The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-27

year iats-14, which IL a very splendid
showing. ~ compared With the total
enrolment In other states. In the
matter OF average daily attendance. a
good Improvement IL shown.
I have this vital recommendation to
make, In order that We may enroll a
considerable per cent OF the 2s.3a2
pupils who were not enrolled last
year and Increase n average daily
attendance very largely that the CON-
puisory age limit be raised from four
tcen to sixteen years, II the pupil has
not competed thr eight grades by the
time he reaches the age of fourteen
vars. Tho present 4 limit OF four
teen years might be sufficient II the
pupi; could have the advantage OF a
nine-mOnths term OF school This OBJ
portunity In not given to a large num-
Der OF children OF the state. many OF
whom have completed only the fourth
grade when they have reached the
age or fourteen years. and Il seems
to me that the state ~ dereliCt In SIS
duty II u continues 20 permit many
thousands Of children to quit school
with a fourth grade education.
Ucttcf ~NuANTNtNtutl.
There In an argent demand In the
state for closer and better supervis-
ion OF the rural schools. Perhaps. the
most apparent weakness in our coun-
try schools Is the lack of efficient and
expert supervision.
Therefore. I must urge that our
next legislature shall make II posi-
BILE for the county superintendent OF
schools upon whom supervision now
depends almost entirely to supervise
more closely the school o. his county.
The county superintendent must have
AN adequate salary and be given once
help and travelling expenses. This
win enable him 90 conduct the affairs
OF his office and at the same time
spend n large part OF his time in in
speeding schools aud lending helpful
assistance to school directors and
teachers. We want a supervision
which comes from closer touch with
our rural schools than The present
county "lOok-in' supervision.
In the main, the county superin-
tendsnta are now succeeding admir-
ably. No other body OF men and
women In IN state are facing more
difficult problems or putting forth
more earnest efforts to meet their re-
sponsibilities than are the cOu"ty SUI
perintendents. In a separate salary
bill. / trust the legislature will liz ade-
quate salaries for these county officers,
together with "a sufficient a%ppropria-
zion for office help and travelling ex-
pcnscs.
Tcachcfs ard ~CcrtincatC~.
am very gratinel Ia report that
the scholarship OF the teachers In
this state Is higher today than even
before. We are gradually reaching a
higher standard Of scholarship ioi
our teachers. By reference TO pre-
yious paragraphs YOU will note that
40i teachers OF the t.A03 teachers o.
the state were lHst year teachins
on third grade certificates and per.
mlts. This leads me TO call your at
tontiOn 10 Section \. Of Article XII, Of
the constitution. which directs thai
the legislature shall provide Tor th'
training ~ teachers IN the norma
| schools or otherwise. So that they MAJ
become proficient In 9th the Englisl
aud Spanish languages, To qualifl
them t. teach spanish-spenking pa
pits and students in the publtc school
and other educational institutions %
the state. aud shall provide propel