, but candidates may be admitted at the beginning of the second term, if they intend to remain in the class an entire year. § 150 Minimum and maximum class. The class shall consist of not less than 10 nor more than 25 members. § 151 Announcement of organization. To secure the most promising candidates, the following information should be fully announced prior to the organization of the class : a The date on which the class is to be organized. 34 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT b The conditions of admission. c The character and advantages of the training class course. § 152 Principal and school commissioner. The principal should consult the school commissioner, with a view to securing as members of the class all untrained persons who intend to teach. § J 53 Daily instruction. On every school day four periods of 40 minutes each must be occupied with instruction on the topics prescribed in the course of study. Adequate time must be given to the instructor for the proper supervision of the 'observation and practice. Only those members of the class who have the time and the ability may be allowed to pursue subjects additional to those included in the course. No person other than a member of the class shall recite with the class, except in psychology and history of education. § 154 Forms and registers. Two blank forms for notice of organization and two organization registers will be furnished to each institution at the beginning of the year. These blanks must be properly filled and one of each forwarded to the Department at the end of the third week after the organization of the class. Dupli- cates must be retained by the principal for inspection by the proper school officers. No organization register is required the second term. Regulations and Requirements § 155 Latest day of admission. No person will be granted permission to enter the class later than the second Monday follow- ing the date of its organization. § 156 Term examinations. All members must enter the term examinations, unless excused by the Commissioner of Education. § 157 Absence on permission. No member shall withdraw from the class before the expiration of the term, except by per- mission of the Commissioner of Education, and no such permis- sion will be granted during the year, simply in order that the candidate may teach. § 158 Register and report. When the class is organized, the qualifications for admission possessed by each member shall be entered in the training class daily register and in the organization report. § 159 Daily attendance. The daily attendance of each mem- ber upon each recitation is to be recorded in the register which must be forwarded to the Department at the close of the year. REGENTS REVISED RULES 35- § 1 60 First and second terms. The first term for each school year shall begin not later than the first Tuesday in September, unless the school shall open at a later date, and the second term not later than the last Monday in January. § 161 Certificates. Training class certificates are granted only upon the completion of a year's work as prescribed in the course of study. § 162 Membership. Membership in a class will be limited to a period of two years. § 163 Exclusion from other teachers examinations. No mem- ber is to enter any teachers examinations other than for training classes while a member of a training class, except by permission of the Department. § 164 Dismissal for cause. The Department reserves the right to dismiss a member at any time for cause. § 165 Additional qualifications. Any school may prescribe additional qualifications for admission to the class, add to the course of study, or extend the minimum time prescribed for the course. Course of Study § 166 Periods and subjects a First term (1) First period. Arithmetic. (2) Second period. Psychology and principles of education ; school management. (3) Third period. Geography; physiology, nature study and agri- culture. ' (4) Fourth period. Drawing; reading; spelling. b Second term (1) First period. Language, composition and grammar. (2) Second period. History of education. (3) Third period. Penmanship ; American history with civics. (4) Fourth period. School law. c In carrying out the foregoing course of study, the work in all subjects should be done with a view to thorough training in the underlying principles of teaching. d Penmanship, spelling and the use of good English should re- ceive careful attention throughout the course. 36 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Observation and Practice Work § 167 Observation. It is very important that the study of method in teaching should not be merely theoretical. Students should be trained to observe carefully and to interpret intelligently the principles of teaching as exemplified by the actual work of in- struction of pupils in the grades. To afford this training, it is expected that the class, at least twice a week, will be given an opportunity to witness skilful teaching either in the grades of the school or in classes of pupils receiving a model lesson given by the critic teacher. § 168 Practice. For practice work it is required that each member be given actual work in teaching by frequently taking charge of a regular grade in the school. a It is also advisable to have small classes of pupils brought before the training class to be instructed by some member desig- nated for that purpose. The student chosen to instruct the class should prepare a written plan for conducting the lesson and sub- mit the same to the critic teacher. The observation and practice work should be reviewed by the critic teacher, in order that the underlying principles of the recitation may be clearly brought out. This work must not take the place of the regular daily periods of class instruction. b In addition to this there should be practice for one period each day, continuing through not less than two weeks, as soon as the student feels that he can teach a class reasonably well. Examinations § 169 Time. The examinations will be held in January and in June, on the last three days of the week during which the Regents examinations occur. § 170 Program a Monday p. m. American history. b Tuesday a. in. Arithmetic. c Tuesday p. in. Language, composition and grammar. d Wednesday a. m. Psychology. e Wednesday p. m. School management. / Thursday a. 111. Physiology; geography. g Thursday p. in. Agriculture ; reading. h Friday a. m. History of education ; school law. i Friday p. m. Drawing, spelling. REGENTS REVISED RULES 37 / Penmanship will be judged from the paper on psychology in January and from the paper on school law in June. § 171 Standing. Members who attain a standing of 75 per cent in all subjects will receive professional certificates valid for three years and renewable for five year periods if the holder shall have taught successfully at least two years under the certificate. a These certificates will entitle the holders to teach in any schools not maintaining academic departments. b However, a holder of this certificate who entered the training class on an academic diploma shall after three years of successful experience .be eligible to teach in the subacademic grades of any school. c This certificate shall entitle its holder to one year's advanced standing in a State normal school, provided he entered the training class on an academic diploma and shall have taught successfully one year after graduation from the training class. § 172 Certification of teaching ability, character etc. Prior to the issuance of a training class certificate, the principal or superin- tendent must certify that the candidate has shown sufficient skill in teaching to warrant his receiving such certificate, that he is a person of good moral character, and worthy to be employed in the schools of the State. § 173 Report of examinations. The name oi every member must appear in the report of the examination at the close of the term. Members may enter examinations in those subjects regularly pursued in class prior to the time of the examination. § 174 Regulations. With the exception of a, the regulations should be read to the class before the opening of the examination. a Commissioners must not appoint any person to conduct an ex- amination until such person has been approved by the Department, and must recqmmend no person for whom they are not willing to be responsible. The school commissioner must recommend! some per- son other than the principal of the school or a teacher in the school. An allowance of $3 per day and necessary expenses will be made for extra examiners when commissioners have more than one train- ing class examination to conduct. b The desks must be cleared of books and papers before each ses- sion. Maps, charts etc. must be removed or covered. c Candidates must not be allowed to take books or papers to their desks. Stationery is to be supplied by the school. 38 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT d Candidates must occupy separate seats with a seat intervening in front and in the rear, and on each side, in which no other candi- date taking the same examination shall be seated. e Only those who are taking or conducting an examination can be permitted to remain in the room. / Care should be taken to guard against exposures of answers. g Communication of any character shall not be permitted among candidates .taking an examination, and any person detected in copy- ing the papers of any other candidate or endeavoring to give or ob- tain aid in any way must be immediately dismissed from the examination. h The answer papers must be submitted before the close of each session and must not thereafter pass from the custody of the com- missioner or his deputized examiner until they are forwarded to the Department. i Training class examinations are held at the same time as Regents examinations, 9.15 a. m. and 1.15 p. m. ; and candidates are entitled to three hours for each session. Training class and Regents exami- nations may be held in the same room provided subdivision d is carefully observed. In case a candidate desires to take more than one subject in a single session the time maybe extended from three hours to five hours, but. under no circumstances will permission be given to extend the time to more than five hours. Candidates tak- ing more than one morning subject and desiring to take one or more afternoon subjects must hand in the last morning paper be- fore 2 p. m. as no student is permitted to enter an examination more than 45 minutes after the scheduled time for opening the papers. The first paper of the afternoon must be handed in by 4.15 p. m. j No candidate shall enter an examination more than 45 minutes late, and no candidate shall be excused within 45 minutes after the examination has begun. k If a candidate withdraws himself from the sight of the exam- iners bis examination must be closed. This rule permits a candidate to withdraw from any room and return only in case he is accom- panied by an examiner or deputy who can make affidavit that the candidate was at no time out of his sight. I Collusion between candidates or acts of dishonesty in examina- tion are evidences of unfitness to teach in the public schools of the State. Any person guilty of such acts will forfeit all training class standings and will be dismissed from the class. REGENTS REVISED RULES 39 School Commissioners § 175 Duties. The duties of the school commissioner with reference to training classes are denned by the laws of 1894, chapter 556, title 11. § 176 Class work for experience. School commissioners are instructed to accept one year's work in a training class as an equivalent for the 10 weeks' successful experience in teaching required in the regulations governing teachers examinations. § 177 Report. After visiting the class the school commis- sioner is directed to forward immediately to this Department a report on a blank provided for this purpose. School com- missioners should inspect every class under their jurisdiction as often as once in each month. § 178 Attendance on institute. Members of the training class are required to attend the teachers institute held in the district in which the class is organized, and to submit to the principal a written report of the work of each session. 40 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER V TEACHERS CERTIFICATES § igi Classes of certificates. Certificates to teach shall be of the following classes : temporary ; elementary ; academic ; first grade ; rural school renewable ; state limited ; state ; training class ; training school ; special — known as kindergarten, drawing, vocal music, commercial, stenographers, elocution, domestic art, domestic science, manual training ; temporary normal ; normal diplomas ; col- lege graduate limited; college graduate professional provisional college graduate professional ; college graduate life ; trades schools Statutory Requirements § 192 Age. Under no circumstances can any kind of a license to teach be issued to a person under 18 years of age. § 193 License and contract. No trustee or board of education can make a valid contract with a teacher who is not legally qualified. A certificate of qualification must be obtained by a teacher before entering into a contract or beginning service. § 194 Minimum requirements in primary and grammar schools of cities. No person can be employed or licensed to teach in the primary or grammar schools of a city employing a superintendent who has not had successful experience in teaching for at least three years, or in lieu thereof has not completed a high school course or its equivalent approved by the Commissioner of Education, and in addition thereto a course in professional training also approved by the Commissioner of Education. Certificates Valid in School Commissioner Districts § 195 For school districts maintaining academic departments a college graduate life b college graduate limited c college professional life d college professional provisional e state life / state limited g normal diploma h temporary normal certificate i special certificate / first grade certificate REGENTS REVISED RULES 41 k training school certificate / training class certificate (issued previous to August i, 1906) m in primary and grammar grades — ■ training class certificate issued subsequent to August 1, 1906, the holder of which entered training class on academic diploma and in addition has had three years' successful experience in teaching. ■ n temporary license § 196 For all other school districts a all certificates enumerated under § 195 b rural school renewable certificate c training class (issued subsequent to August 1, 1906) d academic certificate e elementary certificate Certificates Valid in Cities § 197 Primary and grammar grades a college graduate life b college professional life c college professional provisional d state life e state limited / normal diploma g temporary normal certificate h special certificate i 1 first grade certificate j training school certificate k 1 training class (issued previous to August 1, 1906) / training class certificate issued subsequent to August 1, 1906, the holder of which entered training class on academic diploma and in addition has had three years' successful experience in teaching m 1 temporary license §198 High schools a all certificates enumerated under § 197 b college graduate limited (These regulations apply to all cities in the State except Albany, Buffalo, Jamestown and New York. In these cities certificates are issued under rules prescribed by the local authorities, but the re- quirements of § 194 must be satisfied.) 'Three years' experience required for cities. 4 2 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT General Rules § 199 a All certificates issued for a limited period shall be so written as to expire on the last day of the school year. b When conditions require it, a certificate may be issued upon some other date than August 1. But when a certificate is issued on such other date, it shall be issued for the remaining period for which it would have been valid had it been issued on the first day of August preceding the date on which it was issued. c The principle in a and b shall be applied to the renewal and the extension of all certificates. d No substitutions shall be allowed for any subject required for any certificate other than the elementary, first grade, and the rural school renewable. For these three certificates, substitutions may be allowed as follows : (1) Advanced arithmetic for arithmetic (2) Physical geography for geography (3) Second, third or fourth year English or English three years for first year English (4) American history with civics for both elementary U. S. his- tory and civics (5) Intermediate or advanced algebra for algebra (6) Biology for physiology and hygiene (7) Advanced drawing general for drawing (8) Psychology for history of education e School commissioners and city superintendents* may, in their dis- cretion, exact a higher standing in examinations and give supple- mentary examinations in the subjects required for a certificate of any grade. They may also for sufficient reasons refuse to issue any certificate even though the educational requirements have been fully met. Elementary Certificate § 200 Education requirements. A candidate for an element- ary certificate shall be required to pass an examination in each of the following preliminary subjects : Writing Geography Spelling Elementary U. S. history with civics Arithmetic and in each of the following academic subjects : First year English Physiology and hygiene Drawing REGENTS REVISED RULES 43 § 201 Scope of examinations. Examinations in the prelimi- nary subjects required for an elementary certificate shall be based on the Elementary Syllabus; those in the academic subjects on the Academic Syllabus. § 202 Standing required. A minimum standing of 75 per cent in each subject must be attained. § 203 Number of trials. A candidate for an elementary certi- ficate may combine standings earned in four consecutive examina- tions, but in no more than four. All such examinations must have been taken by him subsequent to his 16th birthday. § 204 Dates and places of examinations. Examinations for an elementary certificate shall be held in January, June and August of each year. The January and June examinations may be held in all Regents academic schools, and at such other places as school com- missioners with the approval of the Education Department from time to time designate. The August examination may be held at such places only as school commissioners designate under like approval. § 205 Experience. No previous experience in teaching is re- quired. § 206 Where valid. An elementary certificate shall be valid only in the particular school district for which it is issued or made valid by the school commissioner, which shall be a school district not maintaining an academic department. § 207 Term. An elementary certificate shall be issued for a term of two years. (This rule is subject to § 199 a and b.) § 208 Number of certificates. Only one elementary certificate shall be issued to any one person. § 209 Extensions. An elementary certificate may be extended one year for each eight academic counts earned while it is in force in subjects not already passed when the certificate was issued. § 210 Issuance of certificate. While examinations may be taken at any appointed time and place, an elementary certificate shall be issued only after the candidate has made an engagement to teach, approved by the school commissioner having jurisdiction. But a person entitled to an elementary certificate, though such certificate has not yet been issued, is legally qualified to contract by presenting a formal statement from the school commissioner having jurisdiction showing that such person is entitled to this certificate, and certifying that such certificate will be issued when a contract has been made with the trustee of some district designated in such statement of the school commissioner. 