Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-11
Teachers get
Certificates
-
Territorial Board Of Educa-
lion Meets at Santa
Fe.
LAWS TO Be CONSTRUED
Foaa Normal University Graduates
Among Number. Secure Ter
mlonal Cernhcaies.

DR.. Edmund J. Vert. president q
4e New Mexico Normal university
- returned from santa - where
- Nss In attendance AZ the recent
0ootings Of the territorial board ol
sdUcasion In session there Friday and
Saturday. Al the session Of the board
Saturday In the offices Of Processes
Hmm Hadley. superintendent Of pub
6c obstruction. important business re-
kting 70 school matters throughout
the territory were transacted.
Governor Hagerman, president n
the board. presided In attendance
AZ the meeting were: DIR. Edmund
J. Vert. president Of the Normal uni
sersity, Las Vegas: Prof. c. NJ. Light,
president Or the New Mexico Nor.
NAL school at Silver City: Prof.
Luther Foster, president Of the Agri
cultural school at Mesiiia park,
and Prof. J. e. Clark, superintendent
of the public schools az Albuquerque.
Professdr Hiram HadIey. secretary
Of the board, was at his post.
Don't Understand Law.
up to The present time there has
been considerable confusion as TO the
exact qualifications TO be possessed
; by person to entitle him 10 n terri
tsrial teachers certificate" Presi
I dent Vert Of the Normal declared
Fthis morning. Among the purposes
tf the meeting Saturday was the In.
tsrpretation Of that part Of the Law
governing the issuing Of territorial
certificates to teachers. ~ the Law
stands at this time an applicant must
have completed the equivalent al
the most advanced course In the Nor,
NAL at Silver City or New Mexico
Normal university Of Las Vegas. A
d committee Of which | was a member
was appointed to make clear Just
what these qualifications should be.
The board has had difficulty In
trying TO harmoniez the school Law
Of New Mexico, which has been
amended at various times, without re.
gard for the Inconsistencies which
these amendments introduce. The
board decided to devote the whole
OF the next meeting 10 the construc.
tion Of these laws I'm which IL has
the hearty support Of Governor Ha-
german"
The committee reported these reso.
lutions which were adopted by the
board:
The Qualifications.
Group l--Arithmetic Review, with
view to teaching I'd Geometry IN,
bookkeeping III, Algebra t11. Eng.
iish Grammar Review, with view to
teqehlRg tD, Composition and Rhe.
81, History Of English Eitera.
~ English and American Clas.
", United States History (I-2l.
Gives u-2l. General History ID.
Physiology and Hygiene I'D, Bot.
any Ill, Physical Geometry tl-2),
Psychology IL. History Of Education,
including f1.2), School Management
I'LL, General Method ti,2l. specia,
Method In Reading. Geography. Ian.
guage and spelling. and Primary
Arithmetic Ia, Observation t1-2,,
Practice III. :
Group n.--Latin f2l, CAY or al,
Spanish t2l. German ~. Trigona-
ssnetry tl-2l. Sociology tl-2l, Ethics
I'D. Geology ti.2). Astronomy tl.2p,
Commercial Law tI-2l, Enssish HE.
tory I'D, Chemistry III. Bookkeep.
ing I'LL. ss /. 5ss5 M f
Twenty-seven school months OF
Dnf weeks each Of successful teach
Ing viii be accepted in lieu pf the
haifyear Of observation, and the pne
year Of practice teaching specified
under Group |. . Il !.
r. A credit shall consist of five re-
citations q week for d period Of thir
ty-six weeks. or its equivalent. Prac.
tice teaching shall be construed A.
consisting of actual teaching In al
elementary school under the super
vision Of critic teacher.
Territorial Certificates Granted.
The board took up the consftera.
fion Of applications made for terri
sorial certificates. and passed favor
ably upon the following: Blanche
Irene Perkins. Erna May FERGUSON.
Elizabeth Teller, Agnes clelland Nc.
Callum. Dorothy Lena Hoffman. Leoa.
ore Pearce. Beatrice a. Sieieht AIbu-
aueraue: Belle Sweet, CeriiIos; Ma
bel Parks Alice Legros. lnes Cos