Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-23
C0LFAA COUNTY !.
SCHOOLS DOING
EXCELLENT WORK
Only Six Teachers Hold
Second Grade Certificates
--0therS Are Higher; Con-
SoIidation is Beneficial.

SeGul!u vi due CGIllIICdlGS
--0therS Are Higher; Con"
SoIidation is Beneficial.
| Especial Correspondence to The JournalD
Santa Fe, Feb. 22.-The state
department of education is in re-
oeipt Of the ninth county school
superintendent visiting report
from County School Superintend-
ent r. c. Boney, Colfax county
| The report shows that the
schools of the county. both rural
land city, are in most satisfactory
state of progress. All the schools
have been supplied with qualified
teachers and all are first grade or
higher except six teachers, who are
! holding second grade certificates
During the past year seven new
school houses have been built, in
Guiding the excellent $4,000 con-
solidated school at Colmor, Three
additional teacherages have been
built in the county. one district
has been consolidated with an ad
joining county, thereby giving the
tChildren of that district the bene-
| fits of free transportation and at
tendance at a good fiye-room town
school.
| Under an arrangement with the
Ration city library all the rural
schools are being given library
service. Small collections of books.
pictures and magazines being sent
out by parcel post These sets are
returned as often as desired and
new ones sent. Most of the schools
have also been provided with ath-
letic material such as croquet, ten
mis-, volley ball, basket ball, play
ground ball and several schools
have installed good playground
equipment such as slides. swings,
etc. Hot lunches are being pro-
vided in many Of the rural schools
at the noon hour.
One very encouraging feature of
the school spirit this term is the
munity gatherings for various
kinds of programs, suppers and en-
tertainments Vocational courses
Under the Smith Hughes act have
heen established in the Ration city
schools, Springer town schools and
at the Dawson coal camp. also at
the consolidated rural school in the
town of Miami.
The Miami rural school main
tains a four-year high school
course, including domestic science,
manual training and chemistry.
The mining town of Dawson has a
four-year high school, free trans
portation of pupils, a course in
domestic science. night school for
students and Spanish
and vocational mining,
The schools of the six camps of
the Rocky Mountain Coal COM
pany employs q visiting teacher
who goes from camp TO camp and !
gives instruction in sewing to the |
girls of the school and to the moth
eTs. 1t is contemplated to employ |
teacher of manual training for
these camps next year on the same !
plan as the sewing teacher is now
working under.
The county has been very active |
in the matter of boys and girls |
clubs and it is planned to employ |
Il county club leader who will di- |
rect this work and be on duty the |
entire year. Much improvement in |
the matter of building is planned |
for the coming year. a tWo-room |
consolidated school will be built |
in District No. 40 and several one
room school houses will be built |
in several other districts. 1t is |
plan to build a consolidated high |
school for the joint benefit of the
districts on the Johnson mesa, The i
Rocky Mountain camps and Daw-
son also contemplate erecting sew
eral good buildings during the
summer. The incorporated town
of Springer has voted $4,000 for
a new high school and the town of
Maxwell will make similar school
Improvements in order to keep |
their school facilities adequate TO
the rapid development of this
thriving irrigated district.
uporintendent T.. G.. Bonney has
been quite active in his school
work and his policy has proven
most progressive. lie has kept
close watch of the compulsory
law and by system of fOllow-up
correspondence, some prosecutions
and by plan of keeping in weekly
communication with the teachers
has succeeded in acquainting the
parents with this law and has thus
secured a much better school at
tendance,
State superintendent Jonathan
II. Wagner attended "A number of
school building dedication exercises
and Assistant State superintendent
John V. Conway visited and in
spectcd the rural schools of Colfax
county last year. He reported the
school conditions in most excellent
shape, the county school superin-
tendent very active and on the job
and the patrons quite alive to their
school needs.