By an act of the thirty-third legislative assembly the manual training school for the Territory of New Mexico was created as a branch of this institution. Pursuant to this act the school was organized. The opening of the manual training school is a most significant step in the development of the educational system in New Mexico. The great educational value of hand training, its use in the development of the mind and character, is coming to be generally recognized. In order to extend the benefits of the manual training school as widely as possible the manual training teachers will willingly assist teachers and boards in introducing the work into the public schools of the Territory. It is the intention of the management to introduce all lines of industrial work that the income of the school will permit. Cooking, sewing, and all phases of home economics will be provided for at an early date. A department of full collegiate grade has been established which is known as the graduate school. There is a demand on the part of our most efficient teachers for training of a higher professional character than can be offered by the regular normal course as well as for work for full collegiate grade in the sciences, mathematics, languages, literature, etc. To meet this demand is the function of the graduate school. It is designed not only to prepare grade teachers for work of a higher order, but also to meet the needs of critic teachers, high school teachers, principals, superintendents, and specialists. The course leads to the degree of master of pedagogy, and consists of advanced courses in pedagogy, psychology, anthropology, social, political, biological, and physical sciences, mathematics, languages, and literature. This course, added to the regular normal course, is equivalent to a four years” course of collegiate grade. Students are eligible for admission who have completed State normal school or college courses, or whose special training has been such as to enable them to do the work of the course successfully. Special facilities are afforded for research work in natural sciences, particularly in biology and anthropology, in which the museum facilities and opportunities for field work are unsurpassed in the West. Original work in history, sociology, and psychology, may be done here to good advantage, and the courses offered in mathematics, languages, literature, etc., are conducted by professors who have had the training of the best universities of America and Europe. The scientific work being done by the institution is deemed worthy of special mention. From time to time scientific parties go out from the Normal University to investigate the natural history of New Mexico. Such have been President Hewett's archæological expeditions to the Pajarito region, some of the results of which have been a complete archæological survey of Pajarito Park, an extensive study of cliff dwelling architecture and pictography, a large amount of interesting burial-mound exploration, and the collection of much valuable prehistoric pottery, stone and bone implements, crania, etc., all of which is now available for the further study of the prehistoric archæology of the Southwest. Mr. Emerson Atkins's expedition of 1900, to collect birds and mammals in the region north of Las Vegas resulted in the acquisition of some three hundred specimens. comprising eighty varieties of birds. The work will be continued this year. The expeditions of Mr. and Mrs. Cockerell to the Sapello Canyon and to the top of the Las Vegas range to obtain insects and plants discovered much interesting material. The few days spent on the top of the range in 1900 resulted in the capture of fifteen new species of insects, and revealed such an interesting fauna and flora that the locality will be revisited this year. These expeditions afford excellent opportunities for study, and also for the collection of material. A large room is devoted to museum purposes, containing chiefly the reference collections for the use of students. In addition, cases are placed in the halls throughout the building containing archæological, zoological, geological, and botanical specimens, arranged so as to be readily examined by the public as well as those in regular attendance at the Normal University. This public exhibit, which is being added to as fast as circumstances will permit, is expected to be very useful to all the residents of the community who are interested in science or education, as it will include a carefully labeled series of specimens illustrating the natural history of New Mexico. It must be some years before the museum can be adequately developed and provided with the costly furniture which exists in the best museums to-day. But already there has accumulated a large amount of material, a considerable portion of which offers excellent opportunity for original investigation. The archaeology, ornithology, and conchology of New Mexico are represented by numerous specimens. while collections of plants, insects, etc., are being rapidly formed. A collection is being prepared by Mr. Frank Springer illustrating the life of past geological ages, each period being represented by typical fossils. The entomological collections are quite large, and contain a number of new and rare species. Material is being sent