Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-21


Teacher but maro heart She should
Ihaee mith n children Then they sin
hoye nith in her ana she should
grow iH her work
The county superintendent The
school board and the teacher should
IrccoeuIze that thef exist for one pur-
pose onb-the benefit 20 tie chile
drcn themselves The curse Of New
MeEico in thc pasta curse that hap
lpuy d passing has been that 600
many school boards have had for
their object the game ~ politics and
tho placing OF the school money .n
the hands of teachers not because
i tines could teach bat because their
fathers or uncles could control "a cer-
/ tain number of votes. Every school
worker knows of the truth Of this
statement Also NOT q few county
superIntcndcnts have been elected he
cause some political boss wanted this
on that man mot DIS fitness 10 direct
county education but because, some
where some person was 60 Doe re-
warded FOR votes THAI could bc de-
llvercd on election day u required
q hard fight in 1871 20 set one OF the
bcst supcrlntendenis In the state
nominated. because % boss wanted q
slloonkeeper for the office
Not ia The Textbooks
Hut wc are not So much interested
ln the agencies of education oy 10 the .
product ~ those agencies The
meeting Of the educational association
win hear much and the visiting teach
ers VIII learn much 81 what efficiency
i'm education means and what Is its
scope
with me teaching Of tine conyen
uouul course Of study we need not
nave much concern But there are
many things not IN The textbooks
which must have the attention Of the
teacher Tho motto Of our race
might wclr bee "Takc heed TO the
hody. Emerson has wen said that
health is The first wealth physical
leaders become heads of state, ana IL
you read history you viii find that
iho strong physique has played vast
nnrt IN me attainment az success.
have we cnusc for alarm2 let us
again otto history At the close OF
me battle Of Waterloo. wellington
aaid the victory was Won on the play
grounds of The English public schools
When the Roer war was fought less
than century later forty per cent
81 the men who offered 10 enlist for
service were rejected on physical ok
in spite OF the fact that
three times during the interval the
STANDARD of admission to the army
had been lowered The explanation
was that from leading an outdoor
me- the people of the British isles
had become urbnn and sedenary,
and consumed large quantities of n
toXleaiing liquors
Physical Exercise Required
In the United states we are fast
becoming sedcntary urban people
When the first census was taken only \
d little more than three per cent of
Tho people lived ia cities Now the
ufhau population is considerably
more THAN nifty per cent, and the ten
dency in the schools is 10 put twenty
five horsepower heads on ten horse
power bodies 10 be sure, we have
athletics IN the schools, participated
In by picked few The rest Of the
school confinc their athletics 10 root
ing on the blcachers
Also fine spirit of liberation /,
should DE taught The greatest dee
moeracy la the world should be in
the school room The true spirit
should not be 90 am as good as you
are but should be. you are as good
us j ann" There should Nc no ieal-
ouay of races and no antaeonism be-
tween The children whose parent
tongues differ
Inspiring Ambition,
Another thing the teacher should .
exert herself Ia do Is 60. Impress upon
the pupils the necessity of getting all
the education possible Tor them 20
get. and that they are limited in Chat
matter only by their own lack of will
powcr In Appletons Cyclopedia of
American Biography are found lo.-
14e names; $500 OF these are college
mon There were fifty-six sIgners OF
the declaration of Independence. for
ty-tWo of them were college men. Tho
constitution of the United states was
drafted hy nfy-fye men, thirty of
them were college men. Yet when
Jhe declaration of Independence was
framed and when the constitution of|
the United states was written less
than one-tcnth OF one per cent of the
.adult males of the country We're coli
Ilegc ncu Tn The history Of our ua-
ton. from the time George Wash
iuaton Was elected president 10 the
present. seventeen of our presidents
have been college graduates $40 with
l5 of our Vice presidents. half OF our
senators ana more than one-third ol
Inc members Of the national house Of
representatives AN ct the chief jus
tccs except one aud more than tVo-
Thirds az the ussociato Justices have