Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-01

from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
corruptible integrity will win, holds good
in the present age, it would seem that no
man in New Mexico has brighter future
than William E. Dame. @a
EDUCATIONAL. -
To the Editor of the New Mexican.
Santa Fe, Jan. 3O.-The very air seems
surcharged with the kindergarten idea,
and upon it is also borne the hope that
the "New Education" as it is wisely and
beautifully called, may be made part of
our school system here in New Mexico
this year while the legislature meets.
With this defined purpose in view l
have been in correspondence with parties
who know how thing ought to be done
from experience, and was very happy
to hear from Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper last
night, both by letter and the fifteenth
annual report of the Golden Gate Kinder
garten association, powerful document
of nearly 200 pages, giving full account
of the coast work accomplished. Its
motto, "The hope of the world lies in the
children" imposes the seriousness of the
new method of training, and as the pages
are slow turned and read the marvellous
results for good are manifest, and one
closes it resolutely, saying, some one in
New Mexico must devote time and atten-
ton till our little children have the same
glorious chance that others are enjoying.
The one item that arrested attention
was this: Mrs. Leland Stanford has given
nearly $4,000 to help establish these
| free kindergartens of California; while
VS. may not expect such magnificent per-
sonal generosity, we may expect our gen
eral intelligence to be such we can en-
graft this in our school law as Mrs.
Cooper suggests ITO provide
for the education of children from 3 to 8
years of age by kindergarten method of
instruction"
When I copy for the benefit of the pres
ent body of lawmakers the following
startling facts, trust no one can ques-
tion the duty of our servants elect of the
the people, here in Santa Fe to act with
the progressive spirit of the age. She
says, 1--WE now have five fourishing kin
dergartens supported by commercial or
CARNATIONS, namely: "The Produce Ex-
change" "The Attorneys" "The Insur-
ance, !" "The Real Estate" and "The Me-
chanics," free kindergartens. We have
over 100 business firms that contribute to
the sustaining of these kindergartens."
For one, I confess, the idea of cold
blooded business men turning philan-
thropists is new to me, but one very sue
cessful man explained his position clearly.
"Why, of course, Mrs. Cooper, such work
as this is worth supporting. 1t is foun-
dalton work. 1t is business investment.
Any man would give literally to support
such work rather than to have his chill
dren taxed ten times the amount by and
by to support these children when they
come to adult years in prisons, jalls and
aims houses" She adds: "This was the
wise reasoning of one of our keenest bust
ness men,"
Chief of police of San Francisco says:
SONY one arrest was made in eleven years
out Of 5000 children trained iI the free
kindergarten" Long letters from war
dens of penal institutions also could be
quoted, but to me this is only one side,
and to the uninitiated possibly mislead-
ing, for think of the Stanford colt kim
dergarten! hold now detailed descrip-
tion from the Journal of Education of
"Sunol's kindergarten training" and we
modern methods if Stanford can develop
and unfold natural powers by kindergar-
ten training of Sunol, who brought a
fabulous price, and Arion brought $1l5,-
600 to his owner; colts that broke the turf
record by liberal free development.
That is what kindergarten means. No
procrustean severity, no rigid rules, no
prohibition, but all is gentle, light, pure
atmosphere, natural growth of God
given faculties.
1t would be the greatest blessing that
could be granted us as people to have
this legislature make the stride forward
at one leap and bound of quarter of a
century by adding that one simple clause
to our school law.
have faith it will be done. ALI it
needs to win is to have the merits of the
question known here as elsewhere. The
strides the new thought has made are
marvellous. In Colorado it is part of the
public school system, and we New Mex
leans must fall into line. What would
prove us better fitted for statehood and
self-government than such statute as
this at this hours No other one move
could be as effective for good at home
and abroad. T. is advance we need and
must have as all other sections likewise
need. :"
In gratitude let me thank the editor for
SO much valuable space given to such a
question of what some would esteem
minor matters, but in reality this is one
of the most important any people can
consider. ADA MORLEY JARRETT.
THE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
To the Editor of the New Mexican.
] Santa Fe, Jan. 31.-Noting your sdito-
rial in issue Of January rs, in regard to
efficiency of the board of pharmacy un-
der the existing law, would say that tho
law as it stands is very good so far as il
goes. The trouble IL that some of the