Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-10-26
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Educational { onditions in the
Territory Never Better
Says Clark.

The territorial board Of education
met in the Office OF the department of
! education. Santa Fe. New Mexico, two
p. m. Friday, October 22d with the
! following members present: T. W.
Conway. f. Mcqueen Gray, w G. Hay
I don, c. NJ. Light. Bias Sanchez, w. f.
Garrison, and j. E. Clark Members
! absent Governor Curry and William
| Rowe.
W. G. Hayden was made Chairman.
The minutes of the June meeting
Of the board were read and approved
without change.
In accordance with a resolution of
this board at the June meeting the
secretary made the following report
on educational conditions:
: To the New Mexico Territorial Board
of Education,
| Gentlemen-It is indeed great
pleasure for me to report to you ON
/ the educational conditions in this
Territory at this time when such
gratifying results are being obtained
! in practically every county in the
Territory owing to the largely in
| creased interest of our people in the
management of the rural school and
especially on account of the marked
! efficiency of our county superintend-
ents who by far surpass any other
corps of superintendents who have
labored in this capacity for New Mex
! leo. Educational conditions in our
| Territory are today unquestionably
the best in the history of our public
school systems and to our county SUI
perintendents we must give the larg-
er share of credit. We are now get
ting actual supervision of our schools
and the efficiency of the supervising
4 officer is being felt as never before
in New Mexico.
Our compulsory attendance law, as
amended, is being enforced with
great deal of vigor AS result of
this we shall be able to export
much larger enrolment in our public
schools than we Lave ever been able
TO report in the past. The teachers
are checking the census report with
the enrolment list and advising
county superintendent and district at
torney of the absentees who are of
compulsory attendance age. In prac-
tically all cases a notice from the
county superintendent to the parent
Of such absentee is sufficient to bring
about attendance upon the school.
Thus far only few cases of pending
: prosecution have been reported.
The great need at present in sys-
tematiZing our school work is a uni
form series of blanks to be used by
: all school officers in making reports
through the county superintendent to
the department of education, thus en-
abling this department to meet the
requirements of the bureau of edu.
cation of the department of interior
at Washington. We are now at work
upon this series of blanks and have
the great majority of them complete,
ready to be submitted to the county
superintendents for their inspection
and revision with a view to getting
the best possible series We believe
that the annual reports made from the
various counties under date of June
18th, 1910, will be as nearly accur-
ate as the reports secured in the
states. where these matters have been
} systematized throughout a period OF
\ years.
J There is now a great need of eff
cient teachers to supply the vacan-
I n hn rt,ro rf ~
\ our counties. Every effort is being
made to protect the regularly certi-
ficated teachers-those who attended
the institute and secured teachers
licenses-and very few permits are
being granted. Some county super
ntendents are absolutely refusing tc
grant permits and while the territor.
| ial superintendent of public instruc
] ton has like authority with the coun
ty superintendent in this matter, il
is the present policy of the depart
;. ment to refer all requests for permits
to the county superintendent for his
action. The county superintendent
are cooperating effectively with the
Office in advancing the efficiency OF
the teaching corps of the Territory
' and we are coming to be more and
more proud of the scholarship of our
N teachers engaged not only in the
vities, but in the rural schools as
well. Absurdities usually regarded
" as amusing, but which were really la
Ia mentable, reported as evidence of the
Us ineficiency of certain teachers in oui
ell rural schools are now largely items
D. of the past. The teaching work is
+ looked upon as serious proposition
le and the requirements of the terri
in