El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-19
WORK
Of EDUCATORS
School superintendent Elk
press Delight at Complete
System in County.

r Ereater system that viii meet I'd
= needs OF this city when it becomes Oh
e metropolis it is destined To be. Tn
= was the opinion Of all the speakers
o 1.-THE tri-state educators banquet Fl
o day night at the Modern cafe. Furth
= ermore, they agreed, the city is in
n debted Tor the work Of building thi
fine system TO such people as g. !
: Putnam, who gave the best years {
: his life TO the city system; Supt- K ,
2 Iighe, now presiding over them, an
z Miss Myra Minkler, superintendent @
j. the county schools.
The occasion was meeting o
2 school superintendent Of Texas an
E New Mexico. w T. Doughty and iona
than Wagner, respectively city an
< county superiutenuents. school trustee
o. and principals, for the purpose o
uniting in a firmer bond Of mutua
understanding the forces working q
! educate the youth Of the southwest
. % Case superintendent in Arizona
, + was absent, but had endorsed the con
ference and viii assist in attaining it,
objects. the Standardization Of teach
crs' certificates in the three states o
the southwest
says SOuthWesternerE Are HustlerE.
The banquet was arranged and pre-
sided over By c. p Putnam, preSluen
Of the county school board, VII,
opened with these remarks
The people Of the southwest are
peculiar in several ways. In the firsi
D place, conditions make them a hust-
I ling, bustlng people; secondly, they
| like 70 be neiEnborly, hospitaole and
I loving, thirdly. they are aggressive
l and energetic. The people Of the
I southwest know where the good
I things are. In Arizona, they can find
/ the metal; in New Mexico they know
: how 10 farm and mine, too. and in
Te na fTna~aFnra
they are especially Interested IN edu-
/ cation"
Doughty Pleased With schools.
Supt Doughty said he has known
the west long time and anticipated
his visit to E PasO with much pleas
I'm for anything the good people
OF FL Paso want" he said. All that
I have seen, heard and learned in my
tour Of your schools justifies me in
making that statement You are fine
people and = fine city Your superin-
tendents are uneXcelled. Prof Tighe
presides over system OF schools
equal 70 the best I've seen anywhere,
and Miss Winkler has made q record
uneXcelled throughout the state ana
when look back q Few years and see
Prof. Putnam presiding over your
schools, see the laying OF the lOun-
daLion for the fine system now IN
your city. So I'm in the midst OF peo-
PIE who believe in education and have
proven il by the investments they
have made. Now. although we at AUS
tin are about zoo miles away from ii
FasO, we are proud OF the work you
have done and are doing 70 9rlng tne
school system Of Texas 10 the front,
especially while you have your special
border problems 10 solve
schools a Melting Pot.
''The public schools are shown IN
this city and section 70 be the great
MELTING nfnl HnH
pie are made Inru good citizens OF the
country.
~Tm looking forward TO the time
when every boy and girl viii and
shall have an education and I'm GLAD
to say Texas has taken the first great
step towards that end by enacting the
compulsory education law. FL Paso
has done its part in this, too, IN every
way, by sending men to the state cap
ital who were sound on educational
Fears Ell PasOans Not HooveriEinE.
1T has been a great day for US VINO
come 70 you from New Mexico, sall
Supt. Wagner, the next speaker AS
the boundary lines are so nearly obht-
Grated, however, We feel at home and
among hontefolks. After partaking OF
this sumptuous feast, ] fear, however
that you are not being HoOverlzed IN
Ell Paso. You are a PATRIOTIC and loyal
people however In 1act. We IN New
Mexico have a saying that its easy toI
tell q Texan. because no matter how
long ago he left Texas, he is still loyal
TO the home state
Education Chief Business.
In New Mexico We 20 on the theory 4
that education is the chief business
of the state. We try 10 be guided IN Z
our school work by the old saying
that Trojan and Tyrian q shall be
treated with 10 discrimination and
we therefore know no race, creed OF
class.
4 see that you regard education asi
the chief business o. state In Texas
also. Our visit TO you VIII make US
60 back with a broader vision, and
somewhat more than we can boast Of
we win try TO equal you, and II we
don't do as well. we viii do our best
College Finds Aid at Hand.
Dean 3 h WorrelL or the scnoo! or
Mines spoke briefly on the higher
.ducation problem Of this section. 50
ar from university and normal cen
erS. Referring 20 the great invest
neut in school buildings here. he
aid that the promoters of the College
# the City Of FL Paso will solve this
Droblem themselves, using property
lready constructed.
says school Outline Good.
This has been red letter day In :
he educational history of FL Paso.'
aid Supt. Tighe. "Supt Doughty
las made a splendid record and Supt
Wagner has made a glorious start.
nd we are glad to have them both
With us We have in Fl PasO q sys-
en- Of city schools that Is the outline 4
z what this city will need when Il !
ttaius the size and dignity Of a I
letropolis. and the seven rural z
chools I visited today makes me say 7
he same about the county sy stem. p
re hope soon too. TO have q big C
-ade school in FL Paso, and Mr..
DOUGHTY has promised US the back
lg OF his office" He gave a tribute
Z thanks 20 those who prepared the I
.eeting- a
says Great Results Achieved. (
'EducatiOnally speaking, this has p
cen one Of the greatest days the I
-inkler, county superintendent I'VE
sked the superintendents TO visit US +
" two reasons. The immediate OBJ
ct was the immense good to our Il
lives and the ultimate object was l
he improvement OF the schools OF a
ICES Of the children at the schools
G visited today, 7 saw that the first Y
lject was accomplished. They viii \
sver forget this day and il made :
lem better for the experience they n
ent through. As TO the other pur- Y
perintendents for the interchange 8
lie recognition OF teachers in the j.
uthwest- s,
Not Ashamed of System. IS
City school trustee s J. Freuden- o.
al. who the POSTMASTER. Mr.. Put Z
I'M. said was q trustee many years N
-a when AR Putnam was superin- n
ndent, said: FL Paso is so situated c
at it is bound 10 become a great N
vocational center. Already. we have 3
school system we are not afraid TO N
ow TO anybody We are teaching VI