44 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Academic Certificate § 21 1 Educational requirements. A candidate for an academic certificate must have completed a four year high school course and must have earned a Regents academic diploma. § 212 Dates and places of examinations. Examinations for an academic certificate can be taken only in January and June and as they are reached in the course of study pursued by the candidate and can be taken only at high schools and academies. This certificate shall not be issued on the basis of examinations alone, as it is pro- vided only for those who have regularly pursued a full course in the high schools and academies of this State. § 213 Experience. No previous experience in teaching is re- quired. § 214 Where valid. A certificate of this grade shall be valid only in the particular school district for which it is issued or made valid by the school commissioner, which shall be a school district not maintaining an academic department. § 215 Term. An academic certificate shall be issued for a term of two years. (This rule is subject to § 199 a and b.) § 216 Number of certificates. Only one academic certificate shall be issued to any one person. § 217 Extension. An academic certificate may be extended one year for each 18 counts obtained in examinations for life State certificates earned while it is in force. Counts earned in Regents examinations shall not be applied for extension of this certificate. § 218 Issuance of certificate. An academic certificate shall be issued only after the candidate has made an engagement to teach, ap- proved by the school commissioner having jurisdiction. But a per- son entitled to an academic certificate, though such certificate has not yet been issued, is legally qualified to contract by presenting a formal statement from the school commissioner having jurisdiction showing that such person is entitled to this certificate and certifying that such certificate will be issued when a contract has been made with the trustee of some district designated in such statement of the school commissioner. REGENTS REVISED RULES 45 Rural School Renewable Certificate To be issued in January ipio and thereafter § 219 Educational requirements. A candidate for a rural school renewable certificate shall be required to pass subsequent to his 16th birthday a written examination in each of the following subjects: Penmanship First year English Spelling Algebra Arithmetic Physiology and hygiene Geography Nature study and agri- culture Drawing American history with civics and one other subject from the his- tory group of aca- demic studies History of education School management Methods of teaching School law § 220 Scope of examinations. The examinations in nature study and agriculture, history of education, school management, school law and methods of teaching shall be based on a training clas? syllabus in these subjects. The other examination shall be based on the Elementary and on the academic syllabus. § 221 Standing required. A minimum standing of 75 per cent shall be required in each subject. § 222 Number of trials. No limit need .be placed upon the number of trials a candidate may have for a rural school renewable certificate and it need not be required that the subjects be passed within any limited period of time. § 223 Dates and places of examinations. Examinations in all of the required subjects shall be given in January, June and August. Examinations in the regular Regents subjects may, by arrangement with the principal, be taken in January and June at any academic school ; in August they may be taken at the places designated by the school commissioner. In all other subjects, examinations shall be offered in January and June at each school conducting a training class and at any other academic school properly designated by the school commissioner; in August at the places designated by th? school commissioner. 46 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT § 224 Experience. A candidate must have taught successfully for at least two years to be eligible for a rural school renewable certificate. § 225 Where valid. A rural school renewable certificate shall be valid in any school district not maintaining an academic depart- ment. § 226 Term. A rural school renewable certificate shall be is- sued for a term of 10 years. § 227 Renewals. Upon its expiration, from time to time, a rural school renewable certificate held by a teacher who has taught under it successfully for a period of five legal school years may be renewed by any school commissioner in the State for a period of 10 years, without examination. § 228 When first issued. The first examinations in the sub- jects not heretofore offered shall be conducted for the first time. in January 1910, and a rural school renewable certificate under these requirements may be issued thereafter to any candidate who is en- titled. Continuance of Old Form of First Grade Certificate to August 1910 (Until August 1910, a first grade certificate valid in any depart- ment of any school, except in the primary and grammar grades, provided by section 551 of the Education Law, may be earned under precisely the same regulations as are named above for rural school renewable certificate except as to educational requirements.) § 229 Education requirements. The educational requirements shall be as follows:. A candidate shall be required to pass, subse- quent to his 16th birthday, a written examination in each of the following subjects : Writing Ancient history, or European Spelling history or history of Great Arithmetic Britain and Ireland Geography Civics Elementary United States His- Bookkeeping tory with civics Drawing First year English History of education Algebra School management Physics School law Physiology and hygiene Methods in reading A candidate may claim the results of the August 1910 examinar tion. REGENTS REVISED RULES 47 Training Class Certificate § 230 Requirements. A candidate must have complied with all the requirements for admission to and attendance upon a training class and the principal of the school must certify that he has given evidence of excellent character and good ability to teach. A candi- date must also have attained in examination held for training classes, a minimum standing of 75 per cent in each of the following sub- jects : b Academic a Preacademic Writing Spelling 1 Arithmetic 1 Geography 1 Language Composition and gram- mar Physiology and hygiene American history with civics Drawing Nature study and agriculture c Professional Methods in reading, writing and spelling Psychology History of education School law School management § 231 Dates of examinations. Examinations shall be held in January and in June during the week in which Regents examinations occur. § 232 Where valid. A training class certificate shall be valid in any school district not maintaining an academic department. The holder of such certificate who entered the training class on an academic diploma shall after three years of successful experience be eligible for a certificate entitling him to teach in the subacademic grades of any school, subject to the provisions of section 551 of the Education Law, as affecting cities. § 233 Term. A training class certificate shall be issued for a term of three years. § 234 Credit toward normal school course. A person who holds a training class certificate shall be entitled to one year's ad- vanced standing in a State normal school provided he entered the training class on an academic diploma and has taught for one year after graduation from the training class. § 235 Renewals. Upon their expiration, from time to time, a training class certificate held by a teacher who has taught under it successfully for a period of two years, may be renewed for a period of 10 years, without examination. IThe paper on this subject will also contain questions on methods. 48 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Training School Certificate § 236 Requirements. A candidate must have complied with all the requirements for admission to and attendance upon a training school as required by the provisions of section 551 of the Education Law and the principal of the school must certify that he has given evidence of excellent character and good ability to teach. A candi- date must also have attained in examinations held for training schools, a minimum standing of 75 per cent in each of the following subjects, in accordance with the syllabus for training schools : Arithmetic " ~ Drawing Geography Methods in reading, writing and Language spelling Composition and grammar Psychology Physiology and hygiene History of education Nature study School management American history with civics § 237 Dates of examinations. Examinations shall be held in January and June during, the week in which Regents examinations occur. § 238 Where valid. A certificate of this grade shall be valid in any department of any school of the State, subject to section 551 of the Education Law and special acts as affecting cities. § 239 Term. A training school certificate shall be issued for a term of three years. § 240 Renewals. Upon their expiration, from time to time, a training school certificate held by a teacher who has taught under it successfully for a period of two years, may be renewed for a period of 10 years, without examination. Limited State Certificate § 241 Educational qualifications. A candidate for a limited State certificate shall be required to pass the special examinations for a State certificate in each of the following subjects: (1) (2) 2 Spelling 5 Physics 2 Arithmetic 2 Civics 2 Geography 3 Drawing 2 English grammar 3 History of education or psy- 5 Algebra chology ■2Y2. Physiology and hygiene 3 Methods of teaching 3 American history 3 School management 3 Composition 2 School law and shall earn 10 additional counts in subjects named in group (3) under section 244. REGENTS REVISED RULES 49 § 242 Number of trials. Standings earned in three consecu- tive examinations may be applied toward a limited State certificate. § 243 Term. A limited State certificate shall be issued for a period of five years only. It shall not be renewed or extended, but may be replaced by a State certificate when the holder of it has met the additional requirements for such certificate. The scope of examinations, the standing and experience required, the validity and the dates and places of examinations are the same as for State certificate. State Certificate § 244 Educational requirements. A candidate for a State cer- tificate shall be required to pass a special examination in each of the following subjects: (1) 2 Spelling 5 Algebra 2 Arithmetic 2^2 Physiology and hygiene 2 Geography 3 American history 2 English grammar 3 Composition (2) 3 History of education or 3 Methods of teaching psychology 3 School management 2 School law (3) 5 English and American 5 Chemistry or physical geog- literature rophy 10 A foreign language (Latin, 2% Botany or zoology French or German) 3 History (ancient, European S Plane geometry history or history of Great 5 Physics Britain and Ireland) 2 Civics 3 Drawing The numericals prefixed to the subjects in the above list indicate the number of counts allowed each subject when credit is claimed for the subject toward an extension of an academic certificate. § 245 Scope of examinations. Examinations for a State cer- tificate shall be based on the Training Class Syllabus in the following subjects: history of education, psychology, methods of teaching, school management and school law. In the academic subjects the examinations shall be based on the Academic Syllabus, 50 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT In composition and in English and American literature the exami- nation shall be based on the high school work in composition and in literature as outlined in the Academic Syllabus for the first, second, third and fourth year English. In spelling, arithmetic and geography, both the Elementary Syl- labus and the Training Class Syllabus should be consulted. Exami- nations in these subjects for a State certificate will be more advanced in character than for a preliminary certificate. In the preparation of question papers for examinations for a State certificate, it shall be assumed that candidates are more mature in judgment and have had experience in teaching. In the rating of answer papers, greater fulness and precision of statement shall be expected. § 246 Standing required. A standing of at least 75 per cent shall be required in each of the subjects of group ( 1) and an average standing of at least 75 per cent in the subjects of groups (2) and (3), but no paper shall be accepted on which a standing of less than 60 per cent has been earned. § 247 Number of trials. The standings earned in four con- secutive examinations may be applied toward this certificate and no further examination need be required in any subject in which a standing of 90 per cent has been earned. Those who have met the conditions for a limited State certificate shall earn credit for the remaining subjects for a State certificate in one examination held while the limited certificate is in force. § 248 Experience. No person shall be entitled to a State cer- tificate who has not had at least three years' experience in teaching. § 249 Term. A State certificate shall be issued for life. § 250 Where valid. A State certificate shall be valid in any department of any school in the State. § 251 Date and places of examinations. Examinations for a State certificate shall be held in August of each year. Examinations may be held at the following places and at such other places as may from time to time be designated by the Commissioner of Education : Albany Ithaca Binghamton Kingston Buffalo Liberty Chautauqua Assembly Malone Cortland New York Elmira Norwich Hornell Ogdensburg REGENTS REVISED RULES SI ° neonta Sandy Hill Plattsburg Syracuse Rochester Utica Salamanca Watertown College Graduate Certificates § 252 Classes. College graduate certificates shall be of four classes: college graduate limited, college graduate life, college graduate professional provisional, college graduate professional. § 253 By whom issued. College graduate certificates are to be issued by the Commissioner of Education. College Graduate Limited § 254 Term. A college graduate limited certificate shall be issued for a term of two years. § 255 Where valid. A college graduate limited certificate shall be valid in any department of any school in the State except in primary and grammar grades of city schools. § 256 Education requirements. A candidate for a college graduate limited certificate must be a graduate of a college approved by the Education Department and must have received the bachelor's degree in a course approved by the Education Department. § 257 Renewal. A college graduate limited certificate may be renewed for a period of one year if within the two years for which it was issued the holder shall have passed the special examinations required. *§ 258 Subject and scope of required examinations. The sub- jects of these examinations are : psychology, history of education, principles of education, methods of teaching. The examinations shall be based on the syllabus found in the Course of Study and Syllabus for the College Graduate Professional Certificate and for the Renewal of the College Graduate Certificate Limited. § 259 Dates and places of examinations. Examinations for the renewal of college graduate limited certificates shall be held in May and August of each year. The May examinations shall be held in connection with the other professional licensing examinations in Albany, Buffalo, New York and Syracuse and at other places