1738 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

Chapter 12. State Normal Schools.

1904, art. 77, sec. 77. 1888, art. 77, sec. 70. 1872, ch. 377. 1898, ch. 406.

1904, ch. 584.

82. There shall be located in each of the cities of Baltimore and
Frostburg, a state normal school for the instruction and practice of
teachers in the science of education, the art of teaching, and the mode
of governing schools; the said schools shall be under the control of the
state board of education, who shall appoint the principals and necessary
assistants; the salary of the principal of the Maryland State normal
school of Baltimore shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.*
See sec. 16.

Ibid. sec. 78. 1888, art. 77, sec. 71. 1872, ch. 377. 1898, ch. 221.
1900, ch. 428. 1904, ch. 584.

83. The faculty of each state normal school shall consist of a principal
and as many teachers as shall be determined by the state board of
education, who shall be appointed by said board and have such salaries
and perform such duties as said board shall direct.

Ibid. sec. 79. 1888, art. 77, sec. 72. 1872, ch. 377.

84. The sessions of the state normal schools shall be determined by
the state board of education; provided, that the schools shall be open
for not less than nine months in each year.

Ibid. sec. 80. 1888, art. 77, sec. 73. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

85. There shall be maintained in each state normal school and normal
department receiving State aid a two years' normal or professional
course, in which common school branches may be studied and received.
and in which special emphasis is given to professional subjects, including
the history of education, school organization, methods of teaching,
and such other pedagogical subjects as the state board of education
may prescribe. Students of both sexes shall be admitted to the normal
course—females at the age of sixteen years and males at the age of
seventeen years; provided, such applicants satisfy the requirements of
admission, and hold scholarships from a board of city or county school
commissioners, or receive appointment from the state board of education,
as hereinafter provided; the state board of education is authorized and
empowered to arrange and prescribe for each state normal school or
normal department receiving State aid, an academic or preparatory
course, and shall prescribe such qualifications of age and scholastic
attainments as it may deem proper. The students of the state normal
schools and normal departments receiving State aid shall be apportioned
by the state board of education, among the several counties and the city
of Baltimore in proportion to their respective representation in the

*By the act of 1910, ch. 352, a special commission was constituted to select and
obtain an option upon land, and for the preparation of tentative plans and esti-
mates for the erection thereon of buildings, to be used by the state normal school
now located in Baltimore city.