Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-05-27
LETTER TO TEACHERS
Superintendent Of Public In
siructiOn Hadley Writes
Letter TO Them.
PLEA FOR COSSCItSTOvS WORN


Rcaliziug thai tho time has arrived
Cor Improvement IN the corps of teach.
ora Of the territory and for q strict
uumpiiance with the law requiring al.
acntancc upoa che Normal Institutes.
Professor Hiram tiadley. superintend.
ent Of puhlic instruction. has recently
1Heuod and sent 90 che teachers
throughout the teTtNoTy one 81 the
most important circulars ever issued
~ the fcpaI tment Uf education OF
EveW MoKico. The circular reads in
part A. Follows
"ln New Mexico We have great
4aak bci0fe us. hat Il is a glorious
Dno. u Is nothing less than to give Co
thls favored iand a system of schools
and a body OF teachers a. good a. can
Dc found anywhere. Although CIV
Mexico has made great progress dur
aog The pasi hiteen years. her oduCa
fiO5ai zystem ~ Hill IA rs formative
condition. You viii DO much towards
thaping Nov deNcO's future " you
ronsccralc yourselves 10 the cause
and woik hard. your influence will be-
gruat, much greater than you now
ahink. II on tho other hand. you do
little work. your life viii exert little
influence IN this, Of any other cause.
Which shall It be- Each must decide
aOr himself.
my experience with young teach
urs leads me % boiicvc that a large
gortl0n ~ them desire 10 beoome bot.
eer teachers. 10 advance. % get bet
cor pay, occupy moro Influential 90
uitions. IN shoT. Ia gov intellectual
D. AMI professionally Those who DO
nft desire Should hc compelled 90
stop down and oui aud seek sO'uC o.
AR vUck.
'This brings up inc topic Of teach
era' institutes. 1he people want bet
cor schOOis. theY are tired of aus
Gaining teachers with third grade Gcr
dfhcates or permits To assist teach
era Ia becoming hotter prepg ed. the
legislature has appropriated money
dJr the support Oi These institutes. and
the ps0pie chcerfuly pay the tax
They want those Who expect % teach
their chlldrcn 90 attend these tnsti
tutos ~ the law requires. The law u
ptsstiye u means that those whC
Gxpcct 70 teach mus attend Whilst
the law " positive aud requires that
teachers must attend aud that they
muEl moi be excused. except In ga
trcme caCOs, a higher motive will i'm
W. WV 1tANNtNa MNAANN AAfNU NNAAANAA ~
comply with u. That motive N a dc
Rire 20 become qualified 10 DO better
work. feet anxiOus that better teach
tng may b. done la the tower grades
tho 6rst introduction OF child
90 the tsngiish language Is
critical timo 10 him. Il DO ~ skilinullJ
taught At that time by an expert. b,
acquires correct enunciatiOn. pr0uun
citation. spelling and expression Ia
reading. ~ the time be has com
pieted his second reader, and often hia
hrsl. theae points are settled n vel
taught. cofructly settled ~ poorly
caught. wrongly settled, aud habits
t0rned thm are very iificult tu
change II this primary work is done
~ u should be-. have lhtle anxiety
about the more advanced. q viii ne
easy % acquire aud viii largely take
care of haeh
'-reachorA, I nave written you thia
iQng letter because I sympathize with
yoa want ~ try 10 help gou, and
through yOu reach the children % our
Territory, VINO will soon hecQme nOn
trolling elements Ia our political and
social structure