Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-20

gomery, Ala. From Montgomery he
came to Texas, 1876, as professor OF
mathematics In the A. and NJ. college
of Texas. During this connection he
became a leading member OF the Ma
tional Educational association, having
been really one of its founders as far
back as 1874.
In 1879 he stood up at their great
meeting in Philadelphia az n OF only
four c~ontending for the equal culti-
walton of The Head, the Heart and
the Hand" This address. published,
WA highly commended by the press,
although the leaders In hat
ton were against this idea. He has
lived, however. to gee this idea now
the universal ruling of advanced
thinkers.
From the A. and NJ. college he came
to Forth Worth. delivering the ad-
dress which helped TO carry a tax in
that city for so cents on the 500 for
school purposes. He was elected city
superintendent Of schools. beginning
without a shingle or ink stand of pub
lie school property, with six hundred
pupils and seventeen teachers. Here
he was lin" and tout" three times,
but left the schools in 1906 with an
actual attendance, present or ac-
counted for" of six thousand seven
hundred pupils. with n hundred and
fifty teachers, and school property
valued at $500. 900.
He has ever been foremost when
school interests were to be discussed.
Canvassed the state in 1882 in the
interest of normal schools and sum
mor Institutes, n In 1g07-S made
many addresses advocating the change
in the constitution allowing tie oun
try people the same right to tax them
selves as the cities, 80 cents on the
500 valuation of their property.
As he says, he is not an orator like
Voorhees,, Everett and their class. nor
IS he the psychologist OF the now la
mented DR.. william r. Harris, but he
drives for the main question in "A
s~ehoolmaster's way. He is thorough
~ the friend of the teacher-his last
effort before the n. T.. A. at Los An
eeles in 1907 being entitled 1.-THE Bet
ter Remuneration of Teachers"
Orations are not to be expected
from him, or even what is popularity
styled now platform lectures, but
plain. heart to heart talks with our
teachers, their pupils and their par
ents.
Mr.. tYogg in all his efforts for
schools has not forgotten the develop
ment of his state, as was evidenced in
his great effort for deep water at Gal
weston in 1883 before the State Teach
ers' association. He declared that
whatever developed, "the railroad sec
ton developed the school alter
nat1." He has lived to see both, a
school system of the state of Texas
abreast of any of the states. and deep
water at Galveston, giving that city
second place In the United states
in exports, New York yet being the
first.
He Is the author of a little book
called THE Railroad in Education"
has passed through many edi-
and Is now finding its way into
the high schools and colleges as a
supplementary reader
Railroad Rates for Educational Assoc
citation.
Railroad rates to Roswell on ac-
count of the meeting of the New Mex
Educational association December |
$3.50. 1909. Persons expecting to
take advantage of these rates should
see the local ticket agent at once and
ask IL he has received instructions
from his general passenger agent in
accordance with the rates quoted. If
he has not received such instructions. ,
ask him to wire for them Immediate
~, and If he declines to do this, wire
z. r. Larkin. East Las Vegas. n NJ,
At his expense and the matter will be
up Immediately.
The rates quoted have been made
BY the proper authorities and the
secretary holds letters and
kilograms quoting them so there car
be no mistake about them. II often
happens hat agents fail to receive in
itructions, or claim hat this is the
,ase, making considerable trouble at
last when it is too late
o do anything.
Rates From Various County Seats.
(Estimatcd in Some Cases.)
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