Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-06-12
SANTA FE. n M, MONDAY. JUNE l2. 1905.
FOURTEEN LIFE CERTIFICATES.
Granted BY the Territorial Board of
Education-Other Business
Transacted.

On Saturday, tne leTrlIoFldl Doalh
of Education met at the office OF the
superintendent of public instruction
with full attendance, President
Luther Foster of the New Mexico
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts arriving in the afternoon, haV-
ing been delayed by the floods in the
Mesilla Valley. Those present were
Governor NJ. A. Otero, ex-officio presl-
dent Professor Hiram Hadley, super
intendent of public instruction, se1re-
tary; Professor c. NJ. Light, president
of the Silver City Normal; Professor
Luther Foster, president of the New
Mexico College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts, Mesilla Park; Professor
w. G. Tight, president of the Uni
versity of New Mexico, Albuquerque;
Brother Butolph, president st.
Michaels College, Santa Fe; Miss
Maggie ]. Bucher, Las Vegas.
Under the law enacted by the re-
cent legislature the board is author
lied to grant professional certificates
to such teachers as 1t deems qualified
to receive the same, and there have
been about seventy-five applications
for such certificates received in the
Office of the secretary. The board de-
cided to issue two classes Of these
professional certificates-one 20 be
five-year certificate, the other life
certificate but containing provi-
sion that the holder thereof shall con-
tinue in active service with an alb
sence by permit of total length OF
time not to exceed three years, and
that he shall report annually to the
board. A rule was adopted by the
board that no life certificate should be
issued to any applicant who had not
had at least five years experience in
active public school work in the Ter
ritory, and that applicants not gra1u-
ates from a normal school and with
training experience must have had at
least five years of actual teaching in
order to be eligible for certificates in
either class. A great many applica-
tions had been received for these
professional certificates from persons
living outside of the Territory but the
board decided that 1t was not running
"a stamp collecting bureau" and that
before any certificate was issued TO
a nonresident, said applicant must
furnish satisfactory evidence that he
had been employed as teacher with
in the Territory. Recipients OF PRO-
fessional certificates will be charged a |
fee of SIS for a five-year certificate
and $40 for a life certificate. Any |
surplus over expenses which may ac-
crue from this source will constitute a |
fund for the use of the board, there |
being no provision made for such a
fund otherwise.
There were AZ five-year certificates
granted, and fourteen life certificates,
as follows: R. R. Larkin, Maggie j.
Bucher, Elba Stoneroad, Sallie H. |
Douglas, Grace Osmer, Mrs. M. S.
Garlick, Minnie Holman, Carrie 6.
Tuttle, all of Las Vegas; w. Fl. Deck
er, Gallup Elizabeth Swan, Lords
burg; j. A. Wood, Santa Fe; Isabelle
L. Eckels, Elizabeth R. Jackson, EN-
ma R. Koehler, all of Silver CITY.
There were several other life and five
year certificates granted on condition
that further evidence should be sub
mitted to show that the applicants
had complied with all the require
ments for such certificate.
Provision was made for having the
questions prepared for the exami1a'
tions to be held at the close OF the
various teachers Institutes this sum-
mer.
The superintendent of public in
struction was directed to ask The at
torney general for an Interpretation
of certain points In the school law.
The present school law seems to c'H
tain so many inconsistencies and in
definite provisions that standing
committee was appointed by the
board to take up the matter OF eddca-
tional legislation. The committee
consists of the president of the Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts at Mesilla Park, the president
of the University of New Mexico at
Albuquerque and the superintendent
of public instruction.
Governor Otero, ex-officio president,
stated that this was the best meet
ing ever held by the board, and it was
decided that a schedule should be
made which will provide for regular
meetings of the Territorial Board OF
Education. to be held quarterly.
There being no further business be-
fore the board that body adjourned.