Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-07-14
Of the County and City Of Santa
Fe Will Commence in the
Capital August IS.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR CERTIFICATES
For First, Second and Third Grades.
No Teacher Failing to Attend the
Session Can Be Employed in
Public Schools.


The Santa Fe City and County In
stitute will convene on Monday morn
ing, August 18th, 1904, in the high
school rooms here. 1t will continue six
days the first week and four days the
second week, followed on Friday and
Saturday, August 26th and 9th by
the county examinations.
Superintendent William H. Heiney,
of the public schools of Ration, has
been employed as conductor, and Su-
perintendent ]. A. Wood, of Santa Fe,
has been employed as instructor.
The institute fee will be $500, pay
able upon enrolling. All teachers of
Santa Fe and Santa Fe County are re-
quired by law to attend this institute
or show certificate of attendance at
some institute or summer school held
during the year, either in or outside of
New Mexico. Teachers are requested
to bring with them such text books as
they may have, bearing on the sub
jects which they desire to take up dur
ing the institute. A copy Of the Insti-
tute Course of Study will be furnished
free to each teacher who enrolls. At
the close of the institute card will
be given to each member of the instj-
tute, indicating the number of days
present and the number of times tardy.
Each days session will open prompt
ly at 8 o'clock in the morning, and con-
tinue until II noon, with an intermis-
sion of fifteen minutes at 10 o'clock.
There will be no afternoon session, so
the members of the institute may have
time to prepare the lessons assigned.
Arrangements have been made to give
special instruction to those who may
be applicants for a third grade certifi-
cate if any desire such instruction.
Examinations.
Examinations are held on the last
Friday and Saturday of August and
of November of each year for those
who are applicants for first or second
grade certificates. For those who are
applicants for third grade certificates,
in addition to the times mentioned
above, examinations will be held on
the last Saturday in September and
the last Saturday in October, and at
no other time (See Sec. 8, of chapter
119 of the laws of 19O3.)
Requirements.
The section and chapter above re-
ferred to, make it the duty of each
county examining board ''to prepare
the list of questions to be submitted
to those applying for third grade GER
tificates." BY the advice of Superin-
tendent j. Francisco Chaves, the exam
ing board of Santa Fe County has
adopted the following standard for
those applying for third grade GER
tificate. Questions will be prepared
from the primary arithmetics, primary
geography, primary history of the
United States, primary physiology,
reading, writing, spelling, and primary
grammer. On the questions in the
above subjects the applicant will be re-
quired to make an average grade as
high as fifty per cent, with no grade
in any one branch lower than thirty
five per cent Qn grading, 100 per
cent is perfectly
Second Grade.
Applicants for second grade certifi-
Gates will be examined on questions
prepared by the Territorial Board of
Education in the following branches:
Arithmetic, geography, orthography,
reading, grammer U. S. history, ply
siology, penmanship, and elementary
pedagogy. Those receiving general
average as high as 20 per cent, with
no grade in any one branch lower than
so per cent, shall receive a second
grade certificate.
First Grade.
Applicants for first grade certificates
shall be examined on questions pre-
pared by the Territorial Board of Ed.
ucation on the subjects named above
and also on civil government. elemen.
tary physics, elementary algebra, ad.
vanced pedagogy and elements OF 20
ology and botany Those receiving an
average grade as high as 80 per cent
with no grade in any branch lower than
70 per cent, shall receive nrst sraue
certificate.
Certificates from other states and
diplomas from colleges and normal
schools are not recognized.
1t is earnestly desired that every
teacher in Santa Fe and in Santa Fe
County arrange to attend this insti
tute. The law requires it and teach
ers who are to train the young for fu
ture citizenship should not ask any ia
vors contrary to law. The cause O
education is rapidly advancing in New
Mexico, and Santa Fe County must bt
in the advance column. If the ole
teachers will not keep up with the pro