El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-05-04

emclency OF the personnel OF our euui
teachers we are going to wipe out III
"And enthusiasm-you have to Il
we have just done, to understand 1t.
Mexico's educational history as a veal
Accompanied by State INDUSTRIAL
Supervisor T.. G. Mersfeldnr, Mr..
White travelled in an Overland car and
he Is particularly cheerful In discuss
ing the trip as there was no occasion
to walk or to be pulled through
streams; the car suffered but two tire
punctures.
1--WE visited in all eleven countless
continued Mr.. White. 'They we're
Sandoyal, Bernalillo, Valencia, So
zorro, Sierra, Grant, Luna, Dona Ana,
Otero, Lincoln and Torrance. We were
w or three days in each county ex-
cept Grant where we spent more
time.
Besides seeing many schools we
had the pleasure of visiting four state
educational institntions-the School
of Mines, the State Normal at Silver
City, the Agricultural College and the
School for the Blind. Let me say that
we were most favorably impressed
with all of these institutions, with
their buildings and equipment and
with the personnel OF the teachers.
The School of Mines is erecting some
fine new buildings and what is par
ticularly gratifying about this enter
prise is the fact that the pupils are
doing much of the work. We were
greatly impressed with the fine build.
ings and superb grounds of the School
for the Blind.
"But. while we found these institu-
lions doing well, we also found they
need additional help. There should
be a new dormitory at the normal and
one al the School for the Blind.
Many New improvements
MANY, indeed, are the contemplated
new improvements we discovered on
u tour, and 1t was a pleasure and
profit to discuss the plans for these
new structures with the various Off
cials. Magdalena is going 10 have a
new school building; Mesilla has
voted 10000 bonds for school i'm
provements; L%ordsburg is getting a
new building. and Tularosa has voted
100000 for bonds. Belen is going to
have a fine new high school building.
''The finest school building in the
state. perhaps, will be at Tyrone,
Grant county. 1t will cost SIS, 900
and the plans are ready. The money is
to be furnished by Phelps, Dodge & Co
the noted mining company, and the
building will be given to the district.
II viii undoubtedly be a model school
building.
There is going to be another big
school building, as Miss Eckles, the
county school superintendent of Grant
has approved the plans for one on
the Upper ella. It will be a building
for a consolidated district made up
of four districts. The erection of this
building is due largely to the efforts
of Miss Eckles. Lordsburg is to have
a new building and so is Central.
Il do not doubt that Grant county
will lead this year in the expenditure
of money for schools. think Grant
county will expend 100000 or more.
"In some of the schools we visited
we found ample provision made for
education. In others, there was need
of more 0 Hillsboro, for instance,
has manual training and domestic
science branches, but needs more
room to teach them effectively"
Big Institutes
Mr.. White said that the prospects
for successful and largely attended
institutes this summer are very
bright. Sierra, Grant and Luna coun-
ties have united with the Silver City
Normal and have waived their right
to individual institutes. San Miguel
hos oIraodxt \ With tbo.-,..i
at Las Vegas.
1--WE can expect 1000 teachers at
tending the normals at Las Vegas and
Silver City this summer" said MIR.
White, where last year the number
did not exceed $50. This is splendid,
/ say"
Santa Rita's New Law
Mr.. White was much amused at one
incident of his trip. II was the visit
to the school at Santa Rita where
Mr.. White discovered that a premium
was put on bachelorhood. When a
bachelor girl is given a job as teach
er at Santa Rita she is required to put I
up the sun of $50 to be forfeited if
she married during the school term. {
Typhus Scare
Mr.. White found a typhus scare in
a number of mining camps and
schools have had to be closed. The {
typhus is supposed to have been
brought by poems from Old Mexico. {
In schools along the border there has {
also been a falling off of attendance
due to the fear of bandits. These two
factors may reduce the nine months
school term Miss Eckles Of Grant I
county had planned to hold. But in q
other counties there seems to be little J
disease; also no trouble from Willis I
tas. d
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