Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-20

/ new benches but they are not alto
gether satisfactory Mrs. Il. " Jewett
is doing excellent work in the domes-
tic science department This depart
ment received many blue ribbons at
the county exhibit Special emphasis
! is being given calisthenies and the
class of girls gave an interesting DEM
onstration with dumb bells.
Alamogordo-OWin to a conflict of
train schedules ana class programs, l
did not have the opportunity to see
the regular class work of the indus
trial branches, but indications are that
AlamOgordo is doing her part in this
line. The domestic science depart
ment has a large wel-equipped room
in the main building while the manual
training department has rented q
small building. To be in keeping with
the rest of Alamogordo's excellent
gchool system, it should have q much
larger room and more equipment and
no doubt will have in the near future.
Superintendent J. Manley Morgan has
charge Of the work and reports much
interest in it,
Tularosa--Prof Clare Y. Koogler has
charge Of the manual training depart
ment, which is conducted in d small
room rented for the purpose. The dis.
trict paid for the lumber which the
class used in making the benches it
uses The boys furnish their own
tools and are doing extra good work,
taking into consideration the crowded
condition of their room and the ham
dicap they have in the lack OF tools
with which TO work. The class made
all the tables being used by the science
class
The domestic science department is
under the management Of Miss Kath-
arine Tillman and is doing excellent
work The equipment consists Of an
excellent large range stove cooking
utensils, dishes, sewing machine and
tables furnished by the boys A room
rented ny the district is used.
Tularosa Votes Bonds.
The people of Tularosa recently
voted $4,000 bonds for new school
building and will undoubtedly provide
ample room for industrial work
Notes Along the Way-Carrizo2o
has a home-constructed fire escape on
the toboggan style, leading from an
outside door Of an upstairs room. The
scape Is cheap and practical although
tar paper and not getting the incline
and bottom curve Just as might be de-
sired Tularosa has a rod fire escape
from each room upstairs The escape
consists of small latticed landing just
outside the window, with an opening
Of escape In the bottom of the land
ing and a three-inch pipe extending
from the top Of the window to the
gound, seated in concrete This is
also an inexpensive and practical fire
escape that can lie installed by any
manual training class.
Mrs G. E. de Kiss who has charge
of the primary grades at Captain, uses
the method Of translating practically
all of her conversation with the Span
ish children and is getting good re-
suits in her work. on the other hand,
Mrs. J. NJ Blazer the primary teach
er ut Tularosa, refuses to use Spanish
in any manner with her Spanish pu-
pills in the classroom. insisting that il
is sink or swim" with them and that
all desire to swim, and evidently she
is getting good results Wherever two
or three are gathered together in the
name Of education in this state, we
genera lis hear heated discussions as 10
the best method Of teaching English
To the Spanish pupil, and whether the
Spanish-speaking teacher OF" the teach
or who cannot speak Spanish at all,
is the best for the place. To my mind.
about 80 per cent of the success de-
pends on the personality and ability
of the teacher and possibly the other
10 per cent Oh the method used, poise