Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-23
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Wildensteip, director who has proved b!
his works that he was competent ant
faithful public servant. The death of &c
good man in such place is public
loss.
1 recommend the appointment of 9
special committee to consider the needs
of the institution, to confer with the board
of directors and make such suitable rec
concentrations to the assembly as viii
continue the efficiency of this Institution
1t has not been deemed necessary to here
enter into detail, as the report of the
board of directors will be placed before
You and will give to each member full
and detailed statement Of the operations
of the institutions for the past two years
I submit herewith copies of the report
of the board of directors of the Upiver'
sitY of New Mexico located at Albu
querque, the deaf, dumb and blind
asylum at Santa Fe, the New
Mexico military institute at Ros
we'll, the school of mines at Socorro, the
college of agriculture and mechanical
arts at Las Cruces, the normal schools al
Silver City and Las Vegas, the board Of
managers of the territorial penitentiary
and the insane asylum at Las Vegas, for
your consideration. They fully explain
the wants and necessities of the several
institutions; their present condition and
the work done during the past year.
The Agricultural College Mt Las
Cruces
1t will be seen has enrolled 149 stu.
dents, all that The building now erected
can conveniently accommodate. The ap.
preparation made at the Last session for
building an addition to the college, has
not vet been expended owing to delay
in the ratification of this law by act of
congress. l am happy, however, to be
able to state that the appropriations
made for this institution and for the other
territorial institutions, as we'll as for the
rebuilding of the capitol, have recently
been approved and we have every reason
able hope that the needed funds will soon
be AGO uired, and the necessary improve
ments made at An early day. This school
has received from the United States it's
usual appropriation of about $4,000 per
year, and the moneys appropriated by
the territory, all of which has been ex.
pended in satisfactory manner.
AS stated up to the present time, 147
students have matriculated. The increase
over last sessions attendance is thirty
five. The most gratifying phase of this
80 ;,k ho ~ hot he rk.r
in the college proper is much more than
in the sub-freshman department. The
order and diclpline have been
good.
The last legislature restricted the use
of the territorial fund to building pur-
poses. This left the college without
funds for the payment of teacher in
Spanish, for insurance, printing cata-
logue, travelling expenses, for expenses of
board of regents, for stamps and station
cry, for ianitors, for fuel, lights and other
incidental expenses. 1t is hoped that the
restriction around the territorial fund
be removed so that part of that
fund may be applied to current expenses
and such other purposes as the board of
regents may deem best. II is also hoped
that the usual territorial appropriation
will be made, and that it be left to the
discretion of the regents as to how it
shall be applied. Owing to the fact that
the territorial appropriation for the last
two years could not be used for contin.
gent and other expenses, there is def
ciency in that fund at the present writing
of about $4,000 and this sum will be in
creased about $4,000 by the close of the
present session. There is an old debt of
$5,626. IS still standing against the build
ing fund, but it is believed that this can
be paid during this year. The department
at Washington has decided that no part
of the government appropriation can
hereafter be used for the establishment
and support of sub-stations. If they are
it will therefore be necessary
for the territory to make an sppropria-
tion for that purpose. In this connec.
tion it may not be amiss to call attention
to the fact that the government appro-
priations made under both the Morrill,
and Hatch acts are for specific purposes;
the former for the purposes of instruc-
ton in certain studies specifically enum-
Grated, and the latter for scientific inves.
tigation. II is found necessary to teach
some branches not enumerated in the
Morrill, act, and recourse must be had to
the territorial fund to pay for instruction
in these branches.
The School OF Mines.
Probably no institution within the ter
ritory has made more marked progress
and accomplished greater results than
this institution, considering the limited
amount of funds appropriated for it's
Two years ago, it became
my duty to notify the legislature that
this institution had been compelled to
discontinue owing to the want of suffi-
Gent funds for its proper support. am
now happy to be able to advise you
that this difficulty has to large extent
been overcome, the school reopened and
that the two past years have been the
most prosperous in its existence and
fully justifies the hope that in the future
his will prove to be one of the most i'm
portant educational institutions of this
territory.
New Mexico Military Institute.
This institution, located at Roswell, N.
W., has fully compiled with the require
nents of the law, in obtaining by dona-
lion the title to forty acres of the most
valuable land in the immediate vicinity
Of Roswell, and is probably better To-
,ated for school purposes than that of
any other institution in the territory.
It has labored under the same disadvant-
ages that all of the other institutions
have by failue of an earlier ratification
BY congress Of the law making an appro-
priation for the erection of buildings.
For this reason, buildings have not yet
been completed. As this has now been
we hope that In the near future,
The college building will be erected, and
The school in full and successful opera
lEion The ranort of the hoard nf reOanta