Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-09
MEETING BOARD
Of EDUCATION
For Territory of
New Mexico in
Capitol.
TEACHERS GET CERTIFICATES
Educators Decide Upon Qua.
lifications Necessary for
Securing Privileges.

The Territorial Board Of Education
met in the Office of Professor Hiram
Hadley, superintendent of public in.
struction, at the Capitol this morning,
Governor Hagerman presiding. The
following members were present: Pro.
fessor E. ]. Vert, president of the New
Mexico Normal University at Las We.
gas; G. M. Light, president of the New
Mexico Normal School at Silver City;
Professor Luther Foster, president OF
the Agricultural College at Mesilla
Park, and J. e. Clark, superintendent
of the public schools at Albuquerque
Professor Hiram Hadley, secretary OF
the board, was at his post. The fol.
lowing business was transacted:
AS an Interpretation of that part OF
the law governing the issuing of Terri.
torial certificates to teachers, which
says "the qualifications Of an applicant
shall be equal to those required of
those who complete the full profess
sional course in either Of the Terri
torial Normal Schools, the board adopt.
ed the following"
Resolved, That a person having all
the credits in Group /, and any four
credits selected from Group II of the
following list Of branches, shall be
considered as having preparation
equal to that Of persons who have
completed the most advanced course
of the Normal School at Silver City, or
the Normal University at Las Vegas,
in accordance with Section /, of Chap.
ter LXXIII of the Session Laws Of
1905.
Group !.
Arithmetic Review, with view to
teaching ~, Geometry (D, book.
keeping (h), Algebra (D, English
Grammar Review, with view to teach.
ing (D, Composition and Rhetoric ~,
History of English Literature and Eng.
lish and American Classics (2), United
States History (k). Civics (k), Gen.
eral History (D, Physiology and Fly.
giene (h), Botany (R), Physical Ge'
ography (h), Psychology (1), History
of Education, including (K), School
Management (h), General Method
(h), Special Method In Reading, Ge.
ography, Language ana Spelling, and
Primary Arithmetic (1), Observation
(k), Practice Q).
Group II.
Latin (2), (3) or (4). Spanish (2),
German (2), Trigonometry (1-2) So
ciology (1z), Ethics (1s), Geology nv,
Astronomy (Aa), Commercial Law (a),
English History C1s), Chemistry ~,
Bookkeeping (A).
Twenty-seven school months, Of four
weeks each, of successful teaching will
be accepted in lieu of the half-year
of observation, and the one year of
practice teaching specified under
Group l.
A credit shall consist of five recita.
tions week for a period of thirty.
six weeks, or it's equivalent. Practice
teaching shall be construed as consist
ing of actual teaching in all elementary
school under the supervision OF a
critic teacher.
Territorial Certificates Granted.
A part of the forenoon session was
spent in examining questions prepared
by the different members of the board
for the examination Of teachers. The
board then took up the consideration
of applications made for territorial
teachers certificates, and passed fav'
orably upon the following: Blanche
Irene Perkins, Erna May Ferguson,
Elizabeth Teller, Agnes Clelland Nc.
Callum, Dorothy Lena Hoffman, Leon.
ore Pearce, Beatrice A. Sleight, Albu'
querque; Belle Sweet, Cerrillos; Ma.
bel Parks, Alice Legros, Inez Cos
grove, Lottie Abraham, Dorothy Wat
son, Helen Utter, Silver City; Myron
Benedict, Irma Bell, Ruby Schlott
Laura Hallock, Las Vegas. The Ger
tifiicates in each of the above cases
are for five years. A number Of them
were granted on condition of the appli
cants filing additional information. The
board is still In session and has a
large number Of additional applica.
tions to examine.