El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-29

r0F- 7. ]. TIGHE, superintendent
u or public schools Of FL faso' IS
in favor OF starting course N
-,;.,,It,,re and gardening in the
s..,,oolz IF The city and is now lookinS
about for d location as a pr2e''c''i
demonstration farm
# professor TiShe can secure the
r,n5. either by gift or by purchase on
r. ns-- Of the school board, he VIII
= The cooperation OF the board IN
-be work. Most Of the members OF 1ee
..c,7sol board have already given 'hei'
approval 10 the plan
T7rofessor, .Tighe regards natursiIs
+be pTan as one OF great lnl .42L 80 -
n ne boys Of the SCHOOLS u
10 are 10 become farmers u no, a.
- 1000 FOR every boy 10 know sOlhS
- ~ farm work, gardening, ueS
Naming and flower growing = 7 -
- made great strides III tile -
- ~ Identifying IT'S yards ana - ~
- b-io~inc- I'd the next SeneIsttlo-t
esr,iIisr with plant growth and the
,,-orI- necessary for raising lhlIss -
Fl Paso,s soil. this work VIII not ol4ly
ne i,e0+ NJ. but will be greatly pfoau-
ened- ~ 90, - v,e-
~ mar require study For THIS rea-
soT, many people make failures IN thelr
49, beginnings with flowers. Irults
NJ s1,r1ibs. A course in agriculture
In the schools would prepare tne ools
~ rodav-the man OF tomoTro"-lO
meet these problems without the eA
rerirnents that have been necessary u,
the part of the men OF YESTERDAY sn9
even todav As Fl Paso grows ana
he valley develops. there VIII De an
-ncrea sed interest IN the valley ana us
farming problems among me men y
E-l PasO The education the boys can
rrrrr raTHT
in the schools would prepare them 20
lake an intelligent part N the valley
RoiSs, Idaho. according 20 professor
Tigbe. has the most successful agricul-
-,rrsI course of any in the country con
,7ucted in the public schools There. tne
school board took over 4 smail 1aLIn
and dairy and conducted II with the
pupils and made i self sustaining al
most from the beginning. Later the
tract was disposed Of ana another pur-
chased closer to the city. which is now
being operated with great success Inc
present tract consists Of 80 acres ana
vas purchased at cost OF Si-,vev-
The buildings were all erected BY me
manual training class OF the scnooIs
and gave the boys practical experience
IN carpentry and building
IF we could secure site near Il
Paso." said professor Tighe- we could
sive q course not only TO the boys IN
school but to the farmers OF the valley
Who are interested N improving them
selves As We get more into the Work
Of intensive farming around Il Paso,
there VIII be greater need for suech
education We should have i or -
acres Al least. and then We should
stock IL with cows. horses, pigs. chick
ems and farm fowls and animals. JhA
planting should be confined TO fruit
-rses and vegetables and flowers thar
viii grow here The boys could be
given instruction two Or three times
a week. Just as they now take their
science work or any other special work
II school We can get little aid
from the state in this work-prooably
about $500 This, OF course, is small,
but would help some
II would be q wonderful opportunity
tOr somebody 10 donate such an expert
rnent farm TO the schools as a mem
orial- The work that could be accom-
plished has great possibiiities-"
Bishop A J. Schiller. Of the Roman
Catholic diocese of e Paso, though
4 German, speaks with an Irish accent
by saying that when a young man he
attended school with Irish children in
4 Pennsylvania coal mining town
where ne fell into the habit OF using
later. when he was studying in Denver
for the priesthood. he met an old Irish
man who wanted 10 fight him for
denying his mother country and claim
Us ~ - d ADN'-lA--AAAAe-4-- ~ az Aea-A
man declared that nobody with .
orouge ike thot could be anything but
Irish The bishop. by the way. not
only attended school with the Irish
lads Of Pennsylvania, but actually dug
coal II the early days Of his life.
=
San Antonio had the most delightful
Christmas weather imaginable, by ths
same freak Of nature that gave z
PasO such q disaereeabie sandstorm
The winter climate OF San Antonio /.
not usually the sort that q visitor
would praise, for '-northers" are gen
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