Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-30
ILLINOIS EDUCATOR TO
ATTEND CONFERENCE AT
E. LAS VEGAS JULY 2-3


East Las Vegas, n. NJ, June %
The Span sh language conference that
is to be held at the New Mexico nor
NAL university in this city on the sec
ond and third cf July is attracting
considerable attention among the edu-
Gators and prominent professional men
of this and neighboring states. Pro-
fessor John d. Fitz- Gerald, of the
Tn versity Of Illinois, will be present
under the auspices of the American
Association for International Concilia-
ton. Professor Fitz-Gerald is also
one of the consulting editors of His
pania. 1t is proposed to take advant-
age of his presence at this conference
to form a New Mexico local chapter of
the American Association of Teachers
of Spanish. An enrolment of at least
one hundred members is expected
The American Association of teach
ers of Spanish is a national organiza-
ton whose purpose is "the advance
ment of the study of the Spanish Ian
guage and literature through the pro-
motion of friendly relations among its
members; through the publication of
articles ana the results of investiga-
tons by members and others;
through the presentation and discus
through such other means as may
tend to promote the efficiency of its
members as teachers of Spanish
There are two classes of member
ship in the organization. active and
honorary. The practice of the assoc
citation has been to limit honorary
membership to distinguished foreign
Hispansts. since it is taken for
granted that all Hispanists resident
in this country will naturally wish to
become active members The dues
for active membership are two dollars
per year including the annual sub
scrption to Hspania the official or
gan of the association. This maya
zine appears six times each year and
it edited by the following staff:
Editor. A. NJ. Espinosa, Stanford
University; consulting editors, ], d.
Fitz-Gerald, University of Illinois,
and J. D. NJ. Ford, Harvard Univer-
sity; associate Editors. P. B. Burnct
Manual Training High School. Kan
sas City: Alfred Coester, Evander
Childs High School of New York;
Carolina Marcial Dorado. Bryn Mawr;
Joel Hathaway, High School of Com
merce. Boston; e. c. Hills, Indiana
University: f. r. Luquiens, Sheffield
Scientific School, Yale: G. T. North
rup, University Of Chicago; G. W. II.
Shield, Manual Arts High School, Los
Angeles, and G. w. Umphrey. Univer-
sity of Washington. Both high schools
and universities are represented on
the editorial staff as is every section
of the country.
The maazne Hispania is of great
value to the teachers of Spanish
throughout the country and in addl-
ton to its original articles of peda-
gogical and literary nature severa
specific departments are run includ-
ing chronicle of the current literary
events in Spain. book reviews, analysis
of the contents of the leading Span
ish periodicals and a general biblio-
graphy with biographical notes.
Provision is made for the organ
ization of local chapters into regional
groups, each group to contain not less
than fifteen of these chapters the ma
tional association meeting the eX-
penses of the local chapter up to fifty
cents per person.
II is hoped that New Mexico may
secure one of these chapters and the
drive for one hundred members VIII
be launched at the normal university
on Wednesday afternoon when the To-
cal conference opens