The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-21
SCHOOL
HEAD TELLS OF
SCHOOL PROBLEMS

More than l,5O0 people were
present at the opening Of the
general meeting of the New Mex.
leo Educational association in the
armory shortly after 2 o clock this
afternoon. The high school glec
club sang, Fair New Mexico" by
Elizabeth Garrett, and were en-
chOred enthusiastically several
times.
The Indian s"ho0, Dand led the
way 10 the convention hall, start
ing from the Y. NJ. G. A.. at > so
O'Clock and marching TO the arm
ory. They played as they went,
and following their arrival. the
crowd began 10 pour into the hall.
Reports from the teachers reg
istration booths indicate. that more
than 1000 had registered this
morning. This. according to
Superintendent John Milne. is one
of the largest registrations in the
history of the New Mexico Edu-
rational association, and exceeds
the figure for the first day of last
year ; convention.
Councils Welcome.
In his welcome address to- the con-
vention Walter NJ. Conneli. chairman
OF the city commission of Albuquer-
que. said;
ut givcs me great pleasure TO cN-
tend greetings and to welcome you to
Albuquerque as ! did two years ago.
During your brief visit you bring
together In our city men and women
from ail sections Of our vast state
and any city would be proud to be
host TO such representative body
oi Sew M"Nico's citizenship.
we have looked forward to your
coming and am sure our different
committees have left nothing ulduh,
which would hdd 10 your ,ou,vui.ps,
and comfort Whilc h,r.
Il am not luiug tu apuluri4" Tor
uur Va, Is ct hot. B t,,u,pinuiH, uHs u,-
c1u.y ,un say tru,hulN Wv are
bDu tu have you iu oar nuurH al
ai,,s us an chance to participate
lu yuu. convention, and, incidentally,
sec an idea OF the hours you keep.
= know you havo a lot of serious
work ahead Of sou Hud your con
s,nuou is not an play, 80 / am not
going TO- hc Hblr 10 take the time to|
t.u you an oi tho nice things Ne
know ot YOU. ana So.
con u'halt OF an ~ the people oi
Albuquerque and tho county OF licr-
uaiitp. the Chamber of commerce,
aud uLr city government. I bid you
most coTuiai welcome and wish you
q pl,haant visit and successful con
Ncnuon ana u Is our earnest desire
tuat you Will return to your homes
ana suies believing IN us ard think
Ing as well al az as we do of you
In the Response to the welcome
address Superintendent Roy Whit,
ut Gallup, expressed the appreciation
Of the teachers for the cordial vel
come which is always extended thcm
IN Albuquerque
Then came IN" address of J VI
.kl'y. president OF the association.
winch is printed iu another column.
Biair's Nddr'-s.
FIuu,iE g.. HlBir. state school su-
pcrIutcndvut o. Illinois then dcliv-
cred u force ful address ON the sub
Jsct. THE Face at our Window
VIII ch ha special appeal to cducn
tors uf the stHtH. lie TOOK for his
text thu story OF "IrdnkCnttcin" 10y
Mrs Shcllry. IN which u man makes
an autumatou which nets and fcalS
like human being and has the
emotions N q human being. iir sends
this a.sjamaton out into the world,
ono night. whom he Is alone, its face
appears at his window. with an cx-
prcssipn that says "Sow that you
have made mo. n iS up to YOU to find
iifc.
This In what wc arc doing Mr.
Blair tiid We are making our boys
and girls into men and women, and
soon they will come back. Their
faces viii appear at our window. and
u viii have either an oppression of
discontont or one OF gratitude ana
happiness
we arc training the boys and
girls. and sending them out into tho
world to find happy aud fun lives
with that training Tho responsibility
is ours whether or not the training
properly fits them TO meet the prob
lens uf the world.
"Our duty Il To- to instill In them
the normal relations between tho
sexes among the boys and girls. We
must teach them Co respect each
other. to work together. TO adjust
their emotions. and to play together.
We must fit them for lives OF uso-
fulness and happiness, 30 that wheH.
In years to come. the generation
which h now going through the
schools comes back to us the face
In the window will not have an oN-
preston which win accuse MS of
neglect