Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-07
W0MANEDUCAT0R
DESERVES MORE
CONSIDERATION
President Swain Delivers The
Opening Address al First
Meeting of National Educa-
iIonaI Association ia ST. Paul

lsv sesslsa JOURNAL sreolAl ts4sso ~irsI
81. Paul MINI. julY An earnest
pifa in behalf of the womnn educator
hy President Joseph swain. recon.
mcndations for fudlpal changes ~ the
present public school system dis.
QUESTION Of plan FOR the establish
mcnt of libraries a. cost 500. gn0. 600
in the country districts 10 which An
drcw Carnegie may be The chief con-
Itrihuinr and activities of convention
= politicians marked toduys session OF
. the National Education association.
lniimntion that Mr.. Carnegie may
contribute literally to build Libraries
~ country districts was made by
fhilundcf y. Claxtun. United States
commissioner of education
Carnegie Is Interested
Mt Carnegie was Interested IN The
proposal Mr. ClaXtan said. and
asked me how much money il would
require ! told him probably 100000
HUU and possibly 500. 0NU. uOD lie isl
Undermined to give his money away
ana die poor aud here Is au oppur-
tuniiy."
He cited county that had cstab-
lished library for which Mr. Car
ncRie paia the cost of buildinE The !
county levied a tax To maintain H.
Twenty five years ago Mr. Clax- !
I ton continued, the first Carnegie H. /
hiary WIS established. The prorrcas
IN building has been greater since I
that time than Ia an the years pre- /
Nious. Nevertheless 20 per cent Of I
The people of the United states Ntill
are without access TO good Libraries. /
Many Counties without Libraries.
There are 1900 counties m our
nation with no public libraries and
only scyeniy-iivo counties where the
people have access to libraries which
are almost unlimited. ! talked these
conditions over with Mr. Carnegie
ana told him al ihe need of ibr~r les
IN country districts From what he
said. ! have reason ~ believe that II
counties make The proposition to him
that cities make. buy the lot II he !
viii erect the building Mr. Carnegie ,
would do his share
The nix auditorium WAS well filled u
whom President Swain delivered his J
annual address which was loudly lp- =
plauded, particularly by the women :
delegates present when he made such =
as
Pas the teachers a iiving wagc.'
Let the women teachers vote
Provide "a system Of Retirement al
lownnees SO that teachers viii he con
tented at their work"
open more supervisory positions To
women u
Choose The best person for a posi- !,
ion regardless of sex r.
In Jordan's Candidacy Grows. +,
Proponents of the candidacy of Or n
David starr Jordan were clatcd over il
he declarations of President swain +,
md pointed out TINT such views ex- ~
iressod hy The administration go a u
ong way Ia bringing the support Of
he women delegates 60 Or Jordan. "
sho IS termed the machine candidate IT
" the southern delegates II
The campaign of the solid south" II
Il behalf Of Prof David u. Johnson, y
Who ig pr JorIan's chief opponent In ~
he eonteH for the presidency of the
ssuciaiion WAS carried vigorously ~
onward tonight aud convention poli- ~
Ics perhaps werc more conspicuous 10
han n any previous meeting of The III
fsnciaiian
Want secretary OF Education. v@
proposal by T. H. scrbnor of lsh- IN
eming Mich, for federal bureau mi
/ education with Representative IN ial
be presidents cabinet was well re-
'ived hy the convention and may be II
ken up hy a committee. IN
II was announced unofficinlly today
vat thos, IN fnvor Of slmplified spell
g viii make no effort to place the
after before the convention this
iur
President Swain appointed cont ar
ittee ON resolutions. W o. rhum- on
M, president of the ohio state uni- OF