Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-17
Educators Take Action
Concluded from page ii.

a.I. HT0~ YH.
OF normal schools has not been
correlated. or brought into relation.
With the requirements for the several
Grades OF county certificates. At
this meeting three elementary courses
OF instruction were outlined for the
normal schools, and the branches re-
CURED for each Of the three grades
OF county certificates we're made to
conform to these courses 10 that per.
sons contemplating any n OF these
courses In the normal schools will be
prepared for the corresponding grade
Of certificate, b. unanimous vote OF
the board 1t was decided to urge upon
the legislature at Its next session the
passage Of a law to recognize diplc
mas from these courses and to issue
| without further examination certif-
Gates. Governor Hagerman assured
the board Of his heartiest support OF
such a measure.
IT was the sense Of the board that
the previous requirements for the
first grade county certificates were
higher than those required In the old
or states and In some respect were
decidedly unjust. BY unanimous ac'
ton 1t decided that In the future the
branches that will be required for 4
first grade certificate should be those
required for a second grade, and IT,
addition to those civil government,
physiology, advanced pedagogy and
one OF the following branches: Ele'
mentary botany. elementary zoology,
elementary algebra, elementary ply.
sizes, and elementary bookkeeping.
This plan will enable q much large.
number Of teachers to. secure certif'
Gates OF the first grade and still Y
will maintain as high a standard as
that Of the older states.
Zone OF the most important acts
Of the board was to formulate q com
plete plan OF examinations for terri
terial certificates. This examination
will cover arithmetic, algebra. plane
geometry, solid geometry. ~bookkeep.
ing. commercial law, English gram
mar, rhetoric and composition, his.
tory OF English literature. English
classics, history Of United States, civ
Il government, general history, Eng
Hsh history. sociology, Latin,
German. French. Spanish, de-
scriptive geography, p~hysiogra'
ply, physiology, botany, 20
ology, physics, chemistry. geology,
ethics. pyscology, history Of educa'
ton, school management, general ped
agogy and methods OF teachings. A
certain number OF credits Is attachep
to each OF these branches. The applt
cant must pass a satisfactory stand
ing In a sufficient number Of thes
branches to entitle him to twenty
credits. Certain OF the branches
amounting to fourteen credits are re
CURED In every case whatsoever. He
may select from the other branches
sufficient number to make up the Re
naming credits. These examinations
will be held annually at Las Vegas,
Albuquerque, Mesilla Park, Silver
City and Roswell! They will be held
under the direction of the territorial
board. This plan will enable the
board to insist upon the full require.
ments Of the law In issuing territorial
examination such applicants will be
~ritorial certificates have had satisfac.
tory qualifications In some branches.
but not In others. by means Of this
examinations such applicants Will be
able to make satisfactory record In
all branches.
Superintendent Hadley left the
board meeting Friday Don TO go to
Alamogordo to deliver a lecture be
fore An educational convention to.
night"