Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-23
NORMAL UNIVERSITY



Friday closed the first term at the
normal university. All finals have
been taken and everyone is ready for
the new term which opens December
/. The registration for the fall term
/ has been decidedly satisfactory to the
administration and the next term will
! he even larger
The plans for the new buildings
have been completed by the architect,
/ e. w. Hart. and the board will meet
in a few days to finally adopt the
same and ask for bids.
Miss Azelta Austry, one of the most
popular girls in the senior college de-
nartment will not return after this
term She left saturday for III Paso,
and today will be married to Chesley
II. Thomson. Mr. Thomson. Mr.,
Thomson is a graduate from the
academic department of the normal
university and has been a student in
the college department. He is prom
Using young business man Of Alamo
gordo and after a short honeymoon
the young couple will make theft
home there.
Thursday at the dinner hour the
girls at one of the tables in the dormi-
tory dining room gave a handkerchief
shower for Miss Austry.
A letter from Misses Lucy and Mil
dred Myers, contains news that Will
interest New Mexico educators be-
cause it is encouraging to know that
the schools of New Mexico are right
in line with the best in the country.
These two young girls are students III
Roanoke college, Va entering THIS
fall. Lucy whose early training in
vocal work was taken under Marie H.
SENEGAL, head of the fine arts DEPART
ment at the normal university, was
permitted to take up the advanced
work along this line and was hlghly
complimented on the preparation she
had Her teacher in pen and INK
drawing places her work with the best
and urges she continue both vocal
and drawing courses. Mildred, be-
cause of her excellent preparation in
Latin under Professor Van Horne az
the normal was permitted to take up
the study of French without any pre-
liminary work and on a number of &C.
casions has received honorable men
ton in the subject at chapel.
Russell Baker has been selected to
represent the normal university in the
college section of the oratorical con-
test OF be held Wednesday in Albu-
querque.
President Roberts, Mayor f. o.
Blood and Benito f. Baca superin-
tendent of schools, Miss Louise c. Jar
amillo and Frank II. II. Roberts, Jr,,
all of the normal university. attended
the dedication exercises of the Ribera
school.
Practically all members of the nor
NAL university faculty will spend the
coming week in Albuquerque attend
ing the meetings of the N. M. j. A.
Among those taking an active part on
programs of the general and sectional
programs are President Frank II. II.
Roberts, Marie L. SENEGAL, Louis c.
Jaramillo, c. f. Lewis, Alaska N. Da-
Wis, L. \. Wolfard. Mrs. Lena Ed
ridge, Margaret j. Kennedy and
Verna Writ.
Volney A. Poulson, a member of the
June graduating class at West Point,
has just written President Roberts a
very interesting letter concerning life
there and the value of such training
a letter that would be of great interest
to the boys of New Mexico who have
turned their thoughts in that direc-
ton. Volney is a New Mexico boy and
a graduate OF this institution and his
words are very timely as Senator a. A.
Jones will shortly conduct, through
DR.. Roberts a preliminary eXamlna-
ton for candidates to West Point
During the last week twenty of the
Taos artists have had on exhibition
at the normal university thirty-slX
pictures, representing a wide range Of
subjects. From to p. m. each day
the art lovers of the city have visited
this collection, A special reception
was given by the ladies of the faculty
on Friday night and a large number
of people were thus enabled to see the
exhibit. The general opinion has been
the the pictures are Of unusual merit,
some of them making very great i'm
preston.
An effort is being made, through
President Frank II. II. Roberts, Sec
secretary of the New Mexico group of
the association for the teaching of
Spanish, to bring to Albuquerque,
Santa Fe and Las Vegas the noted
author Vicente Blasco Ibanez He is
the great Spanish novelist who is best
known for his book the -Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse" and as he Is
intensely interested in the Spanish
people and their history, he could find
no more wonderful part of the country
to visit than New Mexico.
Miss Anne Heron, one of the lead
ing spirits in the junior college de-
partment will be unable to return for
the second term. Miss Heron is also
an active member of the Delta Sigma
Epsilon sorority and will be much
missed by it's members.
Miss Susie D. Whitaker, secretary to
President Roberts, is again at her
desk after a six weeks vacation spent
in the east.