El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-28
IRRIGATION.
IL. VI. Muniy Says it Should be Taught
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III ScnoOlS.
The development of the new world
has reached the epoch of which there
is a demand for great Industrial and
polytechuical school in which the Eng
fish and Spanish Language are taught
and spoken alike, and thu leading stu
dies should be agriculture by irrigation,
and mining.
This should be by far the most i'm
pOrtant university in the new hemjs-
ohere. Nearly one half Of the area OF
the U. S. A., and quite all of Mexico.
Central and South America, can be
developed agriculturally only by irri-
cation and the same districts are almost
universally rich in mineral. The de-
velopment of these Industries through
out these sections is just passing from q
stage of infancy to 4 vigorous growth.
The successful development exists in
deep scientific research and mechanical
operations far more than in the matter
Of hard labor. There has never exist
ed so great a demand for the direction
of labor by science to extract from ma
ture her resources, us in the arid and
mountainous districts of the immense
territory above mentioned, and there is
no district that offers to science so 81 eat
a reward.
The L. $. a. has as yet given but
little attention to the subject of irriga
ton and almost nothing of it is taught
in her schools. She is Yet deficient in
her mining schools.
Mexico stands in quite the same con-
ditioa and it IS quite safe to say that
Central and South America are still
more wanting in these matters. The
people of Mexico are anxious that
their sons be educated in the English
language and in industrial schools, and
send them to schools scattered over the
L. S, there being no preference for
any particular school, and there is not
a school in the U. 5. that fully suits
their wants, from the fact that none of
them combine fully the studies of irr,-
CATION, mining and the common use of
both the English and Spanish Ian
qua ges, in addition to complete scieu
titic courses of studies.
The estates in SpaniSh-American
countries are very large and their
owners are willing to spend fortunes
to educate their sons to properly de-
velOpe these properties, and the near
er at home it can be done, the better it
will suit them. Ell Paso is most suit
ably located, geographically, for this
great modern university. She is the
only city possessing complete and sutfi
cient railway communication from alt
parts of the L. s. and Mexico. She also
possesses greater facilities than any
QUIET CIty III oDJtCG 4CS-oHS W SUuocHSS
n both irrigation and mining. having
mines all about her and the greatest
irrigation reservoirs in the world, and
many minor ones about to be construct
ed near her.
The Spanish language being quite
as commonly spoken as the English
IS wonderful advantage to students of
both countries. They would become
masters of both languages aud form
social nd % 70 -ni .t tics tp
the interest of Ell Paso, which would
be constau lily and permanently grow
ing. y school of this kind would need
nearly 1000 acres of agricultural land
This Is the most healthy location in
the L. 5. as is shown by the L. ). mill
tary sta istics. The vacation won d be
taken during the heated season and the
school terms would be held under the
most favora bly, elm tic conditions, and
being located under the shadow of our
great military post a market would DE
furnished for the products of the farm.
The post would also serve as a Ruarau-
tee of protection to sons of parents of
non-cobfdlng characters.
The great state of Texas has an enor-
nous school fund. a large part of
her domain must be developed by irri-
Iatlon. She has much mineral wealth
10 develop. No other city in her linn
us mas any CItIIu W UulS
No other state has the natural locations
nor will give it the support thai Texas
would. The resources that it would
develop for the state would render
from It's taxes a rich annual endow-
mt for the institution. Its esta b.
lishmen6 would he warmly greeted by
the leading men of Mexico and would
certainly meet with extensive patron
age fl ON all the arid districts of the L.
b A., and as Central and South Amer
lea will soon be connected with FL Paso
by rail, the sons of these countries
would soon be in large attendance.
1t is not common in southern COun-
tries for both sexes to attend the same
school, yet this school could be mixed,
as it would have enough American stu
dents to sustain and protect the Gus
tom or measure, and would rapidly
grow in favor with the southern people.
This would be the most important fac
tor in existence in establishing COM
mercial relations between the people of
the new world, d problem that is being
seriously studied by the leading men of
these countries. The institution would
receive the greatest moral support of
our own federal government and, if
possible, Indirect financial support.
This is by far the greatest possibility
in reach of FL Paso and no time should
be lost in securing it.
H. M. MUNDY.