designated from time to time by the Education Department. The August examinations shall be held at the various colleges in the State where summer courses are conducted, covering wholly or 5 2 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT in part the course of work outlined in the Course of Study and Syllabus for the College Graduate Professional Certificate and for the Renewal of the College Graduate Certificate Limited. College Graduate Life Certificate § 260 A college graduate life certificate may be issued to one who has completed a four year course of study at an approved college and has received a bachelor's degree and who presents evidence of three years' successful experience in teaching since graduation, two years of which have been in New York State. College Graduate Professional Provisional Certificate § 261 A college graduate professional provisional certificate valid for three years in any grade of any school in the State, may be issued to any graduate of an approved college who has completed therein a course in education under the regulations of the Educa- tion Department. College Graduate Professional Certificate § 262 On evidence of three years' successful experience in teach- ing the holder of a college graduate professional provisional cer- tificate shall be entitled to receive a permanent college graduate pro- fessional certificate. Temporary License § 263 In addition to the foregoing certificates, the Commissioner of Education will, in his discretion, issue temporary licenses valid for 20 weeks, but only in cases in which public convenience abso- lutely requires it, and then only on the recommendation of the school commissioner or superintendent having jurisdiction. No temporary license will be granted unless satisfactory evidence is furnished that the candidate is qualified, and sufficient reasons are given why the candidate is not the holder of a regular certificate. Special Certificates § 264 Limitations. These certificates may be granted to those candidates who desire to teach a special subject only, technical in character, and who have made special preparation for the work. The certificate will entitle its holder to teach the special subject only. § 265 Term and renewals. A special certificate may be granted for three years and after two years of successful experience it may be renewed for five year periods. No special certificate shall be granted, even though it be earned, except at the request of a REGENTS REVISED RULES 53 superintendent or commissioner after the applicant shall have been assured of a position to teach. § 266 Educational requirements. The applicant for any cer- tificate, special in nature, must furnish evidence of graduation from an approved high school, or the equivalent, and also from an ap- proved professional institution wherein he has completed a course of study in the special subject except trades schools for the present. In addition he must establish to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Education that he is qualified to teach such special subject. § 267 Examinations. The above educational requirements apply to special certificates to teach elocution, domestic science, domestic art, manual training, vocal music, kindergarten, drawing, commercial branches and stenography. In addition, for the last four certificates named, candidates must pass the Department examina- tions prescribed below, and may combine for a certificate the stand- ing earned in any four consecutive examinations. The Commis- sioner of Education may accept the completion of an approved course in a degree-conferring institution registered with the Regents in lieu of such examination. a Kindergarten certificate. Training school examinations in his- tory of education, psychology and principles of education, school management, and special examinations in primary methods and in kindergarten methods. b Drawing certificate. Special examination in drawing. c Commercial certificate. Regents examinations in advanced book- keeping, business arithmetic, commercial law. d Stenographers certificate. Regents examinations in stenography and typewriting. e Trades schools. These vary according to the subjects covered. 54 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER VI TEACHERS AND OTHER INSTITUTES § 271 Teachers institutes. Teachers institutes are held in the school commissioner districts in accordance with the provisions of the law therefor, and the Commissioner of Education may, in his discretion, appoint institutes to be held in cities upon the request of their school authorities. § 272 Other special institutes. Other special institutes for the assembling and instruction of teachers may, in his discretion, be appointed and held under the direction of the Commissioner of Education. § 273 Farmers institutes. The Education Department may be represented at farmers institutes by appointees designated therefor by the Commissioner of Education. § 274 Institute conductors. In conformity to law and the Regents rules and subject to the direction and approval of the Commissioner of Education, institutes held under the supervision of the Education Department shall be organized and conducted by and under the direction of their duly appointed conductors. REGENTS REVISED RULES 55 CHAPTER VII THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW § 291 Physical and mental condition. If school authorities differ with the person in responsible parental relation as to whether a child between 8 and 16 years of age is in proper physical and mental condition to attend school, the opinion of a reputable physi- cian, approved by the Commissioner of Education, shall be decisive. § 292 Record of attendance. To be accepted as the accurate record which teachers are required by law to keep of the attendance of all children between 8 and 16 years of age, each absence must be accounted for in such record as either truancy, unlawful deten- tion, or excused absence. § 293 Absence or tardiness. A child who is required by law to attend school should immediately after being absent or tardy bring to the teacher a written excuse from parent or guardian stat- ing the reason for such absence or tardiness. More than two unex- cused absences in four consecutive weeks will be regarded as in violation of the law. § 294 Justifiable absence. Temporary illness in the family, unusually bad roads or weather, and any unusual and reasonably justifying circumstances, beyond the control of the child or the person in responsible parental relation thereto, will excuse tempo- rary absence from school. And absences of not more than a half day in a week for instruction in music are excusable. § 295 Equivalent instruction. The person having responsible parental relation must provide equivalent instruction for a child excluded from a public school because of failure to be vaccinated. § 296 Law suspended. The operation of the compulsory education law may be suspended in a school district during the prevalence there of a contagious disease. § 297 Indigent children. The local poor authorities must furnish indigent children with suitable clothing, shoes, books, food and other necessaries to enable them to attend school as required by law. § 298 Fines. Fines collected under section 4 of the com- pulsory education law shall be paid to the county treasurers of the respective counties. § 299 Report. A report of the daily attendance at school of all children between 8 and 16 years of age shall be made to the Education Department within 10 days after each calendar month by 5^ NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT the school authorities of all school districts in the State. The au- thorities of a union free school district may be exempt from the requirements of this rule on proof, furnished to the Department by the school commissioner having jurisdiction, that the provisions of said law are being properly enforced in said union free school district. § 300 Attendance certificate. The 130 days' attendance cer- tificate provided for in section 5 of the compulsory education law can be properly signed and issued only by the superintendent of schools in the respective city or district, or, if there be no such officer, or if he be absent or his office vacant, by the alternate nearest in succession who is present and able to act. § 301 Certificate of indebtedness. If- at any time the local school authorities shall not have on hand funds available for the prompt payment needed of the expense attending the commitment and cost of maintenance of any truant or truants, such authorities may borrow the money required, upon interest, and issue therefor a truancy certificate or certificates of indebtedness, which shall specify the particular use or uses for which the money was obtained. Upon the disbursement of such money, original and duplicate vouchers shall be taken and the original delivered to the holders of the respective certificates which specify the particular purposes for which the said moneys were to be used. Such certificates shall be transferable by indorsement and shall clothe their lawful holders, in succession, with the right and power to collect payment thereon in due time "from the respective city, village, district or county, ultimately chargeable, under the compulsory education law, with the payment of such expenses of commitment and cost of maintenance. REGENTS REVISED RULES 57 CHAPTER VIII REGENTS EXAMINATIONS Rules for Conducting Examinations § 321 Admission. No student in any school of the Univer- sity of the State of New York shall be admitted to examination in any other school than the one he attends, except by consent of the Department on written request of the principals of both schools. To avoid needless correspondence the requests should give explicit reasons and should be signed jointly by the principals of both schools. Candidates who are not attending any University institu- tion may be admitted to examinations in such an institution upon 20 days' notice and identification satisfactory to the principal. Blanks therefor will be furnished. § 322 Adequate study. All students who have pursued the study of a subject for a time not less than that prescribed by the State syllabus shall be admitted to the examination in that subject, unless it is otherwise ordered by direction of the principal of the school and approved by the local superintendent of schools when there is such an officer. All students who have not pursued the subject for an adequate length of time must be excluded from the examination, but this requirement may be waived by the Commis- sioner of Education on application and certificate of the principal in the case of students of exceptional maturity or training. § 323 Special examinations. For the accommodation of pro- fessional students, candidates for teachers certificates and those who wish to qualify for free tuition as nonresident academic students, special examinations will be held, at times to be fixed by the Educa- tion Department, in September of each year, in New York, Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo and at other places to be designated by school commissioners with the approval of the Commissioner of Education. a By permission from the Education Department, examinations may be held outside of the University institutions if conducted by Department examiners and the extra expense is otherwise pro- vided for. b Candidates for the special examinations in New York, Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo should notify the Department at least 20 days in advance, stating in what studies they wish to be examined, that they may at once be assigned to the most convenient place where required desk room can be provided. Those who fail to send this advance notice will be admitted only so far as there are unoccupied seats. A fee of 25 cents for each half day session or $1 58 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT for the sessions of the entire week is required for admission to these examinations. c At the close of each of these special examinations each candi- date will be required in June 1907 and thereafter to present a recent photograph of himself to which his signature must be affixed in the presence of a representative of the Department, and the photograph will then be filed in the Department for future reference. This pho- tograph should not be larger than 3"x 5" and an unmounted print is preferred. d Candidates having credentials which can be accepted for pro- fessional credentials in place of examinations, should send them to the Examinations Division. § 324 Helps removed. All helps of every kind must be removed from the reach or sight of the candidates. Desks, and shelves under desks, must be cleared of all books, papers, etc. Charts or maps on the walls and all blackboard work must be com- pletely covered or removed. § 325 Security of question papers. The principal or school commissioner must retain the question papers securely in his own possession, and under no circumstances allow any question paper envelop to be opened till the exact time arrives for examination in that particular subject. § 326 Punctuality. Questions must be given out and answers collected punctually at the time fixed on program and question papers. Under no circumstances will answer papers be accepted unless the examination is actually held during the same hours as in the other places of the State. § 327 Subjects and sessions. Candidates may take as many of the examinations scheduled for any session as they can write within the time allowed, provided that the principal or school com- missioner in charge of the examinations is satisfied that the can- didate's physical strength is not overtaxed thereby. In case a can- didate desires to take more than one subject in a single session the time may be extended from three hours to five hours provided the rules, specially section 337, be strictly observed, but under no circum- stances will permission be given to extend the time to more than five hours. a Candidates taking more than one morning subject and desiring to take one or more afternoon subjects must hand in the last morn- ing paper before 2 p. m. as no student is permitted to enter an examination more than 45 minutes after the scheduled time for opening the papers. The first paper of the afternoon must be handed in by 4.15 p. m. REGENTS REVISED RULES 59 b This rule must not be construed as giving more time to any sub- ject than is indicated on the question paper in that subject. § 328 Conduct of examination. Each examination shall be conducted by the principal of the school in which it is held, or by a school commissioner or by a duly appointed deputy or examiner. § 3 2 9 Emergencies. To provide for emergencies, at least two persons of different sex should be in charge of each examination. The principals and school commissioners should therefore in all cases appoint deputies to assist them. Such deputies will be required to make certificates similar to those required of principals and school commissioners. § 330 Who may be present. Aside from candidates actually under examination, no person except the principal, school com- missioner, and duly appointed deputies, or officers of the school or of the Department, may be present during any session of the examination. § 331 Prohibitions. No one under any circumstances may explain questions or criticize or inspect the answer papers during the examination. The person in charge shall make no statement of any kind regarding the questions after they are opened, except in case of a typographic error, when he may direct, either orally or on the blackboard, any needed correction to be made, but shall include a full statement of any such correction in his sworn report of the examination. § 332 Seating of candidates. Candidates must be so seated and supervised that the integrity of the examinations will be pre- served. § 333 Communication of candidates. Candidates shall not communicate in any way or have books or helps of any kind. They must rely solely on their own judgment as to the meaning of each question. In case of necessity, a candidate may call the attention of an examiner by raising his hand, but questions that might inter- rupt other candidates are positively prohibited. § 334 Close of examination. At the close of the examination in each subject, each candidate must affix to his answer paper, in the line following the last answer, the following declaration, sub- scribe his name, and then deliver his answer papers to the examiner : a I now, at the close of the examination in (name subject), de- clare that prior to this examination I had no knowledge of what questions were to be proposed, and have neither given nor received explanations or other aids in answering any of them. 60 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT b Gummed slips of this declaration will be sent with the question papers, or these exact words may be stamped or written, or, if the conductor of the examination prefers he may hang in the room a placard, containing the declaration, which he may read at each examination, allowing the pupils to sign " I do so declare." c Or, at the close of each candidate's examination, the conductor thereof may require from such candidate an affidavit, with suitable specifications, of full compliance with the requirements of the ex- amination. d Every set of answers lacking such declaration and signature, or affidavit, however satisfactory in other respects, will be rejected. § 335 Apparent fraud. Examiners shall report to the Educa- tion Department all cases of apparent fraud in connection with examinations by or under its authority, and notify the candidates affected that their papers will hot be accepted unless satisfactory explanations shall be made within reasonable time. § 336 Debarment. A candidate who