Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-12
MIRACLES DONE
BY SCHOOLS OF
SANTA f COUNTY
Industrial Exhibit Installed in
National Guard Afmory At
tracts Admiration of All Who
See It,

cant, lie. Feb. Like a miracle
.nnears the exhibit installed today in
.ha national guard armory. Wonder
~, heyond words to express. Is the
Iisnlay of Industrial work 10y the
v'rai schools of Santa Fee county IL
No third year for the annual eN-
fbition and each year has been such
"n improvement Of what went before
,hat i seems certain that nowhere
s,se could such a showing be made
nnder similar circumstances.
Fortv-three booths have been pre-
nored in the armory and each school
Ns,rie, outside the city is represented.
4 feature of this years work Is that
emnhasls has been laid upon utility.
The handiwork of the domestic SCI
ence classes and each district has
s~cb a class and equipment, leans to-
ward the making of neat house
gresses. aprons. underwear. linens and
honeehold utensils. Very striking are
,he rag carpets and rugs in artistic
designs From Chimayo, for two cen
tnrles the place in which the famous
Chimnvo blankets have been woven,
come a number of these blankets
made in school by the children. There
lie a mNntl Oh illt " uAt ihtAAl AiAtAt -
nsed for that purpose. 1t Is a Verita-
bic household industry such as one
finds in the Black forest or IN swift
zerland for each nome In Chimayo
has its loom or looms. Attention IS
now given in the Chimayo school 10
developing the artistic side of that
industry which should serve as an eX-
ample Of what might he done in other
New Mexico communities.
Furniture Made by Boys.
The furniture made by the boys in
the various districts also is of the
useful type. chairs, tables. bedsteads,
much of it along original lines and
with artistic finish. With crude tools,
perhaps, only jackknife and piece
Of pinon or cedar wood. or the rem
nants Of q drygoods box, useful ar
ticles have been fashioned for the
home. In fact, one can easily realize
how the def fingers of boys and girls
are transforming the bare rooms IN
humble adobe homes on mesas or IN
canyons into attractive homes Tor
themselves and parents. When one
remembers that with all this now go
school Libraries reading circles, 1T
erary societies, night schools for par
ents. school gardens, shade trees,
things practically unknown in the ru-
raj districts of New Mexico when
statehood came, then even the most
penurious legislator must admit that
the work OF one man like County
School superintendent John V. Con-
way. Is worth more TO a county IKE
Santa Fe than the work of all the
other county officials, no matter how
merit0riOus and efficient tie latter
may be- taken together
Every teacher in the county has ar
rived for this annual event. Prizes
numbering almost one hundred nave
been hung up for the best exhibits by
public spirited men and women OF
the capital, and especially by tue san,
Ia Re Woman's club. This clup VIII
serve a luncheon TO the visiting teacn-
ers wnile the woman's board of trade
will extend similar courtesy. Mrs.
Mcdonald entertains them this even
Ing at the executive mansion. Never
before have the rural teachers been
shown such social courtesies
Legislators Astounded.
The legislators in the city marvel
at the exhibit. Their views marve
still more as they see what Z, s. ana
g-year-Old Spanish American boys
and girls can do under proper train
ing and with the right kind of inspira'
ton. Many an older boy and girl II
the city schools is put to shame p.
the exhibit. 1t must be remembered
that in addition TO the useful articles
there is here and there drawing
q picture, a home- made VioliQ OIL
flute an artisticaIlv embroidered dol