Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-31
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS
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the banker is justly subject to criti-
clsm If he permits idle capital to re-
main In the vaults of his bank or If
he directs il into channels which do
not yield the maximum benefit to his
felloWmau In the beginning of the
world, cain asked his father: Am /
my brothers keeper?' Down through
the Corridors OF the centuries which
have elapsed since this question was
asked the answer has been ringing in
clarion tones. II ann This being
true. we owe to our brother the high
est degree of efficiency and nave Il.
right to demand from him in return
the same measure, This is especially
true Of the teacher The people in
trust To them the education of their
children, and have a right to demand
the highest degree of effort. If you
do not give 1t to them YOU will prove
false to your trust.
Hits Demon Rum.
Again, l would have you instill into
the minds of pupils the necessity of
suppressing in this country every pos
sible evil. And especially that arch
enemy of the human race-the demon
rum-which infllcts upon our people
so much misery, sorrow, suffering,
poverty and crime: which breaks so
many hearts, causes so many tears,
makes brutes out Of fathers. orphans
of children, fills our prisons and in
sane asylums, and leaves in It's wake
ruined homes and embittered lives
We. in this country spend billions
of dollars in educating and fitting our
boys and girls for the great battle of
life. on the one hand; while, on the
other, we license and pretend TO regu
late this evil, which we all know and
admit is annually destroying the man
hood and womanhood of millions of
our people and sapping our national
vitality. A great, world wide battle
is being waged against this arch en-
envy of the human race. which will
continue until the right prevails. You
are required by law | believe. in this
state, and ! am sure such is the case
In the majority of the states. TO teach
the pupils In the public schools the
evil effects of alcoholic liquors. but
you should so further and teach the
coming generation that the evil must
be absolutely wiped out; that our
government which demands the hest
that is within us must not impair our
efficiency by tempting us with strong
drink. This is especially true in this
state, where so many of our people
are being annually ruined by this vice.
If the evil cannot be regulated, and
seemingly il cannot, il must be abol-
ished
Should TIarmonizc Races.
In another respect the teacher in
New Mexico must assume and dis
charge an obligation and duty to the
state, not often found In other states
and communities. Here two great civil
lzations = the Anglo-SaXon and the
latn--meet under a common flag.
All who have given any thought to
the question cannotgfail to realize the
necessity of bringing the people of
the TWO races into closer union, with
common ideals and a united destiny,
In order to bring this about ii Isl
highly essential that we should speak
a common language, so that We can
converse freely with each other and
exchange ideas. 1t is impossible to
understand the other fellows view
point unless you can converse with
him. The state of New Mexico is a
part of the United States: one of the
lnseparable states, forever linked to
its sister states The language of the
other states must necessarily be our
language. This proposition no one
viii controvert. This being true all
the people within the state of New
Mexico should be taught the English
language. / do not desire TO be un-
derstood as urging that Spanish should
not be taught in our public schools,
Dut what want to say is. that the
hflgnsh language is so essentially nee
essary that all other languages should
De secondary consideration in our
public schools. There Is an ever-in-
crossing immigration to New Mexico,
from the other states. All the people
OF New Mexico, whether they be
spanish Americans or sAngloAmeri-
cans, are glad to welcome them. But
the people who are here whatever
theif nationality may have been here
lolore, must be prepared to meet and
cope with these new people We must
meet them on a common level, with
equai advantages, which We will not
nave unless we are able to speak their
language. This being true, every cltl-
@eh oil this new state must be taught
az l nave said, to speak a common
language. Unfortunately for the ma
i've people of New Mexico the con-
sfess Of the United States paid very
nttle attention to this great empire
IN me southwest, and left 1t largely to-
NoFk out its own destinies. Now that
We nave statehood, We are making
rapid strides in all educational lines
ana venture the prediction that the
coming generation in New Mexico will
see marvellous strides III the develop
4neht of the condition of our people
Every native son of New Mexico is
%hAious that his children should be
ausht the English language. and
upon the school teacher rests the re-
aponsibllity of imparting this knowl-
Unfortunately for the people of New
hns.Nieo, We have designing men of
poth races, who seek to stir up race
TTaieludlce for their own personal ends.
a 10y would present as their only