Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-22
SIxTY-THREE TEACHERS PRESENT
WITH PERHAPS FIFTEEN YET TO
COME GIVES NORMAL AN AUSPiC-
I0US BEGINNING.
MAYOR BROWNE MAKES HIS FIRST
PUBLIC ADDRESS BEFORE FIRST
SUMMER NORMAL HELD IN the
LOWER VALLEY.

With sixty-thrce teachers present. and
with perhaps fifteen vet To come, the
Lower Rio Grande Valley Summer Nor.
may opened its first session M the gram
mar school in this city today. Though
the attendance II not so large, ID IN fully
a large az was expected by those who
worked to bring about the establishment
Of n summer normal school i'm the lower
valley country, and with the work that
is To he carried ont they are hopeful
that succeeding years will show larg
er and ever increasing growth.
y. T. Canales, superintendent of the
Cameron county schools, who was one
of the principal workers for the eStab
lishment Of summer normal in this
city. thanked the teachers for their at
tendance, and introduced Mayor A. Al
bert Browne, who delivered the address
Of welcome.
Mayor Browne acknowledged that
this was the first time i'm his life that
he had ever made public address. aud
he said that il pleased him greatly that
his first appearance aS a public Speak
CT was made before an all round audi
encc of intelligence. and also because
il was his privilege 10 welcome e.
Brownsville the first session Of the
summer normal. Mayor Browne wished
for the teachers the success they desire
10 achieve, and assured them the city ~
Brownsville would do everything in itS
power 10 make their six weeks stay ia
the city pleasant.
Notwithstanding that Mayor Browne an
nounced this was hs maiden speech. those
who heard him rather thought hc spoke
more n a man of considerable experience
IN addressing a body of people.
&. T.. Thomas. conductor of the normal
answered the welcoming address ~ the
mayor, stating that he thought II fitting
that he should. a. he had talked with \
number Of the students present and had
found tEcm 0f TIE unanimous opinion that
they were glad To he in Brownsville. and
were pleased that a normal had been r--
tabiished here.
An interesting part of Mr.. Thomas ad
dress was the statement by him that the
establishment Of summer normal ~
Brownsville j. but one Of the forerunners
of a state normal school that H. certain t.
he established somewhere IN this section
Of Texas within a few years. H. Indicated
that the loc9tion ~ the summer normal
here probably would bear some significance
IN the choice by the state of "a location for
the prospective state normal. The matter
Of the establishment of u state normal in
this section has, by the way. already been
taken up, and probably Will come before
the next session of the legislature.
One of the most interesting addresses ~
the morning was that made by DIR. y. n.
Workman, president OF the Brownsville
school board. Dr. Workman spoke Of the
potential wealth Of the Valley from an az
ricultural standpoint, and 10 bear out RI
statements brought out number Of fact
that were new and educational IN the high
est degree. DIR. Workman, who l. deeply
interested IN the archaeological investiga
tions that have been under way IN the far
least, said that the Valley l. on the same
ragged thermal line ~ u Florida, CUBA
Northern Africa and Mesopotamia II was
To McSopotamia that he referred especial
l ly, calling attention to the high state ~
civilization that existed there thousand
Of wears ago, and the fact that agriculture
was carried on bv means cf irrigation "a
nal-, a. IN the lower valley. lie said also
that the same products grown there IRE