The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-12-23

The schools will close for the Xmas
holidays on Wednesday, afternoon at
four O'Clock. School work will be re-
sumed on the morning OF January
4th.
Quite q number OF new pupils have
entered school the last two weeks.
In fact, people are moving to RIOS
well every week from different sec
lions of New Mexico and from the
states to take advantage OF the school
system Of Roswell.
Mr.. Robert II. McA1ly, of Hudson.
Iowa, has just purchased very valua-
BILE property in Roswell and will move
his family here after the holidays He
was induced to move here because of
Roswelrs school advantages.
In the spring eight families will
move from town in Illinois. and
four from another town, to Roswell.
The public schools are bringing these
excellent families-nad not our pub
lie schools been of the very best, they
would have gone to other towns in
the southwest. These days people are
not buying homes In a town unless
the schools are schools of merit.
The Board of Education. the teach
ers and the superintendent intend to
make the Roswell schools the very
best in the Southwest.
But our schools are all crowded far
beyond their normal capacity, and
Roswell will have to build a new up
to-date high school building. This
matter is simply a coh business prop
osftion and will have to be met in a
b~usinesslike way. We are sure when
the time comes, the people of Ros-
well will do the proper thing in this
matter. They are too progressive, en-
terprising and intelligent TO meet
this condition in any other a
The grades IN last Friday afternoon
had simple Xmas programs. We can
not afford to have any more elaborate
public programs; the cost is greater
than the results. An elaborate public
program means a loss to the children
of about three days, and to the school
fund of 1915. We do not intend to run
these schools for show, or to veneer
anything connected with them. The
teachers are doing and will do. good
solid school work from. day to day,
and intend to continue to do so. In
this one bedrock principle only can
a system of schools be built up in a
permanent way.
We are always glad for the parents
to come out and see the regular school
work of their children.
The High school society rendered a
very interesting monthly program at
the Central building asst Friday after
noon, at 4:30 O'Clock.
Several of the teachers and the SUI
p~erintendent will attend the Territor-
ial Teachers Association, at Albuquer
que, mex week. If the railroad had
granted us liberal rates, a large ma
jority Of the Roswell teachers would
have attended. In fact there would
have beer a delegation Of so or rs
teachers from the Pecos Valley; as it
is there will be only eight Or ten to
attend.
With a large delegation there would
have been no difficulty In securing the
next Territorial Association meeting
for Roswell, but we fear now that on
account OF the high railroad rates, we
will not be able to secure the meet
ing.
The meeting of 500 of the best teach
ers from all sections of New Mexico,
in Roswell next year. would have
meant much to Roswell in many ways.
Miss Carrie ski1lmanfs room and
Miss Greenleets room had mo- cases of
hardness last month. There were 8
rooms that had only one case of tardi-
less each during the month. In fact
hardness is becoming very rare in
any OF fhe rooms. There is a strong
sentiment against this unnecessary
and ~demoralizing habit among the
children. They are beginning to give
a true value to the worth of punctual-
fty. The teachers have done much in
the way of working up this sentiment.
Last year during the first month there
were al many as 375 cases of tardin-
ess in the schools, last month there
were only So case OF hardness in the
schools. This month we think the mum
Der will be considerably less. Our az
erage attendance has been much bet
ter this rear than last, but there are