Alamogordo news-advertiser. (Alamogordo, Otero County, N.M.) 1912-1914, 1913-02-22
A County High School
&C. D. George in The Alamo J

Every boy and girl in Otero coun-
are neglecting to prepare twenty
trouble with our present course
is that it prepares the student for
college and 1iversity course of
study. Thus we are preparing one
student who will attend the higher
educations of learning, while we
for business ayocations. 1t is time
has been impossible for all to get
such an education. With the es-
school education. In the past it
high school at Alamogordo, the op-
tablishment of the Otero county
portunity will be open to any pupil
who has passed the eighth grade to
enter and prepare himself for life.
ty is entitled to at least a high
He will be able, with diligent study,
to master a course that will fit
him to earn an honest living The
the twenty ard neglect the one if
necessary. The better way will be
to establish a. county high school
and so adjust our course of study
that we may care for all and pre-
pare our young boys and girls for
life's duties and also for collage if
they want to attend higher educa-
tional institutions OF learning
AT pres mt the Alamogordo high
school course Of study, offers to it's
students four yeas of English, three
years OF History, three years of
Mathematics, one of Science, three
of Latin, two of Spanish, one of
Bookkeeping and one of CONNER
cial Arithmetic.
BY the county high school law, the
school will be required to offer
Agriculture, Domestic Science, Man
ual Training, with two more courses
in Business Science. Another year
should te added to each of the fol-
following named courses: Mathe-
matics, Science, History and Span
ish. Thus offering to each student
a course of study of from "a to %
Inits, and give him choice of
many of the branches in making W
his 16 units required for graduation
The day has arrived when every
boy and ga. should at least gradu-
ate from a good sour years course
of study in an app. owed high school.
"a SbhO SAAo NOuA pa oNtANoA1 oo IhoS
when one has graduated it will be
stock of knowledge, that the own
er will always be proud of. and will
aid them in any occupa.-n.
Many may wonder why the Alamo
gordo high school has not been CIV
ing this practic"l course in the past.
We have splenuid reasons:
1st. We are this year furnishing
instructions to 29 high school pu-
| pills who are ron-residents of Ala
mogordo, from. whom we receive nc
revenue, out -: rs pupils enrolled in
our high school.
End. The District has been in
debt anc we could not afford the
extra teachers. At the close of the
will be paid and the Board of Edu-
cation will be in position to do
better things.
Industrial education is making its
demands upon the schools and the
schools in the future that do not
give credit for Industrial work done
in the home, and make it possible
for a closer relationship between
the home and the school will be fail
ing to fulfill a long felt need.
1t is interesting to notice the
way American business and educa.
tional conditions are regarded by
the Germans. The German investi'
gators who attended the St. Louis
fair spoke warmly of our natura
resources, of our mechanical skill
and progressive spirit. But the
American danger has been great!
exaggerated and that steadfas
adherance by Germany to the educa
tional system and commercial meth
DDS now in practice will leave th'
Fatherland little to fear in the fu
ture competition with American
manufactured goods" These crit
les find us too self-satisfied. for w
send our trade agents abroad with
out preparation. We fail to pre-
pare our young people for bushes
avocations while they are in school