Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-24
Notes of the Contention


Thrice applauded were the winners
in the spelling contest yesterday ai-
ternoon as they umidlN aud modcstlE
stepped upon the platform at inc
armory to receive public recognition
and their prizes, first as their names
were called, secondly when handed
the prize, and the third time when
the chairman told the audience mat
these two young girls from the east
ern part of the state had never MISS
ed a day in school had never been
tardy and that one of them refused
to come to Albuquerque unless the
teacher promised to mark her pres
ent i'm school The winners Of whom
this was said were in the oral spell
ing contest who stood zap as WorQ
after word was hurled at them, and
Older and more advanced pupllS Went
down before the 42-centlmeter words
from the back part of the speller. The
Young ladies' were Janice WILEY, OF
Portales. and Truma stephens Of Tu-
cumcari They also figured I'm the
written spelling contest, sharing the
first prize, while the third went to
Alice Cowan, of Las Cruces
Arithmetic. Penmanship aud
Language.
Rather remarkable is the fact that
the nri2es for arithmetic, penmanshlp
and language, with two exceptions
went to Sandoyal county ana 70
Spanish Americans In LANGUAGE
stella Tondrc of Sandoval ana Juan
Trujllo of Sandoval carried OF inc
prizes; IN arithmetic, Cmdelmlo Cos
tillo of Sandoval and Alice CoWan OF
Dona Ana won the honors, ana lh
penmanship il was Lutgarda Mon
toya of BernalillO and Lennle Grey
BrdWell of Las cruces VINO received
the hOnors.
Rio Arrlha county after all sent
down twenty of its teachers Last
wear there were some seventy in at
tendance. The superintendent, Da-
vid Martinez, Jr, and the spanish
American teachers are absent
Miss NJ. A, Smith walked twenty
three miles from otto to Kennedy in
order TO catch "A train for Alhuduer-
que so that she might get to the first
session of the educational association.
The enrolment last evening had
reached 1,475, within 300 OF lasl
years figures
Mrs. William II Bartlett of santa
Re TODAY was elected ON the cduca-
tional council by the section oI ele-
mentary teachers.
Yesterday noon Hiram HadltN OF
Las Cruces. nestor of New Mexico
teachers, organized an anti-rohacco
league
Miss Maud Hancock of East Las
Vegas was elected a member of the
educational council by the section on
music and drawing.
"New Mexico the famous song
written and composed by Mrs. Flor
ence L. Bartlett of Santa re was rem
dered with superb effect bN class
i'm desarte at the reception Monday
afternoon and again before the gem
eral session by the University oil sew
Mexico Choral club. The song has q
swing and lit that sings itself into
the heart
Mrs. Rupert +. Asplund was hos
tess yesterday afternoon at the Az
varado al a luncheon given IN non
or of Mrs Cora Wilson Stewart, VINO
left for the east on an evening tram
pink roses were the decorations The
guests were. Mesdames stewart, AL
van Y. White, George +. LAID, FRANK
II. II. Roberts, II. 7. Rogers X. k.
I.arkin and John Milne.
Dr. David Il. Boyd was host a q
luncheon at the Alvarado TO the coun,
" superintendents in honor of Prof.
Roscoe r. Hill, head Of the new de-
partment for special training for ser
vice In the Latin American repup-
lies. State superintendent White ana
his assistant Filadelfo Baca, were
guests at the affair There were
several toasts all Of them comneh-
datory Of the new work undertaken
by the university
+. l.. Enloe of Silver City Is the new
president Of the schoolmasters' CLUB
w r. Conway of aRton Is secretary
and Or, Frank Il. H. Roberts Is tne
third members Of the membership
committee
As one meets Secretary John II.
Wagner Of the association, impef-
turable and smiling. one does not
know of the immense amount OF de-
tail work on his shoulders and that
during the five DAYS Of the conYen-
ton he never gets more than the pro-
verbal forty winks OF rest
Monday evening 5000 were taken
in through the 25-cent admission fee
charged non-members az general ses-
sions.
Less than one-half Of the teachers
had cast their ballots last evening and
It was utterly Impossible to tell the
trend of the voting PIG % the conVen-