The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-22
JONATHAN II. WAGNER

NAL School at ri Rite. These Normal schools are snpporlcI by
I'll" state primarily to educate the teacher, OF New Nr,iro. and
90 supply The state with it, requirements la trained myu and
women for its schools. They are pcrrorminp their function vrIi
turning ot annually hundreds of vouue uou and vu,ucr who eo
ouf into lh" elementary aud high schools vrlI equipped tor their
work. Th" Military Institute 1T Roswell Is am Institution oD high
standing in lis field. rs is he school Of Mine, at >ocoJro. vhilr
lh" COLLEGE OF Agriculture and Mechanic An~ lsJuLiue b., pu r
~ one Of HE most efficient of such schools ia rmr luurI States
In addition 30 rhrsc institutions New Mexico provides ro, the
education of its lc, fortunate boys and girls ana has established
for III" deaf and dumb Al Santa lr, and ror Dhc blind ol Atamo
sordo, institutions that are designed and equipped m bindings
and faculty to make good, ~clr>upporlug citizens oI OF these
afflicted Young people,
The ideal toward which the state is striving IN t- oduoa.
ti"lHl work is that il may he u great. kindly personality. ever.
ciSing a parental. watchtul guidance over the dr~riios ct It's boys
and girls who are to become tomorrow the headers and the work
rrS in the ranks of its citizenship.
The work Of The state is supplemented TO aycy great degree
lay the church and private schools maintained iu many comuuu.
tiles In an early day when he facilities for educational work
were not rs generous aud rs we'll distributed as they are today.
these schools undertook rho work Of training Dho Young for life.
ud The history OF New Mexico shows thai many oD rhc men and
women who have done 4 large part lat advancing the interest and
IN developing the resources of the state, receive. tItr raining in
these institutions. These church and prirarr schools are still
lahoring in the common cause as faithfully and a. effectively as
in The early wears, and New McNico owes much 10 them Tor what
they have done and are now doing Ia advance the cause at cdu.
cation.
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~ The unit for school administration purpose, SuIuIcwcntin" the
county unit school law passed in 1919, which made he county The
unit for school taxation purposes. lulrr This law lhr school bus
mess of each county is controlled hN - NON partisan board uI lour
members appointed hl The district judge. with he county school
superintendent as a" cN.ontcio mcnncr aud president OF she
board. IN every ease the personnel of appoiuccS ro these county
boards of education has been high.
The county board Of education has general supervision over
the schools of The entire county, acting aS a sort of cabinet with
The county school superintendent, and exercising a veto power in
certain matters which are left in The hands OF he school directors
The school directors still serve the school district in details of
administrations, making the budget of expense for the school year
and employing the teachers. The accounting aud all records are
kept in the office of rhc county superintendent and The warrants
are issued lay the county board Of education, signed by Che super
intcndcnt rs president Of the hoard, and 10y Dhc secretary whom
the board elects.
The county unit system, new perfected IN New Mexico, is
being used in twcnt weight of he most progressive states, iurlud.
ing a number of our n%cighboring states. il is the system recon.
mcndcd for New Mexico. Arizona aud Colorado hy the United
States commissioned of education, and since the law WAS put into
effect educational experts from all parts of the country have con.
graduated New Mexico ON the forward step toward more efficient
school management.