El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-18
ROTARY BACKS
NORMAL PLAN
Club Endorses Movement to
Get State School Started
at Ysleta.

The Rotary club gave its endorse
ment 20 4 movement of residents OF
Asleta TO have a state normal school
established there, when the matter was
brought before the members ar their
weekly luncheon Thursday. at Hotel
Sheldon. c. A Martin presented the
resolution for the endorsement Of the
Ysleta normal, which VIII be taken TO
Austin, Texas. TO be presented 10 the
state legislature by Miss Myra Wink
Ter, county superintendent OF schools,
who viii leave for the state capital
Thursday night 10 work for a normal
for 1sleta
When the question was brought up
ny A r ROwlands that the Rotarians
should work TO have the proposed nor
MAJ established at FL Paso. il was eX-
planned by Mr.. Martin that this matter
had already been taken up Dy the
chamber of commerce. which had
agreed TO assist Esleta in its efforts 10
secure the school, insofar as FL Paso
was the home OF the State School OF
Mines.
Surprised at FL Paso.
X r hackie. travelling auditor for
the Globe Mills company, of Los Ange-
les was a speaker at the luncheon. He
told Of his surprise at encountering in
awake business men instead of a small
border city. as he had expected when
coming here Claiborne Adams was re-
sponsible for the Globe Mills CORPORA
lion OF Los Angeles extending its COM
pdny to II PasO- and. he said the local
branch Of the Globe Mills was doing its
snare 70 build UP the commercial ira
diuonS OF the Globe Mills corporations
L suppose you are accustomed to the
usual flattery from visitors" said Mr.
Ia H.
lerent city IN Fl PaSo from what I had
Ny duty brings me in close
contact with all our customers. and so
IN FL Paso l have come in contact with
our customers here. In these men. do
not find the usual half heartedness in
the payment Of little discrepancies that
one occasionally finds, but that q higl:
STANDARD OF honor exists in the bust
ness Of this city"
Tree Chairman Chosen.
A r RoWlandS announced that Mr. !
Martin had been selected as chairman
n the Rotary clubs committee which
VIII nave charge Of the planting OF
trees in FL Paso- Discussion Of the
purchasing them at cost from local
iealers o. giving these men the benefit /
y whatever profit which would be de-
'lVed from the sale, resulted This |
natter was reserved 10 the committee !
% decide.
J. " Lorentzen. who vas elected /
| member Of the club at the last meet
nS, made his initial talk to the club I
y announcing his intention of going TO |
\ew York on a vacation and thereby {
became the brunt OF the jokes at the
luncheon.
Stadium Improvement.
An appeal from H. f Van Surdam
O have the Rotarians take action TO
nave the school trustees order the
5adium improved. was not acted on,
Is Il Burt Orndorff and other members
aformed him that this work should
'e done by the boys. NJ. OrndOrff
tied an example OF school boys and
,irls of Boise Idaho, who had started 4,
nd worked a dairy farm successfully
md a a profit, and said that the mere |
of the stadium grounds 4
-Ould easily be done BY the high school !
,oys.
New Members Elected.
R y. Page Of The Herald. was elected
% associate member OF the club. and
T. II. Akard. farmer, was made an
ctive member.
Dr. r. L. Ramey, president Of the
sOtarians. selected Claiborne Adams
nd Dr. L. x. Carpenter TO arrange the
Togram for next weeks luncheon. A
= Rowiands was the prize winner. and
1. T. Hixson was announced as the
goat
Mr.. Martin Informed the Rotarians
hat the Rotary club cup which was
iven as a prize AT the Soil Products
exposition was won by T. D Porcher.
nd had been ordered made.