Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-03-22
SCHOOL BOOK QUES-
TION is CONSIDERED
Territorial Board Of Education Held
Night Session-ResoIution Com
mending Professor Hadiey.

Because the visiting members were
desirous of returning to their respec-
tive homes as soon as possible another
session of the Territorial Board of Ed
ucatlon was held last night instead of
today as originally intended. The
school book question was taken up at
the evening gathering, at which were
representatives of three publishing
companies.
The Territorial Board of Education
is working with the end in view of
having the same kind of text books
in use in corresponding grades in all
of the public schools of New Mexico.
This will obviate the annoyance and
expenses to heads of families who
move from one part of the Territory
TO another in purchasing new text
books for their children Negotia-
tions are also under consideration
whereby the Territorial Board of
Education will secure a reduced price
for the various text books to be adopt
ed This in itself is said will be a
large saving to the parents having
children in the schools as they will
be able to buy the books needed at a
discount from the regular retail prices.
A list of the varieties of text books
required in the several grades OF the
rural public schools of the Territory
was approved at the meeting of the
Educational Board last night. Copies
of this list will be furnished to school
book publishing companies on which
bids will be submitted and opened on
June 10. Representatives Of book
firms who were in attendance at last
nights session assured the board
that by contracting for large quanti-
ties of books in this way big reduc,
ton from the retail price could be
obtained. The people will be benefit
ed thereby
The new educational law enacted by
the Legislative Assembly was inform
ally discussed during the meeting
The members of the board were graft
fled that the old statutes pertaining
to the public schools had beer
changed to meet present conditions
Practically the only criticism they
had to make was in regard to the elec
ton of the county school superin
tendents. They do not like the ide;
of having the office of county schoo
superintendent In politics and even |
allowed to remain an elective one be
lieve that the educational claus
should be more rigid.
One good feature of the new LAY
from the standpoint of the member
of the Territorial Board of Educatio
Is the section requiring all condu'
tors and instructors OF teachers II
stitutes to hold Territorial teacher
certificates. Under the new law tn
county superintendents cannot max
a legal contract with conductors or II
structors of these institutes unles
they have the proper certificates ]
their possession. A course of stud
for use at the teachers institutes
be held this summer Is now bein
prepared and will be sent to all col
dnctors and instructors.
A resolution was introduced cor
mending Professor Hiram Hadley tn
retired superintendent of public II
struction, for his efforts in raising tt
standard of education in New Mexic
It was adopted unanimously
The following applicants wel
granted five year certificates as teac
ers: Miss Anna J. Rieve, Of Las V
gas r. A. Palmer, Of Corona.