Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-25

Anyone who questions the efficiency
] Of she work hcine done these days
I in the public schools 81 New Mexico,
both in the towns and IN the country,
should make Il n point to visit the
National Guard Armory. Firth street
and silver avenue. not later than to-
morrow afternoon and study tho cx-
hibitE on display there al the train
INK being given the boys and girls
III the state.
the Armory IS a harn-iikc place
with huge floor space. yes t 81
fairly well filled with displays which
come from practically every county
n Tho state The higher educational
Institutions en- are represented with
4 booths. but little attempt has been
made by them az elaborate displays.
and the exhibits are principally from
the common schools, the rural schools
I predominaiing.
Manual training and domestic sell
cncc displays predominant. although
there are numerous showinEs Of PEN
manship. pen drawing, art work and
other branches Of the public sohool
7 work which are adapted to exhibit
purposes II Ia n showing Of which
any state Of 100000 population may
wcn be proud.
! There Is ono feature 81 the show
ms IN the Armory which n especially
notable. This is the character OF
the exhibits from those distrlctg
where the native children prcdomi-
nate Some ~ the necdlework Of
the Mexican girls is exquisite while
tho native bnys mako an equally good
showing with their manual training
exhibits. lt r. far and away the best
showing Of this kind ever made Nv
the state and contains much Of prom
ise for the future. Tho show demon
strates convincingly that educational
work IN this state. not only IN the
cities but in the county. is being car
ried on along the most modern lines
ana by thoroughly capable teachers.
A. one enters the Armory the first
thing Ia sieht--nnd smells coffee.
and a counter laden with sandwiches
and cakes The cntorprislng young
men OF the recently organized Unit
versity Y. NJ. G. A.. have established
n luncheon booth az the door There
they are serving coffee and sand
wlchos FREE to the visiting ladies'.
But the free lunch ~ for ladies only
A hungry man must pay. Doing
Things" IS the motto suspended over
the booth.
The University OF New Mexico has
an office booth. for distribution Of
u 'vcrsity literature and ne on In
formation bureau. The State Schsnl /
Of Mines OF Socorro mas similar /
booth.
The New Mexico Normal school. !
Silver CITY. has taken the entire al |
cove, on thp west side Of tho build /
ink. and under DR. Lights direction
Il has been turned into a very at I
trnctivc rest room. with rugs on tho 4
floor easy chairs. writing desks ana I
n retiring room for tho ladies' with |
maid IA charge. The ,
walls are decorated nttractivcly with I
and pennants.
The state Agricultural College has |
n smail display Of photographs ana /
literature ana bulleuns for distribu- |
tion. but the most attractive feature |
of the college display Is Prof. W. T. /
Conway's prize-winning exhibits from |
his Boys ana Girls Industrial clubs. |
This includes from the boys the VIM |
ming samples OF milo maize. Rafir /
corn and Indian corn, ana from the |
girls section needlcwork. II is
display which fully iustfles tho earn
est work done by Professor Conway
IN organizing these clubs.
The city OF Santa Re has an exhibit |
made notable by the beautiful display |
by the School Of American Archaeolo- |
ry This includes ancient pottery, re- |
productions of pottery In colors and !
n wonderful series Of photographs Of /
exploration work done by the school /
IN central America. This exhibit |
alone Is well worth n visit 20 the |
Armory In this display also g. "a
fine showing Of the work 81 pupils 81 |
81. Michaers college principally Wa
bookkeeping and pcnmanship,
The Albuquerque indian school oc-
cupies the north end OF the building
with a fine showing Of the manual
training and domestic science worH
now being done "a, tho school This
includes needlcwork. plain ana FAM
cy, cooking. woodwork aud muchin-
cry, harnes,muking and drawing, ana
forms am exhibit OF which Suporn-
itNuchA A'NiAt Ah justly pA"hHs AAN
exhibit ALSO includes work done Ia
the indian day schools near Albu-
qucrque
The clayton. Union county public
schools present fine showing with
am especially notable display OF map
work.
Tucumcari and Quay county are
represented by fine display Oi pen
work. industrial work, domestic sci
once and photographs,
The Albuquerque public schools
present very complete display of
manual training ANA domestic science
products, drawing ana pen-work,
which is being highly complimented
by tho visitors.
Taos county iH one of the exam
Plies showing the splendid work be-
ing done boy the native children la
drawing. domestic science. manual
training and ponmanship. fnciden
tally the display is atiractlycly arr
rnnged aud ia graced by fine photo