Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-28

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cation of their children, and they
should not hesitate to do so. Does
any shrewd business man cut out
fire insurance in order to reduce
overhead? Should a state such
as ours whose strength and glory
are dependent on o free and en-
lightened people haggle over the
premiums it has to pay to insure
itself against its most deadly enc
my, illiteracy? 1t has been well
said that no people which does not
respect education will demand and
support good government.
Census returns, state and fed.
eral reports of banks and savings
deposits, increased net income of
corporations, and expenditures
for luxuries, all prove a tremen-
dous annual production of wealth
and are evidence of the ability of
the state to pay adequate salaries
to the teachers Of our public
schools and to maintain the ideal
ism of people who cherish not only
the right to worship God according
to the dictates of their own con-
science, but also the privilege of
educating their children in accord
ance with the principles of free
dom and equality of opportunity,
Teachers Salaries
"The educators of the state
must not fail to prove conclusive
ly to the taxpayers that the sal
aries of teachers must not be re-
duced or school efficiency will be
impaired. l stand firmly for high
standards for certification for
teachers, but those high standards
cannot be secured and maintained
if standard of salaries CORE
spondingly high and attractive to-
the best talent in the profession is
not made permanent and funda-
mental characteristic of our edu-
cational system"
Mrs. Lockhard advocated look
ing after the health of pupils
through cooperation with theI
public health service. She said
that state lands should be CLASH
fled, and those belonging to the
schools that are agricultural in
character should not be sold in
large parcels but in tracts not eX-
ceeding $40 acres. The alternat-
ing tracts should be held in re-
serve, she said, so that future gem
erations might benefit by the in
crease in value.
The following were appointed as
judges of election: r. S. Upton,
Las Vegas; Professor Reddick,
Gallup; Glen O. Ream. Albuquer-
que; Marie Myers. county superin-
tendent of Union county; Adelino
Sanchez, Belen.
An Inspiring Program
Last nights meeting was largely
attended John Milne. superintend-
ent of the Albuquerque schools, !
presided. An address of welcome
was made by Mayor w. r. Walton
who called attention to Albuquer-
que's progressive spirit as reflected
in civic and school matters and its
hospitality. extended through the
Chamber of Cor merce. The re-
sponse was made by the vice-presi
dent of the association, Adeltno
Sanchez of Tome.
A handsome gavel was presented
to the president. Mrs. Josephine
Lockard of Ration. by r. r. Larkin
Of Las Vegas. Mr.. Larkin said the
gavel was made In the manual
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schools of wood taken from the old |
school house at San MarciaL where
he and Mrs. ockard began their |
teaching career.
Secretary #. w Conway of the |
association addressed the meeting |
on MY Mission" which he said
was to work for the cause of edu-
cation and the success of the edu-
cational association. DR.. David S. !
Hill. president of the University Of |
New Mexico extended greetings
from his institution and called at
tention to the progress of educa- |
tion in the state through co-opera-
tion and correlation of the various
institutions and the teachers of /
New Mexico.
Will c. Wood. superintendent of |
public instruction of California, |
spoke on what the Public Has 4 |
Right to Expect from Her Schools"
He said that while many people |
think school costs have increased !
enormously, the fact is that less
money Is being spent. proportion |
ately to the rise In costs Of every
thing throughout the country. than |
was spent in 1911 for educational |
purposes. He declared that the |
public has right to expect its |
schools to turn out students with a
sense of responsibility to their du-
ties as American citizens. and with |
a special knowledge of at least one
activity a vocation.
Splendid solos were given by
Miss Louise Jaramillo of the Las
Vegas Normal university accom-
panied by Mrs. Colbert c. Root:
Miss Ada Pierce Winn, of the Silver
City Normal school. accompanied
by Mrs. Adolphine Kohn; songs by
the Albuquerque High School, Glee
club. and instrumental selections
by the Las Vegas High school or