El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-15

I CANTA FE, \. ". Jan 15-In his mes
~ sage to the legislature today. Gov
10. A Larrazolo recommended state re-
lief to stockmen and farmers who
suffered from the drouth. He advo-
Gated use for such relief OF the unex-
pended balance OF the bond issue for
Z public defence. amounting to $500. OO0
{ The governor also urged coopera-
. ton by the state in developing irriga-
tion in the Rio Grande valley.
Suffrage and industrial protection
/ for women. ratification OF the ma
tional prohibition amendment: COM
pulsory education IN Spanish in four
high school grades and in higher edu-
cationaI Institutions and the estab-
lishnent OF a state department Of
health, were among the salient recon-
mendations contained in the message.
Higher Salaries Tor Teacher
Some Of the educational reforms
proposed by the governor were higher
salaries for teachers; free text books
for elementary grades where needed:
compulsory night schools maintained
by the employers in plants and COM
panies where more than 100 Worizmen
are engaged and the raising OF the
compulsory school age from Il to Is
years.
FavOrs Eight Hour Law.
The economic, Industrial and pa
triotic program outlined by Gov. Lar
razolo included an eight hour law for
laborers; an Industrial arbitration
board: child conservation board and
a memorial to soldiers and sailors
State AaId for Irrigation.
Among the public works advocated
are farmers bureaus in every county:
aid for returned soldiers in finding
employment and protection against
floods.
FnvOrs Education.
On the subject Of education. gov
ernor Larrazolo saws; a man born
TO rule and TO govern must qualify
himself for the delicate and difficult
science OF government. This can only
be done and accomplished through
and by the agency OF the school room.
The very existence Of the republic
depends upon the education and en-
OF its citizens. Hence il
should be, and Il is. the sacred duty
Of the state to see to the education OF
its citizenship"
He recommends that the tax levy
OF one-han mill for the state current
school fund be amended by authoriz-
ing a levy OF one and one-half mills
on the dollar for the said state cur
rent school fund, and that the super
intendent or public instruction be au-
thorized TO deduct and set aside in the
state treasury, sufficient sums 10. and
enable the state to secure the benefit
OF acts OF congress providing coop
GRAFTON with the states in vocational
and other educational pursuits. I /
further recommend that the law be 1
also so amended as to permit the pay !
ment OF higher and more adequate /
TO teachers" says the COVER 4
nor.
Teaching Spanish Children.
Experience shows conclusively that !
our public schools in the rural dis 1
-ricts, settled principally by Spanish I
speaking people" he continues. have /
them; this I an sure IS due principal
y TO an insufriciency in the law.
brought about by oversight or posi-
BY by lack OF experience In dealing
with the peculiar problem presented /
p those districts II Is difficult TO
zee how the English language can
be taught 10 Spanish
ipeaking children who live in exclu-
lively. or almost exclusively, Spanish
ipeaking communities, where they
ave no opportunity Of speaking Eng
ish with other children, unless the
eacher IN school is able TO speak
10Th the English and the Spanish
Explain TO the children In their own
anguage. that which they read in the
English language I. therefore, rec
lmmend that a law be enacted re-
.uiring that all teachers in the public
chOOls in such rural districts OF our
tate as are inhabited principally by
panish speaking people. be able to
peak, read and write both the Eng
lsh and the S0anish languages. and
hat said teachers be required 10
each the children to translate their 4,
-nglish reading into the Spanish