Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-28
FOUR EDUCATORS
ADDRESS STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL

Especial Correspondence to- The JOurnnl0
Silver City, n. NJ, June 27.-TheI
state normal has been especially
fortunate in having four prominent
educators of New Mexico address
its students this week. On Monday
Mr.. T. w. Conway of the Tularosa
schools spoke on "Americanism, -
and how it should be taught, man.
ifested, and lived in our hearts. He
emphasized the duty of service
through good health as well as
through the more usual and formal
means of patriotism, and closed
with the quotation, Give us men,"
by Holland.
The second address was by Mr..
John V. Conway, assistant state SUI
perintendent of public education.
He spoke particularly of education
in the rural schools, and impressed
upon the minds of prospective ru
raj school teachers the Importance
of giving their very best efforts to
the overcoming of the difficulties
which such schools will present to
them. He brought as message
from his chief. State Superintend-
ent Wagner, a pledge of assistance
in obtaining the better salaries to
which teachers were entitled.
on Wednesday Superintendent
e. w. Boyer of the Clovis schools
spoke on the great responsibility of
the teacher in the making of the
lives and characters of the child
rem who fall under her instruction.
He also gave n number of points on
discipline (good and bad) and on
other factors important in teach
ing. In another talk before the
psychology classes, he displayed
the charts by means of which
teachers might be able to classify
themselves as low" "high," Or
average"
The fourth addrss, by superin-
tendent J. n. Buckley of Curry
county, was on "Things Changed
and Unchanged" Through his talk
ran the idea that school and sub
iects were constantly changing, the
fundamentals that underiie sue
cessful teaching were unchanglnG;
that striving for an education ana
for effective teaching were still
the character tests of the lndlVld-
nal teacher. He closed with the
ouotation. "He who has the Will TO
do, will do" Before the educatioh
classes, Superintendent Buckley pre-
sented, different phases of educa-
tional problems and methods.
The State Normal Glee club, I'M
der the superior direction of Mrs.
RYAN formerly Miss Chandler), ma
made remarkable progress In us
three weeks of practice. The song
at the normal concert FRIDAY VI
last week was sung without accom-
paniment and without notes. The
members of the glee club at pres
ont are. Frances Beard. Roberta
Davis. Jewell Outlet. lnez Hol-
land. Elyso Holz. Helen Jackson,
Nora Kimmons, Janet Merrill, LII
liam Stephenson, Addie Lou Wood
ward. Mrs. Barka, Faith Beaie'
Roberta Boone, Ruby Bryan, Erma
Burns, Minnie Dee Fleming, CARA
Franey, Ida Kinney, Mary rage,
Nellie Margaret Smith. Sypll Au-
trey. Bera Butler, Leona DAVIS
Mrs Jackman, Lora Imam, Grace
McDermitt, Priscilla Whitehill ana
Nora knapp. Mrs. Ryan has been
adding male voices to the club the
mast week, but the list of names OF
these new members is not yet COM
plete enough for publication at this
time.
Saturday, the 26th, being an ex-
ira work day" for the summer
session students Oh the state nor
NAL. the weekly "hike" for that
day was showed over into another
week. and the first dance of the
summer session given in the even
ing as the weekend recreation.
The music for the occasion was
furnished by new orchestra built
up by Mr.. johnson of the Cottage