Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-30
"The Best Money Albuquerque EUer Spent
Is That Which Keeps the Night School Going
.The best thousand dollars that al.

THE best thousand dollars that Al
lbuquerque ever spent"
In these words Superintendent John
Milne, Of the city schools, recently
referred to the appropriation made
by the board of education for the
maintenance of the Albuquerque night
school. And any one who will take
the trouble to investigate the work
that is being done by the night school
who will drop in some evening
when the work is in full swing and
see what is beins a,Somplished-wi
be forced TO admit that this is no ex-
travagant expression and that Albu-
queraue is getting usurious interest
on every dollar that Is being expend-
ed Ia this direction.
For the NIGHT school is giving an
education not only TO those who need
| it--everybody needs an education for
that inatter-but to those who really
want it and who appreciate It's value
sufficiently to make sacrifice in or
der to get it, They are the ones to
whom an education means most and
who get most out Of what they re-
ceive.
Stop and think it over for a minute.
Suppose you were an apprentice out
at the shops, starting to work at 6
O'Clock in the morning, which Is black
dark AT this season of the year. and
using all your muscles every hour of
the day until late In the afternoon.
Or suppose you were a shop girl in
downtown department store duung
the holiday rush, standing on your
feet the whole day long and attend
ing to the wants Of a thousand auer-
ulous and nconsiderate customers
OR suppose you held any one of Il
score or more of positions that might
be mentioned which exact OF those
who I'll them every ounce OF energy
of which they are capable, And sup
pose that after your days work was
done, in spite Of weary brain and
tired muscles you still possessed an
ambition to improve your condition
and sufficient reserve force to enable
YOU to put in two or three hours of
study at night. Don't you think that
money expended to enable you to
achieve your ambition under such
circumstances would be money we'll
spent?
How. Ii Began.
1t is just this sort Of thing that is
being done at the albuquerque night
school every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday night OF every week dur
ing the school year. The boys and
girls. the young men and women who
are looking upward to an ideal and
who are struggling against all sorts OF
obstacles TO attain that ideal. are be-
ing helped along--are being given an
opportunity to gain that which they
most desire and which will do most
for their everlasting good.
tn Supariuf endpnt Milne perbAus
more than TO any other one man, is
due the credit OF starting the night
school in Albuquerque. Mr.. Milne, an
experienced educator with a broad
grasp OF the problems confronting
him. saw that there were many boys
and girls and many men and women
| In Albuquerque that were not get
ting what they should out Of the
city's educational system. They were
the bread winners of families, the
toilers to whom d dsy meant so many
hours In which to earn the money
necessary to keep things going for
that day. School---the ordinary school
was not for them. however much
they might desire the things that are
gained by going to school And there
were many such that not only desired,
but craved and hungered for those
things.
OF course, the only solution of the
problem was TO establish a night
school But the board of education
had made no provision for such an
| institution. and to do the board JUS
| tice. it did not at the time have the
funds at its disposal to warrant such
| a move.
Volunteer Teachers.
This was about q year ago, in the
middle of the school session. MIR.
Milne saw that the main thing was TO
get the thing started, and that as
soon as the benefits OF d night school
| were realized some way would be
| found TO keep 1t going. Consequent
| ~. he conceived the plan of appealing
to publie-spirited citizens to volunteer
their services as teachers for the re-
mainder of the term
Responses TO this appeal were
prompt and effective Ministers. ed
ucators. men in all walks Of life, glad
" offered their services. Mr.. Milne
himself took a class and the night