Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-06-25

what bugs to kin and what 10 let
alone; that If il were not for the
bugs that pgeyed npon bugs the
bugs Tint were preyed upon would
soon have the country dominated
10y a big bug trust Prof. G. is an
enthusiast in hisaprofession and
already has quitealarge collection
Of insect life peculiar to New Mex
leo. psas
PROT Wogten, the botanist, in
terested your correspondent with
what he called q new microscope,
but which looked more like n min
iature Calling gnn. He focused
Il and told your correspondent to
look, aud that look gave him away.
He was explaining that here on
the right was Chrome canon, to
the left was Sorreo gulch, in the
center lowered the peaks above
the Wall street mine, at the foot
of which he had camped on hot
days. When the professor asked
whet was being examined, your
correspondent replied "a map of
the Organ mountains, of course"
The p~rofessorn explained that it
was only a piece Of a hy's wing
about tho size of a cross section
Of a pin head. 1t is needless to
say that your correspondent left
Immediately. feeling how much
his education bed been neglect
ed.
In the department Of mechani-
cal engineering Prof. Ropes ex-
hibited some, very we'll executed
specimens Of off hand drawing and
drawing with q rest, all done by
his class during the year. The
professor explained that graduates
in his department generally ex-
pected to obtain situations and
that to be able to draw (salary)
either off hand or with a rest was
an important part of the education
Of a farmer boy or son of a me-
chanic.
Prof. McGgea was next sought,
but il was Iearned that his part of
the program did not begin until
afternoon, when the board Of re-
gents would meet
In passing a recitation room
some boys. Werenseen very much
occupied with a. drawing on the
blackboard awhieha they started to
erase whenbItheYl discovered that
they we're observed. Upon being
assured, howevef, that their visitor
had no other than friendly inten-
tions, they explained hat the
drawing was a map of the college
farm; that they were practising a
lesson in local geography; that
they were studying the boundaries
of the farm which were as follows:
On the north by lands of Deme-
trio Chavez, a regent; on the east
by the desert sandhills; on the
south by lands ofNuma Raymond,
an ex-regent; on the west by lands
of the New Mexico town company.
Said one Of the boys ''you can see
that the college is well protected;
that no one cahecome near without
rendering good, sufficient and
substantial reason; that even the
professors have to make a combine
with Harry Bowman on the out
side and thatwas only possible by
having salaries large enough to
enable them to keep a buggy"
In the afternoon the regents
met and Mr. George Vestal, of
Arkansas, was selected to take the
chair lately occupied by Professor
Blount, and Miss Ellen +. Gibson,
of Colorado, was employed to as
sist in the preparatory school.
The latter action elicits some COM
ment. The question is often asked
if New Mexico is so backward in
education thatapreparatory school
assistant couldenot be obtained
within her boundaries. The sal.
airy of twohteaehers was raised,
whether foM theDpurpose of ena.
bling4hem to sRog a Sufficient rea-
son for locating near the college
or to buy aribgggymdoth not YET
appear. W .srM 1re
AT night thepthird year class
OF the preparatory department
gave an entertainment consisting
Of speeches, essays, vocal and in
strumental music. Misses A.
Montgomery and M. Macgregor,
Madam Borege and Professors
Wooten and Lester furnished the
vocal and Madam Borego the in
strumental music. It was all very
good. The spoken pieces were
very we'll rendered, though if there
had been the amount of vocal en-
ergy that is sometimes heard on
the college avenue when the stu
dents, mounted on their broncos,
are returning home, it would have
been easier for the audience to
have understood what was said.
For this exercise there was an
abundant supply of programmes
bearing the imprint: Printed in
the college shorthand depart
ment."
Wednesday the commencement
closed with exercises consisting
of sin
Invocation by Rev. I. b. Meeker.
Abstract of Thesis-Wild Bees of
the Mesilla Valley, by Miss