Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-27
BIG GATHERING Of
new MEXICO TEACHERS
Able Papers Read by Leading Educators. Auspicous
Opening Session Last Night. Strong Addresses by
President Decker and Prof Noble.

! The twenty first annual session oil
the New MeAieO Educational associa'
tton ",,ensd II the Normal university
in this city last night With aa eAcea-
lent attendance and a fine program
was rendered The exercises this
morning were filled with interest 10
those who have ehosen the vocation
of teaching and this session of tf"
Iassociation promises 10 BE- 'he most
beneficial to them a. individuals and
20 the organization as n whole,
Fully one hundred and fifty teachers
are present from every portion Of the
territory and a number ot residents al
this city. who are interested I'm the
cause Of education. are attending the
meetings.
This mornings session wa open@d
by an excellent address by Hon Hiram
Hadley of Santa Fe. territorial. super,
:
subject vas The Educational Pr'Ih-
lem In New Mexico" and no one Is
better able to speak on tha' tonie
than Is Mr. Hadley. who has done so
much for the public scncoi system Of
the territory.
He dwelt on the necessity tf ihe
people Of New Mexico COMING toeeth
or and mlngling with each other so oe
come a homogeneous population instead
of a heterogeneous one and said that
this was essential not ontv for the
benefit Of the schools. but aisD II New
Mexico ever desired - becor:e a
Strong and powerful stat" In the union.
He said that the sC"Hots received
money for their support from liquor
licenses granted. poll t9Ses collected,
from proportion Of the fines assess
ed and also by special lev.s. He
stated that many counties did not i9h"
enough interest In lac schools ~ fte
that this money Is all collected and
turned oser and thu Oni? few d:s,
tricts In the most II the counties took
enough interest In the cause VI eiuca'
tion 10 vote the special levy to which
the schools are entitled. "" asked @ld
urged that each instructor do what
he could 10 stir up the sentiment In
his community toward the betterment
of conditions In this regard.
The Qualifications cf Teacher"
was the paper read by (. 0. Fisher Of
Ration. Mr.. Fisher made favorable
impression on the audience and his
address. which was exceptionally inter.
esting. showed great care In prepara.
ton He held that there was no sub.
stitute for hard work as the import
ant qualification and that when a
teacher felt secure In his position and
began to ease up the strain. then was
his work falling below standard. Geo.
L. Guy, principal OF the schools at BE-
len. discussed Mr.. Fishers paper brief
ly and made number of good points.
Lee II. Rudisille OF White Oaks.
OF the schools of Lin
coin county, who was to read a paper
on Salaries and Continuous Employ
ment," was not present and President
II. J. Vert of the Normal university
read a paper of his own as substi-
tute. Mr.. vert's address was an able
one and was we'll received.
One of the most interesting papers
OF the morning session was read by
A. B, Stroup of Albuquerque. superin-
Itendent of schools of Bernalillo coun.
ty. on Efficient Supervision" He
discussed the duties of snperintend'
ents in general, told how difficult IL
was to maintain an efficient teach
ing force and. to secure suitable quar-
tiers and equipment for schools. He
related several personal experiences
and told of the difficulties that sup
lerinteDdents had in fighting graft Mr..
Stroup Is a man Of imposing appear
lance, has a pleasing voice and man
ner which compels attention.
f, P. Bradley. principal of the third
ward schl of Albuquerque. was not
present, and 50 the discussion OF the
paper, was omitted.
Miss Fannie French Of the Normal
university Of Las Vegas, was next on
the program, and read an exceptions.
ally fine paper on School Equip
ment." Miss French told of the hard.
ships which country teachers had to
endure, the inadequate buildings. poor
ventilation, miserable futpitme in
most instances. bad bla:k boards. etc.
w o. Evans, principal OF the schools
of Las Cruces. who had the diecus.
sion of the paper. seconded everything
that Miss French had said. and stated
that In most instances Miss French
did not even paint conditions bad
enough
The morning session then adjourned