with fraudulent intent endeavors to obtain any credential of the University shall be de- barred from entering any Regents examination till admitted by special permission from the University after written application, and any credentials already issued to him shall be subject to can- celation. This rule includes the use of unfair means to pass an examination, alteration of any Regents pass card or other credential, and intentional misrepresentation in connection with Regents exam- inations or credentials'. § 337" Withdrawal from sight of examiner. If a candidate withdraws himself from the sight of the examiners his examination must be closed. This rule permits a candidate to withdraw from the room and return only in case he is accompanied by an examiner who can make the required affidavit that the candidate was at no time out of his sight. § 338 Entrance and exit. No candidate shall, under any cir- cumstances, enter the examination more than 45 minutes late ; and no candidate shall leave the room within 45 minutes after the dis- tribution of question papers unless accompanied by an examiner, who must stay with him till the end of the 45 minutes and prevent communication with other candidates. § 339 Supplies. Each academic school must supply candi- dates examined therein with blotter and letter size paper, i. e. 20x25 cm (7%xg]4 in.), and for the examination in bookkeeping with ruled journal and ledger paper, and in drawing with three sheets of drawing paper. REGENTS REVISED RULES 6l § 340 Joint certificate. Each examiner, or teacher assisting in conducting the examination, or marking the answers, must execute a joint certificate that to the best of his knowledge and belief the letter and spirit of all rules have been faithfully observed, and that there has been no indirection of any kind. For examina- tions held by principals of academic schools this certificate must include only names of candidates who have subscribed the declara- tion and attained the required percentage. For examinations held by school commissioners the certificate must include the names of all candidates who have presented papers. § 341 Revision of answer papers. In all examinations held in academic schools the principal, or deputies, must examine all papers, and no paper should, under any circumstances, be included in the certificate, of claims, unless in the principal's judgment it merits not less than 60 per cent, has all incorrect and omitted answers dis- tinctly marked in red ink or red pencil, has the required declaration subscribed, and conforms to the rules in all other respects. All such papers in arithmetic, elementary English, geography and spell- ing, written by pupils resident in the district, not candidates for teachers certificates, should be retained by the principal, and securely guarded, for at least one year subject to call by the Department. a Unless specially exempted therefrom by the Commissioner of Education, all other such papers should be forwarded to the De- partment within three weeks after the examination, with an original and duplicate report thereon, and all papers written in examinations held by the school commissioners should be forwarded with a report thereof within one week thereafter. A statement of the number of weeks and of the number of recitation periods per week during which the pupil has studied the subject shall appear on each answer paper submitted. b To meet the requirements for a system of differentiated di- plomas to go into effect with the class which will graduate in June 1909, reports of the results of Regents academic examinations should divide the candidates into two classes : class A to include those who may be expected to complete their academic course before June 1909, and class B to include all others. The names of students in each class should be entered in the reports in separate alphabetical lists. ' Papers claimed in class A should be rated at not less than 75 per cent and be placed in a separate package. No paper, should be claimed in class B which is rated at less than 60 per cent. 02 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT c The duplicate reports of academic examinations will be marked by the Department showing its allowed ratings and returned to the respective schools to be kept with their permanent records. § 342 Custody of papers. Answer papers once handed in must in no case pass from the custody of the examiners till they have been finally marked. § 343 Revision of papers. All answer papers claimed will be reviewed in the Department as soon as possible after their receipt. If any paper written in an examination held by an academic school is rejected, it will be returned promptly to the principal. § 344 Record cards. On request at any time, for a fee of 5 cents each, duplicates of record cards will be issued, and for a fee of 25 cents a certificate showing in any case all subjects passed to date. Such credentials will meet the needs of those who wish official verification of the school records either for admission to other schools or before regular certificates or diplomas have been earned. Duplicates of professional credentials, however, such as law and medical student certificates, will not be issued except on satisfactory evidence of loss or destruction of originals, or of filing with higher institutions. § 345 Professional and other examinations. These rules, so far as applicable and not inconsistent with other established Regents and Department rules or provisions of law, shall govern the pro- fessional and all other examinations conducted by or under the authority of the Education Department. Revised Plan for Preliminary and Academic Examinations § 346 Subjects of examinations. The following table groups according to cognate relations all subjects in which regular exami- nations are held to meet the varying needs of the secondary schools of the State. The appearance of so many subjects on this list should not be made an excuse for overcrowding the curriculum. Princi- pals should not form classes in advanced subjects with immature pupils, nor should they confuse with the secondary school course subjects in which examinations are held or instruction is given for advanced or special students or for those pursuing extension courses. a Reservation. The right is reserved to withdraw from the list of examinations offered any subject in which fewer than 10 schools gave instruction during the previous year, but notice of such withdrawal will be sent to every school on or before the opening of the academic year on August 1. REGENTS REVISED RULES 63 b Reading Writing Spelling English subjects. No counts are assigned these subjects. Arithmetic Geography United States history and civics c Academic subjects. It is recommended that examinations be deferred and full credit earned in subsequent examinations when- ever possible, specially in those subjects whose titles are inclosed in parentheses in this table. Group I Language and literature (4 First year English) (3 Second year English) 3 Third year English 3 Fourth year English ENGLISH 2 English grammar 2 History of the English guage and literature lan- ANCIENT (S First year Latin) 1 Latin grammar 1 Elementary Latin composition 3 Caesar 4 Cicero 4 Virgil 1 Latin composition 1 Translation of Latin prose at sight 1 Translation of Latin poetry at sight MODERN (S First year German) 5 Elementary German S Intermediate German S Advanced German (S First year French) S Elementary French (5 First year Greek) 1 Greek grammar 1 Elementary Greek composition 3 Anabasis 3 Iliad 1 Greek composition 1 Translation of Greek prose at sight 1 Translation of Homer at sight S Intermediate French S Advanced French (S First year Spanish) 5 Elementary Spanish S Intermediate Spanish 2 Advanced arithmetic 5 Elementary algebra 2 Intermediate algebra 3 Advanced algebra S Physics S Chemistry S Biology 2i Elementary botany 2I Elementary zoology Group II Mathematics S Plane geometry 2 Solid geometry 2 Trigonometry Group III Science 2i Physiology and hygiene S Advanced botany 5 Advanced zoology S Physical geography 3 Agriculture , 64 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Group IV History and social science 3 or 5 Ancient history 5 American history with civics 3 or 5 European history 2 Civics 3 or 5 History of Great Britain and 2 Economics Ireland Group V Business subjects 4 Elementary bookkeeping 3 Commercial geography 3 Advanced bookkeeping 2 Business correspondence 2 Business practice and technics 1 Business writing 2 Business arithmetic 3 Stenography (so words) 2 Commercial law 3 Stenography (100 words) 2 History of commerce 2 Typewriting Group VI Music 2 Rudiments of music 4 Ear training and musical dicta- 7 Harmony and counterpoint tion 3 Musical form and analysis 4 Acoustics and history of music Group VII Other subjects 2 History and principles of edu- 2 Advanced drawing (art) cation 2 Advanced drawing (mechanical) 3 Psychology and principles of 2 First year home science education 2 Second year home science 3 Drawing 2 First year shopwork 3 Advanced drawing (general) 2 Second year shopwork d Counts. The numerals prefixed to the subjects in the above list indicate the number of lessons a week for a year and also the number of counts to be earned thereby. e Syllabus. The exact ground covered by each of these exami- nations is shown in the Syllabus for Secondary Schools. § 347 Transition to the new syllabus. To render the tran- sition from the syllabus of 1900 to that of 1905 as easy as possible the examinations for January 1906 will be entirely on the syllabus of 1900, and will follow the program published in that syllabus. Beginning in June 1906 examinations will be given in all the sub- jects of the 1905 syllabus, but examinations based on the syllabus Of 1900 will be continued as follows : a Till further notice advanced English and English composition are two of the special subjects for a law student certificate required by the rule of the Court of Appeals. They will be continued till REGENTS REVISED RULES 65 further notice for that purpose only. No counts will be allowed for passing these subjects after June 1906. 2 Advanced English 2 English composition b Through 1906 2 Rhetoric 2 American selections 4 Second year English c Through 1907 2 English selections 2 Adv. English comp. d Through 1908 4 English reading e Through 1906 4 Physics 4 Chemistry 2 Astronomy / Through 1906 2 History of Great Britain and Ire- land 4 Third year English 4 History of literature 2 Geology 2 Elementary United States history and civics 2 Greek history g Through 1907 2 Roman history 2 Medieval history § 348 English. Grammar and the history of literature can not be substituted for the regular English requirements for the academic diploma but may be taken as electives. Students may either take the separate examinations in first year English, second year English and third year English, or they may take a special paper at the end of the third year which will cover the three years' work and entitle those passing it to 10 counts. The course in English reading till 1908 is as follows : a Reading. Certain books are set for reading. The candidate is required to present evidence of a general knowledge of the subject- matter, and to answer simple questions on the lives of the authors. The books set for this part of the examination are : In 1906, 1907 and 1908: Shakspere's Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice; the Sir Roger de Coverley Papers; Irving's Life of Goldsmith; Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner; Scott's Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake; Tennyson's Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, and The Passing of Arthur; Lowell's The Vision of Sir Launfal; George Eliot's Silas Marner. 66 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT b Study and practice. The books set for this part of the exami- nation are: In 1906, 1907 and 1908 : Shakspere's Julius Caesar; Milton's L'alle- gro, II penseroso, Comus and Lycidas; Burke's Speech on Con- ciliation with America; Macaulay's Essay on Addison and Life of Johnson. § 349 Latin and Greek. Students omitting the first year examinations in Latin and Greek will receive double credits on passing the tests in Caesar (6), Latin grammar (2), elementary Latin composition (2), Xenophon (6), Greek grammar (2), ele- mentary Greek composition (2). § 350 Modern languages. Students in French, German and Spanish, may take the first year examination and receive 5 counts, or they may defer the examination till the end of the second year and then take the elementary examinations and receive 10 counts the same as if both examinations had been taken. In like manner the intermediate examination will cover three years and entitle to 15 counts, the advanced examination four years and entitle to 20 counts. , § 351 Mathematics. The examination in elementary algebra will not require imaginaries, the general theory of exponents or the progressions. The examination in intermediate algebra will cover the same ground as the elementary algebra with the addition of the topics named above. A candidate who has passed the intermediate algebra will be entitled to 7 counts in algebra whether he has passed the elementary examination or not. Likewise a candidate who has passed advanced algebra will be entitled to 10 counts in algebra whether he has passed the preliminary and intermediate examina- tions or not. In the same manner advanced arithmetic will include elementary arithmetic. § 352 Science. No extra counts will be given for botany, zoology or physiology to a student taking the regular course in biology. a Physical geography will include elementary geography. b Notebooks. An allowance, not to exceed 20 of the 100 credits assigned to any science subject, will be given for a properly certified notebook with index prepared in accordance with the requirements of the syllabus. This regulation applies only to examinations held in secondary schools. REGENTS REVISED RULES &7 § 353 History. Provision is made both for three hour courses and for five hour courses in ancient history, European history and history of Great Britain and Ireland. a Separate papers will be issued for each course and papers set for the five hour course will contain two sections. b Pupils who shall have received instruction in three hour courses only are not eligible to the examinations set for the five hour courses ; but a pupil who shall have done extra work in history may be admitted to the examination for the longer course provided he hold a principal's certificate stating that the candidate has done at least two hours (120 minutes) of reading and library work each week in addition to the work assigned for the three hour course. This certificate must in each case be attached to the pupil's answer paper and forwarded to the Examinations Division. c Candidates who shall have tried the examination set for the five hour course and shall have failed, may receive credit for the three hour course, provided they shall have earned passing credits on the first section of the paper. d The- examination in American history is intended only for a five hour course and covers also the subject of civil government. Pupils who shall have passed the two hour course of civil govern- ment will be entitled to only three additional counts for passing American history. § 354 Commercial subjects. The only commercial subjects that can be offered for academic credentials earned subsequent to January 1909 are business arithmetic, stenography (50 words), stenography (100 words), bookkeeping, advanced bookkeeping, typewriting, commercial law and commercial geography. § 355 Shopwork etc. For the present no formal written examinations will be given in home science, shopwork and agricul- ture, but counts will be allowed for the successful completion of each year's work on the certificate of the principal and the approval of a Department inspector. § 356 Rating of answer papers. All answer papers written in the academic schools are to be rated in per cents by the teachers under the supervision of the principal. All preliminary papers standing 75 per cent or more are to be reported in the blank furnished for that purpose. § 357 Transition complete. By the foregoing plan it is in- tended to provide that all students who have already started fully 68 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT on a high school course may be graduated on the standards and in accordance with the requirements of the syllabus of 1900 except as to the three hours of additional work per week required through each of the remaining years in the course of each such student. University Credentials § 358 Preliminary (preacad'emic) certificate. Reading, writ- ing, spelling, elementary English, arithmetic, geography, and ele- mentary United States history and civics will be required on all certificates issued after July 1, 1907 (on examinations only). § 359 Academic diploma. The academic diploma is based upon a four year curriculum which requires a student to pursue four subjects of study at a time with at least 18 lessons a week. a This increase of requirements makes necessary a corresponding change in the system of " counts." Hitherto 12 counts have been given for a year's work of 15 lessons a week — a diploma for 48 counts. Hereafter 18 counts will be given for a year's work of 18 lessons a week — a diploma for 72 counts. b The proposed increased requirement of 18 lessons a week went into operation in September 1905 but was not to be retroactive. Therefore the number of counts required under the new scheme- of values for an academic diploma will be as follows : (1) To June I, 1906 .' .' 