away continually to museums and specialists in many parts of America and Europe, and other material received in return. Persons in all parts of the country can greatly help in making the museum what it should be if they will contribute specimens accompanied by the necessary data. The New Mexico biological station is now conducted as a part of the biological department of the Normal University. The session of 1901 commenced on the 1st of June. A course in nature study was offered to public school teachers, and opportunities were afforded for research work along a number of different lines. The results of the research work during the past two years have been published in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. The principal recent publications of the department of biology are as follows: Asphondylia mentzeliae, n. sp. Entomologist, Nov., 1900. The markings of Antilocapra. Nature. Nov., 1900. A new variety of Argynnis nitocris. Entom. News.. Dec., 1900. A new Cecidomyiid or Gutierrezia. Can. Ent., Jan., 1901. Clisiocampa fragilis. Ent. News., Jan., 1901. Diaspis piricola. Ent. News., Jan., 1901. Some insects of the Hudsonian Zone in New Mexico. Hymenoptera apoidea. Psyche. Feb., 1901. Lepidoptera rhopalocera. Psyche, April, 1901. Table to separate the genera and subgenera of Coccidae related to Lecanium. Canad. Entom., Feb., 1901. A new Ceratina from New Mexico. Ent. News., Feb., 1901. Nature, Jan., 1901. Nature, Feb., 1901. Predetermined evolution. Science. Feb., 1901. Notes on Crypticerya townsendi, Ckll. Psyche, Mar., 1901. Notes on some Coccidae of the earlier writers. Ent.. Mar., 1901. The American bees of the genus Andrena described by F. Smith. Can. Ent., May, 1901. Rhizobius jujubae. Entom., April, 1901. The bee genus Dioxys in America. Ent. Student, April. 1901. A new Ceroplastes (fam. Coccidae). Com. Mus., Buenos Ayres, March, 1901. The Coccid Genus Saissetia. Ent. Student. May, 1901. The following contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station have been published in Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, England: Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. By T. D. A. Cockerell, Oct., 1896. The bees of the genus Colletes found in New Mexico. By T. D. A. Cockerell, Jan., 1897. Some new Hymenoptera from the Mesilla Valley, New Mexico. Cockerell, April, 1897. By T. D. A. The New Mexico bees of the genus Heriades, and a new Halictus. Cockerell. Aug., 1897. By T. D. A. Observations on bees, with descriptions of new genera and species. Cockerell and Wilmatte Porter, Dec., 1899. By T. D. A. The New Mexico bees of the genus Bombus. By T. D. A. Cockerell and Wilmatte Porter, Nov., 1899. On certain genera of bees. By T. D. A. and Wilmatte P. Cockerell, Jan., 1901. Observations on bees collected at Las Vegas, N. Mex., and in the adjacent mountains. By T. D. A. Cockerell, Jan., 1901. New and little-known insects from New Mexico. By T. D. A. Cockerell, April, 1901. The faculty and authorities of the New Mexico Normal University extend their fullest encouragement and assistance to that very important aspect of life, the physical development of the student. Early in the year the athletic association of the Normal University was organized on a sound and permanent basis. During the year the association, with the kind and liberal assistance of friends of the school. has undertaken and completed the building of the finest athletic grounds in New Mexico. These grounds are called "Raynolds Field," in honor of Messrs. Joshua and Jefferson Raynolds. of Las Vegas, who have generously granted the association the free use, for several years, of a large tract of ground near the center of the town. The grounds have been fenced, a commodious and well-built grand stand constructed, football field, baseball diamond, tennis courts, etc., laid out. The association supports all branches of athletics, and in football, baseball, tennis, and other sports the teams of the Normal University have made enviable records during the past year. The library consists of three parts: The library of Government publications, the Gould library, and the school library proper. The library of Government publications consists of about 500 volumes, and is very valuable for reference work. The Gould library is a collection of about 400 volumes, mainly standard works on philosophy, history, and the sciences of man. This library is a loan of Dr. George T. Gould, of El Paso, Tex. The library proper consists of about 1,000 volumes, carefully selected by the heads of the different departments of the school, and it is a most excellent working library. Every book that is ordered fills a definite need, and so there is no waste material filling the shelves. The library, therefore, is of more real value than many libraries of three or four times its size. Volumes are being added constantly, as there is demand for them and as funds permitusually 200 or 300 volumes a year. On the tables are found most of the best magazines. The library proper is organized on the Dewey system, which puts every book in it at the immediate command of every student. For the purpose of encouraging original scientific research, systematic physical education, and the cultivation of the art of public speaking, certain friends of the Normal University have