Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-12-30
SUPER|NTENDENTs
IN ORGANIZATION
First Meeting from
County Districts
Held
At RECENT ANNUAL SESSION
Professor Hiram Hadley Tells
of Good Work Done at
Albuquerque.

Professor Hiram Hadley, sliperin-
tendent OF public instruction Of the
Territory, returned yesterday from AL.
buquerque where he has been In at
tendance on the meeting of the New
Mexico Educational Association. Up
on being accosted by representative
OF the New Mexican as to the particu-
lars Of the meeting, he said.
The late Educational Association at
Albuquerque presented some features
that differed from former meetings.
The program was SO constituted that
young people, even students, appeared
and thus enabled teachers to see
some topics from the students point
OF view. This was especially true In
the discussion of athletics, which at
this time 10 attracting much attention.
Also, upon the topic, examinations, In
connection with a good paper from
Mr.. Williams, principal of Santa Fe
High School, a Chinaman, Sam Ho
Kie, student In the Albuquerque
High School, read paper informing
teachers how he looked at and re.
garded examinations 1t Is very prop
er that teachers should be able to see
the ST. ient's side of every question.
Wei! Attended.
THE meeting was an exceedingly
satisfactory one. Whilst the attend
ance IS never so large as the friends !.
of education desire, this was we'll at
tended. The caliber of those who did
attend was high. 1t was remarked by
some careful observers that the stand
ing of those who attended was of
high order. l have attended every
session but one since 1886, and + see
clearly a steady advance in profession
al character and intelligence of the
teachers engaged In our schools.
"The oratorlcal contest was very
nice and an excellent feature Of the
Injecting. The hall In which this was
held is SO fine that Of itself 1t is an In
spiration. AS I gazed upon the audi
ence and admired its intelligent and
refined appearance, could not help
wishing that some of those fasteners
who think the sun rises and sets very
near the Atlantic coast might have
had the same privilege. | think some
of the scales would soon drop from
their eyes.
1.-THE young people did very credit.
ably. There were seven contestants.
Of course, they could not all excel and
take the prize, but want to remind
the defeated ones that 1t Is reported
that Demosthenes failed at his first at
tempt. This contest was credltable
and profitable. If taken In the right
spirit 1t may prove more profitable to
the defeated ones than to the success.
full ones.
County superintendents.
whilst not q direct part of the as
sociation yet intimately related tos 1t.
the convention of county superintend-
ents deserves notice. This was the
first attempt to have these meet and
compare views, and I think there Is
no question that all who were pres
ent consider 1t a most successful meet
ing. This was evidenced by the fact
that unanimously and without any urg-
ing the superintendents organized an
association to be held annually
"The efforts made by some superin.
tendents to get to the meeting Is sufh-
cient evidence Of their genuine inter-
est In their work. j. M. Reid, superin.
tendent of Chaves County, came from
Roswell, and DR.. c. d. Smith, superin-
tendent of San Juan County, attended
bringing his wife and children with
him. was informed that In each
case the trip requires about three days
leach way. When a county has such
a Superintendent there need be no
further questions asked as to whether
the educational work of that county
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