Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-29
"A RECEPTION TONIGHT
AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
FOR TEACHERS
Educators Of New Mexico to
be E terlained After
the Lecture by
DR.. Vincent.
CHANGES IN LAW
ARE RECOMMENDED
Council Discusses matters OF In
tereSt and Takes Action TO
Improve the Schools
of the Ter
ritory.

'Sdchers suHiclent In
number to swell the attendance to
more than 200, and making it the
largest of any session, arrived last
hight and today to attend the twen-
ty-third annual session of the New
Mexico Educational association. which
began the real work of the meeting
TINS morning. After a day of sight
seeing and getting organized, the
teachers started in this morning on
the subjects to be discussed and today
they nave been busy on the program
as outlined.
Tonight at the Elks' theatre DIR.
George 10. Vincent of Chicago, will
give MS lecture, Education and Eff
ciency." DR.. Vincent arrived from
the east today and will probably have
a large audience tonight. Following
th= lecture reception for the WIS.,
h"rs VIII be held at the Commercial
c'uo' The reception committee is
composed Of: DIR. ana Mrs. w G.
ilght' Dean and Mrs. C. f. Hodgin.
Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Clancy. Mr.. and
MRS. a. J. Maloy, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
stroup, Mr.. and Mrs w. ID. Sterling,
u. c. Taylor. ]. A. Miller, John Milne.
MIS- 4 1. Butts, j. X. McCollnm. ku-s
pert +. Asplund, Miss Caroline A.
s.rong, Miss irma Ferguson, Miss
Mary V. Spaulding. Miss Grace Cald-
Weli' MISS Daisy Huntzinger, Miss
audrey Setback and Miss Gracia
Hobbs.
A program has been preparea
which VIII be participated in by Mrs.
Z. A. Frank, Miss lone REYNOLDS.
Miss Florence Scott, Miss Anna Nc
Mahon. The program will close with
initiation into the "Hilarious HooIies,,
an organization of teachers.
The high school and college Sec
ton, institute workers section ana
elementary section met this morning
In rooms at the hign school. Each
carried out the program prearranged.
The high school and college section
elected the following officers: DIR.
w. K. Garrison, president; Professor
Hugh A. Owen, secretary. A commit
tee composed of DR.. Garrison. Pro-
lessor Owen and Superintendent
Mead of Las Vegas, was named TO re-
port ON the needs of high schools at
the next meeting.
The first general session was held
at the Elks' theater at 2 o'clock this
afternoon and the program arranged
In advance was carried out.
The council met yesterday and dis
cussed various subjects. 1t was de-
cided to try to secure an amendment
providing territorial board of educa-
tion instead of county examiners. The
present method of electing county SUI
perintendents was endorsed but rec
ommendation made that they take Of
flee Aug. 1. The council also recon-
mended that the law be amended so
that the saloon tax shall go to the
support Of the courts and the tax now
imposed for the courts shall go to the
schools. The question of "compuls-
sorry attendance" was fully discussed
and recommendation made that the
law be changed so as to compel at
tendance during the full term. A tru-
ancy officer for each school is ia
vored. The leasing OF school lands
in preference to selling them is fa-
vored. The council elected ]. e. Clark
president and ID. NJ. Richards. as
secretary.
One OF the promising interesting
features of the program of the educa-
tional association meeting win be an
address at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
Mrs. Edith Smith Davis, representing
the scientific temperance instruction
department of the Womens Christian
Temperance Union. While Mrs. Da-
Wis will speak for an hour the nu-
cleus of her address will be the ef-
feet of narcotics on the organs. She
viii endeavor to instruct the teachers
how to teach their pupils on the above
subject. This branch OF the national
Christian Temperance Union a. reets
It's attention % schools and colleges.
Interest OF young minds are caught
by the offer of prizes for essays on
temperance. Mrs. Davis says that
over S00,000 essays were written last
year on temperance in the schools OF
the United States. She is the irst
national representative TO come to
New Mexico. Sunday Mrs. Davis may
deliver temperance lecture in some
of the churches Of the city
The program for tomorrow is as
follows:
Wednesday, December 80, o a. m.
Elementary school section, second
session, high school assembly hall.