Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-12-11
New Mexico Teach.
ers Passed Upon
Saturday.
TO HOLD EXAMINATIONS
Territorial Board of Education
Has Important Quarterly
Meeting.

! The quarterly meeting of the Terri.
torlal Board of Education which was
held in the Office of Professor Hiram
Hadiey, superintendent of public in.
structlon, in the Capitol building, ad.
Journed late Saturday evening, afte.
transacting all business presented.
All members were present with the
exception of Governor Miguel A. Otero
and Professor Peter j. SCHNEIDER, who
was unable to attend, because of i'll.
mess.
The following is a report Of the i'm
portant matters given attention:
Certificates Granted.
The first important matter of brsi.
ness which the board considered was
applications for professional cert:fl.
Gates. Fifteen of these were consid
cred, and the following were granted
hive years certificates: Miss Sadie
Barney, Santa Fe; Miss Nettie EstcI-
la Coffey, Springer; Miss Luna Gray.
en-, Carlsbad; Coleman Hall Bush, Van
Houten; Miss Amelia Gillian, Aztec;
Don Z. Taylor, Albuquerque; Miss Lot
tie Sweet, Las Cruces; Robert Henry
Templeton, Santa Rosa; Miss Mag
gle Marion Mayors, Pennington. The
last may possibly be given life certif-
icate If additional satisfactory infor-
nation shall be furnished. The appli-
cations OF others were either reject
ed, or deferred for further considera.
ton.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting of the board to prepare a syl.
labus in regard to subjects for the ex-
animation OF teachers, reported pro-
gress. On account of the increasing
amount of business that usually comes
before the board, the time for the
regular meetings was changed from
| the second Saturday of March, June,
September, and December to 2 O'Clock.
| p. m., on Friday of the same months
Normal Schools Needed.
After careful discussion, it was
unanimously agreed that conditions in
New Mexico are such that provisions
should be made by normal schools and
other standard educational institutions
In the Territory, for the training Of
teachers especially to meet the de-
mands of rural schools, and. therefore,
that courses of study should be pre-
pared which when completed would
legally entitle those who have taken
those respective courses. to third
grade certificate, a second grade GER
tificate, or first grade certificate.
committee was appointed to prepare
such courses and to submit the same
at another meeting of the board.
AS additional explanation of the
rules governing the board In granting
territorial certificates, a resolution
was passed to the effect that Il Is the
general intention of the board that
those who are granted a five years
certificate will be entitled to life cor
tificate at the expiration of the former.
Certain powers of the Territorial
Board of Education, by resolution.
were delegated to the superintendent
of public instruction, with power to
act for the board in cases of emergen-
cy in the interim of the meetings.
Yearly Examinations.
The board, by resolution, dete-m-
ined to hold an examination once
wear to accommodate those who wish
to apply by examination for territorial
certificates, and adopted rules govern
ing the same, with the exception OF
prescribing exactly the branches with
their limitations, upon which appl!-
cants will be examined.
BY resolution, a committee was ap'
pointed to cooperate with the T"fri'
torial Educational Association in pre-
pairing a course of study for the conf
mon schools Of the Territory, with q
view to having 1t ready for use in The
autumn of 1906.