Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-21
New Mexico State
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NORMAL UNIVERSITY

LAS VEGAS.
The Rotary club of Las Vegas is |
Showing an interest in the Normal. |
A week ago last Friday the meet- (
ing was devoted to a discussion of
the needs of the school by the
president, and last Friday devoted
to general discussion by the
members
President Roberts has filed his
report for the year beginning June
!. 1919, and closing June !, 1920,
with Superintendent j. II. Wag
ner. The showing for the year is
as follows:
Students of training school rank,
33S; students of high school rank.
6ti; students of normal and coll
ego rank. 500; Funclassified stu
dents, SIS.
without duplication the total en-
follment for the year is 1884, in
GLIDING 40S men and 1,l26 women.
DR.. William Chandler Bagley,
who was chosen by the State Rev
enue commission to make a sur
vey Of the state institutions, re-
quested a special report on the
high school graduates of the Nor
NAL university The following facts
have been sent to him: Since 190O
3l3 students have been graduated
from the high school department
of the institution, of which num-
Der 166 became rural school
teachers. About 80 per cent of the
remainder continued their educa-
ton, or taught in village and town
schools. During the first ten years
of the history of the school, only
five of it's high school graduates
became teachers Since then GU
Der cent of all that have received
diplomas from this department
have become teachers in the rural
schools. At least So per cent have
become teachers in schools of all
! grades.
! Word has been received from
Howard B. Petersen, a recent
graduate from the Normal univer-
sity high school department and
student of the freshman college
year, that he has entered an en-
gineering course at the University
of Colorado.
The Normal university closed on
Friday evening, to be re-opened
again on Monday, November ~
when the winter term begins. ms
vacation period makes it possible
for students and members OF the
faculty to attend the convention oil
state teachers at Albuquerque. The
schedule is being made up for the
winter term with additional at
tractive courses, particularly one IN
"Mental Testing and Its Relation
To Education in General gwen
by Dean Frank CARBON, pioneer
educator in this field of inVestlsa-
= ton in New Mexico.
Governor o, A. Larrazolo has ap-
pointed President Frank IA. H.
Roberts to attend a citizens con
ference in Denver, December ~
Superintendent Wagner, in charge
of the representation on the pro
gram from New Mexico, has as
signed to Doctor Roberts the SUI
ject: "Public Welfare Activities,
y Commissioner p. p. Claxton has
sent a special invitation to Fred
O. Blood, president of the board OF
regents Of the Normal university,
to attend this conference.
The Delta Sigma Epsilon girls
with their beautiful pledge ritual
pledged II Girls Thursday after
noon at the home of Miss Mildred
Cobb, one of the younger mem,
bers. The pledges were Winifred
Oldham, Selma Siaer, Alice Martin
yada Mae Garrison, Susie Moore
Orial Curtis, Lucille Monical. EN-
ma Head, Eva White, Pearl Camp.
bell and Irene Schmidt. A social
hour followed. during which re-
freshmcnts were served Every
alumna of the chapter Is either
teaching. or continuing her educa-
ton, with the exception OF Mrs
Carol Fetzer- Johnson of Tularosa'
who had to give UP her teaching
in the interest of future D, s. e.,
little Miss Johnson, month old.