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588 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. LXXVII
and professional spirit and required in all elementary schools having
three or more teachers, including the principal, may be granted to per-
sons who have had a four years' high school course or the equivalent;
who have completed a two years' standard normal school course, or the
equivalent, who have had in addition not less than a full half-year's
work at a recognized college or university in elementary school methods,
supervision and administration, and who have had three years of teach-
ing experience in the elementary schools. Such a certificate may also
be granted to persons of equivalent academic and professional prepara-
tion on examination of equivalent standard.
(8) An elementary school teacher's certificate of the first grade,
valid for three years in the elementary schools of the State, and renew-
able on evidence of successful experience and professional spirit, may
be issued to persons who are graduates of a four years' high school or
the equivalent, and who have completed a two year course in a standard
normal school or the equivalent. Such a certificate may also be granted
to persons of equivalent academic and professional preparation on exam-
ination of equivalent standard.
(9) An elementary school teacher's certificate of the second grade,
valid for two years in the elementary schools of the state, may be issued
to graduates of standard high schools having a four years' course, or the
equivalent, on examination in reading, spelling, penmanship, arithmetic,
oral and written English, geography, history of the United States and
of Maryland, community civics, hygiene and sanitation, music, draw-
ing, handwork, the theory and practice of teaching, and such other sub-
jects as may be required by the state board of education. Provided that
no applicant shall be granted such" a certificate who has not completed at
least six weeks of professional preparation in a standard institution,
nor shall such certificate be issued to any person under eighteen years
of age. Provided further that this certificate may be renewed for a
period of two years on evidence of successful experience and comple-
tion of not less than six weeks of additional academic and professional
preparation in a standard institution. This certificate may be renewed
for a second time for a period of three years, next succeeding or other-
wise, on evidence of successful experience and completion of not less
than six additional weeks of academic and professional preparation in
a standard institution, and so on for an indefinite number of three-year
periods, successive or otherwise; but this certificate may not be issued
a second time to the same person on examination.
(10) An elementary school teacher's certificate of the third grade,
valid for two years in the elementary schools of the state, may be issued
to persons having had less than a standard high school course, on exam-
ination in reading, spelling, penmanship, arithmetic, oral and written
English, geography, history of the United States and Maryland, com-
munity civics, hygiene and sanitation, the theory and practice of teach-
ing, and such other subjects as may be required by the state board of
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