Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-27
THE BDUCA TIONAL
ASSOCIATION.
The Opening Session Held in the
Supreme Court Room at the
Capitol,
THREE GOOD ADDRESSES.
A Splendid Exhibition of Public School
Work = A Reception rendered the
Teachers at the Home of Hon. T.
B. Oatron.

The best attended meeting of the New
Mexico Educational Association evel
held was called to order last evening
by Vice President w. A. Chapman, OF
Ration, in the supreme court room 1T
the capitol. A chorus of local singers
rendered a sacred selection, after wh.ol
Rev w. Hayes Moore, of the Preshyte.
rian church, led in fervent prayer. Tn,
address of welcome was delivce ID by
Solicitor General e. l.. Bartlett in q
happy manner, and he was loudly ap-
plauded at its conclusion. 1t is printed
to-day in the New Mexican on the &C.
ond page. The response was made ly
Miss Catherine Fields, Of AlbuGuarrue
who held her audience spell bound by
her simple eloquence, her quaint vii
and playful humor. After dwelling up
on the hospitality of the ancielt capital
and the pleasure it has been to the
members of the educational association
to come here, she spoke of the impor-
tance of the teacher and his work MS
luliutlltt III DtAblllCS anu uDOH tl' itlt
of the nation. While the views she
pronounced came near being social and
political heresy, yet being a clear and
convincing speaker, of charming per-
sonality, who evidently does her own
thinking, she carried her audience with
her. Vice President w. A. Chapman, in
the absence of President C. L. Herrick,
who is i'll, delivered the annual aa,,rnss,
a thought-o paper, pointing to
the lines along which education should
advance, and emphasizing the cduca-
tiOnal advantages and advancement Of
New Mexico. The meeting was Well at
tended, and before it was opencl about
100 visitors examined the work Of pub
lie schools throughout the territory cx-
hibted in the hall ON the second floor
of the capitol building. The work WAS
a surprise to many and convin 7e,i them
that the public schools even of such
small towns like Deming, Roswell and
East Las Vegas and the larger cities in
the territory, compared we'll with that
of the public schools of the largest cites
of the east. The exhibit tru'.- is Il
splendid one, and the best evidence that
New Mexico is constantly mo ing f W
ward, especially in the line of public
educatioH which will in it's train bring
all other advancement.
After the meeting at the capitol the
teachers and delegates were given re-
ception at the home of Hon. AMI Mrs.
T. B. Catron, where several houi, were
spent very pleasantly.
To-day the meetings We're continued
at the capitol, papers on educational
topics being read and discussed,
The following is the program for to-
MORNING SESSION. $50 A. NJ.
Paper-"Teaching Current Events in
the Public Schools Prof. Giles L..
Marsh, principal Santa Fe high school.
THE INDIAN:"
His Present." Supt. C. J. Crandall.
Santa Fe Indian school.
His Future" Miss Dissetgr, succr-
vising teacher Indian Pueblo day
schools.
Paper-"School Lands" Nc. A. A..
Keen, land commissioner, Albuquerque.
Discussion-Prof. D. NJ Richards, su-
Gallup public schools.
Paper" Manual Training as an Aid
in Teaching the Other Branches of The
Lower Grades" Miss Jane Lously. Sill
yer City Normal.
Paper-"The History of Chemistry
Prof. William c. Phalen, School Of
Mines, Socorro.
General questions and discussions.
Report of committees. a
Election of officers. +.
The afternoon will be given for visit
ing places of interest in the city.
MORNING SESSION.
The first subject for discussion this
forenoon was that of Drawing Without
a Special Teacher by Miss Maggie
Bucher, superintendent Of the public
schools of East Las Vegas. She empha-
sized the idea that teacher need not
be an artist in any sense in order to
teach drawing in the public schools. If
a teacher is a close observer, and is ex-
acting in her work, she may succeed
we'll in teaching drawing, as far as it is
required in the eight grades.
A very exhaustive and thorough dis
cussion on Examinations" by Prof. c.
M. Light. president of the Normal
school at Silver City, followed. He af-
firmed that examinations are subject tc
great abuse by many teachers in that
they have set times for examinations
regardless Of the completion of a sub
ject. There should be no set times fol
examinations. but, instead, there
should be tests at the close of every
subject Examination should count only
as one point among many others in the
promotion of pupils.
After a few minutes recess given to
afford teachers an opportunity to en-
roll and to pay their fee, Prof. H. A
Owen, Of the Silver City Normal School
gave very practical address and les
son on Chalk Modelling" He showed
clearly the superiority of chalk model
ing over ordinary map drawing or re-
lief map making with putty or clay. He
showed also that chalk modelling of sur
face forms is the easiest and simplest
method of geographical drawing and
one Of the best ways of beginning work
in the school room. Absolute definite
pess Of form and detail Is not required
as generalities are represented much
more easily than details large masses
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