Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-26
GREAT EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION CLOSES IN BLAZE Of GLORY

upon every visitor
sectional Sessions
The various sectional sessions were
In full swing yesterday forenoon. In
the high school and college sections
the problem of the county high
/ schools was fully discussed. superin-
tendent Poore, who il not only a
county but also city superintendent
at Carlsbad, combatted the Idea eN
pressed on some sides that there
should be no more than one county
high school lie has four In Eddy
county and the system works out welt.
Similarly. Mrs. Dixon told of the two
county high schools IN socorro county.
where one high school would be ut
terN inadequate ON account OF the
magnificent distances. other topics
on the program were "The High
school Course Of study" by n. q.
Rodgers, OF East Las Vegas: Current
Tests of Educational Efficiency" b.
Elmer l.. Ringer. East Las Vegas
Modern Tendencies In Literary Crits-
cism," by sherman b. Neff, of state
College. and an address OF classic dig
nifty by DR.. Edwin u. craighead. By
ron j. Read presided and Miss Fannie
French took the minutes.
Indian schools
The indian school section which
met In the basement. had an atten-
dance that crowded the class room,
superintendent Perry presided. The
topics that had been booked were
Industrial Work in Indian Day
Schools" by Miss Fannie Dennis and
Mrs. Alice G.. Dwlre; Relation OF the
Indian School 10 the Public School,"
by Supt. Robert j. Bauman; "Individ-
uallzlng of the Pueblo Indian" by
Supt IL. +. Coggeshall.
Industrial Section.
The Industrial instructors held their |
second session with Charles Schreck
presiding. and started out with
splendid paper by Melvin Fox OF Be-
len, on 1.-THE Manual Training OF the
Boy" the discussion of which led to
a forceful presentation OF the causes i
that lead boys to leave the farm and /
the remedy for 1t. The rest of the
program proved equally interesting.
Library Section.
The library section was made no
table by an address of Miss Lutte Il.
Stearns. of Milwaukee, on 'The Mod
ern Library Movement" Miss Della J.
Sissler presiding Mrs. Joseph S. Ho-
fer was at the secretary's desk. one
of the most excellent addresses OF the
session was by Mrs. rupert +. As
plund, Good Books---What and How
to Select for Grades From One TO
Eight" President O. c. Zlngg. of I'll 1
Rto. presented the important subject
of school Libraries in spansh-Amer
lean Communities, subject that had
been entirely overlooked heretofore.
Miss Myrtle Cole. city librarian of Ra
ton, was particularly happy in her dis
cusslon of how the public library may
cooperate with the public schools.
Supt. L. G. Mersfelder. of Clovis, on L
"Plans for Establishing Libraries IN /
Public Schoolsr Miss Cole was elecs- ,
ed chairman for the ensuing year, 1
Miss Madden, OF the Albuquerque pub Il
lie library, secretary; c. A, Reddic, Of Ii
Mrs. j. $. Hofer. of Tu- IL
and Miss Slssler. of the Uni q
'ersity of New Mexico library. mem 4
,ers Of the council for two, one and +,
hree years respectively. n
Plea for Peace. .
A plea for International arbitration /,
fas made by Superintendent Poore at j
he session of the school Peace league. a
yer which the neator of New Mexico +,
ducators. Hiram Hadley of Las Cru n
es. presided, and John H. Vaughn.
he new president Of the educational
recorded the minutes. Mr. =
core decried the spirit OF spread = =
agile patriotism stlll so prevalent :. :,
mong Americans, and urged the !,
'achIng OF history and geography on :,
ian lHadley cogently gave the reason =
II the peace and arbitration move q.
emit TO which the world looks for :.
lie establishment Of permanent inter- !,
ttional peace. Superintendent J. w. 80
thompson of Clayton was booked for :,
/ address on The Hold of the Peace -
ovement on the World and "The :,
elation OF the European War 10 the - =
sace Movement" WAS II most timely -.
III tiUtHfnl uuultSS DS rupert u IL,
spund Of santa Fe, who spoke as ~
lows.
The ninesecnth century was eharac- IN
rized by the initiation Of many ~,
oyements tending to confirm our be- No
I in the general principle Of growth ~,
d Improvement. Without taking M
ur time in enumerating these move vi
ents, one of them is under consider ho
ion ut the present time. ] refer to wa
,at might be called the cosmic spirit rio
world idea that has found its ex- cls
esson in. the efforts for lasting NJ
uce among the nations Of the earth, no.
ere have been many instances Of of
. universally and permanence OF al,
! growing spirit of friendllness and bu
ghborlness, eliminating IN Presi- gu
At Wilson's handling Of our relations rip
II Mexico and in the remarkable Sc "a,
= of treaties contracted by the pres 81,
federal administrator between the on
ited States and other countries. ex,
en-, as we settled ourselves with be
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