The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-20
Successful School
Term Closed Friday

school CiOSeo lot the SUMMER ~
celebrate the event the teachers
and pupils held a picnic in the
Cimarron canon, and agreed that
the celebration was worthy OF the
occasion.
The past year, IoIo-II, has, in
spite of certain disadvantages, been
on the whole one Of the most salts
factory years in the history of the
schools Of Cimarron. The force
CT teachers, themselves thoroughly
capable and skilled in the art and
science Of teaching, were entirely in
harmony with each other; a prime
requisite to the successful conduct
Of a school.
The School Board has not as yet
determined upon the teachers for
the next term OF school. The ex-
oeptionsl skill and patience of Miss
Curtis, the primary grade teacher,
make it practically certain, so we
learn from the Board, that she will
be retained TOR her fourth year in
the Cimarron schools, and the
scholarship of Miss Lodge and
Miss Nutter make their retention
a strong probability; in fact we do
not believe that better teachers for
their respective grades can be Sc
cured. AS to the principal, Mr..
Webb, while he has given the
scnool the most satisfactory admin
istration, still there is dissatisiac-
. tion in some quarters because OF
his lack of years; and while some
fail to see the force of this argu-
ment in the face of his successful
record, it is probable that the
, Board will select some older man
to fill the place for next term.
The cours es in the various grades
/ have been thoroughly taught and
closely adhered to as laid down by
the Department of Education at
Santa Fe. The course OF study
Tor all the grades, from the first TO
the eighth, is very minutely plan
ned by the Department heads, and
, the eighth is examined by the De-
partment to ascertain whether the
work has been thoroughly covered
or not. Since the course of study
has been in the hands of the teach
ers something less than two years,
, there is necessarily some confusion
in the work accomplished and the
Territorial requirments are not as
! yet very we'll met; but this Difficult
ty will vanish as time goes on,
The Territorial examinations are
purely optional, however, and are
in no sense binding on the candi
dates. AS they are often careles:
n and do not adhere closely to the
y books prescribed, they are rather
widely unsatisfactory. This OBJ
lection also will vanish in time.
In the high school department
several important innovations wer,
made by Prot. Webb. The higl
school department of the Cimar
ron school embraces two years, thu
ninth and tenth-more than il
" found in any school in the count,
outside Ration. Prof. Webb ha
= even planned TO introduce SOM
eleventh grade work next year il
case he is retained, and claims h.
8 can do so without detractinR an,
= from the time OF the other recita
:" tions. Already he he has beeI
able, by combining classes and in
y Producing as tar as practicable tn
al modern credit system, to lengthe
L the time of recitation considerable
lie and thus cover vastly more spac
ut in these two grades than would b
possible otherwise: He express
to ed himself as being very we'll pleas
rs ed with the work done by thes
be grades, which compares more tina
a favorably with that covered
he former years; and seemed disaI
p. pointed that he would probably M
o. have the opportunity to estabhs
a his ideas more firmly by anoth'
d. years work. The studies of II
at ninth and tenth grades, are almo
- wholly in the hands OF the prime
pal, and is to be hoped that,
Prot. Webb is not retained ne
an year, his successor may follow Il
r. same successful lines.
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