Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-20
ASSOCIATION IS
REVIVED BY 100
A. H.. 6. ALUMNI
Professor Hodgin, At Whose
Home 1t Was Launched 25
Years Ago, Relates Humor-
GUS "reminiscences,

A real alumni association of the
high school was rganized-rather re-
organized-last night when 100 grad
uates of the high school met at the
high school auditorium and elected
Mrs. Edna McChesney Andrews presi-
dent, Louis Hesselden vice president
and Miss Ada Vaughn secretary treas
urer. An association was organized
at the home of Prof. C. Il. Hodgin
just twenty-five years ago.
superintendent Milne called the
meeting to order and introduced Pro-
fessor Hodgin. now acting president
of the state university, as the first
speaker. Professor Hodgin's talk was
one of "reminiscences of the old days,
and kept the audience in roars of
laughter. He was particularly happy
in telling the story of debates in which
Senator Isaac Barth and Seymour
Lewinson We're the principal oppon-
ents. That was way back in 1892.
The first debate was on whether New
Mexico should be admitted to state
hood, Lewinson affirmative and Barth
negative, the negative winning. The
next animated discussion between
these deciples of Cicero was on wom-
an suffrage. and took place few
weeks later, LeWinson again having
the affirmative. and winning the de-
cision.
Professor Hodgin said one of
Barths many eccentricities was the
drinking of much water During his
speech he drank all the water in the
pitcher and more had TO be sent for.
Lewinson referred to it in his repKE
and said it would take a river Of water
to wash down all the absurd argu-
mehts I}aIth had made. Earth lc-
piled that II took more water than
he could drink to wash down the dry
facts that the affirmative had ad-
duced
Judge Hickey, who was superin-
tendent of schools for four years, also
dwelt on "reminiscences telling of crap
games among the boys which he had
to break up, and of other matters in
which they had to be disciplined.
One of the laughable incidents was
that of a girl who came to his office
with a vehement complaint that she
was sent there by the principal of her
room because she could not pronounce
word. Her complaint was bitter.
She was asked what the word was
and told it, pronouncing it correctly.
Seeing that she was trapped. she be-
gan to laugh and said she would be
good. She IS still living in Albuquer-
que, but Judge Hickey said he would
not give her name.
]. A. Miller was the next speaker.
He told of how he came to Albuquer-
que as principal of the high school,
the third one before March of the
year he came. The singular part of it
all was that he was the third princi-
pal of the high school of a Colorado
town to lose the position before De-
cember of the same school year,
Mr.. Miller told of his experiences in
a disciplinary way and brought rounds
of laughter when he told the story
of Lawrence Lee and Bert Skinner
having put some sort of chemical in
every ink we'll in the building and
how the boys put in all of a warm
day cleaning up the muss they made.
Professor Jones, principal of the
high school, gave statistics of the
work that is now being done by the
school and of the attendance from
year to year, the attendance for the
year closing being 4S5, the largest in
the history of the school.
Then came the alumni. d. s. Ro-
senwald was the first speaker, having
graduated in 1895. In a speech that
was both witty and serious he urged
the reorganization of the association
and keeping it alive in the future, in
order that the high school graduates
might assist in and take more interest
in education in Albuquerque.
Miss Ada Vaughn represented the
class of 1903. Edmund Ross the class
of 1905, Miss Ona Schupp, 1906;
Frank Wagner, 1903: Louis Hesselden,
1913; Donald Wilson, 1915; Miss
SSanzini, 1915; Miss Daphne Cobb,
1917; Miss Alexander Vaughey, 1918,
and Merrett Oldaker, president of the
class of the present year. spoke for the
students who will receive diplomas
tonight and thus become members of
the association.