The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-04-20
QUAY COUNTY TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
The Teachers Of the County Will Hold
General Meeting at Tucumcari
May Eighth and Ninth

All teaCnerS OF tne county are ufHeu
to be present at the general county
meeting to he held at Tucumcari on
Monday and Tuesday, May 8 and Q,
and take an active part in the discus
sion Of the various subjects assigned.
The district chairmen Of the entire
county at meeting held April /, pre-
pared the following program:
First Day. Monday, May s
Morning Session
Advantages Of Professional Cooper
alton Applied to Teachers, Mr.. J. Il.
Scarborough, McAlister.
Association OF Current Events and
History. Mr.. Otto Milan, Obar.
The Problem of Rural Consolidation
in Quay County, Mr. r. ]. Runyan,
McAlister.
Afternoon Session
Relation of Home and School En-
vironment to Progress Of the Child,
Miss Alice Holt, Lockney; Mrs. Mae
NJ. Luttrell, Montoya.
Application of Child Psychology In
the School Room, Mrs. Lillian Bess.
Community Interest In the Rural
Schools, Mr.. j. A. Atkins, San Jon.
Practical Advantage Of Industrial
Education, Mr.. l.. G. Newsletter, Santa
Fe.
Monday Evening
Eighth Grade Declamatory Contest
open to eighth grade pupils of the
entire county.
Second Day, Tuesday, May 9
Morning
War on Illliteracy, State Superin.
tendent Alvan n. White.
Spelling Contest.
Map Drawing Contest.
Afternoon
Eighth Grade Track and Field Meet
Evening
Eighth Grade Graduation Exercises
entire county.
County Contests
In connection with the County teach
ers' meeting will be held the first Quay
county spelling, declamatory, and Ath
letic contests. These contests are nj
open to pupils from the fifth to the
ninth grades under the conditions a
enumerated below:
The spelling contest will be held II
two divisions; the first open to all thu
fifth and sixth grade pupils Of thu
county. and the second open to thu
seventh and eighth grade pupils of th'
entire county. The words used in th'
contest will be selected from the text
now adopted, and will be confined a
closely as possible to the work out
lined for the indicated grades in thu
State Course of Study. All pupils o
these grades are invited TO participate
in these contests. Each contest vii
consist Of both written and oral tests
The spelling contests will be held a
ten o'clock Tuesday morning, May 9
In addition TO the spelling contest
there will be a map drawing contes
open to pupils Of the fifth, sixth, scv
enth, and eighth grades. This con
test also will be open to pupils unde
the conditions governing the spelling
contest. This contest will consist a
drawing from memory the map o
New Mexico, locating the counties, tn
county seats, principal rivers, and 9th
err important physical characteristic
and centers of industrial activities.
The declamatory contest will be op
en- to pupils of the eighth grade only
II will be held in the High School au
ditorium on Monday, May 8.
For the first time in the history q
the county, field and track meet wi
be held in connection with the Teach
ers' Meeting and open to seventh an
eighth grade pupils of the entire cour
ty. There will also be special event
for ninth grade pupils of the count!
The following is the list Of events;
50-yard dash---Open to 9TH and 81
gades only.
100 yd. dash Open TO 9th grad
pupils only.
Broad jump-7th and sth grades.
I Broad jump-9th grade.
4 mile run--7th and 8th grade.
Y mile run 9th grade pupils.
High jump-7th and Sth grades
220 yd. dash--9th grade pupils.
900 yd. dash--7th and Sth grade,
Shot put, 8 lb.-7th and Sth grade
100 yd. dash-7th and sth grade,