Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-30

sion was reached because OF the
fact, as brought out in the meet
ing, of the contests being made
side shows" Of the convention in
stead Of occupying the center Of
the stage, as they deserved. Other
minor changes were made in the
constitution.
Indian school Section Remains
The question as to whether the
Indian school section was to con-
tinue it's affiliation with the New
Mexico Educational association,
came up for settlement in the
session that CuuciIded the bGsi-
noss Of this section Wednesday,;
and the unanimous vote of the
members was for remaining in
the assoCa.iLn. The election OF
four council iuambers resulted in
the following list. Superintcnd-
ent, Reuben D. Perry, Albuduer-
que; superintendent II. p. Mar
bic. Superintendent A. w. Leech,
of the southern pueblos, and Su-
perintendent' j. D. De Huff, of
elected chairman, Mrs. Isis Har-
rington, vice chairman, and Mrs.
Henry II. Kramer, secretary.
' A feature of the Indian school
meeting was a talk by Wesley
Bradfield, of the American Arch
geological society. Some enjoy
able musical numbers were given
by Mrs. Frances Dunn. Superin-
tendent De Hurf, or Santa Fc
was not able to be present, and
his paper. "The General Good Of
the Service" was given by Super
intendent Leech.
Spanish American Session Closes
"The Spanish Teacher and the
Spanish Community" by Mr.,
Cruz Alvarez, and discussed by
Mr.. w. Yeager, opened the last
session of the section for teach.
ers in Spanish-American commu'
mites. Are the Spanish Ameri-
can Communities Progressing ?"
was the subject of Honorable
John V. Conway's address.
The sessions of the Spanish
American section proved to be
one of the most popular in th2
association meeting. A spirit Of
unity and a sincere desire to
get together" on the problems
of the rural school teacher. made
the meeting a huge success with
these teachers. Mr.. Conway's
talk, full Of suggestions based on
his own personal experience, was
inspirational
The officers elected in the
Spanish American section are.
President, Cruz Alvarez, Santa
Rosa: vice president, Mrs. G. l..
Delgado. Belen; secretary, Miss
Rose Mary DaviIa. Mrs. Lola
Grimm was elected as member of
the council for one year.
A committee to draw up reso-
lutions to be presented before
the next meeting of the legisla-
ture. urging revisons and substi-
tutions in laws governing schools
in rural districts. was appointed
and consists of the following:
Superintendent 9eturnino Baca,
Belen; c. ]. Quintana, Taos, and
Mrs. G. L. Delgado. of Belen.
Santa Fe Art
The work of the young high
school and grade school artists
of Santa Fe, under the direction
of the art supervisor of the Santa
Fe schools. Miss Cora Reid, occas-
ioned a great deal of favorable
comment among the visitors at
the high school on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Among these were
exhibited five painting of Miss
Reid's, two OF Gerald Cassidy's,
two Of Carlos Vierra, three of
Sheldon Parsons and one of Mrs,
w. Il. Rollins. A talk by Miss
Reid Wednesday morning brought
out the fact that the exceptional
work of the Santa Fe boys and
girls displayed was accomplished
since the opening of school in
September. and includes, almost
entirely, work from still life, and
no copying. These include post
ers, pictures of adobes. hills and
mountains near Santa Fe, fruit,
flowers, Indian Jars ana baskets.
Miss Reid supervised art super
visors of the art school of North
western University before taking
up her work in the Santa Fe
schools.