2492 ARTICLE 77.

An. Code, see. 84. 1904, sec. 79. 1888, sec. 72. 1872, ch. 377. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 84.

154. The board shall elect a principal for each of the state normal
schools, provided that no principal shall be elected to a white normal school
who is not a graduate of a standard college, or the equivalent, who has not
had in addition not less than two years of special academic and profes-
sional preparation in a standard university, and five years, of teaching ex-
perience, two of which have been in the training of teachers. Provided
that nothing in this section shall affect the terms of the present incumbents
or their eligibility for reappointment... The principal shall be the head of
his respective school and shall be responsible for the discipline and success-
ful conduct of his school and for the administration and supervision of
all its departments. The principal shall nominate for appointment by
the board of trustees, and may recommend for dismissal by said board,
all heads of departments, all teachers, and all assistants of whatever kind.
He shall submit to the board of trustees, for adoption, courses of study
and plans of work, and shall in every way take the initiative in working
out the policies of his school and in promoting its development and effi-
ciency. He shall each year make an annual report to the state superinten-
dent of schools, including a copy of the annual report of the treasurer of
the state board of education, of the receipts and disbursements of his
school, a statement of the academic preparation of each student admitted
during the year, of the state and condition of the school, of its achievements
during the year, of its present and future needs, and of his recommenda-
tions for the support and advancement of his school.

An. Code, sec. 85. 1904, sec. 80. 1888, sec. 73. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 85.

155. There shall be maintained at each white state normal school a
two year course or courses of study designed for the preparation of teachers
for the elementary schools, and to which only graduates of a standard four
year high school course, or the equivalent, may be admitted. There may
be maintained, .in addition, advanced specialized industrial and practical
courses in manual training, in domestic art and science and in the applied
arts for the preparation of teachers in these special branches.

An. Code, sec. 86. 1904, sec. 81. 1888, sec. 74. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 86.

156. There may also be maintained, at each white state normal school,
a four year preparatory course of a standard high school grade for the
accommodation of such students as desire to teach but who are not pro-
vided with local high school advantages; but no pupil may be admitted to
this four year course of a high school grade who has not completed the
work of the public elementary schools.

An. Code, sec. 87. 1904, sec. 82. 1888, sec. 75. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 87.

157. Students regularly admitted to the state normal schools from
the city of Baltimore and the several counties, who shall obligate them-
selves to teach in the State of Maryland, shall have free tuition and shall