El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-07-20
EDUCATIONAL SURVEY
OF STATE ENDORSED
BY THE TEACHERS or
RIO ARRIRA COUNTY
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY EsPA-
NOLA GATHERING BREATHE
SPIRIT or PROGRESS AND EN-
THUSIASM; INTERESTING SPEC
lAL PROGRAM
lnx speoIal correspondentl

ing session on FTlua d~IJeIuOOu, Hdu
invited the members Of the school
boards Of the adjacent county to be
present, with parents and friends. The
following program was rendered:
''The Vacant Chair" Ito honor David
Martinez, Jr., deceased) ...........
.......... .Anastacio M. Y. Baca
Song, by the Institute, "The Battle
Cry Of Freedom"
school Cooperation. ...........
Mrs. Sofia Cordova
Parents Duty in Having Children
Attend School" ..... Max Sanches
How to Acquire Regular Attend
ance" ....... Juan q. Arrelano
Song, by Institute, Dixie Land"
"How to Keep Good Order in the
School Room. ID. Trujillo
BUSY Work in Primary Grades.
Miss Ada McCurdy
Song, Institute, Nearer My God to
Thee"
Domestic Science and Art. ......
........... Miss Josetina Lopez
Song by Mrs. Hortinata Garcia and
Domitilla Pacheeo
Importance Of Agriculture in Rural
Schools ........ Juan ]. Lopez
manual Training in Public Schools
...... John Holterman
Suggestions by Profs. Asplund, Broad
we'll and S~chafranka, Supt. Roybal
and others.
Song by the Institute, "Just Before
the Battle, Mother
At the close of the program the
Domestic Science class provided de-
licious refreshments to those as
sembled.
The teachers association passed
the following resolutions:
Resolutions
We, the teachers of Rio Arriba
county. in regular session, Wednes-
day afternoon, July 10, 1916, hereby
adopt the following resolutions:
l.. We appreciate the visits to the
Institute of Rev. Mr.. BretZ Of Espa-
nola, r. r. Larkin of East Las We
gas. L. G. Mersfelder. state director
of industrial education, and Filadelfo
Baca, assistant superintendent of pub
lie instruction, and we thank them
sincerely for the %helpfulness and the
inspiration of their talks and ad
dresses.
2. We highly esteem the instruc-
ton of our able and efficient con
ductor, Rupert F. Asplund, and the
instructors. r. s. Broadwell and Miss
Ella Schafranka, who have shown SO
much interest in our work. We give
them our heartfelt thanks for their
earnest efforts in our behalf.
8. We express our appreciation of
the efforts exerted by our county
superintendent, Sylviano Roybal, in
the interests of the schools and teach
ers of the county and we hereby
pledge to him our hearty cooperation
in the lines of progress which he has
suggested.
4. We thank the business men and
the people Of Espanola for their as
sistance and their courteous treat
ment of the members of the institute,
and all others who have in any way
aided in making the work Of the in
stitute interesting and profitable.
5. While we are here gathered in
the annual institute and are planning
our work for another year. we express
our sorrow over the death of n who
for years supervised our schools as
county superintendent, Hon. David
Martinez, Jr. We recall his interest
in us and his efforts for better educa-
tional conditions. During his incum-
bency he succeeded in getting many
new school houses built, improving the
qualifications of teachers and raising
- A.-l..1 - 1IrooAf0no1 faafIsftao
generally. We feel we have lost an
excellent school officer and an honored
and loyal citizen of this county. We
express our heartfelt sympathy with
Mrs. Martinez and her family in the
loss of husband and father. The sec
rotary is directed to send a copy of
this expression of our feeling to Mrs.
Martinez.
6. We are proud of the splendid
progress made during the past few
years in the building of schsol houses,
the lengthening Of the school term,
the Improvement of the teaching
force, and in the educational senti-
ment throughout the county. We real
ize, however, that much remains to
be done, and for the further advance
ment Of our school interests, we pro-
pose to improve our professional
qualifications as teachers, bring about
better enrolment and attendance in
our districts, do all that we can to
improve the condition and appearance
OF our school houses and grounds, to
recommend to our school boards the
purchase, within their means, of
proper school furniture and equip
ment, to begin the establishment Of
school libraries in each district by
such means as are possible, and to do
all that we can to secure the active
and harmonious cooperation of all
factors that are responsible for the
welfare Of our rural schools.
z. We heartily approve of the pro-
posed legislation relating to the pen
sioning of teachers who have given
long and faithful service in school
work and we respectfully urge the
members of the legislature who shall
be elected from this county to give
their support to a practicable meas
ure of this kind.
s. We further urge the members of
officers we're elected for the
ensuing year: