The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-25

. The provision II a. temporary
certificate good for u year only ana
granted IN the basis OF a mir mum
OF ono years high school work plus q
minimum Of six weeks professional
raining ia u normal school. This
minimum standard should b" held 10
for only one ear. Tn" term OF all
such certificates should expire auto
matically In june, 1898.
}. beginning with the school year,
1924 Ia" requirement OF "a two
year high school education plus tire"
months professional training IN a
higher professional institution. Hy
operating the normal schools for a
three months summer term in 1929
and 1923 u would be- possible TO meet
the needs of the teachers who had
IN" two-yvar high school preparation
.u' who lacked the professional
training
. Beginning with the school year.
l92i-1t. tho requirement ~ % three
year high school education plus nine
months lone school Year, 81 pro-
f%"ssiouul training Boo e. higher profess
~.ouul institution
o. beginning with the school year.
/ lf-t..t. IUr requirement - a. four
y.tJ nIEh school education plus two
Years uf urut's-Iuul training boo a
nlEN,I professional institution.
o. would lnus po practicable within
seven t,tr. poo utus. fu, level Of the
u.hI.. ..H.U. +'l.|U. Boo Sew Mexico
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.|tt'HrUE fHr lowest acceptable" mini
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''i'.''.'. upon 'l' oasis OF Cd i'ut
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TI. chief difficulty boz setting this
standard Boo Sc" N'NI.H I# Do rural
school situation. Hnt E.i lu several
counties. each having large number
of schools 900 30" uu,n country, IN"
uuo-yoar and twu-N,ar standards
have already u,'u closely approach
'd Tho problem com Soc solved.
For ;h, sake of Sew M,''u.- child
r'u it, p~rugr'-.iN- solution through
u jou-yDJr program. should iu my
Judgment. Doe tuo iI.J large stop that
the state takes toward the N''i'tm'n'
Of its school system.
am nwar, uf fH, d~ifI,ul,Ies i'm
poesd Dos the SUtuisu-Amrrtcnu
schools ,u tho rural distr1cts-diW.
r.laoa that ,omulrtfr th. cducu-
ttonll problem In Sew Mexico in q
measure uprhap. u~uapprutrhcd if
ANY other HlAlE tt the iTlun AN
also aware that IN, state Inherited
this problem from the long territorial.
years during Which the federal gov.
rrnm.ut neglected it's plAiu duty OF
fascinating tn, population that Il &C,
auircd through thc treaty OF Htdalg,
tSiadalup, But all this does moi
lessen IN, need for better schools ana
for better teachers iu many of IN,
village and u~p,n-couuty schools al
New Mexico. | learned that there
nrc rural schools in New Mexico. tn,
teachers of which have had only sixth
grad, education. ono OF thcs'
schools personally visited. II
several schools. tn" English Language
Is practically unhcard. In many II u
very iuadrpuat,ly taught as q
foreign language
In an probability, tho problem oI
the SPANISH American rural districts
cannot be permanently solved un.i
each isolated school has It's teachers
cottage whore the two or three teach.
ers employed IN the schoti can live II
/, some measure ~ comfort. or where q
man ana his VIE can make II com
Portable home. In IN" northwestern
states. especially Washington. thin
policy of providing '~'tcarheruRcs' TOT
the opcu-rountry schools Is grddIall,
transforming these ISOLATED posts IN
to attractive positions IN whlch goo'
teachers az" Wiling To- serve Tor "A
lftnlG1 ltIlnuN OF Time.