History and government of New Mexico . Hiram Hadley, PioneerEducator EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1850 221 groups of earnest men here and there were seriously dis-cussing the problem of education. Only a population ofeducated and intelligent men and women would everdevelop New Mexicos natural resources and build here agreat State. 259. The New Mexico Educational Association. — Thefirst public evidence of the new movement came in Decem-ber, 1886, when the New Mexico Educational Associa-. tion was organized at Santa Fe for the purpose of keepingbefore the people the chaotic and deplorable educa
History and government of New Mexico . Hiram Hadley, PioneerEducator EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1850 221 groups of earnest men here and there were seriously dis-cussing the problem of education. Only a population ofeducated and intelligent men and women would everdevelop New Mexicos natural resources and build here agreat State. 259. The New Mexico Educational Association. — Thefirst public evidence of the new movement came in Decem-ber, 1886, when the New Mexico Educational Associa-. tion was organized at Santa Fe for the purpose of keepingbefore the people the chaotic and deplorable educationalconditions and bringing public sentiment to bear on theproblem of securing material aid for the schools. Thatbody has grown steadily, exercised an influence, and en-rolled a proportion of the teachers hardly known to likeorganizations anywhere else in the country. Another group of such men meeting in the real-estateoffice of Hiram Hadley at Las Cruces in 1888 worked outthe plans for starting that fall the Las Cruces College, a 222 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO private school which later developed into the State Agri-cultural College. 260. Passage of the Common School Law, 1891.— Such work was preparing the way for a new education the twenty-ninth Legislative Assembly met in Decem-ber, 1890, Governor Prince urged upon it the creation of amodern and up-to-date school system as its most importantduty. The old series of makeshift acts that had passed aspublic school laws
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