Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-07-25
MISLEADING COMPARISONS.
Htrriek Corrects Statements
Relative to The University.
UNIVERSITIES AND FEEBLE SCHOOLS

which ! trust you VIII correct by lhe
publication OF this letter. II f. not the
wish OF the university TO be- drawn into
any controversy with the other institu.
tiOns Of the territory with which II has
always lived Ia harmonious 60 operation,
even when differing from them in policy.
The source of the article IL such that no
reply would be- made had not its
mi-chieyOus misstatements been dis
seminsted by reputable publications. Its
author has no claim TO recognition
among educators, IA an investigation Of
his own collegiate record shows.
The statement that the university has
only nineteen students for whom seven
teen professors are engaged, ia false.
The enrolment for the past year has
been 100 and the number OF instructors
has been fourteen, II proportion OF in
structors 10 students less than that In
some of the oldest institutions, but about
equal TO the average OF the best institu.
tons. OF curse the efficiency. other
things being equal. will increase with
the number OF specialists who are upon
the faculty. II is objected that not all
Of these students are In the college
courses. This IL trus. Some OF the stu
dents are In each OF the i've schools OF
which the university Is compOstd tuOt
taking into account the school Of music,
which enrOlls nearly fifty addi-
tiOnal students for whom only two
regular teachers are serving, 80
that all told then there are
over nine students to each INSTRUCTOR
1t IL also true that the university has h
preparatory department. But nearly
every university and college has oi has
had such n department In its early days.
The university IL the only higher insliiu-
ton Ia the territory that o not In lts
preparatory department accept students
below high school grade. II has cut oil
the lower classes n now receives only
those who have secured what education
the high schools Of tbs territory afford.
Az fast ~ the high schools can advance
their work the university stands pledged
TO drop tho work OF the is preparatory
school. Ii is now the only in
stituiion Offering II full college
course. IL offers In addition the
advantages Of u well equipped normal
school, u medical preparatory school. n
practical science school. u graduate
school. Il IL objected that the expense
of Hii)rding these opportunities Is at
normally great. This suggestion is the
outgrOwth OF pure Ignorance or malice,
rhe expense per student in the uniyer'
sity OF California for each year Is 1920
in the University OF Illinois it IL $3.50. III
the University of Nebraska 1t IL $liJ. IN
the Agricultural College of New Mexico
IL Ia $3.50, while the expenses for one stu
dent in the University Of New Mexico /,
SI20. or less than In any other institu
lion doing similar work In the United
states, Notwithstanding the fact that IT.
faculty contains men OF more than ma
tional reputation, and nearly all are from
leading universities.
am lOath To refer to the comparison
made between thu university and IN,
Agricultural college but justice demands
that there should he noticed tho fact tina.
the college course in the university Il
only two years old and could not contain
material OF its own manufacture for an,
class higher than the Sophomore for thu
reason. The circumstances that 1t haI
advanced students In all the collegl
classes at present IL due TO the fact tina
II has drawn to some extent from east
ern colleges Again, thu work done D,
the university and the college must b.
compared with an allowance grOwinl
ont of the fact that the grading in Ia,
college IL ~ yet below the standard re-
luirements. This applies TO the scien
title course, where alone thu two institu
tions may be compared at all. The res
sons for this difference lie in the pas
history OF the college and need not to b,
treated Of here. The sub freshman elias
ia the college il nearly the equivalent 4
the junior or third preparatory OF tn
university, The sophomore elias
IN the college ranks little higher tina
| the senior preparatory OF the university
D The sophomore class in the college rank
I little higher than the senior preparation
IA the university. The absence OF all in
/, siructiOn In Latin, German, Frencl
Geometry and TrlgonOmetty from IN
preparatory courses in the college nigh
b. further mentioned TO indicate the In
accuracy Of n comparison based on III
, classes with similar names. Maxim
+, these allowances, the university Ia
I within three OF as many in college wOr
, a. her older sister with the addition of II
post graduate work.
The remarks are not made in dis
: pgragement of the excellent work don
! Ia her wi proper sphere by tho cOllegI
h rut to correct the misleading comparI
IONS made in the article referred Il
what the cause OF education in the souti
west needs Is not ignorant and caption
i criticism but cordial shoulder to-should,
effort for the upbuilding of all II
schools. 1t will be a good day for Ne,
Mexico when the higher institution
q caaae to compete with its feeble publ
! schools; but let us help rather than hir
u der even those that have not yet zee
2 thalr way clear to drop the gramma
grades that this end may be- the soont
attained. Yours very truly.
&, l.. HERRICK.
= President OF the University.
r Carrier Pigeons.
l. K. G.. Rankin has received the annui