The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-20
Educational Council Discusses
Quartet of Live Topics at
Initial Session in High
School Building.
MILNE AND WHITE ARE
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER
Local Superintendent and
Chief State Officer Likely to
Be Strongest Candidates for
Head of Association.

Tho FIRST meeting of the twenty
ninth annual convention OF the New
Mexico Educatiouul association prac-
ideally commenced this morning at
the high school study hall. though the
formed opening OF the meeting VII
not nke place uu-d MondIy morn
iug Today session was the FIRST
meeting of .hc educational council u
body composed OF delegates from
each section of the muIl association,
with additional members choFon az
large ana it wa chiefly remarkable
for Two things. hrst the expressed
idea that .hp toN, book adoption was
20 thlE uf the pass and hence mi fh
as well be- forgot ana second. that
the course OF study for The new book
was t matter ut oNccllrlco.
The speakers practically wi huut
exception endorsed The new course ui
study. particularly Those representing
rural districts. They also endorse
the uduptiuns pretty generally, hu'
| there was general dispos.ion that
| the new books were lll right or thai
90 they wrryat the few months us'
tu date had brought Geo lignt no Yer,
| glurug faults.
! True. ono superintendent. hc col
| Torrance county. declared one OF hi
| teachers was opposed tp the ariih
mctic series because she found sum'
of the problems therein too dinicul
for her own solution but this wa
supposed "a be a joke. Anyway th
crowd laughed.
Mrs r. r.. Asplund, roprcsentul
the patrons section, entered 10 siren
uuus demand Tor more facts aud NOR
accurate facts about New Mexico u
tho United States histories aught %
the state schools. scoring severely th
lhisturipus who gave few coz luHrcut
latr ncta about tho -iu.cs share &
1.-THE Development or tho ouuutry.
! W. V. Carru1. superintendent a
the Clovis schools. had something
SAY about .hv histories also, dc.lll
ling they were uf too military IS toni
we should have more about the pi,
uc'rs who nprn,l his country tn n
u,mrug' hc said. "and less ut tt
naval and military heroes
The council spvl some time O..
cus-I1g l satisfactory method ui 900
ing ,louuuics boo itself between mcr
ug- ur the sections, which normal
elect their own representatives,, Doc
2, after set ling that the president nn
secretary should ull the vacancies pl
ii tenn. got down tu business In gran
e. stylc.
d, Miss Mluetjr A. Myers. state dire
/ tor uf Industrial education. mFir
resigned us scerr.uiN o. f. Asplui
be- WuH chosen To- ull the place
p AIyan y. White state upcr1tcn
Is cut of public instruction, was a
q urH speaker h.g topic being the D.
cent adupuuus uf .oNt books VI
MI white gave To- Hist of iwcliy -"
al states u here there are uniform tees
Ia book sys s.cml and told OF tho mann
in which Sew McNlcp had selected Z
bel hooks she had adopted More Ga
bel forty sealed bids bad been suhm
ted hl liu,rolt wH.thIug houses.
said. aud over u'iE book puhlirhr
10 repre-. .eu'ativcs had been heard
roo the state board ut ciu.ttl A ma
iul lIp these adoptiuns
ISL MIR. White took homc-rm hit
4, fEc constitution makers because Nh
had I,ff unduue the things they uu.
rt to have done for ciucatilu and ID,
utI thua, things they ought rot lo nt
done to education. he said hc 90"
n NOT hI1N ol ana, mistakes they ul
... have made uAl did not
I. The constitution puta the con
i- sup,rntcpdDut4 into politics
makes the state sups1u.vudslt
m| elective omrrr." be- said, coutuu
rul with several severe criticisms ot
. th, school finance yHitn.
uII Mr White W1Ir DIS address am
rrut pIr1 lur frcc trxt books. at il