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Nambe was a primarily Spanish-speaking agricultural town with a strong tradition of communal action. It had suffered badly during the Depression, but Cyrus McCormick Jr., the heir to the International Harvester fortune, had moved near Nambe in the early 1930s and decided to fund a school based on the example set by San Jose. Tireman headed the new school. As in San Jose, he immediately abandoned the standard curriculum designed for white, eastern students and built a curriculum accessible to the experience of Hispanic, western children. Community problems determined the curriculum at the school; the school in turn acted as a center for improving the health and well-being of the community. With help from several New Deal agencies, the Nambe school also taught the adults of the community scientific farming techniques. As they had at San Jose, teachers at Nambe took their students on...
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