48 counts (2) Between June I, 1906, and June I, 1907 63 counts (3) Between June 1, 1907, and June 1, 1908 66 counts (4) Between June 1, 1908, and June 1, 1909 69 counts (5) June 1, 1909, and thereafter 72 counts c All credits earned before June 1, 1906, will be recorded as hitherto. When these credits are applied to credentials issued sub- sequent to June 1, 1906, their value will be increased 25 per cent, since 12 counts under one scheme of values are exactly equal to 15 urr'er the other. d To enable the Department to issue examinations that shall fully protect the rights and interests of weak or slowly developing stu- dents, and at the same time test adequately the knowledge and training of the most capable, the following system of differentiated credentials has been adopted and will go into operation with the class that shall be graduated in June 1909. REGENTS REVISED RULES 69 (1) A diploma based upon a minimum passing mark of 60 per cent in each subject. (2) A diploma, with credit, based on a general average of 75. (3) A diploma, with great credit, based on a general average of 85. (4) A diploma, with highest credit, based on a general average of 90. e In computing general averages the rating of any answer paper not below 60 may be included. / The requirements for the academic diploma which is issued only to students taking the Department's preliminary and academic examinations, are as follows: English 13 counts, mathematics 10, history 10, science 10, elective 29. For the classical academic diploma: English 13 counts, mathematics 10, history 5, science 5, Latin 20, a second foreign language 15, elective 4. These new requirements go into effect June 1, 1909. g Standings earned in the uniform teachers examinations or in the State teachers examinations may be credited toward the pre- liminary certificate or the academic diploma for the number of counts assigned to the corresponding subjects in the academic examinations, and, likewise, standings earned in the academic ex- aminations may be credited toward uniform certificates. § 360 Advanced diploma. This diploma provides for all aca- demic courses longer than the regular course covered by the aca- demic diploma above. It is issued only to those who have earned the regular academic diploma and 18, 36 or 54 etc. counts in addition. On its face are specified the total counts, its name being determined by the highest multiple of 18. The series of first year certificates, second year certificates, etc. will be no longer issued by the Department. The Department will however furnish uniform blanks to such schools as desire to use them and the certificates may be issued by the schools over the signature of the principal. § 361 College entrance diploma. This diploma which is in substantial agreement with the entrance requirements of all the col- leges of the State, is designed to guide students preparing for col- lege and to facilitate their admission. It will be issued only to such students in the schools as pass satisfactory examinations after giving to the study of each subject the amount of time required by the Regents rules. The grades of this credential will be differentiated in accord with those prescribed for the academic diploma. On its TO NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT face will be indicated the subjects studied and the ratings obtained in examinations. § 362 Requirements for a college entrance diploma [As adopted October ij, 1907] a Arts department b Science department Counts Counts English 13 English 13 Algebra 7 Algebra 7 Plane geometry 5 Plane geometry 5 Latin 20 First foreign language (2 Second foreign language (2 years) 10 years) 10 Second foreign language (2 History 5 years) 10 Electives 10 Physics 5 History 5 70 Electives 15 70 15 counts in Latin with 5 counts in a third foreign language may be accepted for 20 counts in Latin. c Possible electives. The electives must conform to the admis- sion requirements of the college which the student intends to enter. Counts First foreign language (3d year) 5 Second foreign language (3d year) 5 Third foreign language (2 years) 10 Physics 5. Chemistry 5 Physiography c Biology 5 Advanced botany 5 Advanced zoology e Advanced algebra 3 Solid geometry ) Trigonometry j 5 History 3 or 5 Drawing -, Advanced drawing 3 REGENTS REVISED RULES Jl- § 363 Music diploma. A diploma in music based upon the four year course of study adopted by the Regents will be given for the following counts : Counts ■Musical instruction (4 years) 20 Musical practice (credit allowed on certificate of principal. Two hours' practice a day for a school year entitles to 5 counts) 15 History (two 3-hour courses) 6 English (4 years) 13 First foreign language (2 years) 10 Second foreign language ( 1 year) 5 Drawing ( 1 year) 3 72 § 364 Qualifying certificate. The evidence of such academic education as is required by law for admission to the professional and technical schools and to the examinations for certified public accountants shall appear in a certificate to be called a qualifying certificate and such certificate shall be issued only for the purposes herein designated. 72 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER IX PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS § 381 General rules. So far as applicable the Regents and Department rules for their general academic examinations will govern the conduct of professional examinations. § 382 Special rules. The following special rules will apply to Regents medical, dental, veterinary and public accountants examinations. In determining a candidate's qualifications for matriculation in a professional or technical school, or for admission to professional licensing examinations, the Regents will accept as equivalent to the required academic education any one of the following : a A certificate of having successfully completed at least one full year's course of study in the collegiate department of any college or university registered by the Regents as maintaining a satisfactory standard. Certificates should be issued in due form by the presi- dent, dean or principal of the institution; and should be executed under seal or acknowledged before a notary, unless the institution is in the University of the State of New York and the signature of the officer issuing is well known in the Education Department. b A certificate of having passed in a registered institution ex- aminations equivalent to the full collegiate course of the freshman year or to a completed academic course. Three full academic years of satisfactory work may be accepted as such an academic course if completed before August 1, 1896; four full academic years to be afterward required. c A Regents academic diploma, or 48 Regents academic counts earned under any syllabus prior to that of 1905, or 60 such counts earned under the latter syllabus. d A certificate of graduation from a registered gymnasium in Germany, Austria or Russia. e A certificate of the successful completion of a course of five years in a registered Italian ginnasio and three years in a liceo. / The bachelor's degree in arts or science, or substantial equiv- alents from a registered institution, in France or Spain. g A credential from a registered institution or from the gov- ernment in a state or country which represents the completion of a course of study equivalent to graduation from a registered New York high school or academy, or from a registered Prussian gym- nasium. REGENTS REVISED RULES 73 h Evidence of completion in a registered school of one or more years of satisfactory high school work, and Regents examinations in subjects representing the balance of the required four year course. § 383 Preliminary subjects. While Regents examinations in preliminary subjects are required for academic credentials, they are not necessary for professional certificates. § 384 Fee for qualifying certificate. A fee of 25 cents is re- quired for each law, medical, dental, veterinary, pharmacy, business, college registration, or other preliminary professional credential. § 385 Identity of candidates. In professional licensing exam- inations candidates will be known by numbers then given them by the examiner, and will identify their papers by marking thereon their respective numbers, but not their names, in order that the personality of candidates shall be unknown to examiners in rating papers. Candidates at such examinations shall furnish recent photographs of themselves and add their autographs thereto in the presence of the examiner, who shall retain the same. g 3S6 Evidence for dating back certificates. A candidate who i: unable to offer a certificate from a registered institution of having cone required academic work, on presenting to the Regents satisfac- tory evidence of the fact that, and the time when, such work was cone, may after demonstrating sufficient educational proficiency by passing Regents examinations, have a Regents certificate showing that the required preliminary academic education was acquired at the time established by the said evidence. § 387 Set subjects for professional certificates. A law, med- ical or dental student certificate may be earned in Department ex- aminations on the following set subjects, which will be accepted as the equivalent of the 60 count general certificate required by statute end earned on examination or certification, viz: SUBJECT LAW MEDICINE DENTISTRY English 3 y ears 10 counts 10 counts to counts Mathematics 2 years (algebra and geom- etry) IO I0 I0 74 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SUBJECT LAW MEDICINE ^DENTISTRY Latin 2 years (grammar composi- tion and Caesar) 10 10 IO Science I year (physics) 5 5 5 I year (chemistry) o 5 5 History 1 year (American history, civics) 5 5 o 1 year (history of Great Britain and Ireland, eco- nomics) 5 o o Other subjects 1 year (drawing and manual training) o o 5 Total 45 45 45 § 388 Approved secondary course. Four years of secondary work based on eight years of elementary or the equivalent are required for the registration of secondary schools whose certificates are to be accepted in lieu of examinations. An approved secondary course requires at least four subjects 38 weeks a year, 18 periods a week, 45 minutes a period, with satisfactory standing. Institu- tions are registered in full or in part as they offer one or more year's work equivalent to that presented in the following outline. The maximum allowance in lieu of examinations that can be ac- corded to a certificate for the successful completion of a full year's work in a registered secondary school is 15 counts. § 389 Outlined course of study for admission to professional schools. The subjects in italics are deemed essential to a sound education and should be prescribed for all students. The subject preceded by the letter a should be required of all students preparing to enter professional schools. The subject preceded by the letter b should be required of all students preparing to enter law schools. The subject preceded by the letter c should be required of all students preparing to enter medical schools. REGENTS REVISED RULES 75 The subject preceded by the letter d should be required of all students preparing to enter dental schools. FIRST YEAR Subject Ptriods u English 152 a Algebra 190 Biology 190 a Latin 190 a Drawing 76 d Manual training 38 Vocal music 38 SECOND VEAR Subject Periods a English 114 a Geometry, plane. 190 a Latin 190 Physical geog or 2 d foreign [ ang. .190 Ancient history. ..114 a Drawing 76 d Manual training. 38 Vocal music 38 THIRD YEAR Subject Periods a English 114 a Phys cs 190 Latin 190 2-5 foreign lang. . . 190 b Hist, of Great Brit- ain and Ireland .114 b Economics 76 a Drawing - 38 d Manual training. 38 Vocal music 38 FOURTH YEAR Subject Periods a English 114 be American hist. &> civics iga cd Chemistry 190 Latin 190 2d fore'gnlang. . . 190 a Drawing 38 d Manual training 38 Vocal Music 38 76 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER X PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS § 401 Approved college. A college or university to be regis- tered by the Board of Regents as an " approved " institution must conform to the definition of a college, contained in section 24. § 402 Baccalaureate and medical courses. An approved col- lege or university to be registered as maintaining a satisfactory standing for one full year of medicine must afford instruction in the subjects of the first year of medicine, viz : anatomy, physi- ology, chemistry, physics, histology, embryology and bacteriology. § 403 College allowance for the study of law. A college or university may be registered as meeting the order of the Court of Appeals for the admission of attorneys and counselors at law when it gives a course of college instruction that requires as a condition of graduation at least six full years in liberal arts and sciences in addition to a completed eight year elementary course. § 404 General credentials. Credentials from colleges, univer- sities, professional, technical and other schools maintaining lower requirements than those enumerated in section 401, and not coming under the meaning of section 402 and section 403 may be rated in proportion to the work actually done, as compared with the defini- tion of a college in section 24. § 405 Definitions, a An institution that though taking the name, in reality does work of a lower grade, may not be recognized as a college or university. Colleges of theology, law, education, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, business and all similar professional and technical schools shall not be registered as colleges. b An hour is the measure of the work prepared for a weekly recitation, lecture or quiz in a higher institution. Two hours of practice or demonstration in a laboratory are considered equivalent to a recitation hour. A minimum year is 15 recitation hours for 40 weeks (600 hours) or the equivalent. 150 hours are the equiva- lent of 5 counts. § 406 Schools of theology. A school of theology may be regis- tered on formal application, if it appears that it maintains standards of equipment and instruction, and possesses resources at least equivalent to those prescribed by the laws of the State of New York. § 407 Schools of law. A school of law may be registered on formal application as maintaining the law school standards re- REGENTS REVISED RULES J7 quired by the rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York in relation to admission of attorneys and counselors at law, viz, " the prescribed course of instruction at a law school, the school year of which shall consist of not less than 32 school weeks exclusive of vacations, in which not less than 12 hours of attend- ance upon law lectures or recitations of such prescribed course, to be given or conducted by regular members of the faculty, are re- quired in each week." § 408 Schools of education. A college or university may be registered as maintaining an approved course in education or ex- tension courses leading to degrees in pedagogy. a Extension courses. To meet -the requirements of the charter of New York city, extension centers (1) must possess satisfactory facilities in building and equipment; (2) must employ registered instructors; (3) must offer approved courses meeting the minimum requirements of the Department of Education of the City of New York; (4) must require resident study evidenced by actual attend- ance on classroom recitations; (5) must be inspected annually; (6) must complete courses with formal examinations. b Pedagogic degrees. (1) A baccalaureate degree must require a secondary school preparation or equivalent for entrance and four years of study for graduation, the last or senior year to be resident study in the institution granting the degree; (2) the masters and doctorate degrees must require baccalaureate and masters respect- ively and be granted on resident work; (3) the approved courses must be of higher grade and, for admission to advanced standing, not more than one fourth of them may be professional courses. c Teachers training course. Schools of education may also be registered as meeting the requirements to be accepted by colleges and universities as a prerequisite to the approval of the teachers training course. § 409 Schools of medicine. A school of medicine may be regis- tered as maintaining a proper medical standard and as legally in- corporated. It must have apparatus and equipment and resources of $50,000. a It must require candidates for graduation (1) to be at least 21 years of age; (2) to be of good moral character; (3) to have studied medicine not less than four school years, including four satisfactory courses of at least seven months each, in four different calendar years, unless admitted to advanced standing on graduation "from a registered college course which was the fuli equivalent of the first medical year. 78 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT b The medical school must require ( i ) that before beginning the course for the degree all matriculates afford evidence of a general preliminary education equivalent to at least a four year high school course after eight years of elementary preparation and any condi- tion for deficiency (which must not exceed one year of high school work) will be made up within one year, (2) that no allowance what- ever be made in the period of study for work not done in an accredited medical school. Graduates in liberal arts and sciences (except as below), in dentistry, in veterinary medicine, in pharmacy, and from other professional and technical schools, under no circum- stances receive M. D.' degrees in less time. c The one full year of medicine that must be given in the baccalaureate courses of colleges or universities applying for regis- tration of their combined courses includes 750 hours (450 recitation, 300 laboratory), outlined in the syllabus prepared by the Depart- ment, Viz: RECITA- LAB0RA- SUBJECTS TIONS TORY ACTUAL CREDIT Anatomy 40 hours 60 hours too hours 70 hours Bacteriology 