El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-11-29
ALBUQUERQUE TO
GET MEETING IN
1857 UCUMCAR|.
LOSES CAMEL
Duke City Wins Out by
Majority of l59
Votes Today
BIG CONVENTION
DRAWS TO CLOSE


The 1918 meeting Of the New
Mexico Educational association
will be held in Albuquerque, that
city winning over Tucumcari by
a majority of 1859 votes.
A canvas Of the votes cast this
afternoon showed 551 for Albu-
querque and 1922 for Tucumcari.
The teachers registered number
ed 1851, 50 that only about 65
percent of those In Santa Fe
voted on the place Of the next
meeting.
we put up a clean fight and are
gratified at the showing we made"
said Secretary Robert P. MI Case, OF
the Tucumcari chamber Of commerce,
this afternoon. "And most of all we
want to say Santa FEES hospitality
has been royal and we wait to come
back here again"
CONVENTION LOYALTY
BEHIND PRESIDENT
At the afternoon session Prof. j. HI.
Wagner read his annual address. He
was to have read it Monday night but
it was later decided to postpone the
reading until today.
DR.. Roberts then called upon the
convention to send a telegram to
President Woodrow Wilson, pledging
him the loyalty OF the teachers OF
New Mexico and their faith in him
in this world-crisis. The convention
adopted the resolution by unanimous
vote.
DR.. Roberts then asked all teachers
to send in the names of teachers they
know who have gone to the front to
battle for democracy. He stated that
Prof. J.. H. Wagner, state school su-
perintendent, desires to get up an
honor roll.
Prof. E. Stanley Seder, Of Albuquer-
que, played a selection on the grand
pipe organ of the Cathedral, and fol-
lowed it with the national anthem,
everyone rising as the first note was
struck.
Before introducing Aldo Leopold, Of
Albuquerque, who spoke on wild
Life Conservation" DR.. Roberts read
a telegram from Theodore Roosevelt
complimenting the association on de-
voting attention to the conservation
of wild animal life. The reading of
the telegram evoked long applause.
Following Mr.. Leopold came Dr..
Frank ID. Slutz, who spoke on MAX
ing Education Significant for the
Child"
Hundreds Are Leaving
Hundreds of teachers left for the
southern parts of the state at 4
o'clock this afternoon on a special
train. Hundreds, however, will re-
main over to attend the oratorical
contests, while many desire to go to
one or all of the three dances to be
given tonight. Others will attend the
Cadman-T sianina concert tonight in
the new Museum which drew a ca
pacity house yesterday afternoon.
Scores of teachers nave announced
their intention of remaining over for
Thanksgiving.
Pleased With Hospitality
On all sides today expressions OF
warm appreciation of the hospitality
shown by Santa Fe during the con-
vention were heard. The teachers de-
clare they have had the time of their
lives, the many %banquets, dinners,
dances, "bailes," Indian stunts, recep-
lions, teas, concerts and motors trips
having broken the monotony of lee
lures and addresses.
Vocational Dinner
Two hundred and s~ixty-one covers
were laid for the big vocational dinner
at the Scottish Rite Cathedral last
night, which proved the most success
full in the history of the New Mexico
Educational Association. After a boun-
tiful repast a number Of speeches
were made, the speakers including
Governor Lindsey, DR.. Frank d. Slutz,
of Dayton; o. H. Benson, Of Washing
ton, d. c.; Hiram Hadley, of Las
Cruces; J.. H. Milne, Of Albuquerque:
State Superintendent J. H. Wagner,
J. S. Vaughn, of State College, and
several others.
The HooIies
The "Hoolies" went through their
usual convulsing stunts, the initiation
Of Dr. Frank Slutz and DR.. o. II. Ben.