The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-21
Sidelights of
Teachers Meeting

Due TO the fact that only two mem
hers Of the reading circle board are
present at the convention. and u ~
necessary that the board have
meeting John V. Conway. state sup
erintendent OF public instruction. am
nounccd yesterday his appointment OF
new board. The board viii be
made up OF the following, with the
dates OF the expiration of their terms
E. d. Martin. 1879: Miss Fannie
French, 1871; Filomena Martinez
1891: W. @. Donnelly, 1921; Mrs.
Ella NJ. LaHar. 1879; Cruz Alvarez.
1892. Mr.. Conway Is chairman OF
the board.
A meeting OF the American Asso-
citation of Teachers OF Spanish viii
be he'd on Tussdnv ~ A. NJ. in
the auditorium OF the High school.
/ There viii be grief address In Span
ish by J. G. Espinosa. president OF
the chapter. Mariana Garcia Sr..
Rev. Fr Fenis and Spanish music by
Mariana Garcia. Jr 4 short play
by pupils OF the Albuquerque High
School will be given. After the
program there viii be an informal re-
ception for the visiting teachers. All
membcfs OF the state chapter and
all visiting teachers Of spanish are
cordially Invited
"A large crowd OF Albuquerque peo-
pie and visiting educators which
near,y filled the high school auditor
ium. heard the sncred concert which
was given yesterday afternoon. All
Of the selections were enthusiastically
received. and the audience seemed
especially pleased with the selections
sung by Miss Grace Stostz. and the
violin selection given by Dorothy
Cameron and David Marcus, The
opening number was n song. "Tho
Vikings SONG" ~ the Albuquerque
The Lord Is My Light" and Down
~ the Forest" as an encore. Dorothy
Cameron ana David Marcus played
Dieborstraum." The Apollo club
then sang sylvia" by Speaks
Charles Fyrnc sang Ba t.ctts "A
Dream and Metcalrs Absent" Miss
CameroH then plnved violin solo.
Open the Gates" by Charles Me-
kean. The last number on the after
Moons program was THE Altar OF
Truth sung by the Apollo club
The address Of John Morrow.
president of the Board Of Education
az Ration. and attorney. on the school
land question before tho educational
council last Saturday is causing con-
siderable discussion. Mr.. Morrow ad-
vocnted complete change in the
policy Of administration OF public
lands He charged that out OF
h,OOG 600 acres of public lands. the
proceeds of which were tu be used
for educational purposes. only s.
| 100000 acres have been selected. and
That ~ "a consequence the remaining
5000. 600 acres are fast being dimin-
iHhcd by private purchase lie as-
serted tho most promising ~ tho
state agricultural lands wcro being
bought mp by the block OF 900 or
5000 acres thereby dcprivinE the
state of its most profitable holdings
He asserted the land " being bought
from N" state for te5 per acre and
some OF II being sold In ColfaN county
Tor $3.50 an acre. lie advocated di-
Viding the lands into sections und
selling the alternate sections only.
thereby allowing sufficient oppor-
tunity for the remaining sections 80
Increase In value
The first large delegation to arrive
| for the convention is the teachers
from Gallup. The Estnnciu valley ia
well represented. and teachers from
silver Chy arrived In force last night.
I There are large number OF teachers
here from Clovis. and both Santa se
and SHn Miguel counties are well rep
resented. ColfuN county has "a dele
cation Of 80 to 90. l. G. Rhodes.
Ration superintendent. and Julius
| kuhnoni, physical director arc
among tho delegates
/ The reception committee had its
largest rush Of arriving teachers last
night when trains from tho east
west aud south arrived. each loadcu
with teachers. They state. however.
that the crowd was not as large as
/ cn the sunday night preceding tho
| last meeting of the New Mexico Edu-
! catiUnal association.
The talk In unofficial circles In
! d'cuteh that the ncAt prcsideut OF the
uHsociation will be woman. several
womens names have been mention ii
already, but as yet no men hive bc,n
advanced b. the field Gallup and
santa Fe are both hidding tor tho
next convention.
An odd situation arises from tho
tact that the same ballots which will
! decide the teachers choice for the
next meeting place of the couycntio
may also decide that the teachers
have NO power 20 name the .ncst
meeting place. one Of tho amend
ments To- the constitution which viii
be voted upon will be that which
places the choice ot meeting place In
the hands % The executive commit
tce The same hallotH viii also name
two u the six members OF the eNecu o.
tive committee which may have pow
or TO choose the meeting place.
Sections of the convention will eo
ahead and name their ropreson,
atives for the educational council in
spite OF the fact that the amendment
CONTINUES on rage Sc, en-,