Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-21
SHORT AND UGLY
WORD COMES NEAR
To BEING USE D
Plenty Of Pep Injected Into
Discussion Over Certifica-
ton of Teachers; Plea Made
for University.

uNth heAhtt tne NuAGAAltHtt NRNllttt ~
Or Mitchell in place of Or. David Il.
Boyd. The discussion which enSued I
showed thar there had been a lack Of
meeting Of the minds" rather than a
disposition not to give university grad
yates the Certification asked for them
by Dr Boyd, and for a moment it
seemed as if the short ugly word
would be passed
w. T. Conway Of Ration. led off /
with a discussion of the proposed sys-
tenn of certification. which had been
placed i'm printed form on every de H.
He criticized the main features and |
came to the conclusion, that after all /
lit is the spirit Of the boy and the girl /
that counts and certification does not I
give that spirit He was pleased that /
the law has practically eliminated /
I the three-year professional cefuhcate. /
CIrcumscribed by Law.
/ ] L. G. Swinney, of Aztec, mem- !
Der Of the state board Of education +
explained that the board is very much 4
4 circumscribed by the law He was 7
too pleased to see tho three-year pro- I
I IL ssi0nal certificate disappear. lie !
4 likes the old Kansas plan of insisting /.
I upon experience tefore granting q Z
i first grade certificate and would pre- .
+ fer ID have seven months experience I
/ as one requirement for second grade (
certificate, and fourteen months Ter
1 first grade. "ln demanding efficiency
] in service / am protecting the child f,
iren the people. the educational system
of the state" he exclaimed IT is !
better To eliminate the candidate VINO
/ has no natural bent for teaching be-
F, fore he gets hold Of certificate
guaranteeing to the people that ne y
I fit to teach lie declared the pro
posed plan Of certltication TO De TOO
indefinite, and deplored the lack OF
lunity among the educational forces of
the state, Legislators have told me
again and again. that the teachers do
mot themselves know what they want
e. l.. Enloe Of silver City, also de-
clared that the law itself practically
preseribes who shall be entitled to
teach and who shall not. cities nave
the right to issue their own certifl-
Gates. These are granted on two
ithearies: Credits and examination
and there are two classes of teachers,
the seif-made and the institution
made. The state board may fix per
centages and add subjects required
land the tendency is constantly up
ward toward stricter requirements
There is considerable MISUNDERSTANDING
, ling among teachers and sthooi a.
, rectors about certification ana the
. system should be- clear, simple ana
explicit. The state board OF educa-
ton does not resent suggestions from
1.-THE outside. in fact. welcomes them
on this subject. He favored speelai
certificates for special subjects.
$ Or. Boyd dwelt upon the demand
= by high schools for college bred
. teachers for teachers specially
+ trained i'm a special subject, for teach
y ers that have the breadth Of culture
= THAT n college course implies. lie
= complained that the state board had
!. not vet recognized that special ue-
Inland
DR.. Mitchell presented cogently ana
i scientifically the policy in other states
y lin granting certificates 10 college
- graduates without examination, lie
/ outlined on the blackboard the re-
iouirements in various states as To INC
lamount Of instruction in education
and psychology TO be given the pup
preparing to teach special suolect
land asked that university graduates
+ thus prepared should be gwen az lea ll5
h one wears certificate without eNaml
e. nation, to be renewed III case wv
e. graduate made good
Il Prof. T. G.. Rogers, Of East La
et Vegas, deplored that the univefslr
graduate Of intelligence and matui'
Thought should be placed on the sah'
plane as to certification with hlBi
school girl in short dresses surely
four wears Of a university course III
~ nupil far better to teach than do elgh
ID weeks of professional training in ever
Has good school as the Normal UNI
I'd versity. The proposed scheme OF Ger
f. tifieation flatters our high schools pa
" Inc requirements for second and hrs
e. grade certificates should be mao
rs. much SITTER.
b. Wants Teachers TO Grow.
r. p Asplund explained that TN
90 system of certification IN vogue ue
yeloped much as did the school laws
n hst grew and now the time ha
come to do as was done with the law
TO compile and harmonic. Ale ad
- vocated one system instead Of two $
u that the higher grade can always .
81 Unfit upon d lower. At present an
III under the proposed system, when
- teacher has obtained first-grade Ger
Hficate he is through and If ne ae
sires professional certificate, y
must start all over again. II do nc
see much sense in granting ne eel
ificates Teachers have "A way OF dc
teriorating unless they are Kept o
their metal would have them pro
duce evidences Of mental growth ever
once In while However samiha
lions are the bane Of school life, the
are wastefu of effort and OF sfa
matter. / would have the eFldehc
= of cultural Improvement consist
u reading certain books on securing u
stitutional credits lie was earnest
insisting that New Mexico teacneI
should be required TO study New Men
> lico civics and history The teaehel
have great influence in determihlh
,s9 the attitude of the future citizen 90
ward the state
- Here Or. Boyd again made the oe
3 mand that university graduates
- given the same Footing as ne
he school graduate. Every city mig
on school insists on college graduates t
re teach special courses. II It does no
,at I would like to know It.
ne, w. T. Conway said that at Eatoi
nd the high school will not employ an
eon teacher who does not have an A. }
~ or A. NJ degree, and have prepared
all teach a special subject
ms Enloe explained the preference CIV
le. en- high school graduates by the "a,
Iss that first -class teachers are paid onl
nd SIS month in many instances an
~. that New Mexico would lose the SCI
~. vices Of many Of It's high school grad
~ yates II certiflcatlon were denle
I'm them.
WI w. o. Hall commended Asplund
idea of building up higher grade cei
re- tifieates logically and IN sequenc
IL from The lower grades lie III ettt
1n. that university graduate shuul