Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-18
Normal University
EAST LAS VEGAS.


The second week of the summer
session of the New Mexico Nor
NAL university shows little in
crease in enrolment over last
week and a distinctly businesslike
settling down to regular and sys
tematized work. All classes are in
their ultimate locations now and
all housed comfortably. Special
committees for the summer term
have been appointed by President
Wagner and have commenced func-
tioning. The new committees are:
Social activities. Prof. Clark u.
Persinger, Mrs. Bartlett and Miss
Louise Jaramillo. student welfare,
Mrs. Harriet st. Louis, Miss Fell
citas Kaune and s. Omar Barker;
credits, President Wagner, Deans
Carroon and Rodgers, Clark u.
Persinger and Miss Margaret j.
Kennedy; story hour, e. b. Scott,
Miss Lillian Cavett and Miss Bir-
die Adams. These committees will
function as their names indicate
all with the aim of keeping the
student body we'll cared for and
we'll entertained for the summer.
The STORY hour" is a new fea-
ture and was first introduced Fri
day evening on the lawn in front
of Springer hall. The story hour
committee provided the story-tell-
ing entertainment themselves this
time. assisted by Miss Jaramillo in
singing. The idea is to gather az
the cool twilight time for q brief
entertainment, which takes the
form Of storytelling and singing.
The second excursion occurred
Saturday when Professor Persinger
conducted quite a number to the
vicinity of Romeroville for a few
hours outing between 8 and Z p.
m. The crowd went on trucks.
The Delta Sigma Epsilon pic
ture show benefit was much en-
joyed Monday and Tuesday even.
ings. The special program con-
sisted of a feature song number
by Mrs. Lucy Clement Peterson
and chorus. character impersona.
lions by E. w. Scott and Spanish
songs and dances by Miss Tillle
Fountain of Mesilla.
The bulk of furniture supplies of
all sorts for the reconstructed
building arrived this week. The
supplies received include full chair
Ind table equipment for all rooms
lab and lecture tables for the
science department, benches,
ranges, serving tables, etc, for the
home economics department. Much
Of the furniture is going into use
almost Immediately, though por-
| tion must be stored until it can be
installed properly.
Mrs. Victoria Miller has an
nounced that special basketball
training for girls. with especial at
tention to the principles of coach
ing, will commence Monday.
| Another new class now being or
ganized is one in the study of
"car troubles" sort of little re-
pair shop for the study of gas
motors, their ills and remedies, be-
ing now established. A more COM
plete mechanics course may be
developed.
President Wagner has been in
vited to speak before Institutes and
various other gatherings at Tu-
cumcari, Roy. Mosquero and Clay
ton, but is attending an important
committee conference with Edu-
cational Auditor Joerns and other
state officers at Santa Fe. and
could not accept.
DIR. J. M. Cook, president Of the
Montezuma Baptist college, has
been added to the summer faculty
in order to take proper care Of
overflow work in psychology and
in education. Due to typograph-
ical error last week it was stated
that Normal now employs about