Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-22
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
SUMMER NORMAL OPENS

grown va The lower valley. and hc called
attention tO the once vast wealth ~ that
snail section ~ country NJ larger than the
valley yet that once furnished warrior
an army oi two n.iliIon men. indicating that
4 must surely have supported NO fewer
than five million persons
Ot practical value 10 the teachers was
The address of Judge h. A. Mar-h. SuDrr-
'ntendeut ot the Iiidalgo county schools.
Judge Marsh has had many years III ex
Perience n handling the class ~ school
children found on the border. and the IN
formation lw gave the teachers with refer
eurr ~ teaching the Mexican children un-
dcubtedly viii prove M great value ~ them
~ the future M handling their classes.
Judge Marsh called attention a. the great
necessity 81 talking English ON the school
grounds. and said they should insist that
The children should talk nothing but Eng
lIsh. ile also advised against speaking
Spanish ~ The school room. believing that
y would not assist the children III learn
ing English.
lle called attention 70 the employment
of Miss Frances O'Connor ~ Galveston
Tor the summer normal. stating that she
had had many years NJ experience IN
teaching foreign children. He impressed
upon the teachers the fact that teaching
school along the border i. quite different
from the teaching methods that hold I'M
other paris of the State. where there are
icw children who 10 not understand Eng
hsh. H. called attention also a. the fact
that IN far The major portion ~ names
shown N hIs county school rolls are Mexi-
can namc-, and that a~ such was the ease.
the teachers mast center their efforts W
teaching Che foreign children.
Dr. ~ VI. Bell. now resident w Browns
vIlle, but formerly superintendent ~
schools ~ Bccvillc. Texas. and also nt
one time the organizer ut summer nor
NAL, endorsed the remarks of DR. Wort
man. and gave several Interesting points
"t information that will assist the teach
crs greatly. Ile was followed by Mis-
Lizzie Barbour. superintendent ~ the
Brownsville city schools. who. though tot
making nm address. assured the teacher,
ot welcome and extended the support VI
the city school Officials VA their efforts.
y. " Galloway. formerly superintendent
of the San Bcnito schools. and now "A can
didaic for the oilire NJ county =npcrinfcnd-
cnt of schols, closed the addresses of vel
come that opened the summer normal.
Prof Thomas, conductor 81 the normal.
then began outlining the work that will
be undertaken Nv the normal Regular
sessions will begin tomorrow.
The students who registered M the nor
NAL today are: Misses Maggie Adair. Ida
Adair; y. ~ Smith, Miss Mamie Po-ry.
Mr-. Elizabeth Brown. Misses Esther
Amaya, Leonor q. Cavazos, Virginia
Marsh. Irene BaGlcy. Zala Mcclellan: Mr..
May Browniield: Misses Fannie Norwood.
Mary Talbot, Nita Carpenter. I.ael Grctz-
niger, Jeanette krelder. Vera Casper.
AnIel Kendall. Elolse Cavazos, Berdie N.
ThieIcn. Emilia Campbell. Mariann Eslv.
Scyla Tiierina, vi. r. Duffy, EstcIa CARA.
Emma n. NeSseron. Esther Sada. Jo.efina
Cortcz, Ma Andrea Trcvino. Clara Bell
smith, Isabel Lopez. Olivia Yznaga, An
tonia Adame, Beatrice Kinloch, Marie
Whiting. Ethclyne Newman. Enriqurfa
Lema. Francisco Bolado, NJ h Casta
media. BIanton Smith; Mr. ~ r. Brown.
MIsses Katie Thomas. Esther Osborne, N.
Leona Osborne, Mary McAlcese, Florrie
Robinson, Dorothy Harris, Annie O'Brien.
Jewel Barron, Zantha Dcmarce; Mr. r
vi. Clearwater: Mis- Rose Stove. Mi
Cecil Dye. Baltazar u. Guzman, H. Lind
sey, X. W. Moore
The teachers IN attendance are. Prof. n.
Thomas, conductor: Prof. ~ vi Bum of
Merccdcs, Prof q. \. Bcwyer of Brown
vile; Prof. !. NJ. HI Stephens of Donna
MIS- Francis O'Connor of Galveston.
Judge X. A. Marsh ~ Edlnburr and J. r
Canales ol Brownsville.