The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-05
IMPRESSIONS OF A TENDERFOOT
"a R,ing Unorthodox Sketches Of Real Human In,sres,
oBv Will RonrxsovJ

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In the city schools there will an.
pear at the same time "A comprc.
hcnsivo plan ol manual training.
This is becoming more and NOR,
apparent under the fierce mod.
"tn competitive system. Onl,
two scholars outoi ten pass beyond
IN" grammar sci 90 s and the res,
are required 10 take up the duties
oi LIE as best they can. There i,
now absolutely no way in which
the pupil OF the grades can hav,
any knowledge OF the trades and
arts until h" has stopped school
and begins to learn by hard knocks.
| ndcr the plan OF manual train.
ing IN the schools, he is required
to know the essential principles
before he leaves its work. He is
taught them, lust the same rs he
Is taught the common branches
IL IS not Intended that the plan OF
manual training shall do more than
this, or that it shall interfere with
the wise and proper apprentice
system that prevails in practically
all OF the grades. The y~oungstcr
Is simply equipped with a knowl.
edge OF tn" essential principles
before h. lcginS his apprentice.
ship, an idea that will instantly
appeal to all Iourncymcn who have
numh,rlcs> times been compelled
to build from nothing in the never
ending duty oi creating the me.
chanics of the future, aud to the
student OF social economics who
can see the value OF this rudlmcn.
tarv knowledge, IT the pupil is one
Ut the great class who is never in.
dustrialll trained, but who will
he a lar more useful member OF the
great machine, having been taught
these elements in such form that
they will be- OF great and lasting
value in the everyday walk, IN
IllIlll'Tlt ways
In tn" city schools will also
shortly appear an elementary bust.
ness course, which is in tact,
merely a higher phase OF the man
ual training idea, and an entirely
subsidiary one, rs the necessity
Tor it is lees.
These departures from the old
OF instruction are coming
to be recognized as early cvcntali.
ties hy thinking people everywhere,
and it is gratifying that at the last
two sessions OF this association
they have been discussed as fully
as the conditions warranted. II
would he still more gratifying that
il this section OF New Mexico,
which has advanced more rapidly
than any other, should be the frs,
to put them in actual practice.
There are some things that one
can eve get away from, and one
OF them is the act that whenever
the statehood promise brightens
up, there arises a warm discussion
over the propriety OF changing the
name OF New Mexico to something
else, Lincoln having always been
the iavoritc and being the tavorite
now. As IT it made any earthly
difference what the name was
What we OF New Mexico are after
is statehood, and it does net make
a particle OF d~ihcveTca what name
they hitch IN 10 us, so that It Is
familiar, easily pronounced and
good English. | haven't the least
patience with .hc many who protest
at the dropping OF the old name.
History attaches 10 it, OF course,
but what OF that AS a state a
vastly greater history lies before
US, and it it will hasten the privil.
eye a few minutes, any who balk
at any change OF name are not wise.
Give ms statehood, under any old
name or number.
1t now appears certain that the
territory will be admitted at the
special session, though i, is not a,
all unlikely that the wish OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt that it be accomp.
lished at the short session will be
gratihcd. II will be a difference
OF only a few weeks either way,
and it is this fact that makes wise
the present discussion OF essential
features OF the state constitution,
part in which is being taken hy