Education Department

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE FEB. 15, 1905

ALBANY

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

1910 CHARLES A. GARDINER Ph.D. L.H.D. LL.D. D.C.L. New York 1915 CHARLES S. FRANCIS B.S.

Troy
New York

New York

Plattsburg

HOWARD J. ROGERS M.A. LL.D. First Assistant Commissioner
EDWARD J. GOODWIN Lit.D. Second Assistant Commissioner
AUGUSTUS S. DOWNING M.A. Third Assistant Commissioner

Secretary to the Commissioner
HARLAN H. HORNER B.A.

Director of Libraries and Home Education
MELVIL DEWEY LL.D.

Director of Science and State Museum

JOHN M. CLARKE LL.D.

Chiefs of Divisions

Accounts, WILLIAM MASON

Attendance, JAMES D. SULLIVAN

Examinations, CHARLES F. WHEELOCK B.S. LL.D.

Inspections, FRANK H. WOOD M.A.

Law, THOMAS E. FINEGAN M.A.
Records, CHARLES E. FITCH L.H.D.
Statistics, HIRAM C. CASE

CONTENTS

The Consolidated School Law

The University Law

Regents Revised Rules

General Rules

Normal Schools

Teachers Training Schools and Classes

Teachers Training Classes

Teachers Certificates

Institutes

Compulsory Education

Regents Examinations

Professional Examinations: Medical, Dental, Veterinary

Certified Public Accountants

Pharmacy Schools

Registration of Nurses

Law Student Certificates

Business Credentials

The State Library

The Science Division

Educational Extension

The Library School

Repeal and Construction

The Elementary Syllabus

English

Arithmetic

Geography

American History

Drawing and Manual Training

Physiology

Nature Study and Agriculture

The Academic Syllabus

English

Foreign Languages

Mathematics

Physical Science

Biologic Science

Physical Geography and Agriculture

History and Social Science

Business Subjects

Drawing

Course of Study and Syllabus for the College Graduate Certificate

Reports of Institutions for Defectives

Chronological Summary