Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-01-26
STATEMENT
or the Condition and Needs Of the Univer-
sity OF New M, xico,

and expansion in all directions excep
the material equipment and ~fnsncia
support. During the past year there wa
an increase in numbers from a total en-
rollment OF about eighty 10 over 100 II
spite OF the fact that the lowest class hal
been dropped. For the present year TN
numerical growth bids fair TO keep psc
with that OF last year. The uniyeIsit'
has not been seeking to augment its at
tendance by admitting young or unpre
pared students, for IL IL the policy Of tn
institution TO aid In the strengthening o
the public and high schools. With thil
end In view an arrangement with th,
public schools has been entered into b,
which the univei sity agrees not to accep
students who can enter the high school
at their own homes. In this way tn,
number OF applicants has been decreased
and the university. in the hope OF build
ing up the natural feeders OF the highei
institutions, has refused many desiring
TO enter. II II greatly to be desired that
The present policy Of the higher institu
tions generally In the territory should be
changed In this regard and that the fund.
OF the territory should be devoted TO the
purposes intended.
In conformity with the design OF a
territorial univ rsity the.work In this
institution has been shaped with refer
ence to college and technical training
A college course fully equivalent to the
best has been organized. and the en-
trance conditions have been made simi
lar TO those In vogue In eastern colleges
The faculty has been largely Increased
and the new appointees have been men
Of university experience Two are doc.
tors OF philosophy In famous universities
and nearly all are graduates OF leading
universities or colleges. The increase In
teaching force has not 80 far entailed any
very large increase In expense, because
through the personal influence OF the
president Of the faculty, these men have
been induced to throw In their lot with
the university for the sake OF advantages
In research offered and the prospect OF
growing up with q promising institu-
ton. IL Is believed that very soon the
territory will realize the necessity OF
supplying the means for making perma
nent the gain already secured and tor
assuring future development.
This institution Ii now the only one In
the territory Offering opportunities for
completing q full classical course. for 10.
curing a thorough training In the mod
ern languages n0w absolutely essential
to even q rudimentary training In pure
and applied science. for securing practi.
cal instruction In photography and Its
applications to mining. and for pursuing
q practical medical preparatory course.
In pedagogy the courses have been TX
tended TO equal the work In the best nor
NAL schools, and opportunities unriyaled
In the west are offered for research In
the experimental study OF the nervous
system.
The Journal OF Neurology Is the lead.
ing publication In the world In this line.
and the students In the university have
done original work which has received
the recognition OF European savants.
The department OF pedagogy has the
service OF over q dozsn teachers OF the
general faculty rs we'll ~ Its own spe-
cialists.
A business department continues to be
we'll patronized and prepares its graiu-
ates for u three-years' course for the
practical work Of the counting room.
The opportunities for securing practical
work In surveying and civil engineering
are excellent, and the courses In chem
istry and physics have been greatly i'm
ptoNcu ouu ntb III lilo unuuS VI u Nptflui-
lat OF experience. The archaeological
laboratory has been refttod and has been
making daily examinations for physi.
clans In all parts Of the territory. aud IL
proving q very important and valuable
bscteri0logist whose published papers are
bringing h!ai recognition In various
pl.. Ut the world.
Tha nuhliahad raaaarobaa f.o, ,hn
university during the past two years
would, II collected, fIl a portly volume
and members OF the faculty are editor
tally connected with several leading
periodicals and dictionaries.
These mean OF advertising the terri
tory, while slow, are In the long run. the
most ~eficacious In bringing the territory
TO the attention OF the right class OF
people, and the results are even now
becoming obvious. The geological 70.
ports apply to all parts OF the territory.
VI the students In the university four
are doing postgraduate work, eight are
working in the newly-fOrmed college
department. and the remainder ara In
the commercial department or In the
preparatory, but none OF these are In
grades covering the work OF the public
schools.
The needs Of the institution are imme.
diate and very great. Hitherto the lab
0~ratories have been largely equipped by
private generosity. and microscopes,
iathes. typographical outfit and series OF
specimens and preparations worth thou.
sands Of dollars. have been freely loaned.
This cannot long continue. Salaries
now paid are humiliatingly inadequate,
and actually less than are paid In any
other school Of the same rank In the
United States. There should be a dor.
mitory for students from outside, and Ii
Is suggested that the cottage system
might be established to advantage. A
laboratory building Is greatly needed,
and provision should be made for the
storing Of specimens. The library should
be largely increased. though at present II
IL probably twice ~ valuable for actual
work az II was two years ago. II IL OK.
ceeding desirable that there should be
established q department Of manual
training In connection with the normal
department, In order that the teachers
should have instruction In the simple
methods OF teaching this subject nOwin
vogue In the best schools everywhere.
There Ia much demand for the establish
ment OF a school OF electrical engineer
ing, and the university already Possesses
the man who could direct and manage
such a plant. Additional eQuipmentfOr
the gymnasium is also urgently needed.
The above are simply the immediate and
urgent needs, and II Ia believed that II
these are filled there will be more than u
corresponding return to the territory at
large.
In connection with the foregoing brief
consideration OF q few figures showing
Income and expenditures will convince
anyone that no money las been wasted;
that the public IL getting q larger return
for the money spent than Is usual with
such institutions, and that even without
any expansion OF Its present labOrs, in
order 10 continue what IL now doing,
some increase OF revenue must be had.
by law, the year a TO which annual
reports IL to be made, runs from Noyem-
Der l, 10 October 81. During the wear
ending October 81, 1898, as will be- seen
by reference TO the annual report TO the
governor. the total income was Sl2,7G5-
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