Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-09-22
TEACHERS ENTERTAIN
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
In Spacious Assembly Hall Of New
High School Building-Music
And Speeches. ......

Public school teachers of the city
filled the role of hostesses last even
ing at reception which was tender.
ed to the members of the Board of
Education and Superintendent of Pub.
lie Instruction Hiram Hadley. The
event was held in the spacious assem-.
bly, room on the third floor Of the hand
some new high school building. The
only untoward incident was the fact
that three of the members of the
school board were unable to attend.
two on account of the pressure of bust.
ness, and the other being out of the
city.
All of the school ma ans were pres.
ent, attired in their prettiest gowns
and wearing their sweetest smiles,
and they proved themselves as cap
able of entertaining as they are In
teaching the young idea how to
shoot" After all Of the guests had
arrived the reception resolved itself
into musicale and impromptu speecE.
es were interspersed in the program.
The high school orchestra rendered
three selections which elected hearty
applause and chorus of ten girls
sang song that was also received
enthusiastically. The assembly room
was decorated with flags and school
colors for the occasion. and the kinder.
garten room wa adorned with speci-
mems of the handiwork of the little
tots 1t was in this latter room that
refreshments were served consisting
OF punch and waters. 1t might be stat
ed that the punch ladled out
on this Occa lion was strictly TEN
perance beverage and more properly
could have been called "fruice."
Prof. Hiram Hadley was called up
on for short address He rose to the
occasion. In the course of his remarks
which were of complimentary nature
he stated that he had travelled exten.
sively over the country, had seen many
larger school buildings and many
more costlier ones than this, but
he was frank to say he had never seen
a nicer one for the size, or any better
arranged than the high school in San.
ia Fe. He thought that the board of
education deserved great credit for
having erected the building which sur
passes any other public school house
in the Territory.
Mayor T. B. Latron, who is also the
president of the school board, next re
sponded. He said that the credit for
the new building did not belong to any
one member of the board of education
as all had worked together in perfect
harmony and every one had done his
part.
part. In speaking ofthe characteristics
that teacher should possess, he en-
phaszed the fact that they should
have great sympathy for the pupils In
their work.
Prof. j. A. Wood superintendent of
the city schools, was the third and
last speaker He was introduced as
one who had labored very hard for
the advancement of the local schools.
He said that 1t was not necessary for
him to relate the condition of the
schools when he first took charge of
them seven years ago or to trace thei"
advancement from that time, as all
were familiar with those things. He
wished to call attention though to the
fact that graduates Q fthe high school
had been admitted to colleges and uni.
versities without examination, and to
prove this assertion he mentioned the
names of students who had entered
various higher institutions Of learning
from this city.