Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-05
TEACHERS SHOW
ADMIRATION Of
STATE BUILDING
Gathering of Educators in San
Diego Results in Express
SioHS of Unqualified Delight
and Praise,
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san Diego, Calf, Feb. A. (.
@ The auditorium Ct the New .
r Mexico building has been crowd (:
4" ed with visitors all this week and .
hundreds of prospective settlers Z.
have read the souvenir book ana !.
hec"me interested in the sun {"
shine state. 4.
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&. of Albuquerque, was one OF the ="
@ interested visitors at the build o
ing today. Mr.. Flournoy ex- g
pressed himself as being delight @
q ed with tile showing made by .
(" the state and declared that there (.
was nothing on the grounds TO .
. equal the New Mexico exhibit. .
e He added that in his opinion the .
:. state would receive benefits .
from the amount expended that q:
% will far surpass the amount of &"
&. money expended
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SPECIAL cosREsPoNpeNcE TO MORNING JOURNAL
San Diego. Fob. 4-Wonder and
admiration were expressed freely by
several hundred teachers, members Of
the san Diego teachers institute who
attended the ANNUAL meeting OF the
organization NJ the Panama California
exposition grounds in session Fcbru-
airy ! TO 8. Nothing on the grounds
attracted the attention and favorable
comment given the New Mexico state
building, which was visited each day
By parties of 100 or more, guided by
Wesley Bradfield who is assistant to
Or T.. l.. Hewett Of Santa Fe
The New Mexico state building was
the only one on the grounds to be
included in the regular program.
Each afternoon. az $50 p. m, Mr.
Bradfield escorted the visitors TO the
building.
lie delivered a lecture to them on
the archaeology Of New Mexico. as IT,
Illustrated by the models of the Pecos
and Cuarai missions and pueblos and
of the Santa Jfe mission and by the
many photographs which hang on the
walls of the archaeologic hall.
I'm Mineral Room.
From the archaeological hall, the
visitors went to the minerals room,
where the numerous specimens total
ing several hundreds, and ranging
from coal and meerschaum to gold
and radium-b bearing minerals, were
explained TO them by 3. F. Heather
of Grant county The forestry room
attracted much attention, and the
teachers were impressed particularly
by the emphasis laid on fire-preven-
lion and the evils of deforestation.
Col. A. Il. Koehler Jr, commission
er Of publicity for the New Mexico
commission, delivered several infor-
NAL talks on the beauties Of New Mex
ico's landscapes and of its architec-
ture. especially that Of old Santa Fe,
numerous pastels of which hang on
the walls of the auditorium.
After this, motion pictures were
shown. These included the Indian
dances. Indian sandpainting, the
great Indian fair at Shiprock the ex-
istence of which was news to many OF |
the teachers, and the University of /
New Mexico, the Roswell Military /
school. the New Mexico Normal uni
versity ut Las Vegas, the state lnsti- |
tutc for the Blind at AlamogordO and |
the agricultural college at Mesilla /
Park.
Visitors Delighted.
All pleased and delighted the Wis
itors. They commented particularly |
on the enterprise of the New Mexico /
commission, which had prepared |
films dealing with their work and in
which they naturally would feel a |
deep and professional interest.
The sand-painting films were |
shown for the first time, and these /
are the first films ever taken of this
peculiar Indian custom, so that the /
teachers were pleased greatly at the |
pains taken to assure them an enter
tainment of this nature. The Indian
fair, with its horse races competitive /
blanket design contest, baby shows
and general good time of the $1,000
who attend also was enjoyed thor
ough. The films of the Indian fair
also were given their first run at the I
building
Certainly, nothing they saw on the
grounds with the possible exception
of the Painted Desert, pleased and
instructed half so much as the New