The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-22
STATE EDUCATIONAL
SOCIETY TO SELECT
SECRETARY SOON
Office Will Be in Santa
Fe, Committee Decides
at Meeting Here

A run time secretary Of 'hc Sew
Mexico Educational association BE-
appoint ment of whom was authorized
az the last convention 1T the lsso-
citation here. i- to- be- put to work 100
the next three weeks.
Decision to put the secretary to
work In the next ,hree weeks wa
made ~ a meeting OF the executive
committee OF the assogiation held
yesterday afternoon in the high school
building. The secretary. the commit
tee decided should reside In Santa Pc
The appointment OF the now officer
Of the association ana the date he
will take office Will not be- decided
until the executive committee holds
"a second meeting within tne next
week OF two az Santa ne. The com
mittee a. -considerinN several New
Mexico applications for the position
Of secretary.
John v conway. state supcrintend-
ent Of public instruction whu attend
ed the meeting. stated last nikht TINT
the committee believed "a secretary
would hrinF about more cooperation
among the educational workers and
be u % the steps nearcr perfect
efficiency Gin the state educational
field. Af1ais
ih ifpuuif htfttbfF~tNHs
The superintendent stated that ~
soon a. the secretary was named the
state association would open % cam
paign for members and endcaVor To-
double b present membership of
l.l00. Only persons who are in some
way connected with educational work
are tu be eligible TO membership In
the association according To- present
plans.
the chiof speaker at she meeting
Yesterday was fohn Jocrns. state
school auditor. who outlined to the
committee plans he had iu mind for
putting New McNico's educational
system on "a firm financial basis.
Jocrns statement.
Speaking 10 the executive commit
tee OF the New Mexico tcnchrrs Hs-
ISOLATION today. state educational uu-
ditOr John Ioerns presented re- comp
urntive table showing population,
school expenditures, per capita school
costs, teachers employed. pupils en-
rolled. cost per pupil ana cost per
school room in the eight Rocky
Mountain states.
According to this table New Mex
leo, which is fifth in population. is
sixth IN total school expenditures boz
the eight states In the Rocky Mount
ain area. at the bottom ln school
I costs per capita, seventh boo cost per
{ pupil N eight In cost per school
room. The comparison l- based on
the 1899 statistics from the eight
states, Mr.. Ioerus pointed ont that
Now Mexico school costs were higher
In 1921 than in 1899. but that they
we're also proportloHUtely increased
In all the other Rocky Mountain
states. hy the same general causes.
although the nual figures were not
available for last year
On The basis Of the state tastss-
mcul total. the educafional auditor
showed. New Mexico b. next Goo the
lowest In percentage uf per capita
wealth spent for schools. tEr per-
ccntage for this state being .uoPGS
The tables and other statistics
were presented "a the request of the
c6mcittee. To furnish them with ag-
curatc information as To- the actual
cost of tho states public school sls-
tenn to n taxpayers.
M JoernH also read % statement
showing the comparative percent
ages Of tax collections IN 1890 and
1924. showing that In the main the
collections 81 last year were about
the same as of .92O. -Four counties.
%SandoVal, Valencia. Grant and Epr-
naiillo, showed gains The remand
tr show LOSSES. The worst of these
ts In Rio Arriba county whore the
percentage Of taxes collected Zoo 1890
was IS 60 as against Sgft iu 1919
Discussing the collection situation.
Mr., .Ioerns said in part:
BIamcs lack 81 collection effort.
"Admit;ing that the farmer and
i've stock grower AVE had "a dislst -
rouS year aud uH "a result the pay-
ment OF taxes has been "a hard task.
how can we reconcile the fact than
In the counties ~ Grant. Len, quay.
Seirra Lincoln Roosevelt and Tor
ranc.. largely live stock or farming.
the tax collections have exceeded
ninety per cent while other counties
show a lower per cent Of collection
condition are tn same. What
In particular accounts for the slump
i1 Union county, II 70 because no
7 effort haA been made in the pass