Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-12-29

village of Tesuque.
This was the destination this morn
ing of upwards of half hundred OF the
delegates to the annual meeting of the
New Mexico Educational Association.
the delegates comprising the New
Mexico Academy of Science. the New
Mexico Educational Council and the
annual convention of teachers, all
vieing with each other to make a
study of the old Indian village, as
mapped out by the New Mexico Acad-
emy of Science division.
1t was 7:30 o'clock when the various
teams bearing many of the educators
Palace Hotel, but then the cold morn
ing air, and the absence of liberal
dispensation of Old Sol had to be
brooked, in order that one and all
might again reach the Capital City, in
time for the opening session of the
New Mexico Educational Council.
Academy of Science Opens.
1t was some minutes past the hour
of o'clock yesterday afternoon, in
the absence of Hon. Frank Springer,
president of the academy, and DR..
Charles r. Keyes, of the New Mexico
School of Mines, the vice president,
that President w. G. Tight, of the Uni
versity of New Mexico, at Albuquerque
the secretary treasurer of the academy,
brought down the gavel, and called
the initial meeting of the New Mexico
Educational Association to order.
After a short business meeting, at
which but little was transacted, on ac-
count of the small number present Dr..
C. E. Magnusson. of the New AeAico
School of Mines at Socorro, read a
technical paper on the subject, New
System of Dimensioned Equations"
GIaciaton in the High Plateau Of Bo-
Iivia.
DR.. w. G. Tight, president of the
University of New Mexico, who is a
scientific man from head to foot, who
has followed science and scientific re-
search and investigation since he COM
pleted his classical course at college
some years ago, and who has made
several trips to South America in
quest of further scientific knowledge,
addressed the academy on 'Glaciation
in the High Plateau of Bolivia He
said in part:
"The highest plateau of Bolivia has
been visited in very recent geological
times by extensive glaciation. This
glaciation has been marked by divi-
sions of three distinct epochs, with
long periods of nter-glaciation erosion
The deposits of the first period reach
a thickness of 1900 feet at Lapaz, and
during the first inter-glacial period the
great Lapaz Valley was eroded.
Second GIaeiation Period.
"The second glaciation period was
characterized by the existence of ex
tensive mountain glaciers, one OF
which occupied the entire valley of the
Lapaz. The third glaciation period
was marked by a great extension OF
the present glaciers, which now reach
down to an altitude of 10000 feet, but
during their maximum advance
reached an altitude of 10000 feet.
"The great interior plateau in which
Lake Titicaca is located. and which
extends several hundred miles south
of the lake, with Lake Poopo neal
the south end. was during the maxi
mum advance of the first glacial per
iod occupied by lake of enormous
size, and was also occupied by great
lake during vhe second and third per
iods of glaciation. The evidence Of
this enormous glacial lake is found In
three distinct wave terraces. which
are built around all the mountains sur
rounding this basin. This extinct lake
would exceed in size any of the ex
tinct lakes of the glacial period Of
North America"
Notes on Some New Mexico Minerals
The next paper was read by DR.. Ru
fus M. Bagg of the New Mexico Schoo
of Mines. at Socorro. who treated the
subject "Notes on Some New Mexico
Minerals" His auditors were all atten
ton throughout, and as the subject is
one of general interest to the people
of the Territory, barring a technical
analysis or two, the paper in full fol
lows:
The number and variety OF minerals
occurring in New Mexico is very large
In preparing catalog of these at the
School of Mines, / was particularly
impressed with the fact that many o.
these minerals were quite rare in ma
ture while a few are known only II
one or two localities of the world
Every mining camp has its own pecu
l.ar:t,es, its own specimens.