Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-26
NORMAL UNIVERSITY
Las Vegas

Las Vegas
The Normal University has baf
its busiest fall term opening-tt
busy TO even furnish the public
WIN news. Students have come
from every section of the state and
some from beyond the borders at
the state. The quality and charac.
Ter OF the student body is higher
than ever before. 1t is a serious
body of students, the frivolous ones
heing entirely lacking. Every
leacher reports an Improvement In
the Kind of students in his classes
Among the students are such ny.
perieneed teachers as the Misses
Rose and Rehecca JASPER az T,a
Raca. Miss 0rial Curtis of C.nrrv
Sounty and Omar Barker of san
Miguel. Mr.. Barker haI won dis'
uncuon as a teacher beSnre the war
.,oe having resigned his posi-
ium IN santa Rosa to Join the
alItiy. he was IN France and saw
serious flghting, Mr.. Barker is
i,9sa alreaoN received checks for
literary Contributions. During tho
year NE FTill assist the English De
raltl'eht as reader. Miss Selma
Slzer' who taught in CLAYTON last
yepr has returned to carry IN ber
College work. Miss Edith Holman
@ successful teacher in the Las Va
gas schools. has entered for rapnla,.
coliese work and will remain unti,
sne graduates. Another who hos
aught with success in this and
nlher states, Mrs. Helen #. Nolan
q coliege registrant. Miss Eliza
herkev OF Relen Is among the col
lege students N''e eo'-
me most hopefnl sign ne tha
year Is the insistent demand To-
ardiuonal college classes tn
clhsses in pedagogical suhiactS
rave always been In demand hnt
tht 49, VINO are attending the school
s"is year are insisting on addition
~ co.leEe work for their better
PREPARATION as high school teach |
~ Large classes in Sociology
ansrican History. English and
Mathematics in the college depart-
Htent nave materialized.
me Normal University has iusu
ntn we existence of its high school !
IN several grounds, not the least |
important of which has been that
OF experimentation It has CARRIED
on an experiment in Mathematics
that has covered period of eight
years and the result. when mint
&c In the Bulletin, written nv PRO.
Is Ssor T. G. Rodgers, attracted the
attention Of the whole United
states. A new experiment has
hsen started in the department of
! psychology. Dean CARBON is Civ
ing Class in psychology to fresh
men high school students. with the
view or teaching them how to
Fndv how to apply their time and
reaching the various facts connect
cd with their own intellectual a.
The students are
with the work. Accpr-
ete notes will be kent on the |
,rosress of this class through the
r'sh school and the effect Of this
curse on their career and after a
period OF years, the result will be
''ntsd as wac done in the experi.
mont in mathematics. Another |
Hriking serr'Hn Of the high school !
connected with the Normal Uni I
persify; Tt enables women who !
naYe recently been widowed or he /
'anse of illness have been com :
'ntfed to support the family to q
amer and comnlete their hiqh | s
'chool courses, thus gaining first c
.rade certificate and enabling
hem TO teach in the better nav
ns districts. A number of these :
re students this year. The aver !
'ee age Of the high school will he },
ironnd 20 Years. The city high -
chools average about 1s years.
another encouraging fact Is '
nat more students are taking q
ractice teaching than ever before
Aany county, superintendents have =
iscovered the value of a course in a
'ractice teaching and as a result !;
ave required their teachers, wher- u
yer possible to do special work In !,
his line. The class in practice =,
aaching during the summer school ~
'as remarkable for its size. its :,
uality and the experience of those !.
bo were enrolled, ~
The Trigonian Society met and "
rganiZed for the year by the cleo ~
on of the following officers: az
resident. Omar Barker; Vice ~
resident. Hilario Rubio: Secre- d.
Try, Pete Pankratz; Treasurer,
lem Sanford; Trigonian Reporter. a.
I'LL Given. Professor Mottinger ~
as again chosen critic. u
Following the custom of former al
Ears the old students entertained w
lie new students at a party which ~ "
as full OF rolIicking fun from the r.
to the end. Each class, d,
j well as the faculty, put on ~
ariety of stunts. each vying with IN
lie others TO see which could pre- ~
mt the most laughabIe farces le'
here was not dull moment M III
iring the whole evening. The VI
Guilty represented the student
,dy on registration day, "As We lls
se It." and In return the high 81
hool sophomores took off the r M
Guilty and when they were 2u
rough. everybody was well re- ne
inded of Bobbie Burns oft quot 10
lines. 20, wad some power the III
ftie gle us to see ourselves as ni'
hers see u.s. The college seniors gu
We an illustration of the effects ia
woman suffrage in political life. 'hs
'eeches were made and a voting -.
enc presented that kept the audi ~. ~
ce laughing from its beginning 'h'
it's close. The college juniors -
ystified the younger students by
pnotizing various students and -