The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-30
TROUBLED ABOUT
SCHOOLS

The little town Of Tucumcari, down
In Quay county IL very much agitated
at the present over n move on the part
Of the school board Of that town to sop.
arate the spanish American children
from the EnRlish. American and employ
a spanish speaking teacher for the for.
mer, which Of course raised some con.
siderable disscnsion among the school
patrons in general and the native PEG.
pie in particular.
We are at loss TO know how any
school board should commit such an
error and injustice toward the children
under its charge.
The Spanish speaking child is han
dicapped until he has learned to express
| himself IN English. His first aud most
important acquisition should be q speak.
ing knowledge Of English for that IL the
prevalent and official language Of the
nation and this knowledge he can &C
quire more readily by association with
English speaking teachers aud play
mates than In any other way.
Such arrangements would not he toll.
Grated in Union county for a day-but
then Union county il not under Demo.
cratic rule. Selah.-Clayton Citizen.
The little town Of Tucumcari is not
tagita,ed at present, neither has II been
in the past history Of the city. There
has been no such move rs mentioned
in the clayton Citizen on the part Of
attempt or thought Of separating the
spanish American children or employ.
ing a spanish teacher exclusively for
them: there has been no dissension
among the patrons in general or the
native people In particular. This
whole business is n d lie in particu.
lar with the Clayton citizen. The first
sentence Ut his news item shows tina,
he Is %prejudiced against Tucumeari
"Thc little town Of Tucumcari.' No
tice the reference. The News will stay
any rejecting remarks about the tow
Of Clayton, for the reason that It's goot
people are not to blame Tor the i'm
be%cility of the quiller of that dirt,
sheet. Ills loss TO know q. no ~quadrati'
with the school board Of Tucumcari
hat his subterfuge 10 play in the linn,
light, hoping to be rewarded by tn
good Offices Of his Spanish speaking
constituency j. An equation easy of 81
luton. The dwarfcd lilliputian intel
lect Of u precinct political editor wh
would build up his greatness by sue
mental spew looks about rs big 10 I'll
average American as a gnat on tn
horn OF a New Mexican bull. The New
= don I doubt that Union county is we.
governed, neither do we doubt tina
those people ARE grateful that this al
fected Moses is in no way responsible
for that good government; the sent
ment OF his news item shows conclus
vely that he Is in no way fitted TO a,
minister the affairs Of state to the az
vantage of his people. IT'S true, on
county officials are democratic, but the
are neither ignorant nor villianou
They are not entitled to any such dar
brown reflections. They are not tr.
ing to handicap the education of II
Mexican, he is accorded every privilel
in Quay county and the city of Tueuu
earl that is given any other America
= citizen. The News would like to 81
the county republican, but 1t IN not Il
;, sentiment Of the party here to ga.
= power or prestige by besmirching Il
= character Of our officials or the eli
: lens Of the democratic party Of tn
county.