Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-24
SCHOOLS IN TAOS
COUNTY FORGING
AHEAD, IS CLAIM
Several New Buildings Are to
Be Erected LamazoIo and
Conway Given an Ovation
Last Saturday Night,
ESPECIAL cosaEsposoEnos ~ MORNING JoussA,

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe. June 3.-Tremendous
was the ovation given Gov. o. A. Lar
razolo and his educational party at
Taos on Saturday night. Splendid was
the picture given them of the progress
of the public schools in Taos county
by County Superintendent Jose Mon
taner, who in his address of welcome
pointed out that the school building
program includes a $4,000 CONSOLE
dated school building at Tres Piedras:
four room consolidated school build
ing at Costilla to cost $2.500, and new
school buildings at Ell Llano. Santa
Barbara. FL Cabresto. Rio Pueblo and
$500 central grade building at
Taos.
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Instruction John V. Conway, Mrs.
Ruth G. Miller. state director of voca-
tional education, and Miss Inez Payton
of the state department of education,
have returned from the trip and re-
port that at the education rally at
Taos, there were 119 school direc-
tors and 116 teachers. At the business
meeting in the afternoon, the school
budgets for the coming year were
considered, compiled and submitted
for approval. County Superintendent
Montaner pointed out the necessity of
selecting teachers at the earliest posi-
BILE moment and of paying close at
tention to the compulsory school at
tendance law, the making of neces-
sary repairs to school houses and
mapping out completely school pro-
gram assuring close cooperation of
teachers, directors. parents and chill
dren.
The Miramon opera house was
TANNED" for the night meeting.
Governor Larrazolo spoke eloquently
on THE Value of an Education and
never made a more stirring appeal,
speaking both In English and in Span
ish being interrupted again and
again by hearty applause.
Assistant Superintendent Conway
paid high tribute to progressive coun-
ty school superintendent and predict
ed unprecedented progress for New
Mexico schools during the coming
year. He urged the teachers to raise
the standard of their certificates and
thus automatically increase their sal
aries. Professor Roscoe Hill, the insti-
tute conductor SPOKE on ideals in
education. Mrs. Ruth c. Miller dilated
on the Relation of Vocational Edu-
cation to Our National Ideals"
Said Mr.. Conway:
The Taos cOun,y teachers institute
is holding a four weeks session and
has a record breaking enrolment of
116, The work is being done under
the supervision of Professor Roscoe
r.. Hill. president of the Spanish
American Normal school at FL Rito.
as conductor, with Miss Ada Pin
nell, Mrs. L. Leibold and Miss Emma
Mexican as instructors, Judging from
the large number of first and second
grade applicants for certificates Taos
county is right in line for higher
standardization. There is a notice
able Improvement of the personnel of
those attending the institute and the
apparent seriousness with which they
have undertaken their work indicate
a much better year than at any time
previous"
A pleasant surprise of the evening
was an Grafton by young Alberto
Martinez, son of Demosthenes Mar
tinez. entitled cover There" IN which
he made a decided hit
The county board of education gave
out the statement concerning the en-
ployment of additional principals in
districts where more than two teach
ers are employed and where they
have more than one building These
principals will have administrative SUI
pervision over all teachers of said dis
tricts and will be the means of
bringing about consolidation of
schools.
Superintendent and Mrs. Montaner
entertained Governor Larrazolo, mem
bers of the state department of edu-
cation, county board of education and
other guests at luncheon on Sunday
noon. Sunday evening a we'll attend
ed reception was held in honor of the
executive and his friends.