The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-04-07

on district school boards In MI parts
Of the State, and also on many coun-
~ school boards. The Governor has
appointed at least one woman on the
board OF each State Institution, and
the State Superintendent has placed
nc least one woman on the board OF
all institutions whose board she APP
points.
3. A law has been passed requir..
ing that superintendent shall hold
first grade or n permanent GER
tificate. Up 10 the last two years,
while teachers were required 20 hold
certificates no such requirement was
made Of superintendent.
A. Women have received equal
representation with men In the State
Department Of Education. An equal
number Of men and women, respec-
lively. are at the head of its various
divisions; and so far as possible, nm
equal number Of men and women
receive employment in the Depart
ment. Previously to the present adj
ministration, II was not the custom
TO appoint women to places in the
Department which men could be
found to fill. Men stenographers for
example, cannot usually be obtained
at the salaries paid.
8. An equal number Of men and
women are appointed annually on the
Summer Normal Board Of Exanin-
ers. Previously to the present ad-
ministration, the custom obtained of
appointing only men on this board.
The plan has been followed also of
giving recognition, in the appoint
ments, to the different counties OF
the State, in turn, and not combining
to one coterie of friends.
6. The State Superintendent re-
fuses to recognize a Summer Normal
whose faculty does not include fair
proportion of both men and women
teachers. No Summer Normal can be
held without her official recognition
Previously, except as TO summer nor
mails held in colleges, the custom
had obtained of having only one wo-
man on a summer normal faculty
| the teacher Of primary work.
7. The State Superintendent has
worked constantly. in the State
Teachers Associations, for equal
recognition of men and women.
Previously TO her administration as
its president, four years ago, this as
ISOLATION had never had woman for
president, there was no woman on
its executive committees. A woman
was practically never appointed as
chairman of any committee. These
customs obtained, even though wo-
men constitute three-fourths of the
membership Of the ASSOCIATE on.
Since this time, owing TO her ef-
forts and the efforts of other progress
sive women in the association, there
are about an equal number of men
and women on the executive commit
tee Of the association. All commit
tees include both men and women
members, and frequently women are
appointed as chairmen of commit
tees. One other woman has served
as president of the association.
s. Credit has been given to high
schools for courses in home nursing,
and additional credits for work in
home economics.
III. Certificates Of Teachers
/. Previously to the present adj
mnistration, the certificate require
ments were planned so as TO give
advantages TO those only whose tai
ents lay along the line of mathe-
MATES and the physical sciences. No
choice Of subjects for examinations
was given. The laws have been re-
vised to give an equal opportunity
/ TO those whose talents lie along the
line of history, literature, and the
natural sciences. For every GER
/ tificate granted on examinations,
certain subjects are required, and
choice of other optional subjects
/ is permitted. In consequence, many
more teachers than formerly are
now raising the grade Of their GER
/ tificates.
2. Certificate laws have been
revised. and systematized, so as to
! provide for a gradual raising Of
I standards in the schools.
3. The new certificate law pro-
vides for the granting Of Texas GER
{ tificates TO teachers from other
states who present credentials equal
TO those required Of Texas teach
ers. Previously we had little re-
I ciprocity as to this with other
states, except as to college grad
yates.
Nv. Classification, Affiliation, and
Advancement Of Schools, in General
/. A system of free textbooks
has been introduced, improved, and
established, in Texas schools. For
the first time in our history, ooun-
try children are supplied with all
Of the textbooks which they need.
2. The members Of the State
Committee on Accredited Schools
are now chosen by the schools whom
they represent, instead Of being APP
pointed, thus securing greater de-