Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-08
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Citizens Move to Improve the School
System at Santa Fe-The Board
of Trade Resolution.
Otticial Communication From the Cover
nor Respecting Text Books-A Card
From j. p. Victory,


Allen, W. NJ. Berger, B, M. Thomas and
Governor Prince. Vice President Wedeles
presided and stated the principal object
of the special meeting to be to take action
on the public school matter that has been
agitating the citizens for some weeks.
Governor Prince addressed the board
and concluded by offering the following
resolution:
Resolved, That it is of the highest inn
portance to the interests OF Santa Fe that
satisfactory public school system should
be put into operation here that in the
opinion of this board there should be a
school in each ward for scholars of the
lower grades, both girls and boys, and
school of higher grade for the whole city.
- Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed to confer with the boards of
school directors of precincts and on
this general subject, and to aid to the
extent of its ability in obtaining suitable
buildings for school purposes and other
| wise in furthering the efforts of the d.
rectors to establish a first-class modern
public school system.
This resolution was unanimously adopt
ed and the committee named as follows:
Messrs. J.. B. Prince, B. M. Thomas, A.
L. Morrison, Sol. Spiegelberg and Geo.
w. knaebel.
The committee is this afternoon in con-
| ference with the school directors.
WHAT SCHOOL BOOKS CAN BE USED IN THE
i PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
TO the Editor OF the New Mexican
1t was supposed that everyone under
stood the conditions under which the
books adopted as Supplementary" could
be used in the schools, the word itself
carrying its own m Gaming; but l find
from conversation with some teachers
that there appears to be some misappre-
hension on the subject, and therefore it
is perhaps best to make plain state.
ment.
The law requires the territorial board
OF education to adopt system of school
books for the use Of the public schools. -
This system is found il the regular set OF
BOOKS which have been adopted and which
must be used in the public schools. They
constitute system in which the more
elementary book is named first and is to
be used first, to be followed, in those
schools requiring higher grade, by the
next book in the same class on the list.
Thus the first spelling book is "Osgood' 8
Progressive" and it must be used in all
schools; and when finished it may be
followed, if desired, by Reeds Word
Lessons" which is the higher spelling
book.
In physiologies, the first book to be
used is Good Health for Children" and
when this is finishnd, it may be followed
by Cutters intermediate" and that in
its turn by "Cutter's Comprehensive"
In histories the first book to be used
is "Scudder's Short History of the
United States" and in schools desiring a
more extensive work, this is to be follow
ed by "Egglestons
In grammars, the first book is "Hyde's
Practical Lessons, No. l." and this is to
be followed in schools which include
higher grades by the "Reed and Kellogg
Series"
In Biographies, the first book, to be
used in all schools, is Barnes Elemen-
tary," to be followed where desired by
Barnes Complete"
In.arithmetics, "White's First Boob" is
to be used, to be followed where higher
book is necessary, by"White's Complete. "
In Readers, the McGuffy' Series must
be used, and "Mantilla's Spanish First
and Second Readers" are to be used
where instruction in Spanish is given.
These are the regularly adopted books
and must be used when books on the sub
Jects and of the grades indicated are de-
sired.
Now as to the supplementary books.
Some teachers think it best to have more
reading OF the grade of the First Reader
before taking up the Second reader; or
more of the grade of the Second reader
before taking up the Third reader, etc ;,
To meet this desire, where it exists, GER
tain books OF supplementary reading are
authorized, and after finishing McGuffy g
First Reader, either one of the three sup
Elementary First readers that are author
lied may be used; after McGuffy's Sec.
ond reader, either one of the supplimen-
tary Second Readers may be used and
after McGuffys Third reader, either one
OF the supplementary Third readers may
be used.
So, also, in history, after Scudder' 8
History is finished, Egglestons First
Book may be used, as supplementary be-
fore taking up Eggleston's large History.
In Geography, after Barnes, Elementary
is finished, "O'shea's First Lessons
may be used as supplementary. In arth-
metics after Whites First Book, Ven
able's Elementary can be used as supple
mentary and in like manner "Venable's
Progressive" can be used as supplement
tary after White Complete. In no case
can supplementary book be used in
place of the regular book of the series.
In short they are, as the name implies,
supplementary and not Optional
| have tried to make this very plain
even to the extent of repetition of words
in order that there may be no possibility
of Misunderstanding. The law is clear
and the territorial board has intended
to be equally clear.
L. BRADFORD PRINCE,
Prest Territorial Board of Education.
CARD FROM j. p. VICTORY.