30 20 50 40 Chemistry 120 160 280 200 General 90 120 210 150 Physiologic 30 40 70 50 Embryology 20 40 60 40 Histology 60 80 140 100 Materia medica 30 40 70 50 Physics 90 120 210 150 Physiology 90 120 210 150 Total 450 600 1050 750 The general chemistry or physics may be completed in a second- ary school registered on inspection for this specific purpose. Materia medica may be substituted for physiologic chemistry. § 410 Schools of dentistry. A school of dentistry may be regis- tered as maintaining a proper educational standard and legally in- corporated. a It must require candidates for graduation (1) to be at least 21 years of age; (2) to be of good moral character; (3) to have studied dentistry at least three years in a registered dental school; or, having graduated from a registered medical school, to have pursued thereafter a course of special study of dentistry for at least two years in a registered dental school. REGENTS REVISED RULES 79 b It must require (i) that before beginning the course for the degree all matriculates afford evidence of a general preliminary edu- cation equivalent to at least a four year high school course after eight years of elementary preparation and (2) that any condition for deficiency (which must not exceed one year of high school work) be made up within one year. It may make no allowance whatever in the period of study for work not done in an accredited dental school, and graduates in liberal arts and sciences, in medicine (except as above), in veterinary medicine, in pharmacy, and from other professional and technical schools, under no circumstances may receive D. D. S. degrees in less than the required time. § 411- Schools of pharmacy. A school of pharmacy may be registered upon the request or with the approval of the State Board of Pharmacy as legally incorporated and as maintaining a proper pharmacy standard. It must have apparatus and equipment worth at least $5000, employ regularly not less than three professors giv- ing instruction ; give practical work in not less than three laboratory courses, including chemistry, pharmacy and materia medica; require for admission of students that they be at least 17 years old, of good moral character, and have a preliminary education of or equivalent to an approved one year academic course ; shall main- tain day sessions (the minimum requirements met prior to 6 p. m.) a two years course of instruction of at least 25 weeks, of 15 hours a week, in each year, with an interval of at least two months be- tween the close of the first year and the opening of the second year of the courses; must advance the 'professional requirements to 1 100 recitation and laboratory hours as follows (provided that 100 hours laboratory work per annum may be credited to students employed in retail pharmacies through said year) : SESSION OF TOTAL RECITATION LABORATORY 1906-7 750 hours 320 hours 430 hours 1907-8 900 385 515 1908-9 1000 . . 43° 57° 1909-10 1 100 Schools without the State may be required to furnish lists of matriculates the same as New York schools, and foreign schools applying for registration must meet the same requirements as the schools of the United States. § 412 Schools of veterinary medicine. A school of veterinary medicine may be registered as maintaining a proper veterinary medical standard, and as legally incorporated. 80 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT a It must require candidates for graduation (i) to be at least 21 years of age; (2) to be of good moral character; (3) to have studied veterinary medicine at least three full years including three satisfactory courses in three different academic years in registered veterinary medical schools. It must require that before beginning the course for the degree, all matriculates afford evidence of a gen- eral preliminary education equivalent to at least a four year high school course after eight years of elementary preparation and any condition for deficiency (which must not exceed one year of high school work) will be made up within one year. It may make no allowance whatever in the period of study for work not done in an accredited veterinary medical school. Graduates in liberal arts and sciences (except as below), in medicine, in dentistry, in pharmacy, and from other professional and technical schools, under no cir- cumstances may receive degrees in veterinary medicine in less time. b An approved college or university may be registered as main- taining a satisfactory standing for one full year of veterinary medicine if the course of instruction in veterinary medicine is the equivalent of at least 600 hours (360 recitation, 240 laboratory). c For the purposes of registration, instruction in the subjects of the following first year of veterinary medicine or its substantial equivalent must be given in the baccalaureate courses of the college or university applying for registration, viz: RECITA- LABORA- SUBJECTS # TION TORY ACTUAL CREDIT Anatomy (comparative). 40 hours 60 hours 100 hours 70 hours Bacteriology 30 20 50 40 Chemistry 120 160 280 200 General 90 120 210 150 Physiologic 30 40 70 50 Embryology 20 40 60 40 Histology . . 60 80 140 100 Materia medica 30 40 70 50 Physics 90 120 210 150 Physiology (comparative) 90 120 210 150 Total 360 480 840 600 Materia medica may be substituted for physiologic chemistry and physics may be substituted for general chemistry. § 413 Schools of optometry. A school of optometry may be reg- istered as maintaining a satisfactory standard and may be legally REGENTS REVISED RULES 8 1 incorporated. Incorporation by the Regents will be made on formal application and inspection by the Department which show that the school possesses the minimum requirements. § 4H Preliminary education. All schools registered shall require of pupils applying for admission a certificate of the completion of two years in a recognized high school subsequent to eight years of elementary preparation, or its equivalent. § 415 Professional education. The school a Must require candidates for graduation (i) to be at least 21 years of age, (2) to be of good moral* character, (3) to have com- pleted a two year course in optometry. b May confer a diploma of graduation on the completion of a course of study embracing (1) the academic subjects — ■ plane trigo- nometry and physics, (2) the technical subjects — theoretic optics, practical optics, physiological optics, theoretic optometry, practical optometry, anatomy and physiology of the eye, including pathologic conditions of the eye. c Matriculates prior to November 1, 1908, that met all other requirements of the law, may be admitted to the examinations on presentation of evidence of graduation from a school of optometry that requires at least three months actual attendance. In equity these schools will be regarded temporarily as having maintained a satisfactory standard. d Course of study for schools of optometry. (1) First year FIRST TERM SECOND TERM Trigonometry Physics Physics Theoretic optics Theoretic optics Physiological optics Physiological optics Practical optics Anatomy and physiology of the Theoretic optometry eye (2) Second year THIRD TERM FOURTH TERM Theoretic optics Theoretic optics Physiological optics Physiological optics Practical optics Practical optics Theoretic optometry Theoretic optometry Pathologic conditions of the eye Practical optometry 82 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT § 416 Subjects of State examination. The examinations for a certificate to practise optometry shall consist of written tests cover- ing the following clearly defined subjects: a Theoretic optics. 1 The examination is restricted to the laws of reflection and refraction, as applied to mirrors, prisms, lenses and optical instruments, usually described in the chapter on light in mod- ern textbooks of physics, and in standard special treatises on light. b Practical optics. The examination is confined to the construc- tion, mounting and adjustment of ophthalmic lenses and prisms. c Physiological optics. The examination covers specifically the philosophy of the dioptric functions of the eye, and of its anomalies and their correction by lenses. d Theoretic optometry. The examination includes the explanation of the various principles, methods and instruments used to detect and measure anomalies of the eye in general. ~~i e Practical optometry. The examination covers the use of me- chanical appliances for making examinations of the eye and meas- urements of the powers of vision. / Anatomy and physiology of the eye. The examination includes the anatomy and physiology of the eye and its pathologic condition. 1 First examination in theoretic optics will be given at the examination next following January 1, 1910. REGENTS REVISED RULES 8j CHAPTER XI CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS §431 Board of examiners. The Regents of the University shall annually at their meeting at the time of the University Convocation, from those holding their certificates as certified public accountants, appoint a board of three examiners, to serve for one year, to ex- amine, under the Regents rules, persons applying for certificates under the laws of 1896, chapter 312, to regulate the profession of public accountants. § 432 Examinations. Two examinations of five sessions each shall be given annually, at which duly qualified applicants shall be examined in the following subjects during the times indicated : theory of accounts, 3 hours; practical accounting, two sessions of three hours each, 6 hours ; auditing, 3 hours ; commercial law, 3 hours. The specified four subjects must all be taken at the. same semiannual examination ; provided, however, that if a candidate fail in one of the four topics only, he may at a subsequent exami- nation, by passing this subject obtain the certificate. § 433 Places and times for examinations. Applicants will be duly informed of the places for examinations, which shall be held in New York, Albany, Syracuse or Buffalo, and be given at times to be fixed by the Education Department. § 434 Preliminary education required. Except as provided in section 435, a certificate as a certified public accountant will be issued only to those who, in addition to meeting the specific requirements of the law, have approved professional qualifications and, as part thereof, hold the Regents academic diploma or furnish satisfactory evidence of having an accepted equivalent preliminary education. § 43s Examinations waived. In the discretion of the Board of Regents, examinations as to preliminary education may be waived, and in that particular applicants be deemed duly qualified for cer- tificates, in cases of those whom the board of examiners shall unanimously certify to have possessed all required qualifications at the time of the passage of the act (the laws of 1896, chapter 312) to regulate the profession of public accountants; and all examinations may be likewise waived in the cases of those whom the board of examiners shall unanimously certify to be well known to them as meeting the professional requirements and as having been in reputable practice as public accountants since January I, 84 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1890. Such applicants shall, however, pay the fee of $25 for their certificates. § 436 Fee. The fee for an examination and certificate shall be $25 to be paid upon applying for admission to the professional examination. Such application should be made at least 10 days prior thereto at the Education Department at Albany, and be ac- companied with evidence of due compliance with the other require- ments of the law and of the Regents rules. Suitable blanks and instructions will be furnished by the Department to intending appli- cants, upon their timely request. REGENTS REVISED RULES 85 CHAPTER XII REGISTRATION OF NURSES Requirements for Registration of Training Schools for Nurses § 451 Incorporation. A training school for nurses or the insti- tution of which it is a department must be incorporated, and will be inspected by the Education Department upon receiving its formal application for registration showing that it possesses the minimum requirements. § 452 Hospital facilities. For registration, a nurses training school must be connected with a hospital (or sanatorium) having not less than 25 beds, and the number of beds must be from two to four times the number of students in the school, depending on the character of the hospital's facilities for private or ward patients. § 453 Preliminary education. All such training schools regis- tered by the Regents of the University shall require of pupils apply- ing for admission a certificate of graduation from a grammar school or its equivalent, preference being given to applicants who have had one year or more in an academic school, and to those who have taken a full course in domestic science in a recognized techni- cal school. After January 1, 1906, a one year academic course, or its equivalent, will be required. § 454 Subjects of State examination, a Training schools for nurses registered by the Regents shall provide both practical and theoretical instruction in the following branches of nursing: (1) medical nursing (including materia medica), (2) surgical nursing, with operative technic including gynecological, (3) obstetrical nurs- ing (each pupil to have had the care of not less than six cases), (4) nursing of sick children, (5) diet cooking for the sick, in- cluding (a) 12 lessons in cooking in a good technical school, or with' a competent diet teacher, (b) food values, and feeding in special cases, to be taught in classes, not by lectures, (6) a thorough course of theoretical instruction in contagious nursing where practical experience is impossible. b Training schools for male nurses shall provide instruction in genito-urinary branches, in place of gynecological and obstetrical nursing. § 455 Professional education. The period of instruction in the training school shall be not less than two full years, during which time students shall not be utilized to care for patients outside of a 86 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT hospital. Training schools giving a three year course and wishing to continue the practice of utilizing their pupils to earn money for the hospital may send them out to private cases or for district work among the poor for a period not exceeding three months in the third year of their course. But training schools with a two year course wishing to continue the practice must extend their course to meet the above requirement. REGENTS REVISED RULES 87 CHAPTER XIII LAW STUDENT CERTIFICATES § 471 Examinations for admission to the bar are conducted under the rules of and by examiners appointed by the Court of Appeals, and the only relation of the Regents thereto is to determine, in accordance with the requirements of the said rules, and certify for candidates as to the sufficiency of their preliminary education. § 472 The University examination mentioned in rule 5 of the Court will be governed, so far as applicable, by the Regents general rules and their rules for general academic and other professional examinations. § 473 Under the Court's construction of its rule 5, equivalents will not be accepted for less than the entire group of studies therein specified as subjects for an examination, and the only equivalents acceptable for such group are the alternatives named by the Court in the said rule. § 474 For the alternative four year academic course specified in the Court's rule 5, the Regents will accept evidence of the com- pletion of one or more years of satisfactory academic work in a registered school and Regents examinations for the remainder of the said course. 