Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-03-28
CQLFAX COUNTY
TEACHERS MEET
ENDS SATURDAY
Three Day Session at Ration
Introduces Many New
Ideas to Educators; David
Spence Hill on Program.


Especial Correspondence to The journal
Ration, n. NJ, March 27.-The
annual convention Of the ColfaX
County Teachers association Off
cially opened Thursday evening,
with a gymnasium exhibition by
the students in the ColfaX county
high school in the high school
gymnasium The exhibition was
under the direction OF julius Kuh-
merit, director of the department Of
physical education, and Mrs. Ro-
wena Hoffman, assistant,
The sessions Friday were presid-
ed over by President G.. L. Fenlon,
superintendent of schools at Daw-
son. John Morrow, president III
Ration board of education, delivered
the address of welcome. He urged
the teachers to stick to their jobs
and to do their best even under ad-
verse conditions. He pointed out
that the work of the schools is in
creasing and that teachers will
soon be paid a living wage.
Miss Grace McGOvern, principal
of the Koehler schooINresponded to
the address of welcome.
Dean Frank Carroon, of the Las
Vegas normal university, gave an
address on the intelligence tests
which he had conducted in the
various schools of the state ana
pointed out that this is the only
way to get fair index of child's
and tnat when a child
was found to be below normal he
should be placed in a special class.
State superintendent John V.
Conway gave a brief talk in which
he stated that education can be
secured by any one who cares for
it. He urged the teachers to make
use of the state department which
is at their service for anything they
may desire. .a
Following the morning session,
luncheon was. served by the girls
of the domestic science department
Of the ColfaX county high school
under the direction of Miss Ruth |
Boan. a. uajxsd
Afternoon Session.
The first speaker of the after
noon was Professor Rogers, of the !
department of the
normal university. He stated that
the system of mixing arlthmeti2 |
and algebra and geometry is wrong
and that each occupies a distinct
part in the educational system.
DIR. j. w. Searson, head of the
English department of the Kansas !
state agricultural college, at Man !
haitian, Kans., spoke on THE Fine |
Art of Illustrative Teaching" New |
Mexico should be congratulated in !
It's state superintendent and to the !
high standard of class room teach |
ers which are required, he said. !
He pointed out the results which !
can be secured from the proper use
Of illustration.
Evening Session. 'l.., |
The evening session was held in |
the auditorium and opened with an |
operetta by the Longfellow school ,
the Dream of Mother |
Goose" All the children who took !
part were Spanish american and
deserved the good round of ap- |
plause they received.
Miss Lillian Hennigan presided |
at the evening meeting and intro |
duced the first speaker. Dr. DAVID
Spence Hill of the state university |
who spoke on the advantages of
education. He stated that the
most successful men in business
and professional life have been
those with a thorough education
and all self-made men deeply re-
gretted their lack of education. HIe
pointed out that there are six dis
tinct advantages to be secured
from education, namely opportun-
ity, choice, special training. place
ment, promotion and altruism. He
urged the taxpayers to
support education and educational
and il the state must
economize in finances the last
thing to econOmi2e on is education.
DR.. Searson delivered his second
address of the day. took for his
subject Americas New Obliga-
tom He stated that a profess
sionally trained teachers corps is
absolutely necessary for building
up the educational standards of
America and to decrease the
amount of illitoraCy. He pointed
out that the lack of well trained
teachers during the past few years
has done much harm. With prop
erly educated teachers who are In
terested in their work would go a
great way in decreasing the unrest
now prevalent in the country and
that all radicals and their parties
would soon disappear. He strongly
urged the increase of salaries for
the teachers. not for the teachers
sake but for the sake of the chill
dren and the community.
Saturday Morning Session.
President Fenlon presided and
DR.. Hill, who spoke on
the PROBLEM of the Exceptional
Child in the Public Schools" He
pointed out the nature and the
causes of individual variation and
gave the following reasons why theY
differ: race, ancestry, climate, food, |
disease, accident, training, and Oc-
cupation. The exceptional chila |
presents an extreme variation from
the average. There are six types
of exceptional children, namely: the |
gifted, the backward, the feeble I,
the incorrigible or habit
ually vicious child, the insane, and
those with physical defects. |
DIR. Searson spoke on the "Litera-
ture of Common Life" He briefly |
described what constituted good
and bad literature and stated that
the good literature always has the !
right triumphant rather than the |
evil Bad literature and movies is
not to blame for the boys going |
wrong, but is rather the type OF in
diyidual.
At the close of the morning ses-
sion the annual business meeting !
was held. 1t was voted to hold the |
annual meetings the Friday and |
following Easter instead |
of preceding Easter. Mr.. K. w.
Crist, superintendent of schools at
Springer. was elected president for
the present year.