The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-16
TODAY
IN THE NEWS
Lc, There Be Light
Sound Pedagogy


peace confcrccs. at their meet.
ing with representatives Of
the press tins afternoon, will de.
eide 90 relax their rules for sec.
rccy during the peace conference.
Bare official communiqucs can
never tell the story Of the peace
conference M clearly or ~ fully M
the reports Of trained newspaper
writers. The background Of a
story Is almost ~ importan; ~ the
story itself In fact. i is q part uf
the story The discussion that pre-
coded it, the attitddc of the var.
ious members, aud other detail,
not only livcn up the account but
also throw light upon the reel ,ig
nihcunce Of the results obtained.
As the correspondents are
willing 10 conccdc. there may be-
certain questions brought up
which, for the sake of public pol.
icy, had better not be- revealed.
But there il a happy medium be.
tween a verbatim report Of the
conference aud dry. austcrc
communiquc NJ the end of the day.
Those Of us who followed the on
fetal reports during the war will
recall how still and uncnlight'n-
ing many of them were. For the
real color and atmosphere Of the
war, one had ~ read the reports
Of correspondents at the front.
A. il was in war. ~ will /; be-
IN peace The full historical zig
niiicaucc uf the vHriou, moves on
the worlds greatest checker
board will never be- understood by
the masses If We are 10 b. limited
~ our information 90 official
bulletins.
And, after all, the masses have
u right 10 know. Theirs has been
the sacrifice.
lf nrtaNlano iarfaEolb makes tr
tuI the state De- safe
4 brilliant piece ~ pedagogical req
runluF " that part of his message
thnt deals with educational problems.
especially along the lines ~ spanish
2 he governor mlkos Il point that most
teachers VIII recognize Nv true name
iy that in order 10 teach the Eng
lsh language a. spanish speaking
students. the toEch"r ought 10 know
the native tinrh, ~ th, pupil uf
course there b. a school ~ teachers
that believes that the language tn hu
acquired should hu used us the sole
medium ~ teaching but With imWn.
ture minds this method iH pcrilous
Furthermore, the governor strikes
practical note when he directs a.
tentIuu ~ the opportunities that Dee
before this rentrntinu lu Latin AWrri-
ra W. North Americans have never
sufficiently tried a. interpret our
selves tu make ourselves "simpati-
ouH." lu other words.-tu our south
can uolghhurH A. H rvsulL the
"nnrtoamcricauos' are stli regarded
as potential aEgrossors hy many In
trlliront persons ln Latin America.
Finally. the governor shows that
he we'll realizes the teachers hard fin-
uncnl lot when hc urges higher sal
aries f1r the men and the women in
Whose hands ls placed the moldinH ui
the coming generation. when one
reads that the average salary uf base.
hall players is to he $500 month
uue Is Inclined 90 get % hit pessinlstir
about our Judgment ~ suriHl values
aud ~ tho proportion ~ things \
bill proylding for a minimum salary oi
500 month Tor teacher, in the pub.
lir schools and Tor ull contract 10 De
made for one year. is already hrfur,
ths Arizona legislature. lc' us hope
that this state Win not hr slow in act
lng ON the governors suggestion.
Governor f-irrHEulo BE- -uid tu have
been teacher at one time during hi'
career He must have been u good