Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-30

with ltialI he preserved dignity that
made them All look to him almost
with veneration.
In the room adjoining that presided
over by Mr.. Bergman II was the other
way around. In class under the
charge OF Miss Katherine Chavcs a
number OF perfectly good American
citizens were endeavoring to learn
the Spanish language and meeting
with admirable success There are
two Spanish classes. one for beginners
and another for advanced students.
Merchants. lawyers and doctors were
awaiting themselves of II in order To
better equip themselves for their work
among the native people OF the city.
So il was also. In the class In book
keeping. under Prof. II. h. Leaven-
worth. Young men and women were
working overtime to make themselves
more proficient In their work--to I'll
themselves 10 command better SAL
aries---to reach point where they
will be more useful members Of so
ciety. II was the samoan the arith-
metic class under Miss Rogers. Clerks.
both women and men, were using
their spare time TO improve their con-
dition in life.
For that matter, II il not necessary
ia single out classes In the school or
individuals in the classes TO Illustrate
the good that is being done. Nobody
goes to night school for fun; for IL
isn't fun to get up after n, hurried
supper, when you have worked hard
ali day. and work from O'Clock until
$50 over problems of this that and
the other sort. whoever docs II has
an object In view. And that is the
most striking thing about the night
school--cverybody there has an OBJ
ject In view and means business with
large capital u.
Something of the cosmopolitan
character of the institution may be
gathered from the entrance cards Civ
ing the occupations of the students
From the well-to-do attorney who IL
studying Spanish in order to better
equip himself [. meet New Mexico
problems and New Mexico people to
the bootblack recently arrived from
sunny Italy, who is trying to get
firmer foothold i'm this land of oppor-
tunity by learning the language of the
country. practically every class and
condition OF people is embraced In
the membership of the night school,
There are now more than 100 stu
dents enrolled, and here are some of
their vocations: Bell-boy. hotel
waiter, porter, vulcanizer. laundryman.
barber, locomotive engineer, cigar
maker. farmer. seamstress, office-boy,
saleswoman, postoffice clerk, limo
type operator. coppersmlth. handy
man, milliner. candy-maker, chauf-
feur, janitor, Nda-dispenser, retired
teacher, attorney. stenographer, shop
worker physician. government clerk,
forest service employe. carpenter
printer, civil engineer, bank clerk.
messenger and cook.
The Albuquerque night school Is
now well on its way. II hasn't hali as
much money as II ought to have to
enable ii TO do its work properly, but
this will come as soon as the people
realize what 1t is doing. The best
thousand dollars that Albuquerque
ever spent will be followed by other
thousands which will be spent even to
better advantage.
The school which opened less than
year ago with Supt John Milne.
Rabbi Noise Bergman, Rev. Hermon
p. Williams. Prof. J. w. Giltner. Mrs.
Ella La Bar. A. y. Stroup and Prof..
George f. Mitchell as voluntary teach
erS who did their work Tor the rove
of II, and whose only reward was the
consciousness that they were doing a
great public good. has become fixed
institution whose Importance Is grow
ing every day
Rabbi Bergman and Professor
Mitchell are the only members of the
original faculty that remain. In adj
dition to them there is Prof. p. II.
Leavenworth. who has charge of the
commercial department. Miss Maud
Rogers. who is in charge of the
arithmetic class; Miss Myrtle Plant.
who has the advanced class In Eng
fish: Miss Katherine Chaves, who
teaches Spanish. and Prof. ]. p. Jones,
the principal, who also teaches al
zebra.
If YOU doubt whether the thousand
dollars year that Albuquerque gives
for night school is being well spent,
drop around to the Central high
school building on any Monday, We'd
nesday or Friday night after the first
of the year and see for yourself.
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