88 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER XIV BUSINESS CREDENTIALS § 491 Classes. "Four state business credentials will be issued: State business diploma, State stenographers diploma, State busi- ness certificate, State stenographers certificate. Diplomas § 492 General preliminary education. Candidates for State business and State stenographers diplomas must have an academic diploma or other equivalent academic education. If their course of study has not included American history, civics and economics, Regents examinations in such subjects will be required. History of Great Britain and Ireland or ancient history may be substituted for economics. § 493 State business diploma. To obtain a State business diploma in addition to having the required preliminary education candidates must have completed an approved one year course in a registered business school, or an approved four year commercial course in a registered academic school, and must pass Regents examinations in elementary bookkeeping, advanced bookkeeping, business practice and technics, business arithmetic, commercial law, history of commerce, commercial geography, business correspond- ence and business writing. § 494 State stenographers diploma. The requirements for a State stenographers diploma are the same as those for a State business diploma, except that the required Regents examinations are only in stenography (second test), 100 words a minute passed at 90 per cent; typewriting and business correspondence. Certificates § 495 State business certificate. This credential will be granted, without requiring the mentioned preliminary education, to candidates who pass the prescribed Regents examinations for the State business diploma. § 496 State stenographers certificate. This credential will be granted, without requiring the mentioned preliminary education, to candidates who pass the prescribed Regents examinations for the State stenographers diploma. REGENTS REVISED RULES 89 CHAPTER XV THE STATE LIBRARY § 511 Organization. The State Library is a division of the Education Department and, conforming to the rules and require- ments of the Regents of the- University and of the Commissioner of Education, its work shall be organized and conducted by and under the supervision and direction of the Director. § 512 Function. Its general character and function shall be that of a reference library. § 513 Hours of opening. The library is open for readers and borrowers each week day from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. including Satur- days and holidays, except during July and August, when it closes at 6 p. m. § 514 Decorum. Silence and decorum must be strictly ob- served in the reading rooms. § 515 Preferences. When needed immediately, courts, depart- ments, legislative committees, members of the Legislature and State officers shall have preference in the right to use any book. § 516 Access to private rooms. No one but officers of the library may have access to its private rooms, unless with an at- tendant or a written permit from the librarian. § 517 Reproductions. A librarian's permission must be secured before making reproductions by photography, tracing, etc. Special facilities are provided therefor. § 518 Injuries. Notes, corrections of the text, or marks of any kind on books belonging to the library are forbidden. Any person violating this rule or otherwise injuring a book must make good the injury or take the book and pay all costs of replacing it. The borrower is responsible for all losses or injuries which occur while the book is lent to him either for reference or home use. Books are assumed to be in proper condition when issued and if they are found to be mutilated or defaced the fact should be reported without delay at the loan desk. § 519 Borrowers. Regents of the University, members of the Legislature, judges of the Court of Appeals, justices of the Supreme Court, heads of the several State departments, donors to the library to the amount of $100, all institutions in the University, and such other libraries, institutions or individuals as may be registered as having special claim on its facilities in some department, may bor- row books subject to recall if specially needed. Books will be 90 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT delivered only on personal application or on a written order. No borrower has the right to transfer his privilege or borrow books to lend to others. § 520 Reference books. Books with a letter before the call number on the book plate and in the catalogues are for reference and are loaned only in special cases and on a written permit. § 521 Fiction. Current literature and fiction in the State Library are for preservation and reference and are lent only to State officers and employees residing in Albany. § 522 Periodicals. Newspapers and periodicals, bound or un- bound, are lent only in special cases and on a written permit. § 523 Fines. A person taking from the library a book without having it charged at the loan desk, will be fined 50 cents for each offense. § 524 Loans. No borrower may keep from the library, with- out the Director's written permission, more than three volumes at a time, nor any volume longer than two weeks without renewal. § 525 Reserves. No book will be renewed if reserved by another reader. Any book, except fiction, may be reserved for an applicant for two days after its return, if he leaves at the loan desk his name and address and the title of the book. Notice will be sent him as soon as the book is available. § 526 Recall. All books are subject to recall at any time and when recalled must be returned immediately. § 527 Books not returned. Any book not returned after one week's notice may be sent for at the expense of the borrower, and if not returned after one month's notice may be considered lost and the borrower required to pay its value. §. 528 Violations of rules. For wilful violation of any library rule the Director may exclude the offender from further use of the library. § 529 Loans outside of Albany. In the discretion of the Director, books may be loaned from the State Library to University institutions and registered borrowers for temporary use outside of Albany. The books must be carefully protected from injury; the borrowers must pay all expenses and return the books immedi- ately after the temporary use for which they were obtained, and all books must be returned at any time upon 24 hours notice that they are needed at the library. Borrowers not well known at the State Library should have their home library or school authorities make the request for desired books. REGENTS REVISED RULES 9 1 CHAPTER XVI THE SCIENCE DIVISION § 54 1 Organization. The Science Division has the custody of the State Museum and includes the work of the State Geologist and Paleontologist, the State Botanist, the State Entomologist, the State Mineralogist, the State Zoologist, the Archeologist,- the Taxi- dermist, and the other assistants upon the scientific staff. § 542 General rule. Conforming to the rules and require- ments of the Regents of the University and of the Commissioner of Education, the work of the scientific staff will be under the supervision and approval of the Director of the Science Division. § 543 Museum exchanges. Subject to the Regents rules and the direction of the Commissioner of Education, exchanges of duplicate specimens from the State Museum may be made only by the Director. § 544 Type specimens. Type specimens and other unique property of the Science Division shall not be loaned. 92 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER XVII EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION DIVISION § 561. Organization. Conforming to the rules and require- ments of the Regents of the University and of the Commissioner of Education, the work of this division shall be organized and con- ducted by and under the supervision and direction of its Chief, who shall be known as the Chief of the Division of Educational Extension. § 562 Function. This division is charged with the promotion and supervision of public libraries and of all educational work aided or encouraged by the State which is not within the field of estab- lished regular public education and which has not been assigned to 'some other division of the Education Department. Among its projected activities will be the educational extension work hereto- fore done under the names of university extension, extension teach- ing and home education; the lending of traveling libraries; the lending of pictures, photographs and lantern slides, subject to the directions and control of the Division of Visual Instruction; the aiding and encouraging of study clubs and special students, and all suitable efforts to bring within the reach of the people at large increased opportunities and facilities for education and awaken their desire therefor. Instruction as to conditions and methods of its work will be given by the Chief of the division, and the work of the division will be carried on under the general supervision and direction of the Director of the State Library. § 563 Minimum requirements for proper library standard. A free public library will be regarded by the Regents of the Univer- sity as maintaining a proper standard, if it meets the following prescribed requirements : a Its selection of books, as a whole, must have the approval of the Education Department for their literary merit and educational value, and as representing in due proportion different classes of literature adapted to the community. b Provision for support must be sufficient for frequent additions of new books and for other current expenses. c The library, in charge of a competent attendant, must be. open at a fixed time at least one hour on three days of each week; in a place of over 4000 inhabitants it must be open daily for at least two hours, and in one of over 10,000 inhabitants for at least six hours. REGENTS REVISED RULES 93 d To be counted as public, a college or other school library must be open to the public at least six hours daily while classes are in session, and in vacation must be open at least one hour on each of three days of each week. e These rules do not require any library to be kept open on legal holidays or Sundays. / An accession book must be kept in which shall be recorded date of accession, author, title, source and cost of each book added. There must be also one or more suitable catalogues for readers, either author index, shelf list or subject catalogue. g Books must be arranged on the shelves by some well consid- ered system that will group subjects by themselves and place books in order in each subject. h The loan system in use must provide that every book lent be charged to its borrower, with date of borrowing; and that circula- tion of each day be recorded, with separate statement of volumes of fiction lent. 94 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAPTER XVIII STATE LIBRARY SCHOOL § 581 Organization. The State Library School shall consti- tute a separate division of the Education Department. It will give a two year course of technical and practical instruction in library science. § 582 Entrance requirements. A candidate, to be admitted, must be not less than 20 years of age, of approved fitness and character and a graduate of a registered college. § 583 School year. The school year begins on the first Wednesday in October and ends on the last Friday in June, and will be a continuous session of five days each week, omitting only legal holidays. § 584 Summer school. A summer school of not more than six weeks may be given each year with the special object of increasing the efficiency of library assistants and librarians of small libraries in the State of New York. § 585 Tuition. For the first, or junior year, the fees for tuition are for residents of the State of New York $75, payable $50 in October and $25 in January; and for nonresidents $100, payable $60 in October and $40 in January. For the second, or senior year, the fees for tuition are for residents $25, ami for non- residents $50, payable on the first Wednesday in October. § 586 Degrees. Graduates satisfactorily completing the full course will receive the degree of B. L. S. § 587 M. L. S. The degree of M. L. S. will be conferred on graduates of approved fitness and character who, after receiving the degree of B. L. S., have been successfully engaged for not less than five years in professional library work and who present a satisfactory thesis, bibliography or catalogue and .pass such fur- ther examinations as shall be prescribed. § 588 D. L. S. The degree of D. L. S. will be granted only for conspicuous professional merit and distinguished services to librarianship, and only by unanimous vote of the Regents of the University. § 589 General rule. Conforming to the rules and require- ments of the Regents of the University and of the Commissioner of Education, the school will be organized and conducted by its faculty, subject to the general supervision and direction of the Director of the State Library. REGENTS REVISED RULES 95 CHAPTER XIX REPEAL AND CONSTRUCTION § 601 Repealing section. Except as hereinafter provided, all ordinances, bylaws, rules and regulations of the Regents of the Uni- versity and of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the Commissioner of Education, made prior to the date of the within enactment, are hereby repealed. The exceptions from this repeal- ing section are the rules of practice relating to appeals to the Com- missioner of Education, and the Regents editing rules. § 602 Time of taking effect and construction. The foregoing and hereby enacted rules and their repealing section shall take effect immediately, and shall have the force of law and be construed in accordance with the provisions of the general statutory construc- tion law of this State. INDEX References are to page Absolute charter, 10, § 18. Academic certificate, teachers, 44. Academic council, 10, § 17. Academic departments, requirements for admission, 13, § 27; academies changed to, 14, § 30; grants to, 14, § 32. Academic diploma, 16, § 40; 68, § 359- Academic examinations, revised plan, 62-68. See also Examina- tions. Academic fund, apportionment, see Apportionment. Academic schools, apportionment, 14-16. Academic students, 15, § 32; number required in academic departments, 13, § 27d. See also Nonresident students. Academies, conditions of incorpora- tion, 10, § 18; changed to aca- demic departments, 14, § 30; va- cant principalship, 19, § 57. See also Secondary schools. Accountants, see Certified public acountants. Accounts, 7, § 7. Accredited schools, dental, 79, § 410b ; medical, 7S, § 409b ; veter- inary medical, 80, § 412a. Admission, of educational institu- tions, io-il; of secondary schools, requirements, 13-14. Advanced diploma, 69, § 360. Advisory bodies, 9. Allotments, see Apportionment. Amendments of Regents rules, 20, § 64. Answer papers, revision, 61, § 341 ; 62, § 343; custody of, 62, § 342; rating of preliminary and aca- demic, 67, § 356; per cent required for academic diploma, 69, § 359. 97 and section numbers. Apparatus, see Books and apparatus. Appeals, former rules of practice re- lating to, not repealed, 95, § 601. Application, for admission, incorpo- ration or registration, 11, §21; for admission, before sharing in grants, 15, § 32. Appointments, by Chancellor, 7, § 5 ; 8, § 8; of employees, by Commis- sioner and Regents, 8, § 9. Apportionment, to academic schools, 14-16'; for books and apparatus, IS. § 35; English requirements, 14, § 29; to public libraries, 16; to school libraries, 14, § 31 ; stock or business corporations may not share in, 12, § 25 ; withheld for failure to report, 19, § 53. Archives of defunct institutions, preservation, 19, § 56. Attendance requirements for share in academic fund, 14, § 31, 32. B. A. degree, requirements, 17, § 46; fee for examinations, 19, § 52; causa honoris prohibited, 17, § 42. B. S. degree, causa honoris, prohibi- ted, 17, § 42. B. S. degree, causa honoris prohibi- ted, 17, § 42'. Baccalaureate and medical degrees, combined course, 12, § 23c Benches, use of academic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Binding, use of library grant for, 16, § 39- Books, allowance for binding, 16, § 39 ; bought with public money, approval of, 16, § 39. See also Public libraries; School libraries; State Library. Books and apparatus, grants, 15, § 35; kinds allowed, 15, § 36; no 9 8 XEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT duplication for gifts of, 16, § 36; protection against loss, 16, § 27 \ required : in academic depart- ments, 13, § 2je\ in high schools or academies, 14, § 28d; in junior schools, 13, § 28a; in middle schools, 13, § 28b; in senior schools, 13, § 28c. Branch libraries, grants to, 16, § 38. Buildings must be approved, 14, § 31. Business corporations, 12, § 25. Business credentials, 88. Cancelation of credentials, 20, § 61 ; 60, § 336. Cataloguing, use of public library grants for, 16, § 39. Certificates, execution of, 10, § 20; subj ect to cancelation, 20, § 61 ; first year, second year etc. no longer issued, 69, § 360; accepted in lieu of examinations, 72, § 382; 74, § 388. See also Certified public accountants ; Law student certificates ; Preliminary (preaca- demic) certificate; Qualifying cer- tificate ; Teachers certificates. Certified public accountants, 83—84; fees for certificates, 19, § 52; ad- mission to examinations for, 71, § 364; rules for examinations, 72, § 382. Chancellor, appointment of councils, 10, § 17; to appoint standing com- mittees, 7, § 5 ; appointing power, 8, § 8; to designate chairman of law committee, 7, § 5k; official signature, 11, § 20; may call special meetings of Regents, 6, § 4. Charters, absolute, 10, § 18; appli- cation for, 11, § 21; execution of, 10, § 20; limitations on degrees, 17, § 41; limited, 12, § 25; provis- ional, 10, § 19 ; Regents committee on, 7, § 5a; surrender, 19, § 54; suspension, 19, § 53, 55. Chemicals, use of academic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Chiefs of divisions, 6, § 3d. College council, 10, § 17. College entrance diploma, 69, § 361 ; requirements for, 70, § 362. College graduate certificates, teach- ers, 51-52. Colleges, approved, 76; certain insti- tutions net to be recognized as, 76, § 405 ; conditions of incorporation} 10, § 18 ; defined, 12, § 24 ; normal school course for admission to, 25 ; vacant presidency, 19, § 57 ; registration, 11, § 23a; registration, equivalents for one full year of medicine, 12, § 23e; 76, § 402. Commercial certificate, teachers, 53, § 267c. Commissioner of Education, 5, § 2; chief executive officer of Educa- tion Department and Regents, 5, § 2; one of assistant commission- ers to act in absence of, 5, § 3; official signature, 11, § 20; powers and duties : 5, § 2 ; ac- counts, 7, § 7; appointments and removals, 8, § 9 ; approval of school buildings, 14, § 31 ; cancela- tion of credentials, 20, § 61 ; may issue college graduate certificates, 51, § 253 ; journal of proceedings, 7, § 6 ; liquidation of corporations, 11, § 22; publications, 20, § 63; may employ temporary assistance, 8, § 9; may issue temporary licenses, 52, § 263. Commissioner, First Assistant, pow- ers and duties, 5, § 3a. Commissioner, Second Assistant, powers and duties, 6, § 3b. Commissioner, Third Assistant, powers and duties, 6, § 3c. Committees of Regents, 7, § 5 ; ap- pointment, 7, § 5 ; 8, § 8 ; special, appointment, 8, § 8. Compulsory education law, 55-56. Consolidated schools, grants to, 15, § 33- INDEX TO REGENTS REVISED RULES 99 Convocation, 8-9. Convocation council, 10, § 17. Corporations, dissolution, 11, § 22; l 9, § 56; stock or business, 12, § 25. Councils, 10, § 17; appointment, 8, § 8; 10, § 17. Counts, for academic diploma, 68, § 359; for advanced diploma, 69, § 360; for college entrance diplo- ma, 70, § 362 ; for music diploma, 7 1 . § 363 ; for professional certifi- cates, 73, § 387; allowed for qualifying certificate in lieu of