Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-07-20
INSTITUTE FOR
THIS COUNTY
At City High School
August 18th
to 18th.
PROF. GARRISON INSTRUCTOR
Vice E. J. Vert Who Could
Not Preside Teachers
Must Attend.

Must Attend.
Owing to the recent death of his
twin babies, Professor Edmund J. Vert,
President of the Normal University
at Las Vegas, has declined the invita-
tion to officiate at the Santa Fe city
and county teachers institute which
will be held at the High School build.
ing here, August 1928. Professor w.
r. Garrison, Phi. D., former presi-
dent OF Butler University at Indian
apolis, Indiana, who is sojourning in
Santa Fe, has agreed to act as in
structor in place Of Mr.. Vert, and he
will be assisted by Professor J. A.
Wood, superintendent of the public
schools Of the city of Santa Fe.
In order that the very best results
may be obtained from the forthcoming
institute none of the teachers will be
allowed to absent themselves from the
sessions unless they can give good
reason for not attending, or if the
absentees have been present at some
other institute or summer school
they must bring certificate from the
conductor to substantiate this fact. A
Territorial law compels teachers to
attend these annual midsummer insti-
tutes or schools of instruction in peda-
gogy except in cases where satisfact-
ory excuses can be offered. Those who
remain away because Of slight indis-
position or some other trivial cause
will find themselves liable to dismis-
sal.
County Superintendent Garcia in
forms the public school teachers what
is expected Of them and outlines the
program Of the institute to be held in
this city next month in the following
article to the New Mexican:
County superintendent's Statement.
The Santa Fe city and county insti.
tlte will convene in the Santa Fe high
school room, Monday morning, August
18th, 1906, at s O'clock
The institute will be in session six
days the FIRST week, and four days the
second week, closing Thursday, Au'
gust 23d.
The examinations for teachers OF
all grades will begin Friday morning,
August Oath at $3.50 o'clock, and
continue in session two days.
Compulsory Attendance.
The law makes attendance at the
institute compulsory unless a legal
excuse is furnished for non-attend-
ance. No trivial excuse will be re.
ceived.
The excuse must show on it's face
that it is a real excuse, one which
both the county superintendent and
the territorial superintendent can en-
dorse.
It will not do for a teacher to say:
II was too busy to attend the insti-
tute," or to say: II did not know
whether l would teach or
not when the institute was held" We
cannot afford to pay out public money
to persons who take no interest in
school work, or who do nothing to
prepare themselves for good, effective
work in the school room. II you have
attended an institute or summer school
elsewhere, and bring a certificate from
the conductor to that effect, you need
not attend this institute, otherwise the
law is binding upon you both in the
city and county.
Section 2, of chapter 43 of the
laws of 1901 makes it compulsory up.
on all persons teaching in the public
schools of New Mexico, to be exam,
ined by some reputable physician and
to receive certificate showing that
said person is not afflicted with tuber.
culosis in any form. Hereafter no one
will be employed to teach in the pub.
lie schools Of Santa Fe County who
has not complied with the above men.
toned )a,TT-.
Certificates.
To be eligible and to receive third
grade certificate, the applicant must
attend the institute and pass an ex
animation to show that the applicant
is prepared to teach in the rural dis
tricts.
Second Grade.
Candidates for second grade certi.
ficate shall be examined in the follow.
ing branches: Reading, Penmanship
Orthography, English Grammar and
! Composition, Geography, Arithmetic,
United States History, and an Ele-
mentary Course in Teaching and
School Management. TO entitle the
applicant to said certificate, he must
obtain general average as high
as 70 per cent. with no grade in any
one branch lower than so per cent"
Second grade certificates are good
for two years in the county in which
granted. and may be honored in other
counties during said specified time,
"at the discretion of The county super
intendent Of said other counties"
First Grade.
Candidates for a first grade certif.
cate shall be examined in: Reading
Orthography, English Grammer and
Composition, Penmanship, Geography
United States History, Physiology
Civil Government, Arithmetic, the Ele-
ments Of Pedagogy,--comprising a
knowledge Of School Management and
Theory and Practice Of Teaching, Ele-
mentary Applied Psychology, and one
Of the following branches: Elemen
tary Algebra, Elementary Botany, Ele