fiscal year to support the State Normal School. Whenever, at the close of any fiscal year, a balance remains to the credit of the State Normal School Fund, such balance must be carried forward and added to the appropriation for the succeeding year. moneys. 1507. All orders upon the Controller of State by the Orders for Board of Trustees must be signed by the President of the Board, and countersigned by the Secretary. Upon presentation of the order aforesaid, signed and countersigned as aforesaid, the Controller of State must draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of the Board of Trustees for any moneys, or any part thereof, appropriated and set apart for the support of the Normal School, and the Treasurer must pay such warrant on presentation. 7 50 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. For admission to the Junior Class, the following qualifications are requisite: 1. Age. If ladies, sixteen; if gentlemen, seventeen years. 2. Certificates.-A valid certificate, State or county, of any grade. 3. Examinations.-A limited number, for the present, may be admitted on examination. They must present certificates of good moral character and pass an examination upon the studies of the junior year, such as would be required to obtain a third grade certificate. A certificate entitles the applicant to admission; but all pupils are examined, on entering the school, for classification. For the Junior Class they are examined only in spelling, reading, geography, elements of arithmetic, and elements of grammar. For entrance to advanced classes, in all the studies of the preceding classes. All pupils are examined monthly, and if they show either incapacity or unwillingness to do the required work, are assigned to lower classes or excused from attendance. None are admitted to the Senior Class under seventeen years of age. Pupils may be admitted to the Junior or Middle Classes at any time during the year, but all applicants for admission to the Senior Class should present themselves at the beginning of the year, as none are graduated who have not been one year in attendance in the school. This is necessary in order to receive the necessary instruction in methods of teaching. Applicants for admission are required to make and sign the following declaration: "I hereby declare that my purpose in entering the school is to fit myself for teaching, and that I intend to teach in the public schools of California;" and to make a deposit of five dollars, which will be refunded when they leave, if clear of the books of the Librarian, and if there are no charges for injury to reference books, building, or furniture. Those who are unable to pass the preliminary_examination for admission to the Normal School can enter the Preparatory Class until qualified. In this class a tuition fee is required. As will be seen, the elementary course of study comprising the studies of junior and middle years, consists of those branches essential to qualify one to teach well in the common schools of the State, as well as to give the graduates a practical business education, with the requisite amount of training and culture so desirable in a teacher. To those completing this course an elementary diploma and a second grade State certificate will be given, and it is believed that these will be considered, by District Boards, equivalent to a first grade county certificate in any county in the State. The full course comprises the studies of the elementary course and other subjects necessary to fit one to teach in the higher grades of schools, and to give a wider and more generous culture. Those completing this course will receive a full diploma and a first grade State certificate, perpetual, and requiring only the requisite experience to entitle the holder to an educational or life diploma. Pupils may enter any course for which they are qualified, but a great advantage will be derived from taking the full elementary course, to secure that thoroughness of drill necessary to the skillful teacher. |