ex- aminations, 74, § 388. Courses of study, arranging of, 6, § 3d ; in normal schools, 22 ; for admission to normal schools, 24; for admission to professional schools, 74, § 389; required for several grades of secondary schools, 13, § 28; required stand- ard, 14, § 31 ; in teachers training classes, 35 ; . teachers training schools, 29. Credentials, examinations as basis of awarding, 6, § 3d ; accepted in lieu of examinations, 72, § 382; subject to cancelation, 20, § 61; 60, § 336; duplicates of, 62, § 344; obtained by fraud, 60, § 336; sub- mitted for professional study, how rated, 76, § 404; University, 68- 71 ; validity, 20, § 60. See also Business credentials; Certificates; Diplomas; Professional creden- tials. Cyclopedias, use of academic grants for, 15, § 36. Decrees, execution of, 10, § 20. Degree-conferring power, restric- tions, 17, § 41. Degrees, 16-19; in absentia, 17, § 43; preliminary education for, 17, § 45; registered, 18, § Si; stato, 17, § 46; symbols, 18, § 51; honorary: charter restrictions, 17, § 41 : professional and technical schools may not confer, 17, § 44; certain degrees causa honoris pro- hibited, 17, § 42; conferred by University, 18, § 49; University : diplomas for, 18, § 50; fees, 19, § 52. Delegates, appointment, 8, § 8. Delinquent and dormant institutions, 19, § 54- Dental council, 10, § 17. Dental degrees, fees for examina- tions, 19, § 52. Dental examinations, rules, 72, § 382. Dental schools, requirements for registration, 78, § 410. Dental student certificates, 73, § 387. Diplomas, 16-19; f° r University de- grees, 18, § 5°; subject to can- celation, 20, § 61. See also Aca- demic diploma; Advanced diplo- ma; College entrance diploma; Music diploma. Dissolution of corporations, 11, § 22; 19, § 56. Divisions, cooperation of, 8, § 10. Domestic art, certificate to teach, S3. § 267. Domestic science, certificate to teach, S3. § 267. Dormant institutions, 19, § 54. Drawing certificate, teachers, S3. § 267b. Editing rules, not repealed, 95, § 601. Education Department, scope, 5, § 1. Education, schools of, requirements for registration, 77, § 408. Educational extension, Regents com- mittee on, 7, § S e - Educational Extension Division, 92^-93 ; business affairs in charge of First Assistant Commissioner, 6, § 3a. Educational institutions, incorpora- tion, admission and registration, ro-13; dissolution, 11, S 22; 19, § 56; reports from, 19, § 53. IOO NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Elementary certificate, teacher.s, 42- 43- Elementary education, Regents com- mittee on, 7, § 5b. Elocution, certificate to it each, S3. § 267. Employees, appointments and re- movals, 8, § 9; salaries, 8, § 9; services transferable, 8, § 10; temporary, 8, § 9; working hours and vacations, 8, § II. English requirements, 14, § 29. Examinations, 57-75 ; admission to, 57, § 321 ; apportionment based on, 14, § 31 ; business credentials, 88, § 493 ; certified public account- ants, 83, § 432; close of, 59, §334; Regents committee on, 7, § 5f; communication of candidates, 59, § 333; conduct of, 59, § 328, 329; custody of papers, 62, § 342 ; de- barment, 60, § 336; entrance and exit of candidates, 60, § 338; ap- parent fraud, 60, § 335 ; helps re- moved, 58, § 324; joint certificate of examiner or teacher conduct- ing, 61, § 340; law student cer- tificates; 87, § 471 ; mandatory only in last two years of course, 14, § 31; nurses, 85, § 454; opto- metry, 81, § 415c; 82, § 416; out- side University institutions, 57, § 323a; per cent required for aca- demic diploma, 69, § 359; prelimi- nary and academic, revised plan for, 62-68 ; preparation and con- duct, 6, § 3d ; professional, 72-75 ; professional and other, 62, § 345 ; prohibitions, 59, § 331 ; punctu- ality, 58, § 326; record cards, 62, § 344; Regents not necessary for promotion or graduation, 14, § 31 ; revision of answer papers, 61, §.341; 62, $ 343; 67, § 356; seat- ing of candidates, 59, § 332 ; se- curity of question papers, 58, § 325; special, 57, § 323; subjects and sessions, 58, § 327 ; supplies, 60, § 339; transition to new sylla- bus, 64, § 347; who may be pres^- ent, 59, § 330; withdrawal of can- didate from sight of examiner, 60, § 337; for teachers certificates : 57, § 323; academic certificate, 44; re- newal of college graduate limited certificates, 51, § 257, 258, 259; ele- mentary certificate, 42, § 200; 43, § 200; 43, §201; first grade certifi- cates, 46, § 229; rural school re- newable certificate, 45 ; special cer- tificates, 53; state certificate, 49- 51; limited state certificate, 48; training class certificates, 36-38, 47; training school certificates, 29- 30, 48. . See also Certificates ; Credentials. Examinations Board, 9, § 16. Examiners, appointment, 8, § 8. Execution of charters, decrees and certificates, 10, § 20. Extension courses, 77, S 408a. Extension Division, see Educational Extension Division. Farmers institutes, 54, § 273. Fees, for University degrees and certificates, 19, § 52 ; for admission to special examinations, 57, § 323b ; for qualifying certificates, 73. § 384; certified public account- ants, 84, § 436. Finance, Regents committee on, 7, § Si- Finances, 7, § 7. Fixtures, use of academic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Fraud in connection with examina- tions, 60, § 335. Free public libraries, see Public libraries. Furniture, use of academic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Gifts of books or apparatus, no du- plication for, 16, § 36. INDEX TO REGENTS REVISED RULES IOI Globe, use of academic grants for, 1 6, § 36. Grammar schools, teachers certifi- cates, 40, § 194; 4 1( § 195m, 197. Grants, see Apportionment. High school courses in normal schools, 23-26. High schools, requirements for grade of, 14, § 2 8d; laboratory facilities, 14, § 28c Higher education, Regents commit- tee on, 7, § 5d. Honorary degrees, see Degrees, hon- orary. Honorary officials, appointment, 8, § 8. Hours, working, 8, § 11. Incorporation, of educational in- stitutions, 10-11; application for, 11, § 21. Inspection, preliminary to registra- tion, 11, § 23a, 23b; of delinquent and dormant institutions, 19, § 54; of sectarian schools, 20, § 59. Institutes, 54. Institutions, see Educational institu- tions. Journal of proceedings, 7, § 6. Junior schools, requirements, 13, § 28a. Kindergarten certificate, 53, § 267a. Kindergarten course, in normal schools, 22-23. LL.B. degree, requirements, 17, § 47- LL.M. degree, requirements, 18, § 48. Laboratory facilities, in senior and high schools, 14, § 28c Lantern slides, lending of under di- rection of Visual Instruction Di- vision, 92, § 562. Law, college allowance for the study of, 76, § 403. Law committee, 7, § 5k. Law degrees, fees for examinations, 19, § 5-2- Law schools, requirements for reg- istration, 76, § 407. Law student certificates, 73, § 387; 87. Laws pertaining to education, Com- missioner's powers, 5, § 2. Leasing University institutions, 19, § 55- Legislation, Regents committee on, 7, § 5J- Libraries, see Public libraries ; State Library. Library council, 10, § 17. Library school, see New York State Library " School. Library supplies, use of public library grants for, 16, § 39. Limited charters, 12, § 25. Limited state certificate, 48-49. Liquidation of corporations, 11, § 22. Loans, of University property re- stricted, 20, § 62; from State Li- brary outside of Albany, 90, § 529. Machinery, use of academic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Manual training, certificate to teach, S3, § 267. Maps, use of academic grants for, 16, § 36. Medical council, 10, § 17. Medical degrees, combined course for baccalaureate and medical de- grees, 12, § 23e ; subjects re- quired, 76, § 402 ; fees for exami- nations, 19, § 52. Medical examinations, rules, 72, § 382. Medical schools, conditions of in- corporation, 10, § 18; require- ments for registration, 77, § 409. Medical student certificates, 73, § 387. 102 XEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Middle schools, requirements, 13, % 28b. Moneys, 7, § 7. Museum, State, sec Science Divi- sion. Music council, 10, § 17. Music diploma, 71, § 363. Musical instruments, use of aca- demic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. New York State Examinations Board, 9, § 16. New York State Library School, 94; summer school, 94, § 584. Nonresident students, tuition, 15, § 34; special examinations for, 57, § 323- Normal schools, 21-26; admission to, 21 ; course for admission, 24 ; courses of study, 22 ; course for admission to college, 25 ; course for admission to technical schools, 25; high school courses, 23^26; kindergarten course, 22^23. Nurse training schools, council, 10, § 17- Nurses, registration of, 85-86. Officers of University institutions, vacancies, 19, § 57. Optometry schools, 80-82. Organization, 5-8. Pedagogic degrees, requirements, 77, § 408b. Periodicals, unbound, use of aca- demic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Ph.B. degree, causa honoris prohib- ited, 17, § 42. Ph.D. degree causa honoris prohib- ited, 17, § 42. Pharmacy council, 10, § 17. Pharmacy schools, requirements for registration, 79, § 411. Photographs of candidates for spe- cial examinations, 58, § 323c; for professional examinations, 73, § 385- Pictures, use of academic grants for, 15, § 36; lending of, under direction of Visual Instruction Division, 92, § 562. Preliminary (preacademic) certifi- cate, 68, § 358. Preliminary education for degrees, i/, § 45- Preliminary examinations, revised plan, 62-68. Preservation of records of defunct institutions, 19, § 56. President of college, tenure of office if appointed by Regents, 19, § 57. Primary schools, teachers certifi- cates, 40, § 194; 41, § 195m, 197. Principal of academy, tenure of office if appointed by Regents, 19, § 57- Printing, use of public library grants for, 16, § 39. Professional collections, use of aca- demic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Professional credentials, to be ac- cepted in place of. examinations, 72, § 382; where sent, 58, § 323d; duplicates of, 62, § 344. Professional examinations, 62, § 345 ; 7-~75 ; for degrees, fees, 19, § 52. Professional schools, 76-82; certifi- cate for admission to, 71, § 364; outlined course of study for ad- mission to, 74, § 389; degree-con- ferring power, 17, § 44; registra- tion, 11, § 23a; shall not be regis- tered as colleges, 76, ? 405. Professional students, special ex- aminations, 57, § 323. Property, requirements for incor- poration, 10, § 18; leasing without Regents approval, 19, § 55 ; of University, loans restricted, 20, § 62. Provisional charter, 10, § 19. INDEX TO REGENTS REVISED RULES 103 Public accountants, sec Certified public accountants. Public libraries, conditions of incor- poration, 10, § 18; grants, condi- tions, 16; exceptional use of library grants, 16, § 39; registra- tion, 13, § 26; reports, 19, § 53; requirements for proper library standard, 92, § 563. See also Edu- cational Extension Division. Publications, disposition of, 20, § 63. Qualifying certificate, 71, § 364; fees for, 73, § 384; counts allowed for in lieu of examinations, 74, § 388. Question papers, security of, 58, § 325- Quota from academic fund, 14, § 32. Recitation periods in each school week, minimum, 14, § 28e. Record cards, 62, § 344. Records of defunct institutions, preservation, 19, § 56. Reference libraries, grants to, 16, § 38. Regents, approval of appointments and removals, 8, § 9; may charter institutions, 10; committees, 7, § 5 ; journal of proceedings!, 7, § 6; seal, 10, § 20; may fill vacancies in University institutions, 19, §57; meetings: date of annual, 6, § 4; other, 6, § 4; order of business, 6, § 4. Regents examinations, see Examina- tions. Registered degrees, 18, § 51. Registration of educational institu- tions, 11, § 23; 76, § 401; applica- tion for, 11, § 21; of secondary schools, approved course, 74, § 388; temporary, 11, § 23c. Registration of libraries, 13, § 26; entitles to library grants, 16, § 38 ; requirements for, 92, § 563. Registration of nurses, 85-86. Removals, 8, § 9. Repeals of Regents rules, 20, § 64; repeal and construction chapter, 95- Reports, required before registra- tion, 11, § 23b; from University institutions, 19, § 53 ; failure to report deemed suspension, 19, § 53; of delinquent and dormant institutions, 19, § 54. Rules, amendments, 20, § 64; Com- missioner's powers to make changes in, 5, § 2; repealing sec- tion, 95 ; repeals, 20, § 64 ; suspen- sions, 20, § 64; time of taking effect and construction, 95, § 602. Rural school renewable certificate, 45-46- Salaried officers ineligible for trus- tees, 20, § 58. Salaries, in Education Department, how fixed, 8, § 9; of college presi- dent and academic principal, 19, § 57; in University institutions, officers not to vote on their own, 20, § 58. School commissioner, duties with reference to training classes, 39. School libraries, apportionment, 14, § 31 ; required in academic de- partments, 13, § 27e; in junior schools, 13, § 28a; in middle schools, 13, § 28b ; in senior schools, 13, § 28c; in high schools or academies, 14, § 28d. See also Books and apparatus. School Libraries Division under Third Assistant Commissioner, 6, § 3c Science Division, 91 ; Regents com- mittee on, 7, § 5h ; loans restricted, 20, § 62. Seal of University, 10, § 20. Secondary course, approved, 74, § 388. Secondary education, Regents com- mittee on, 7, § 5c. Secondary schools, registration, 11, § 23b; requirements for admission, 104 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 13-14. See also Academies; High schools. Sectarian schools, defined, 20, § 59. Senior schools, requirements, 13, § 28c; laboratory facilities, 14, § 2Se. Serials, use of library grant for, 16, § 39- Singing books, use of academic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Special certificates, for teachers, 5^-53- Special examinations, 57, § 323. Standing committees, sec Commit- tees of Regents. State certificates, 49-51 ; limited, 48-49. State degrees, 17, § 46. State Library, 89-90; business affairs in charge of First Assist- ant Commissioner, 6, § 3a; Re- gents committee on, 7, § sg; loans restricted, 20, § 62 ; Director: supervision of Educa- tional Extension Division, 92, § 562 ; supervision of State Li- brary School, 94, § 589. State Museum, see Science Division. State publications, 20, § 63. Stenographers certificate, teachers, 53, § 267d. Stenographers credentials, 88, § 496. Stock corporations, 12, § 25. Study clubs, 92, § 562. Summer library school, 94, § 584. Supplies, perishable, use of aca- demic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36. Syllabus, transition to new, 64, § 347- Syllabuses, preparation, 6, § 3d. Teachers, number required in aca- demic departments, 13, 5 27c ; standings earned in uniform ex- aminations may be credited toward academic examinations, 69, 5 3S9&- Teachers certificates, 40-53 ; aca- demic, 44; college graduate, 51- 52 ; elementary, 42-43 ; examina- tions for, 57, § 323; first grade, continuance of old form to Au- gust 1910, 46; general rules, 42; for primary and grammar grades, 40, § 194; 41, § 195m, 197; rural school renewable, 45-46; special, 52-53; state, 49-51; limited state, 48-49 ; statutory requirements, 40 ; temporary license, 52; training class, 37, 47 ; training school, 30, 48; valid in cities, 41; valid in school commissioner district, 40- 41. See also Examinations for teachers certificates. Teachers institutes, 54. Teachers training classes, 32-39 ; qualifications for admission, 33; appointments, 32; certificates, 37, 47 ; course of study, 35 ; examina- tions, 36-38 ; observation and prac- tice work, 36 ; organization, 33-34 ; regulations and requirements, 34- 35 ; school commissioner's duties, 39- Teachers training course in schooh of education, ~~, § 408c. Teachers training schools, 27-31 ; appointments, 27 ; certificates, 30, 48; course of study, 29; minimum requirement for an approved course, 30-31 ; .examinations, 29- 30; organization, 28; qualifications of candidates, 27 ; requirements, 28. Technical collections, use of aca- demic grants for, forbidden, 16, § 36- Technical schools, degree-conferring power, 17, § 44; normal school course for admission to, 25-26; certificate for admission to, 71, § 364; shall not be registered as colleges, 76, § 405. Textbooks, use of academic grant- for, forbidden, 16, I 36. INDEX TO REGENTS REVISED RULES 105 I heolosical degrees, fees for ex- aminations, 19, § 52. .Theological schools, requirements ^ for registration, 76, § 406. 1 rades schools, teachers certificates, S3, § 267e. 1 raining classes, see Teachers train- ing classes. Training schools, see Teachers training schools. Traveling libraries and pictures, 92, § S62. Trustees of University institutions, eligibility, 20, § 58 ; may not vote on their own salaries, 20, § 58. Tuition of nonresident students, 15, § 34- Union, schools', see Academic depart- ments. Universities, registration, 11, § 23a; combined course for baccalaureate and medical degrees, 12, § 23e; 76, § 402; approved, 76; certain in- stitutions not to be recognized as, 76, § 405. University convocation, 8-9. University credentials, 68-71. University degrees, diplomas for, 18, § 50; fees, 19, § 52; honorary, 18, § 49- University departments to be in- cluded in Education Department, 5, § 1. University property, loans restricted, 20, § 62. University seal, 10; § 20. Vacancies in colleges and academies, 19. § 57- Vacations, 8, § 11. Validity of credentials, 20, § 60. Veterinary council, 10, § 17. Veterinary medical degrees, fees for examinations, 19, § 52. Veterinary medical examinations, rules, 72, § 382. Veterinary medical schools, .require- ments for registration, 79, §. 412. Vice Chancellor, official signature, 11, § 20. Visitation, see Inspection. Visual Instruction Division, lending of pictures and lantern slides under direction of, 92, § 562. Vocal music certificates, 53, § 267.