Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-10-20
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SCHOOL REPORT.
Second Annual Report Of Super.
intendent Whiting.
W. Makes Some Very Wise and
Timely Suggrsi ons.
Goes Into Bret Details on n Number
OF subj cts.
TIN roll TAX QUESTION.
o,sce o ,I, tie son. OF S {

AiTaaosruuc n st., DC, !. IsS,
10 tho ll"u. AmAao Gha,s-, Superintendent, o.
fubhc Instruction SAINTS fs, n. ".
SR-l have the honor ~ submitting
herewith my second snuual report ~ su.
county,
sAKEkD rRrGHRss.
II will show a marked progress N edu.
cAtiunal matters over til. preceding year.
uh'w outstanding the severe financial
strain To- which We have been subjected.
rHE ruLL TAX
This tAX IL me-, accomplishing the goul
that it's authors prubAb hoped
lite collection and careful guarding aud
cIIs nlnurr IL one IT the meet diifculi
problems 10y which ! have been con
frunted. Sluc- the repeal ~ that pruvi.
SION at Law making lie lay men, n condi
. ton for voting, II hsH ir-rn an Almuat u,.
ter impusrihility to cnll-c, II IN many dis.
trlci~i Ia others but u pAruAl collection
has been made.
Many of the district boards object tO
bringing suits against d-linlu.nip aud
, sill resign their positions a. directors
r's'p-r than do 81 In rnne districts the
, Justice ~ the peace refuse pr,E-Ss Ia en-
in-ce collection unl-as their fees are paid
IN advance; IN other districts III. tar In
collected, but the schools yet little or no
t-nrht th-rrfrum. there being no provi
-.un 81 l. " requiring III. district officials
to civ. bond for tie safe keeping and ju
, diciouS expenditure. ain satisfied that
=, there have h-r~tofnr. been n numh-r II
irfHlcAtinns, tut they are almost impur
! slblS su prove
p The cnun y aHssHHors for several years
, have generally copied the old listr from
, year "a year; names II persons long
hurried starr their deHcrndAn,s In the iAc-.
> and those Of many none residents also
' App-sr Ia Que poll Ax bnok which
4 had occasion Ia eAam ne ] found the
uainrs ~ twenty hvr I~rr"nH who were
non residents 81 tEr district, aud two
who were dead when the bunk WAS made
, and this district WAS nu, large one
The poll tAa books arr not 49, ~ rule
made out Tor school districts. but pr,..
% c,nciS. causing confusion and labor that
. would u" unu-cc-sszry II he Law had
b. been complied with. by the Assessorr.
For instance: A pcll tax book Ia made
: nut for precinct M ~. in which precinct
u are school districts ~. - ani 81. IL the
q Schuol directors u districts ~ and ~ de-
-lr- 10 cnllec, their poll tax, they mus,
~ Ia the h@ri ri distric, % for the
n nsm-s The buari IL district % may or
Il may not furnish them
:, The ass-sror should bc forced to make
nut the books for the dls,ric =. aud II ne.
y ce.sary IL insure their correctness should
n l~ Obliged un hlr assessment tour, ~
r.. previously, T., make lists on the ground
>, The poll tax Is now n demoralikipR
- sn-nt AmCng TIA. people. IL should
" either be abolished and contingent, Ia,
n rsis-,i IN its place IN the property valuA
ton. or some m-th,d taken for its pruml,
collection, raf- custody and proper .In
r pluym.nt. 1t should br pail directly In
J, 10 ia. treasury ,n tue credit II the con
=, t,ny-nt iund IT the respective districts
add drawn against D., the schuol dirac
y tore fnr cou,ugr I -iI~nsrr. the war
" rants tn he approved hy the HnIrrint-nd
=. en-, nf the county.
a school nuogs.
In INV jouru-yr over the county @,
D. yisi,. Ia III, .rhooln, haye.found dls,r,cu
nlno-t entirely without .cbool bunks
. .I.,.s etc ami ia. par,nts of many a.
, the pup,ls absolutely too poor Ia pur
"a ,hns,. them. living Ia the non.colI.ctio,
vi ~ ,h. ,,nll tai. AMI there t-ing no aaloor
A., ir,.ns,s fr,n which n revenue could D..
-. derived for ih. contingent fund, I sen
,h,n . few bnnks and allowed them 10 b
y n.iI f,r out of Tn. di.,ric, general fund
~ Wh.,. liuunr Ia s,h n, retail, N . larry
extent. ns in Albuuu.rlu-. Gallup, Cabe
,nn. Hand ami A1lrr,ou, there Ia none
u. IN nurchan- lnnks for the INDECENT chill
ri Ir,n. hut in many districts where ther
~. as. an ..ln,ns IN. children must starv
~ "a, ,n.,,.I uilm.nt
"" would suggest som. better work r.
&C. ,..,,n.r, =, h,,is Than "Mct;ufi.y'n FIR,
IA .I,, pl.,,,, p,.d.. Th
,,.n.,.,,on ia very lad, aud ,h. intrcsiu,
,,n, os an. ys,rk INTO rchools In spanis
'' .p-aking districts dss more harm tha
~ go1i. do not rely upon my imi~r,e'
ny knowledge II spanish in TINS mA.rr' o'
.st largely npon That oi some oi ,ho wv
mn Euglish'span~h sch"iAS IN "e '''
tory
W, havs no grammar, p"I~p, h ~
public sch"l "hyd-s rrseuc
70. Lessons Ia tue use OF snghS
,,a aud R--d and h-il"ggs "rah'
and Higher Lesr"hn. are co.
=" hut grAmmer-sAy saeh QUO - hA
v-y's, N ne-i~i:
nm ! hope you WI iay "ese susses."'
"a, befor- the 'err't,r'ai bosu {" sincsuo
"" aud that you viii aiso cali 70 'ncif ave
HE tion the enormous prices ehArgcl oy "
Id parties WIN wh'ch 'no voAr nAs "a
tracts for their SohoM noks
strange that 'h. American p.ope Are
ny coming opposed W trusts soe"' goo
Pc cos, more nov than 'h'y hm whsn We
by Ia school forty years ago 10 q
a.. wonder that parents give az reason