Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-03-04
UNIVERSITY OF sew ahSlcO
Report OF Investigating CCmmiuee Ap-
pointed BY IN: Council.
SCOPE OF TIRE INSTITUTION

The following Is the report on the
University OF New Mexico. located la
this city, made by the Legislative
committee 10 the members OF the iegisia-
ture:
To the Members Of the Thirty third Lcgisla
tive Assembly OF the iemtOty ut New
Mexico:
Santa re-, \. NJ, March 1, lSgg.-Mr.
President aud speaker OF Tie House:
Your committee appointed TO investigate
the condition ut tne territorial uulyer-
sity, located at Albpquefque, n. M,
would report that II visited said iustitu.
ton and inspected the management OF
the same ANA would beg leave 10 submit
the following a. tie result OF said inyes-
tigatiOn:
The University OF New Mexico is seven
years Old and furnishes the opportunity
vi securing "a complete college curse
leading Ia the degrees Of Bachelor OF
Arts and OF Science as we'll ~ the Mas
teT's degrees corresponding thereto. The
entrance conditions are substantially
the same Hs those Of the leading older
colleges. There h. also a tully organized
normal school and business College:
The course Of study Ia these depart
ments Ia fully abreast OF such courses
offered in uoi maj aud business colleges
generally, and both these departments
nave the advantage Of tho assistance and
influence Ol the instruction II equip
ment Of the academic departments
There 10 d full four years course IN each
college department. preparatory 10 which
Is a lnree year preparatory r for the
benefit OF thOss vino live at a distance
from high schools. The most complete
high school OuTse at present given IN
the territory, that Of the high school ia
Albuquerque prepares students TO enter
the second year Ot the pre- paratOry de.
partment, aud students OF the high
school in Albuquerque are expected TO
complete that course before entering the
university PREPARATORY course. la this
way q close connection between the high
schools and the university IL kept up.
aud a similar arrangement q receive
students with high school credentials
wherever the work ia those schools II
sufficiently thorough Is provided for. Az
gulckly AZ the high schools will increase
the scope Of their work and adopt a
proper grading, the lower classes at the
university Will be curtailed or dropped.
No trenchiOg on the work OF the public
schools has been permitted, AMI II IL de-
sired that every inducemeut be offered to
the latter to increase their efficiency.
There are no students in the uni.
yersity who should be IN the grammar
slades Of the public schools. -Four stu
dents are at work ia post graduate
courses leading 10 the masters degree,
about q dozen in the newly organized
College courses and in the applied science
course OF the latter. The remainder OF
the enrolment Of over 100 students is
distributed between the normal, bust
ness and preparatory.
In addition to the work Of instruction.
there Is carried on by the university fac
ulty q department of bacteriOlOgy and
pathology, which has been investigating
he climate aud disease germs. and has
assisted the physicians throughout the
territory In the examination OF sputa
and the study Of diseased animals and
tissues. This department, which has on.
tailed very little expense. has done q
great work and is publishing the results
Of its Investigations In eastern journals.
Hundreds OF examinations have been
made and statistics OF great value are
being gathered.
The gymnasium department il we'll
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tore for both men and women, in phys
zeal culture.
There has also been carried on "a geo
logictl and geological survey which has
cost the territory nothing, but which has
published over 200 pages OF original
matter relating TO the and the
products OF the territory.
The faculty Of the university is cOm.
posed OF sixteen instructors, nearly all OF
whom are graduates OF leading UNIVERSE
ties in this country and abroad. Yet
the salaries paid are less than in any
similar institution In the country, only
one member receiving more than $1,000,
while the most OF them receive much
less, and some are giving expert service
Tor simply the privileges Of the iab8ra-
tory and assistance in research. In this
way even the small classes IN the uni
y-rsity are receiving the guidance OF
able and experienced professors. Much
of what has been done thus faI has been
accomplished as the result OF personal
sacrifice on the part OF the instructors
employed, and the extent and efficiency
Of work done during the past two years
has almost doubled with no increase in
appropriation,
The work Of the university IL carried
on ia q single building OF four stories
with the addition OF O frame gymnasium
building The main building contains
sixteen rooms used for class rooms, labO-
rgtOry, offices, study rooms, library and
assembly hall OF these only eight are
available for class purposes and labora-
tories About twenty different subjects
are taught and these are often divided
into several classes For example, there
are six Glasses in mathematics, five in
English, four In Latin, etc. All these
classes with the accompanying labOra-
tory work must be crowded into the
eight rooms, Two classes must often be
at WORK In the same room IN one
laboratory the work IN geology, zoology,
botany, comparative anatomy and baCte.
riOlOgy, IL all crowded into q single
apartment. II Is obvious that this con
ga-ted condition intoTferes with the ct.
dciency Of the work.
The proposition by Mrs. Walter c.
HRdley TO donate $4,000, il "A like sum
can be- otherwise secured, for the cree
ton OF a Hadley memorial hail Is worthy
the attention Of this Legislature. While
the hall il being dedicated 20 Walter C..
Hailey, II IL 20 be used by the university
a. a hall, having for its principal pur-
pose scientific research Of all kinds, but
more particularly TO be- devoted 70 the
study Of %climRt0lOgy and the effects Of
| our climate upon diseases. The health
| and. |lifp-giying qualities OF our climate
have been long known, but unfortunate
ly only known 10 a very limited number
| one Of the greatest resources OF New
| Mexico II found In her climate, and
could this be generally known through
ont our country, II would attract to New
physical ailments who would naturally
bring with their money, something that
New Mexico Is DESTROYS OF obtaining,