Qualifications of Teachers. - The law of 1855 provided that every teacher, before being employed, shall produce a certificate of his qualifications and morality from the Inspector. Section 2 of Chapter 144, laws of 1855, reads:

All teachers employed under this act shall use their best endeavors to impress upon the minds of the scholars the principles of morality, justice, and sacred regard for truth.

from William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas