Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-23
Some Valuable Suggestions on Lines
of School Advancement in State By
President of State Normal School

people Ia tree government ought tu)
got what they want. The present leg
islaf|y" assembly ~ "a d"'isor md
,r atur oi school legislation controls
the situation ana should Doe alive Geo
g. There are 50 many evils how
ever. cautrg Tor remedy that the ul-
binary observer has difficulty - tH!i
which ar the most pressing, and
here again tho lrgiEtaJor must dv't."
Sup'rintrni' White. IN his amt Do
report Goo Governor Mcdonald recon.
WcutH t number ul reforms iu coo r.
school system. These ar, no DOUBT
Important hut in many OF us there
ur" others more 50.
Or possible th, county super 'utnU-
drr.y should DO, tulrp rul @ r"H.f,F
1'p have M" supcrlntrud mt elected nl
th" Regular spring school elect q
would o.. Is strong move 'H '1is sole
Tyyt.uu. Tho school ,...'lHl o. fI'
occasion Tor public attention Co h"
center a upon educational matters
only This officer would then more
lih"lg o." chosen tor his educational
fitness tor the position than for hIr
political preferences Having taken
pay a. salary commensurate With Oh .
expert s'r,i," which 10 really r'-
lUuIr,s
Tho Industrial branches len soWr
f, form should be- taught IN am the
schools uf the state. The law passed
hV On" last session of the legislature
uU this matter Nus strik, Ia the
dark. This law should bc rrpc, l"d
ana more effective one passed.
There are other problems 20 Co.,
solved N which our rural schools are
moro vitality concerned WHOM tn.
law renders thu five months ,lJH n
as np
, school term viii sin h- too short tu
hJN" an efficient school system. tuuT-
IS school houses are generally 100
, vrotchcd condition. uut OF repair uud
poorly equipped Suporiutcud ut
white declares chat rh"r" are COM
paratiN''E Tow cot the school building
I 300 our rural communities that are
. 'you in q iair condition go far as
school purposes ar cone rucd. Ne
1 corning tu this Same report twenty
two p"r rent oI the school districts OF
the state have no school houses az all.
% is mainly ON account uf her ru-
/ raj schools that New Mexico occupies
/ SEQ unsatisfactory % position UnonS
! the states of the Union. Tn mos
| reliable Wutieticg show that she
! stands ut the loot OF IA, list in many
/ respects ana in mo- respect has sh'
Lac position eft which We can justly po
] n
| ut schooling per child ot school age,
| Massachusetts lg ut the head at the
! list with 1871, New Mexico with ~
/ has the least 81 the fs states. IN
/ per cent OF school population not en-
/ rolled In school she stands ninth, the
/ first eight being those with "a large
/ negro population, Every state In the
/ Union except Delaware and Nevada
raises moro money Tor school pUr-
/ poses In length of school year and
J HyH rage attendance sno ig the forty
eighth state again NJ tho foot at th,
1 list Notwithstanding the high cusl
! ct living On this western country. sh,
! Is tho thirty-ifrst in the annual aver,
age salary ct teachers. There ar,
| only six states that have a higher pei
/ cent at population ten years OF lg,
and ever unable to read and wrlt'
/ the English language, ana these ugau
are states with % large negro populu
ton. ShH rs vlnssrd among thosi
! stutog that nave either defiCIcn
regulation or mo- regulation nt an, iol
building school houses, rt the ter
educational features that 20 10 make
: up q tlrrt-class school syst M, No.
MoNico rs placed among thr nn'
! states having these iu the least dr
rrrr of efficiency and Ut these 1'r'
states she b. moro often az tn Too
than any other ot them
This showing srrn~ very discourug
ing indeed. hut there arc other thing
tn bee taken into account our sysinu
B., tUr Youngest ui them ZOO. datIi
Iuut Co 80 This comparison rs mud'
ON statistics gathered tNo years Uro
! w. doubtless would orsuuy % dlUorHu
position noV. IN Ep short q Um
under the most favorable conditions