The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-11
State Normal School
SILVER CITY.

The New Mexico state Normal
school starts out the new school yenr
OF ly2O-lg21 with inc largest enroll
mont OF lbs hiutoty, Overlooking all It's
present dormitory equipment. rhe IN
crease in Attendance Is sprcau over
All classes from freshman to senior
college. but is largest IN the upper
classes. h,uicating "a tendency toward
more and better preparation before
entering on the teuchIng career.
students at the state Normal this
year nave found their opening Week
OF school a buster one han usual. ola
students have been drafted into SER
vice In order TO look after the newly
entering students, making them ac-
quaintcd. and helping them 10 set
started an their work. The Normal
itself has provided informal ssociul
activities for each OF the evenings OF
the opening week, and helped the
new STUDENTS. occupy their leisure
hours In the new community.
The week lend hikes and Sunday
evening campfire lunchons that
proved popular with 80 many OF the
summer session students this past
summer are being continued on into
the regular session giving new stu
dents especially the opportunity not
only for healthful utdoo life. but
for getting acquainted with the mum
erous points oil Interest and pictur-
sequences In the neighborhood OF
Silver city.
Saturday of last week was made
Il school day. and Monday of this
week u holiday, at the Normal this
yeGt This enabled the school to OBJ
serve Labor day and yet fill out the
required number nj school days for
the fall term withou: breaking into
a full week at tile end % the term.
A pickup basketball team Of
students captained by Richard Err
bacher succeeded Saturday evening In
defeating by "a score OF 20 to 10 Il
similar atudent team c%aptaiHed by
Ray Ealy. In spite OF the fact that
the teams were new and without any
real practice during the opening week
OF school. the game was Il good n
and kept the crowd Of spectators at
n high tension OF interest during the
entire length OF the game. An un-
usually strong team and successful
season seem to be promised for this
year at the Normal.
The vacant mathematics and ath-
letics position OF the State Normal
faculty has bee filled by the appoint
ment OF Mr. Robert O. Grossjean, Of
Kamiali, Idaho. MIR. Crosa1cnn IN q
ter college of Massachusetts,. and comes
TO tie Normal from a successful
teaching career In Idaho. He has
specialized in athletic work, and is
expected to bring about a rapid de-
velopment OF athletics ut the Normal.
He will be on hand for the beginning
of his work by the first OF next week,
Two new courses offered ut the
Normal this fall are those In news
paper work and vocational tests. The
first OF these vas offered during the
recent summer session and proved
of much interest and profit. The see
ond one is entirely new. In a way
Il corresponds TO the work In vooa-
tional guidance that is given by MANY
OF the schools OF the larger citieH,
but this course combines with such
vocational guidance a considerable
amount OF actual Laboratory" work
In the school or community for the
determining OF vocational abilities
and inclinations. Each student has
to originate and develop school or
community projects which test u
the ability to plan, to execute. to
handle groups Of people In an adj.