New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-31
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EDUCATION IN NEW-MEXICO.
AN OPPORTUNITY To ADVANCE IT'S
CAUSE PRESENTED.
BE MADE FOR THIS PURPosE-wHY
PROMPTNESs IS NECESSARY
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Washington. Jan 3O-The two great Territories
o. the Southwest have been constantly growing
IN Importance. partly by OF the gradual
development O. their mineral and agricultural
sources hu; more largely because % the diffusion
Of knowledge OF their marvellous. health-givng
climate. until now there IS remarkable tide
Of health seekers flooding every available place In
New-Mcxico and Arizona 1t Is fact that 4 large
proportion Of those who so thithcr IN time hat is.
before the ravages Of disease have gone on to an
rrepara bic eXtent-recover either wholly in part
ana then ina themselves obliged 10 remain upon
Tho plateau The result Is that the families Of
these sometime nvaiids are brought to the coun-
try. and there is rapidly growing UP unusually
refined and intellectual society. as those wno
able 10 avail themselves of the climate not from
the lower classes of society. Thus in becoming the
worlds sanitarum. Mexico and Arizona
acquiring by natural selection peculiarly clean
and intelligent class of American settlers. who are
not migratory. but become stable and useful pop
ulation.
Although Nev-Moxco became a part Of the
United States by the provisions Of the Treaty Of
GuaGeoupe Hidago in 1880. and by that act this
country received a population wholly unacquainted
with the English language and the civilization Of
the United States, Congress has never granted
dollar nor enacted law 10 aid in the cause of edu-
cation in New-MeXico other governments acquir
ing territory with foreign population have estah-
lished systems Of education. which in most in
stances have been compulsory, but TO all appeals
from these territories Congress has remained silent
IN spite of this apathy, great progress has been
made. first through the schools established by the
efforts Of missionaries, ard then by the public
school system supported by direct taxation. and
the results have been little short Ct phenomenal
During the last few years the percentage OF I'M
the Union. and at the present time he percentage
81 IS less man good work T don NV the
university and other higher institutions the limit
will soon be reached unless Federal aid IS secured.
The principal argument against the ADMISSION OF
these Territories States Is that their population
is disqualified for Statehood because Of hteracy.
yet al! Natio4al aids TO statehood haye neen WIN
ais and corporations under grants from SPAN ana
Mexico and sot,ed upon by immigrants Until
has b n sppropriated, and SIN the desponation
goes on, until Il no. checked. the pubic schools
and higher institutions o. learning VIII soon he de
prived entirely Of that support which has formed
The foundation of The system Of education through
While il is nominslly true that school lands are
reserved from occupsncy SUCH reseryaog does not
Mexico 10 unsurveyed lands. and the territory OF
New-llexico has been 50 neglected that the public
lands are LARGELY u1surveyed to-day. that thu
most valuable parts are beng appropriate hlu
schools deprived Of their natural ana legitimate
ne outlook for the higher educational institu-
nert ,Isi.3llv comes is even worse. While in all
the States admitted for many years past mere aas
i nge SO af ft a the deveopment Of The state uni
versites and normal schools has been matter OF
legitimate pride and conGratuatcn. in NeW-Mex-
leo as scor the grants Low being thrown open
shall have been appropriated. little or
no valuable lard will be available for such pur-
poses II the arid region disproportionate value
attaches the rrieabe area, and from Sharing m
this the present policy excludes the educauona
system in New Mexico The Territory has asked
Statehood fl vain, il has large foreign popula-
ton NOT yet fully educated H. the English ian.
guage but intrusted with the direction OF internal
affairs: il has large and growing American popu-
lation which is a permanent and highly desirable
element il has large economic interests ana Tor az
iOok confidently
Government for immediate assistance.
Il asks now that there should be granted al TIE
rights and privileges and emoiuments. 80 far as
educational interests are concerned. 10 which the
Territory would be entitled II at once admitted as
a State except that the sale and lease OF sucn
lands should be under the control of the secretary
Of the Interior. As nearly al the valuable Mnds
have been already granted. II even claims tnat
nearly al tho land remaining shcld be reserNex
for this purpose. and that the results o. sdtes 81
nublic lands since the time the Territory snould
have been admitted as state according 10 the
treaty st'pulaions should be made over 10 the sew
eral educational institutions I'm New Mexico NoW
Is critical time in the history OF education IN New
Mexico and its friends strenuous IN urging that
an enlightened self-interest demands attention 70
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