Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-17
LAUREL CROWNED.
n Victory for Our SchO0Is-W Worlds
Fair Diploma and Medal Awarded
to the Territorial Board of
Education.

The unceasing labor of the New Mexico
board of education, of the principals OF
the territorial institutions and city schools
of the district school teachers and last
but not least, of the worthy gentlemen
and ladies in charge of such famous pri-
vate colleges as st. Michaels, Academy of
the Sacred Heart and many, many others,
bias received its just and we'll merited
recompense.
The ignorant, bigoted know-nothings,
who detract from New Mexicos fair fame
and lose no opportunity to besmirch its
noble inhabitants with foul epithets, have
received from the mouths of the worlds
most illustrious educators an absolute
rebuke.
The educational exhibit of New Mexico
has not only favorably called the atten-
ton of Americans to our territory, but
also of Europeans and of our brothers
and kindred of the great Spanish-Amer-
lean republics; has proved to the entire
universe the falsehoods, bad faith and ig-
norance of our detractors.
The Worlds Fair commissioners, all
men of learning and worldwide reputa-
tion, charged with the difficult and deli
cate task of awarding premiums, have
issued to the territorial beard of e1uca-
ton of New Mexico a diploma and a
bronze medal. Both of these awards were
received yesterday by Hon. Amado Cha
yes, the boards efficient secretary.
The diploma is a copper-plate engrav-
ing on parchment, and, like the medal, a
marvel of art and mechanical skill.
The upper part of the diploma repre-
sents an open arch which gives view of
the famous "White City" To the right
is the virgin, America, leisurely reclining
on an enormous buffalo, a short Roman
sword has dropped from her star-spangled
girdle, her right hand holds an olive
branch and her left beckons three chill
dren, an Indian, Caucasian and African.
The first, standing upright, holds a bow,
the second, in recumbent position, has
in his hand banner and is deeply inter
ested in the study of book, and the third,
kneeling, presses three beautiful flowers
| to his innocent breast.
At the bottom of this parchment is a
richly adorned Indian canoe, with Col
umbus erect, holding in his hand worlds
globe, as helmsman. Four beautiful maid
ems, Europe, Asia, America and Africa,
ply industriously the paddles. From the
curved peak of the vessel an angel--mes-
senger of peace upward, rendering
a wreath of olives to America.
The inscription is as follows: "The
United States of America, by act of their
| o,,th bn ~ >,
Columbian commission at the interna-
tional exhibition. held in the city of Chi.
cago, state of Illinois, in the year 1898, to
decree medal for specific merit, which
is set forth below over the name of an in.
dividual judge, acting as an examiner
upon the finding of board of interna
tional judges, to the territorial board OF
education, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Exhi-
bit: School work, maps, photographs an6
specimens.
Award first, for general excellence
Second, for meritorious blackboard dis
play of maps and other drawings of a
high grade. Third, for photographs OF
exterior and interior, showing good
school equipment. Fourth, mological
specimens of great scientific interest
representing insects injurious to. plant
life generally, ani specially to sugar cane
The signatures are:
"K. Buenz, president departmental com
mittee; Susannah M. D. Fry, individual
Judge; John Boyd Thatcher, chairman
executive committee of awards; George
R. Davis, director general; T. A. Palmer
president Worlds Columb ian commission
John 7. Dickinson, secretary Worlds
Columbian commission"
The medal, encased in beautiful alu
minum cover, is of bronze, and bears or
one side the picture of Columbus in The
act of stepping on Americas soil, will
the following inscription: christopher
Columbus, Oct XII, MCCCCXII."
The reverse bears a tablet, surmountet
by globe and two female allegorica
figures, History and Triumph, and the let
tering: "World's Columbian exhibition
in ommemoration of the 400tt
anniversary of the landing of Columbus
MDCCCXCII, MDCCCXOIII. To terri
torial board of education"