El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29

| in and first-class accom- m odattOns all
| around. will raise racket. From this
crowd I have DOT heard a single ad-
verse criticism. Everything 1 have
AID the p.opls The order from those
In authority seems to be Take the
bride off and go loose Ell Paso has
done herself honor. Every body 10
ready to accommodate tho vtsitOrs. L
have had citizens to go cut Of sheir
way to point out places for me. Aud |
want to tell you what policeman said
about u.s. BE said; This is she best
behaved crowd that 1 ever saw. l have
seen lsss disorder and the policemen
have had less arrests to make than Ia
any crowd ever gathered in Ell Paeo.' "
8. 2. Brooks, pr ofessor OF economics
aud history at Baylor university.
Waco, attended the convention and
read before the teachers, Wed nesday;
paper On 1.-THE Teacher Social
Force" He has attended maay state
teachers conventions and one nation
al, but had not, until he came to I'll
Paso, met with the cordiality Of
treatment aud excellent char
acter of entertainment that he
found here. He says the pleasant time
the teachers are having In Ell Paso fuI-
ly cpmpensates them for the long dusty
ride across the desert to reach here.
"These gath erings," he said, ''develop
q cosmopolitan spirlt; the east meets the
west they mingle and become a, quaint
ed aud Ia the next citing familiar faces
are seep, haudshakes and courtesy
are exchanged, and a peculiar stimu-
ls.ion of spirit Is felt that nothing else
can inspire"
Charles r. and T.. K. Fillerup are
among the represen tatives to the con-
vention from old Mexico. They went
from Utah to Colonia Diaz In 1896 and
respectively and are teaching English
in the schools in that colony. The
schools are supported by direct taxation
on the people of the colony. The could
get under the government but IL
would be necessary to pay much
larger tax and the English speaking.
people find il cheaper to go it alone.
One Spanish teacher is engaged for
each school for the purpose of teach |
ing the language to any English speak
ing people that wish to learn il. |
Among other things the brothers said |
she convention, Is they saw IL, was q |
grand success and the entertainment |
of the visitors was superb, saying they |
would always have pleasant recollec- |
tions of Ell PasO and her people.
"I am very much pleased" ssid |
Rev. 81. w. Moore, of this city, to u |
HERALD man, with what 1 have OBJ |
served during this convention. Such q |
convention as this must leave fine
moral impression on any city within
whose bounds it meets. The crowd is
decidedly we'll looking ard much in
earnest culture will tell. [ have al
ways profound by honOred the school
teacher. What I have obser vel during
la AZ IA lAa
the teachsr still more. l have been
particularly Impressed with the foe
spirit and the culture shown in the
papers read End the speeches made be-
fore the convention. President DOd-
sson's annual address was SO broad, SO
strong, SO practical and timely ana SO
filed with the very genius Of Chris
tianity that must have copy when 1t
is published. | am proud of the i'm
preston the convention has made on
our city-and the crowd outside of the
teachers has been most orderly. l
wish with all my heart such conven-
lion could meet in our city every
year.
Judge John Ve.ey, county Judge and
county superintendent OF
schools of kaufman county said to
! HERALD ma at the court house, yes
.eruay, Il was here ten years ego and
The town looks like an altogether
different place from what it did then.
Ann informed that the attend
snce at this conveotioo is near
y double that of any pre-
vious one and this fact would cause
1ne so think that the city would be an
able to care for them oil, but she has
0verdOne herself. We are not only
provided for but we are given the
very best of everything and we are
made TO feel thst we are not among
strangers. Judge Vesey YVES accom-
pauied by Miss Ellen Reeves, a teacher
rom Kaufman, who said, To me Ell
era Id pie oe and L do enjoy visiting here.
rhe accommo ations ana entertain
mont provided by your town for the
aides are especially fine and l am also
with the idea Of being met
,vsr q hundred miles from town and
provided for and made 80 know then
hat was to be we'll cared for. The
odging place to which L WAS directed
5 delig htful and I want to thank all
p no have had q hand in treating Us SO
randy"
Nearly of oil the teachers have
,sld = visit to Ciudad Juarez, partly
o study the customs of the inhabitants
Vt our sister republic and partly to
'pjoy the experience of being out from
lnder the great thum of Uncle Sam
or short time. In the quaint little
'ity across the Rio Granae the tea
'hers, naturally close observers of
luman nature, find much to refsct
lpon and to talk to their folks-at-
home about when they return.
dany of them have kodaks
With which to take souvenir snap
bots to show their friends "bsck
asst while others not having this
a cans to prove that they have really {
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