The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-11-05
years Of educational history. His 6rst

years Of educational history. His 6rst
work as superintendent was 10 provide
the teacher referred to. aud comfnrta.
bic quarters. That teacher Is one of
the few negro women who have ambi
ton enough to equip herself for teach.
ing. She attends summer schools aud
keeps up.to.date professionally, and her
school work il on a par with the best
white teachers. She u competent io
teach practically anything that occurs
in the course OF study. So far there has
been no call for anything whatever over
and above the simplest things, but she
is prepared to furnish 1t II called for.
The negroes are perfectly satisfied, and
there Is no race problem in the Roswell
schools. There is not going 10 Ne any,
irrespective Of what the constitutional
convention does or does not DO. The
other towns Of the valley will doubt.
less follow the example ~ Roswell when
the need arises.
AfhAtAh MNN NNN w ~
ance with the view, Of the Alhuqucr.
quo brand of negroes. but i; will Ne in
accordance with the comomn sens and
the warrant Of experience. which does
not include mixed schools in it, range
of vision.
Gov. Mills and Trans Mississippi Cong.
There have beer times when ! doubted
the wisdom Of Governor William J.
Mills. When he laid down or the ques
tion OF tar reform ] said some things
about him that smoked, and ] have
never had any reason - be sorry that
| said them. II must he confessed. how
ever, that the governor is improving
and when il comes to selecting dele
gates 10 convention, his insight is all
right. II il hadn : been that way he
would have passed TO far less desirable
timber in selecting the delegates from
New Mexico to the Trans. Mississippi
Congress, which will be held a. San
Antonio on the 22nd Of November. His
selection Of The Tenderfoot was not al.
together a delicate compliment to the
fact that according 10 the dispatches the
said Tendcrfoot refused to have the gov.
ernor job, and thus made il possible for
tn comparatively obscure supreme
judge to really amount TO something.
There are other reasons. In the nice
commission which J received from the
governor this morning, il set out that
he rcposed Especial trust and conf.
dcnce in the Prudence, Integrity and
Ability of the Tenderfoot. That is
some compliment from n man who knows
the public characters cf New Mexico
like the governor does. Prudence, In.
tcgrity and Ability are three mighty AZ.
tributes, and while ! always knew |
had them, it is pleasing to know that
the fact has soaked in on the Official
family over nj Santa Fe. whore il is
against the law for any man to have oil
thu se of the virtues AZ once. Now that
the matter is thus drawn ia my atten.
ton frankly admit that the combination
Is rare, At the same time they don 7
annoy me in the least, but for the fact
that there is no way whereby ! can be
relieved Of the expense of the trip, the
western country would have AN object
lesson that il would not soon forget. II
would take about $4,000 TO mike the
trip, and if New Mexico is too niggard.
L
lly TO put up this small amount for its
eternal glory and benefit, IN be darn.
ed il | do. ! am satisfied that my ser.
vices would be many times that amount
in keeping the rest of the delegation
on the water wagon, and rounded up
10 the straight an| narrow path Of
prudence, Integrity and Ability would
set forth, but | feel no shame in ad.
hitting that | haven Z the price. There
has TO be one man in Roswell who pays
his bills promptly, and if / mortgsged
10y chosa and went TO Santone for this
gathering there wouldn Z be any for
quite 4 while. The way collections are
now such an e~yentuality would not he