The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-14
Calls a Meeting Of
State Education
Board Feb. /
superintendent White Mott
fes Members Of School Mat
ters To Be Taken Up; I'M
portant Text Book Business,
Estate Capital bureau
tof Evening Herald.
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tot Evening IIcsaid.
f5f he Vargas Hotel
Santa y, ~ NJ. Jan. ft.-State su-
p-erintendent OF public instruction Al
Win n. White yesterday sent out 20
members OF the state hoard 81 cduca- |
ton notices OF an important meeting
u "a board 70 he held here February
LIST. In the rollpwing letter!
4 hereby call a meeting OF the state
board OF education 90 be held IN tho
offices Of the rtate department Of edu-
cation az two y. M February first,
1915. and have to request hat you he
present al UGH meting.
There are n great many important
matters 80 come before The board "a
this meeting. among which viii he
the consideration Of applications for
Institute conductors and In
structors and the arrangement Of
plans for the 1915 county Institutes;
action on pending applications for GER
%uficntes; consideration Of needed
school legislation; setting a date fof
the adoption - text hooks for the
first aght grades Of the public schools
FOR u period Of Tx years. and calling
for hid from the various publishers,
making arrangements for holding the
eighth grade examination or exami-
nations. nnd such other matters as
may properly come before the meet
ing
I request YOU 90 notify mo By re-
turn insil " yop will he present Al
such meeting and viii he able 10 be IN
attendance at same fer at least one
week. Very truly yours.
ALVIN ~ WHITE
Secretary State Board 81 Education.
Eight Grade Examination.
"a bulletin from the su~eprinten,
dents office. sent ont yesterday and
containing matters - general interest.
H. as foilows:)
The next state examination for
eight grade promotion viii be held on
the first Friday and saturday In
April u has not yet been detcrmin-
Cd whether y second examination viii
he held or not. ff it H. desirable in
any city or county that an examination
should be held In MAY. requests
should be Sent to his office at once
so that he matter may he presented
al The next meeting ~ the state board
Of education which viii be- held the
last week In January on early In Feru.
AIRY.
The examination VIII cnver tho sub.
jects as Indicated on tho. enclosed
printed sheet except that one 81 tho in
d%ustrial branches agriculture. man
ual training and domestic scicnce)
mas be reoaired. \ very elementary
exnmination IN New Mexico history
and civirs will probably no required
also. In reading the selections IN Cur
rvs Literary Hvndings which should
be carefully studied are. The Court
ship Of Miles Standish. Tho Great
Stone Face Legend 81 sleepy Hollow.
The Fatherland. a Life Lesson. n
any superintendent has suggestions Ia
make concerning those examinations.
the department VIII appreciate them.
POii TaVe~.
II o. hoped that lmprover .eut may
De shown during tho present school
wear in the matter 81 the collection ~
poll taxes. 7 desire. therefore. to call
attention To the fact THAT IN tho fist
Monday in February clerks shall poet
az least -four copies 81 tho lls, 81 per-
SONS .n the district llnhio in pay poll
tax See section 1919 1850. G.. =.
1897 ON page - 1914 Compilation 81
School Laws.
< Specinl Days.
A February b. a month ~ special
DAYS J desire To- call attention 10 the
special day program ho0t published q
foW years q There are e number OF
copies of this pamphlet 800 this office
und J shall be glad io furnish ans
teacher or superintendent with a copy
or tho publication upon REQUEST.
Meeting Stntr Bnnrd at E%ducntion.
The state hoard of education viii
hold its next meeting ON Monday Foh-
runry 1st At THE meeting various
matters of importance will bc cousid.
cred including ccrtifichtiou Of teach
era. e. tentative net Of high schools "a
be- accredited. now Legislation plan.
Tor the .oming adoption Of text books
and other suhicctE. u win please me-
very much Co receive suggestions ot
recommendation hv city suporirtcud-
F, onts to 30 presented at this meeting
! suggest further that you cali the M,
2 t%cntiou of vuur teachers to the fact
TINT D" board VIII hold its next meet.
ing tho first week loo February 90 thnN
thnse teachers who desire tn submit
. credentials Tor ccrtifi, Hfion, may d.
80 80 once VERY truly yours.
AI.NAN a. WHITE.
gftts suut nuhIIf I~uafrUrtiDu