Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-10-27
RESUME on ADDRESSES.
uishnp Hamilton aud Rev. Harwoad on
ImpnrtaBt suhleela


Al the late session of the New Mex.
leo English mission held at ~ paso.
Bishop Hamilton and Or. Harwood
were ON the program 20 speak on the
~ the Frccdnan's Aii|
and Southern Educational society
The bishop spoke ON the Freedmen
ana the doctor on southern education
and confined his remarks mOstly TO-
education Ia New Mexico
Or. IlarWood spoke OF the great lack
OF schools IN New Mexico 81 years ago.
when he came 90 the country and the
condition 81 the people intellectually
lie spoke ~ q youlE Mexican teacher.
teaching a private school some twenty
miles from Tiptonvllie then called Ia
Junta, where Mr. and Mrs. HarwoOd
opened their nral school In the terri
tory Tine young man hearing OF an
American school. came over 10 see
how u was taught. and 20 see n he
could get some school books. Said he
hadn't a hook la school He found an
old paper and enc the letters out and
pasted them on piece Gf board. and
thus made the alphabet He made his
spelling ana reading lessons in the
same way. Afr HsrWood said the con-
irast between those early days and the
present 81 surely gratifying 70 an
workers on educational lines. Hardly
10 per cent OF the people In New Mex
leo al that time could read or write.
The doctor showed that when the
census was taken IN 1870 the illitcracy
stood az IS per cent That OF 1850
brought u down to G. ana that OF 1879
brought u down % a &c. thus iiliing
the largest gap of illitoracy ever filled
In ten years by any other state or ter
rltory. lie expressed the hope that the
present census will show drop 20
about 20 per cent Some others think
u viii come down 10 90 per cent. but
others less hopeful put q az 90. bat Mr.
Harwood feels quite confident that 81
win come as low az 25 per cent In
1900 We stood better than South Car
ollna and Louisiana ana n We can now
come down 20 % per cent we shan
likely have a better showing than sew
en- Of the southern states
DR. Harwood spoke we'll 81 our pub
he school. having Ia round numbers.
go; teachers $50 and about $4,000 pu-
pills. He spoke Of our territorial schools
as doing grand work for this terri
tory. the University 81 New Mexico To-
Gated az Albuquerque. the school OF
Mines az socorro, the Agricultural col.
lcge no Las Cruces two normal schools
one at Silver city and one at Las We
gas. the Military school at Roswell. In
dian government schools az Albuquer-
que and Santa Re, and the new
government school building on the
Apache reservation al Dulce. al cost
~ nearly 100000 He also spoke Of the
grand work the mission schools have
been doing. not only In imparting
knowledge, but creating thirst for
education. These because Q! their well
informed and well trained teachers.
have led the way. actually furnishing
many OF the teachers for the public
schools. This being entirely gratuitous
upon the part Of the different churches
and missionary societies. ought 20 be
appreciated By the people 81 New Mex
leo.
Mir Harwood referred 20 another
hopeful sign OF our intellectual progress
found IN the fact that 80 many Of the
people especially the children and
young people. can noW speak English.
A. the per cent Of ilillcracy comes
down the per cent 81 English goes up.
tie thinks that 20 per cent ~ all the
people In New Mexico can now speak
some English. He also spoke hopeful
~ 81 the Albuquerque city schools.
quoting from Prof Hickey. superln-
tendent OF our city schools. who re-
ports that the city schools opens with
iF0 afuIaufa Iu tha .t.us s.ntr,f ank.as
building, ward No. I with i2s. ward No.
2 with ias. ward No. with 20s and
ward NJ. with 2os making almost
1000 students In town whore In the
memory 81 ~ only a few years $50.
not q house could be seen much less
public school, saying nothing Of sever
.ai hpalred students IN colleges.
church ans private schools.