Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-25
WORK
Of SECTIONS IS
|NTEREsTC[NTER
Educators Give Major Portion.
Of Time and Attention 10 In
innate Study and Discus
sion in Groups.

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The session of the mathematics
and science teachers yesterday fore
noon was typical of the lntrinsicall,
interesting character of the section
meetings. In which the real work oi
the convention is being done. Prof. T
q. Rodgers presided. With Prof. T. c
MacKay of the school Of Mines a.
secretary.
Prof. ]. d. Clark OF the Universit,
Of New Mexico presented a Lecture OF
"The Enrichment OF Sulfide Ores" In
which he discussed the result Of orig
ory OF the enrichment OF ore zones,
both from above and beneath Scien-
fists the world over who have exam
ined into the recent discoveries and
theories OF Professor Clark discussed
pronounce them the most logical ones
to account for certain ore deposits.
Professor Clark was followed by
Prof. G.. r.. Anderson OF the School
OF Mines, who several years ago was
teacher In the School OF Mines at
Woo Chong, China. His lecture was
illustrated and covered the subject Of
his travels In China and Japan. made
doubly interesting by the touch OF
personal experience.
President G.. H., Ladd OF the State
College. gave an illustrated lecture on
Geology" which was much appreci-
ated. The closing lecture was by DR..
Frank CARBON of the Normal univcr-
sity, who spoke on his favorite sub
ject. Psychology. In the evening
the section banduetted at the Ava
RADIO.
Han Heads City supertn,endents.
The city superintondents section
elected w. o. Hall OF Roswell. prcsi-
dent. n. w. Twining, secretary; w.
Il. Bishop OF Gallup. to the council
for three years. the other two men,
bers. W. y. Mcfarland of Silver
City, for two years. and 7. w. Con-
way. Of Ration. for one year, holding
over.
A splendid address by DR.. Coffman
on Mental Arithmetic, was one of the
features of the session. other subjects
discussed were as follows. why Re-
auire City Teachers TO Attend Coun-
ty Institutes" Teachers Meetings;
Why, How and When" Relation OF
the City Superintendent to the Prin-
oipal Of the High school, and What
Attitude Shall We Assume Toward
Using the Teachers and Pupils in
Programs For the Benefit OF Local
Clubs, Societies. Fairs. etc?"
New Section Is Organized.
The foreign language teachers yes
terday organized n new section, when
for the present includes teachers OF
both classical and modern languages.
The following officers were elected:
DIR. l.. u. Mitchell. president: Miss
Mosely, OF Ration, vice president; Miss
Decker, OF Roswell. secretary; mem
hers Of the educational council. Mrs
stecker Of Deming, three years; Prof.
Lueibihl. of Silver City, two years,
and Miss Hewett. of AIamogordo one
year.
Elementary Section.
Possibly never before have teach
ers realized as convincingly the i'm
portance OF statistics. correctly kept
as they do now after hearing the
story that statistics can be made to
tell from the lips Of Or. Coifman. This
was emphasized yesterday by Dr.,
coffman in his talk before the Ele-
mentary section in the auditorium.
His subject was: Facts Concerning
Retardations Which Every Teacher
Should Know"
lie did not hesitate to place the
blame where II belonged, whether to
teacher, parent or community he
astonished his hearers by exploding
number of popular fallacies Inc
retardation ascribed 20 the fact OF
pupils wearing spectacles. he insisted,
should be rather laid upon pupils VINO
do not wear glasses. but should wear
them. While retardation from en-.
larged glands and from adenoids IS
considerable. he stated il Is exceeded
nv retardation from defective teeth.
That large clnsses are often the cause
OF retdf0nllofl, ne utii'"' "''N -"
cd statistics TO show that only forty
pupils in n thousand are retarded by
attending classes Of thirty-five or
more pupils and only one teacher.
ShonId Like Subjects.
Eve have no business to teach any
subject we do not like" he declared
and many teachers nodded their
heads In agreement. but with the
question on their lips; But how can
we avoid IT."
They were rather crestfallen when
they heard the simple answer to the
question: How can any teacher learn
TO like a subject ?" The answer was
to pretend that he liked II and to get
so full Of II that he eventually will
like 1t. for the diataste Of many a
teacher for a subject is because he
doesn't know enough about 1t. The
unfortunate part Of this Is that the
pupil catches the dislike from the
teacher. That is one of the reasons
why the number of failures in arith-
metic are greater than in any other
study and the fewest failures are re-
corded in spelling.
DR.. Coffman also dispelled with
statistics the oft-repeated assertion
that stupid pupil is apt to be the
greatest success in later life. Stupidity
at one end of the line. he insisted.
means failure at the other, and pre-
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