Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-30
STATEHOOD VITAL
TO SCHOOLS SAYS
RICHARDSON
Mayor of Roswell, Hiram Had
ley and Varsity President
Among Speakers at Teachers
Gathering in Roswell.
Especial Dispatch to the Morning ;,ournall

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Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal
Roswell, N. NJ, Dec. 29.-Today's
sessions of the New Mexico Educa-
tional association in its twenty-fourth
convention were marked by a greatly
increased attendance, over two hum
dred teachers from all over New Mex
leo being present. DR.. Hiram Hadley
of Mesilla Park gay the opening adj
dress last night in the absence If
President w. Z. Garrison of the same
place. Mayor G. A Richardson's adj
dress in which he declared statehood
to be the most vital of New Mexico
school needs, being the forerunner Of
all other necessities, was the feature
of today. Examples of class work and
inspection of the Roswell school cx-
hibit occupied much time. DR.. e.
Mcqueen Gray, president of the Uni
versity at Albuquerque, a V a mas
terly address on the Requisites Of
Education" The association separ-
ated into sections as to class of schools
and departments this afternoon and
studied technical subjects.
DR.. Alexander Hogg of Texas, the
distinguished lecturer at the conven
ton, will deliver an address tonight.
DR.. Garrison, after recovering from
his trip over the snow fields in an
automobile, will speak before the as
ISOLATION tomorrow morning. j. Fl.
Vaughan of the New Mexico Agricul-
tural college, is scheduled to speak
tomorrow on THE Peace Movement
in the Schools"
One of the most important of the
section meetings is that of the county
superintendent section, of which A.
b. Stroup, superintendent of the Ber-
nalillo county schools and one of the
most successful superintendent in the
territory, is chairman.
The following program followed ont
fairly closely today at the section
meeting in the Central school shows
the Importance of the topics discussed
by the superintendent:
l.. What Policies Should Be Adopt
ed in the Enforcement of the Vacci-
, Iation Lave. c. Hill, Roswell, n.
NJ, superintendent Chavez county;
Colin Neblitt, Silver City, n. M, SUI
perintendent Grant county; Mrs. Josie
Lockhart, Ration, n. M. superintend-
ent Colfax county; j. A. Torres, So
zorro, n. M, superintendent Socorro
county.
,. Plans for the Enforcement of
the Compulsory Attendance Law anu
the Results of the samoa. A. Kais-
er. Carlsbad, n. M, superintendent
LTf31,- na.,ptxv T,l. rTt- ..--s
zozo, n. NJ, superintendent Lincoln
county; Vincent May, Las Cruces, N.
NJ, superintendent Dona Ana county;
Isaac w. Dwyer, Taos, ~. NJ, super
~intendent Tao county.
3. The Legal and Moral Duties OF
the County Superintendent in the Adj
ministration of School Affairs i'm the
County.-George Burch, Santa Rosa,
\. M, superintendent Guadalupe
county; NJ. Pikard. Gallup. n. NJ, WI
perintendent Mckinley county; Ney
Z. Gormon, Deming, n. M, superin-
tendent, Luna county.
4. Items That Should &c Given
Attention by the County Su%perintend-
nj on His Visit to Schools-Mrs. S.
+. Culberson, Portales. n. NJ, super
intendent Roosevelt county; c. S. Cra-
mer, Tucumcari, y. NJ, superintend-
ent Quay county; Bias Sanchez. Wag-
on Mound, n NJ. superintendent Mora
county: Chas. Burt, Mountainair, y.
M. superintendent Torrance county.
S. The Greatest Needs of our
Rural Schools Simms. Alamogor-
do, N. M, superintendent Otero coun-
ty; Bonifacio Montoya, Bernalillo, n.
NJ, superintendent S%andoval county:
]. NJ. Chavez, Abiquiu, N. NJ, super
intendent Rio Arriba county; Jos. Gill.
Amistad, n. M. superintendent Union
county.
6. The Common School Course of
Study: Its Advantages and Disadvan-
tages.-Superintendent j. f Clark,
Santa Fee, y. NJ: j. NJ. Fffield. Aztec,
n. NJ superintendent San uan coun-
ty; M. +. Desmarais. Las Vegas, y. NJ,
superintendent San Miguel county; l..
C. Mersfelder, Clovis, n. NJ, superin-
tendent Curry county.
Z. Recommendations as to the
for Uniform Blanks.-Jesus c.
Sanchez. Tome, y. NJ, superintendent
Valencia county; John V Conway,
Santa Fe. y. NJ, superintendent Santa
county; ]. p. Parker. Hillsboro. n
superintendent Sierra county.