Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-09
GROWTH OF THE SCHOOLS
Abstract From Annual Report Of
Territorial Superintendent.
SUMMARY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The following information on the in.
crease 10 population. enrolment Of On.
pills, number OF schools and teachers
and financial condition OF the schools
in the territory Of New Mexico. is an
abstract from the report OF Colonel J.
Franco Chaves. territorial uuporinton
dent OF public instruction, TO Governor
Miguel A. Otero. for the year ending
December a.. 1903. The article was
read before ,hs New Mexico Educa.
tional association convention.
Summary Of sohoola
summary OF public schools. oxclu.
slvo OF higher territorial educational
Institutions. private. soctarIan and IN.
dian schools.
school population August 4. 1908.
IN $50. an increase In ten months of
7.ggi
Enrolment u pupils. S7.872. an 10.
crease Ia ten moDthg Of 1880.
Number OF public echools 69t. On in
crease in Ton months Of 81
Numoor OF teachers employed 7e3
an Increase In ten months of g.
Receipts from all sources. $40. 26H..
~; an Increase la ten months of $40.
DO337
Expenditures. 93OO.b3t05. de-.
crease 10 ten months Of t2t,a5J2s
Value OF pubic school property.
g7i6.5l5O9.
Cash on haGl August l. igO3 9i73..
1914; to WI. 10 must be- added 81.
h2957. amouat on hand in the nov
counties Of Leonard Wood aud ouay.
making a total OF tlsl.2G67.
summary Of Al other Schools.
Summary a. 10 an schools torritnr
ial. soctarian and private. but erclu.
siyo 90 Indian 30 FAR hs can be- ascor.
talnDd
School population. August I. i0Cs
IN 300. an increase b. ton m0r.hs N
l.sSt
Enrolment ~ pupils, t3.S5s; an IN.
crease Ia ten months OF ASA
Average daily attendance. 3O.007.
nn lcroNae In tan months Of 2.69f
Number OF schools. 7s2. on increase
la ten months q 90
Number 81 teachers employed. I .-
062, an increase in ten months "
ms.
Rocolpts from all sources. $40.
5io53. an increase IN ten months Of
/ g75.776ol.
Expenditures. 3b2529tlii de-
crease In scn months or 99.O2t42
Value OF school property 9l.G52
873O9.
Comment on Growth.
consider tao foregoing sh-tomon'
a. one upon which We can congratu
I latO ourselves. The Increase 10 popu.
iatlon. enrolment OF pupils. number
OF schools ami teachers and financial
condition Is poiLing short OF remark
I able
/ According two parents 10 zach
child OF school age, the population OF
New Mexico to-day would be- 2l6. $50
I The United States census OF 1900 gives
| the population OF New Mexico. l96..
$40. Denying absolutely that the cen
aus OF 1900 was complete. but oorCod
lng tor the Hake OF argument thai q
was. We fnd that there has been an Ga
crease In the population of the tori.
/ tory OF 20 $40 ia three yeara II ~
known 70 every resident Of this Ter
rit0ry. OF should Do knOwn. that the
/ hgures given by the United States
census are incorrect and fan far short
7 OF what they should be- Recoliecting
that my estimate OF the population Of
New Mexico Ia based entirely upon
tho school census. under whic appoT.
tionmont OF funds Is made. and ca
yiew Of the fact that there are great
numbers Of unmarried mon here en-.
gaged In mining. stock raising and
other pursuits. can Il be- said that my
statement that there are 10000 such.
Ia not a conservative one?
ny this addition, New Mexico would
have a population OF more than 225
900, but have no hesitation 10 say.
Ing that close census would reveal
$50 600