Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-04-08
ArrnnrION PLANS.
The Arrangements Entered into Between
the High School and University.

citizens aud patrons OF the schools may
not be left ia doubt as to the nature Of
the afhliatiOn which has been found &C.
ceptable to both institutions in the pres
emit emergency and has been unani-
mously adopted by both the board Of
regents and the school board OF Albu
querque:
lion IA al institution OF higher learn
ing aud research. LES ultimate Junction
will be 10 provide a thorough collegiate
education aud advanced technical train
ing TO all who may apply from the ter
fitOry at large. IL ~ rapidly advancing
toward this, its proper sphere, at the
head Of the entire system OF popular edu-
cation Ia New Mexico. IL 10 ~ much for
katOn aud silver City Rs II is for Albu-
Quefque aud its advantages are as free TO
one as another. The cltlzens OF the ter
ritory are now for the tirst time realizing
that the university offers the same kind OF
instruction that may be sought In Harvard
Or Ann Arbor, and that the same entrance
conditions are now In effect. The student
who IL really qualified ~ enter the fresh.
nan GLASS OF the university would be
qualified 10 enter Cornell or Columbia.
But under these circumstances IL Ia ap-
parent that there are at present no high
schools in the territory fully prepared ~
offer the necessary Instruction to qualify
for admission 10 the college department
This Is chiefly owing ~ the fact that adj.
mission to the college ~presuppOses a GER.
tain amount OF laboratory practice In
science. especially In physics, which none
u our schools can at present afford. II
Is partly due 10 the Tact that college men
are best qualified TO prepare others fol
college aud the expense OF securing this
grade OF instruction Ia often an insuper.
able obstacle othe completion Of the pre-.
paratOry work by the high schools. I'm.
der these conditions the university Is con-
strained to DO as all other universities
nave done during the early years and sup
port Its own preparatory department.
The state university must always repose
solidly upon the foundation afforded by
the public schools, and II IL the history OF
other states that the university has been
the chief factor In lifting up the stand
ard Of instruction In the public schools.
for Il has offered as n goal tbs require
ments for admission TO college which
have been steadily advancing. aud thus y
standard OF reference IL supplied. IL 10
NANh tht HNA AAhiANAAt HttANy VI tlb unANtI@
atty 10 encourage the high schools 70 ex-
tend their scope ~ fast ~ this can be
done without sacrificing th0roughness
In the elementary branches.
In the educational development OF the
progressive western states a very import.
ant factor has been the state high school
board--an organization composed of rep
resentatives OF the public and normal
schools and the university. and appointed
Tor the purpose OF effecting and enforcing
by law just such atiliati0n ~ Ia here pro-
posed, aud II Ia only a question OF time
when the entire educational system OF
New Mexico will be thus bound together
by legal enactment. The proposed ar
rangement IL simply q step In this direc-
tiOn.
The high school course as nov outlined
In all our eastern cities embraces four
years work In advance Of the eighth
grade. Hitherto the university has been
doing about four years OF preparatory
work, but hereafter IL Is proposed 10 offer |
but three such years, thus concentrating
upon the higher work and research ger.
main 20 O college. But the fact remains
that the university will be forced 10 give |
two years OF preparatory work In addl-
ton 10 all that the high school can hope
10 do In a satisfactory way at present.
The university is supplied with laborato-
ries and material equipment, and teach
ers who are specialists In science as we'll
as original investigators. IL is proposed, |
therefore, 70 supplement- the course In
the high school 10 such an extent that
the student, after taking the full four
years course, shall DO worthy OF a high
school diploma equal TO that given In
the best eastern cities. and, at the
same time, shall have completed the
course proper to the preparatory de-
partmeDt Of the university. For such az
do not feel able TO continue the college
course the commercial or English course
will afford u practical and available bus
mess education. The eighth grade OF the
public school, which heretofore has been
included In the high school course In Al
buquerque, will be removed from the lat
ter and the course will then be what IL
claims 10 be. II IL understood that as
fast AZ IL shall prove possible the two
years added by the university shall be az.
sumed by the high school. In return for
this assistance the public schools are not
only 10 allow the university the use OF
the unused remainder OF the building
now controlled by them, but are 10 pro-
vide a special room for a model school
Wnleh shhll oe tree. Ia oonneclioh VIII
~ ~huyanceu HOFFMAN uepaItments there
~ sucn u SCHOOL, Which ~ uIrecteu ny q
specially quallnen teacher' IN many
cases a considerable tuition IL required
ana the superior nature OF the instrue
non nan parents 70 place thelr
cnliuIeh IN lne mOdei school IGtheI thah
IN the Tree SCHOOLS Inc model school IL
an Indispensable adjunct 10 q normal de
pa,'ulonu auu = hlvhi' VI wy oni'u
slty VI mlnnesolh, WHO was Tue lOun-
der OF education In that state, |