El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-29
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
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The Teachers Convention.

The teachers convention opened
this 1,orning at 10 O clock in the dis
trict court room with ABOUT four hun
hred poop present. The opening in
French, after which al address of well
come was delivered by Prof. Putin am,
who spoke in part as follows:
add Teacher
There is no need for US to tell you
that you are welcome. Our little city
is long way off from the center of
this great state. and one does not have
state, in fact, out of the United States.
1t is long way out here, and we ap-
preciate your gathering. This city is
rather peculiar in many respects, es-
pecially in the mode of living, for here
the greater part of the population
take their meals at restaurants, snd
are not bnthers d with the trouble of
cooking at home. extend in the pane
Of the citizens of this city a hearty
very hearty welcome.
This associa ion has always been my
ore great interest, il fact [ suggest ted
It's name, aud was among the first pro-
mOters to met at convention. I am
exceedingly g ad you all are so deep
ly inter Is ted il this association. And
let me state ag ain you are welcome and
we shall do ali in our power to assist
stay in our city"
G. w Hoffman, superin endent of the
schools in Ell PasO county, also deliv-
cred an address of welcome in which
he said:
''You did not see much of the fertile
country be ween here and your homes,
for you passed the barren deserts in
the day aod our fertile valley at night.
Our schools are lot up to the standard,
for we have a mixed population
throughout our section, but We are
laboriug along and are steadily advan-
cling. We find that the Mexican chill
dren are ODE dent, faithful scholars,
although q great many come to US
wi; hOut knowledge of the English
language.
"As Prof. Putnam has STATED before,
you are welcome in our city, aud we
not only want you to see this city but
q portion of our sister city over the
river. You, the teachers, have the
minds of our coming generation in your
hands, and it Is you who mold the
minds of the merchsnt, the lawyer, the
mechanic, ard all others. 1 hope you
will go home with q kind rene III ber-
ance of this CITY,"
w. G. Willis responded to the adj
dress of welcome in a brief speech, as
follows:
81 desire to say that hundred open
90 tes could not give US more hearty
welcome, than has tbs city of Ell PasO,
aud but wish you could see The graft
itude in our hearts. We come here in
the umblest way in search OF TT nth, we
come for that one great jewel of truth,
for that reward that Is neither gold ncr |
silver, nor precious stones but reward |
higher than these. Our path is not !
always smooth, and the teachers lot |
is a hard one. Our path is not bright, |
but we do not LOOK for our reward |
here.
A. M. Stewart was the1next to deliver
an address in response to the dress
of welcome. He spoke in part as fol
lows:
81 assume it a great privilege to
and address you. We thank you from
the very depths of our heart, for the
many courtesies already EXTENDED.
The people from our section have
great distance, tue greater
portion of which was through a desert
Yes, we have travelled
enough country to make sew
eral big states. The 500 miles we
have travelled was tiresome but we
" Ou1o dNCil1 OK OIL W SS z yOuI oOdot1-
ful city. At fret it seemed as if were
in a dream, to find place go beautiful,
with desert country surrounding
to-
A very beautiful song by the Ell Psso
Ilee club was we'll received.
Miss Mabel Montgomery next read a
paper on the seven wise men.
A recitation by Miss Saimah Nc
Caully, of Sweetwater, Texas, was
RELY applaud, d.
Miss Leila Trumbull sang q colo,
liter which the Hign School quartet
ang Several patriotic songs in which
he audience joined.
The convention thereupon adjourned
ntil two O'clock this afternoon.
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