Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-11
EDUCATORS AT WORK.
Outline of the Plan for Holding Teach
ers' Institutes i'll New Mexico
This Summer.

Tho New Mexico board of education
met in special session at the governors
office yesterday, Gov. Thornton presid
ing. Present, Hon. E. S. Stover, Prof. Hi
ram Hadley, Prof P.J. Schneider and Hon
Amado Chayes, superintendent of public
instruction. At the forenoon session
Messrs. Hadley, Schneider and Chaves
were named as committee to prepare a
program relative to the normal institutes
as provided by the new law. AT the after.
noon session this committee reported
and submitted the following recommen-
dations:
That carefully prepared circular be
sent to all the county superintendents and
to all other persons interested in educa-
tional matters in each county in this terri
tory giving the names of the places where
the institutes are to be held, and the
dates, if possible, also the names of the
persons who are to conduct the institutes
and all other information of interest to
teachers and to other persons who may
wish to attend the same. The teachers
who may attend the institutes shall pay
all their own expenses and shall furnish
their own text books and stationery. The
tuition shall be free. The county super
intendents shall DO especially requested
to take an interest in the institutes and
to do all in their power to make them
popular and successful. This circular
shall contain the names of lecturers who
may appear before the institutes to de-
liver lectures from time to time and, if it
Is not practicable to give the names, in
formation to this effect shall DO given in
general way. The superintendent of
public instruction shall visit each insti-
tute at least once during the term without
having to use any of the institute money
for that purpose.
If the attendance at any ono point is
less than eight for one week the institute
shall be discontinued.
The conductor of the institute shall
prepare his or her. program at the begin
ming of the term for the full term, and
shall report progress to the superintend-
ent of public instruction from time to
time.
The committee recommends that the
following named persons be appointed
to conduct the institutes at the places
named:
Miss NJ. R. Koehler, at Roswell.
Mr.. E. F. O'Riordan, at Taos.
Miss Alice Fl. Casey, at Los Lunas.
Mr.. John j. Craven, at Mora.
Mr.. H. G. McCarrel, at Chama.
That the institutes shall commence at
such dates as shall be the better suited to
the respective communities as may be
directed by the superintendent of public
instruction. Any vacancies that may oc-
cur in the Office of conductor of institute
shall be filed by the president of the
board on the recommendation of this
committee or a mojority of it.
Prof. Hadley was requested to prepare
the circular as outlined by the committee
and the superintendent of public instruc-
tion was instructed to have it printed aud
distributed.
1t was ordered by the board that at the
end of the term of each institute certi-
ficate be given by the superintendent of
public instruction to the conductor of the
same for the sum of 1925 or such portion
levy of 1898, or pro rata for the actual
number of weeks that the institute may
be in operation.
The conductors shall accept the certifi-
Gates so issued without recourse to this
board.
The conductors of the institutes shall
issue certificates OF attendance to all par
ties who may attend the same and any
teacher who may attend the full term of
the institute shall be entitled to 10 per
cent, advanced grade on his examination
for license to teach. The certificates
of attendance shall state the percent
age of the attendance of the holder of the
same.