Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-07
FE, N. M, TUESDAY, AUGUST I. 1906.
BOARD OF EDU-
CATION SESSION
Professor w. Z. Garrison Elected
Principal High SchooI--To Vac.
cinate Children.

The Board of Education met in
regular monthly session last night in
the Office OF President Thomas B.
Catron. Mr.. Catron presided at the
gathering of the school board and Su-
perintendent J. A. Wood was at his
post as secretary. The members pres
ent were Judge N. B. Laughlin,
Charles F. Easley, Jose G. Sanchez,
Jose D. Sena, Jose Segura and A. c..
Ireland. James L. Seligman was the
only absentee.
Considerable business OF importance
was transacted. A new principal was
named for the high school. A COM
mittee was appointed to see that the
law requiring school children to be
vaccinated was enforced and another
special committee was chosen to make
an inspection OF the new first ward
school. The remainder Of the pro-
ceedings was of a routine nature. 1t
was a business-like meeting and the
matters were disposed of quickly.
Professor w. e. Garrison, Of In
dianapolis, Indiana, former president
of Butler College in the Hoosier
State, was appointed as principal of
the high school. Mr.. Garrison has
been in the city for several months
and during that short space of time
has become we'll acquainted here. He
was forced to seek higher altitude
for the benefit of his health and after
casting about for suitable place
finally chose Santa Fe The invigor-
ating air and bracing climate general
ly have already had the effect of inn
proving his health, and he has decided
to make his home here in the future.
MIR. Garrison comes highly recon-
mended as an educator and Santa Fe
Is indeed fortunate in having secured
the services of so capable a man to
act as principal of the new high
school.
In the matter of having the school
children vaccinated committee was
appointed consisting of Messrs. Sena,
Segura and Judge Laughlin. They
were instructed to see that the law
was complied with in regard to vacci-
nation. According to a statement
made by one of the members of the
Board of Education several of the city
physicians have offered to vaccinate
free all pupils whose parents are too
poor to pay the nominal fee charged
providing that the vaccine is fur
nished by the school board.
This step is taken simply as mat
ter Of precauton and to abide by the
law. So far as known there is no
epidemic of smallpox anywhere in
New Mexico and there has not been a
single case for years in Santa Fe. The
law says that school children must
be vaccinated, however, and the Board
Of Education will see that 1t is en-
forced here. Children who have been
vaccinated within a few years need
not submit to the operation again un-
less 1t didn't take"
Contractor Dlgneo has informed the
Board Of Edhcabisn that the, frst ward
school building will be completed by
the first of September in plenty of
time for it to be used this fall The
attention of the committee appointed
at the meeting last night to inspect
the building was called to the fact
that the putting up of necessary out
houses had been overlooked and the
committee was authorized to have this
work done at once.
The Board of Education has been
holding its meetings for some time in
the Office of Judge Laughlin at the
Old Palace. The judges present quar-
ters are not as well adapted for ses.
sions of this kind and therefore it
was decided to have the members as
semble last night at the Office of Mr..
Catron. The meetings hereafter will
be held in the superintendent office
at the high school.