Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-01
Superintendent Allan ~ White Tells
of the Needs of NelU Mexico Schools
tsrEelAl eoastsronosnos 10 noeaINa Jousa.

SPECIAL eossEsPoNoGNeE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, Nov SO.--In his address
to the institute workers section of
the New Mexico Educational associa-
| ton delivered last Thursday. Superin-
tendent of public instruction Alyan
~ White said:
During the time that l have been
in office, / have acted as chairman Of
! this section of association and have
on each occasion given YOU a prelimi-
| nary statement of the work of our
county institutes, together with such
suggestions for improvement as seem
to me appropriate and wise. The past
summer New Mexico made the most
splendid showing in the matter of in
stltute and normal school attendance.
| interest manifested, and general en-
thusiasm and improvement along all
institute lines. About $50 teachers
attended the two summer normal
schools and the total attendance at
| the various county Institutes was
l,43S, or a grand total of 2,26S teach
ers who availed themselves OF insu-
| tute and normal school attendance.
have been pleased to note that, dur
| ing each year | have been in office,
fewer teachers ask to be excused from
institute attendance.
Since the department of education
accepts institute or normal school at
| tendance outside Of the state in lieu
of institute attendance in New Mexico
many Of our teachers meet this re-
quirement of law by attending stand
ard normal schools and institutes
without the state. Holders of life GER
! tificates are required TO attend insti-
/ tute or summer normal school once
in three years, 1t may be said, there
lore, that approximately $500 teach
ers attended institute or summer nor
NAL school in this and other states
| during the past summer In two
counties, Taos and Rio Arriba. sly
weeks Institutes were held and in one
county, Santa Fe, an eight weeks in
/ stltute was held This was deemed
advisable by the county superintend-
ents of these counties in order to give
increased advantage to the teachers
/ of these counties, who wish TO raise
/ the grade of their certificates and
am pleased to note that the result in
| the Improvement Of certificates was
| most gratifying to all concerned.
! Much credit must be given to the
county superintendents of these coun-
ties for The extra time, ability and en-
ergy so willingly given to the addi-
tional institute period.
Eight Weeks Institute.
In this connection, a good many of
| the educational people of the state
have suggested to me that it might
not be a bad plan to hold an eight
weeks institute in many of our coun-
/ ties where it seems not yet possible
for the majority Of the teachers to at
tend an eight weeks summer normal
school. During the past summer,
three counties, Luna, Grant and Sier-
ar, waived their county institutes and
! combined same with the state Normal
! School at Silver City San Miguel
county also waived her institute and
united with the Normal university at
! Las Vegas. As a rule the teachers
of these counties attended the full
term of these normal schools, which
was undoubtedly an advantage to
them. one of the principle evidences
| of growth in our county Institutes has
been the employment of instructors in
special subjects such as music, draw
ing, primary methods, physical cul-
ture, manual training and other in
dustrial subjects. Specialists in these
subjects have done much to enthuse
and increase the attendance and eff
cheney OF county institutes.
For the first time, one county
Roosevelt, held the teachers exami-
nation prior to the opening of tho in