created the following gold medals, to be awarded annually as trophies to the students who excel in the lines indicated: The Raynolds Science Medal, awarded by Messrs Jefferson and Joshua Raynolds to the student who produces the best piece of original scientific work during the year. The Blackwell Athletic Medal, awarded by Mr. A. M. Blackwell to the student who attains to the greatest proficiency in all round athletics, as shown by the athletic record maintained throughout the year and the result of the annual field dav. The Springer Oratorical Medal, awarded by Mr. Frank Springer to the student who excels in oratory, as shown by the record maintained throughout the year in the departments of English and elocution, in literary society work, and in the annual literary contest. The Normal University has been the recipient of many substantial favors during the past year at the hands of public-spirited citizens. of which grateful acknowledgments are hereby made. Among these are the following: For the athletic association From the citizens' committee of the Rough Riders' reunion of 1899. From the Las Vegas Light and Fuel Company From the San Miguel National Bank From Browne & Manzanares Company From Gross, Blackwell & Co From Mr. Frank Springer From Mr. W. L. Crockett $500 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 From Mr. David Thomas From Messrs. Jefferson and Joshua Reynolds, the use of the necessary ground for athletic field. For the library From Mr. David Thomas 450 From Mr. Frank Springer, the current magazines in the library for 1900-01. From Messrs. Frank Springer and A. A. Jones, about $500 worth of bookcases. From Dr. George T. Gould, El Paso, Tex., the use of about 400 volumes of history, science, and general literature. It is believed that the New Mexico Normal University affords as good opportunities for general and professional education as any institution in the West, and furthermore, the management does not hesitate to invite comparison with any institution of similar character, East or West, as to standards and work, capability of faculty, equipment and appliances, and all other essential means for the well-rounded education of young people. The main function of the normal school is to prepare teachers for the public schools of New Mexico. The State creates and supports normal training schools for the purpose of providing better teachers for the schools of the State. The young men and women who have placed themselves in training for this purpose are among the brightest and best of the young people of New Mexico. For the good of all the schools, for the encouragement of our own home teachers, we wish to earnestly urge school officers throughout the Territory to select teachers for their schools from among those who graduate from the normal-school courses. We have no hesitation in inviting all friends of education to compare the training which these graduates have had with that given in the best normal schools of the best States of the Union. Of the graduates sent out by this school into the public-school service thus far every one has been a successful teacher and is highly recommended by boards and patrons under whom they have served. For these reasons we would respectfully urge that the claims of the graduates of our home normal schools be given preference over those from other States, as well as over those of untrained teachers. The growth of the Normal University has been a matter of great satisfaction to the friends of the school. The institution opened in October. 1898, with 92 students enrolled. Up to date 524 students have received instruction in the various departments. Three hundred and eight of these have been enrolled during the past academic year. Of these 193 belonged to the normal and academic departments, 86 to the elementary, and 29 special. The following statement shows the receipts and expenditures of the institution from its organization to June 30, 1901: From Territorial mileage tax. Subscription account RECEIPTS. Tuitions and rent and supplies of model school rooms Subscription refund not yet distributed Temporary overdraft in anticipation of July taxes. $55.827.52 19.335.00 7.892.20 92.50 3,667.38 1.472.24 88,286.84 $46,997.62 3,083.20 651.20 785.04 802.12 50.00 288.70 318.58 217.16 28.00 175.25 2.006.96 26.196.68 844.15 5,862. 18 88.286.84 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEW MEXICO NORMAL UNIVERSITY, By FRANK SPRINGER, President. Hon. MIGUEL A. OTERO, Governor of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. Mex. NORMAL SCHOOL OF NEW MEXICO. SIR: I have the honor of submitting herewith my annual report of the Normal School of New Mexico, located at Silver City, for the year ending June 30, 1901. The amount of money received from the Territorial treasurer during the year just passed was $12,504.23, all of which has been expended in maintaining the school. Six teachers are in the employ of the board-C. M. Light, principal, professor of pedagogy and mathematics: H. A. Owen, professor of biology, history, and manual training: H. E. P. Thomas, professor of physical sciences, music, and bookkeeping: Miss Sarah Ellis, professor of English: Miss Alice Bailey, professor of Spanish and assistant in mathematics; Miss Jane Langley, principal of the training department. |