Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-28
PREHISTORIC
CIVILIZATION.
Professor E, L. Hewett Speaks En-
tertainingly of the Cliff Dwell
lers of New Mexico.
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
A Very Interesting Session. Held Last Ev-
ening-The Association Ad journed this
Noon-A Place Chosen for the
Next Meeting, a.. S..

L lie supreme cuuIb IUoIll III lLe Ctpi-
tol building was crowded last evening
at the meeting of the New Mexico Edu-
cational Association. The program f1r
the evening was opened as we'll as in.
by musical selections. Prof.
l.. c. Butscher, superintendent Of the
public schools at Ration, made a schG,
arly address on the subject of '"The
Public School System as an Instrument
tality of Social Advance" No synopsis
could do justice to the erudite pap y
read by Mr.. Butscher.
Prof. e. l.. Hewett, president of the
normal university at Las Vegas, was
the other speaker of the evening, and
he gave an illustrated lecture on the
prehistoric civilization of New Mexico.
He brought out the idea that there was
only one prehistoric civilization on the
western continent; that the civilization
of the cliff dweller, the mound builder
and the Aztec We're related, if not iden.
teal. He showed pictures of the an
cient cave dwellings, and the more re-
cent cliff dwellings west of Santa Fe,
as we'll as of photographs which have
been engraved on the walls of the cliffs.
One of these is remarkable because it
suggests the legend of Montezuma
starting from Pecos on the back of an
eagle to Mexico. Mr.. Hewett referred 20
the archaeologic, the historic and art
treasures that are to be found in ami
around Santa Fe, and suggested that
catalogue be made of the rare old
paintings of Italian masters of the thir-
teenth century, which are to be found
in Santa Fe. He described the causes
which led to the arrest of development
of the Pueblo Indians and of the Aztecs.
who We're on the verge of civilization
when the coming of the Spaniard put an
end to their creative power. He pointed
to the fact that in each child is EN-"
bodied the history of his ancestors, AMI
that perhaps the inclination of nearly
all children to burrow in the sand, 20
build mounds and caves in sandhlls, is
identical with the impulse that led pre-
historic man to build cave and cliff
DWELLINGS,. Many of the structures
erected by the cliff dwellers We're not
built to be occupied, but We're created
for the mere love of the work of build
ing, for the country round about The
cliff dwellings could not possibly have
supported the large population which
CT ho1 nyicfo1 if oil tho cliff lua11-
ings and communal buildings had beer
occupied contemporaneously Professor
Hewett made the point that as long as
mans creative power is active, AMI
activity, SO long he grows and all
vances, but when this creative power
or desire dies, as it threatens to do
among the Pueblo Indians, among
individual or the race retrogrades. NJ.
Hewett cast new light on the probable
history of the cliff dwellings, both with
his excellent stereopticon pictures made
from photographs taken by himself, and
by his convincing way Of theorizing up
on the discoveries that he has made in
the cliff dwellers' country.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Yesterday afternoon the principal
subject of discussion was The Morals
of the Child" The discussion was
opened by Miss Brown, of Gallup, who
spoke clearly on ITO What Extent Is
the School Responsible" Prof. e. p.
Childs spoke on ITO What Extent Is
the Home Responsible?' He said that
education is only character building,
and begins at birth; therefore, the in
fuence of the home on moral develop
ment cannot be over estimated. The
responsibility Of the home begins in the
physical condition of the child The
home should provide proper food and
teach the gospel of repose. Above all in
physical elements, parents should teach
the sacredness of the body as the tenn
pie of the soul. The solution of the So
cial purity problem rests with the
home. The best books should be acces-
sble in the home, and the lesson OF
mental honesty and industry thorough
ly taught. Highest of all responsible
ties resting on the home in moral train
ing is heart development, and that
must center about the family altar. The
home responsibility must be shared by
mother and father. In too many homes
the father neglects the privileges as
companion and guide to his children
Rev. w. H. Moore discussed the third
phase of the question "To What Extent
Is Society Responsible" His address
was a masterpiece of cogent thinking
and eloquent expression, and held the
audience spell-bound. Miss Yeargin, OF
Deming, teacher of elocution, recited
How the Old Folks Won the Race. '
and received enthusiastic applause.
Prof. Hiram Hadley, of the agricul-
tural college, spoke on Fifty Years OF
Educational Progress" For an hour he
held the rapt attention of his hearers
in outlining and describing the ad-
yancement made In education.
The following committees We're APP.
pointed by the president: Place of meet.
ing--G. E. Hickey, Albuquerque; w. T
Robertson, Deming; l.. c. Butscher
Ration. Resolutions-D. M. Richards
Gallup; G. l.. Marsh, Santa Fe; Miss
Catherine Fields, Albuquerque, Nomi.
nations-E. l.. Hewett. Las Vegas; A
B. Stroup, Albuquerque; Mrs. r. c
Weltmer, Santa Fe. Auditing-Hiram
Hadley, Las Cruces; c. w. Martin
Roswell; Miss Maggie Bucher, Las We.
gas.