Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-09
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Some Account Of the Doings Of
Students and Professors at
Mesilla Park.
NEWS FROM The COLLEGE
A Graduate of the Institution Who Re-
ceived a Responsible Position in the
Faculty Santa Pe Pupils at
the School.

Special Correspondence.
Mesilla Park, October Professor T.
d. A. Cockerell, station entomologist,
left on Friday, the 9Th inst, for Phoe-
nix, Ariz., to render some assistance as
a specialist in chronological work at
the Arizona sub-eXperiment station To-
Gated there. Professor Cockerell will be
absent for about a month.
The quail and rabbit shooting in this
valley appears to be very good this sea-
son. 1t is being made the most of by
some of the Students on Saturdays,
when they have an opportunity to take
this form of recreation. One of the re-
cent captures was an ibis, which was
taken by one of the students, and
turned over to the department of 20
ology.
The first number of the college paper,
the New Mexico Collegian, will be is
sued about the 7th of the month. A few
changes We're made recently in the edi-
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ton of assistant editor-in-chief created,
to which Mr.. William c. Meeker has
been elected. Charles L. Post is editor
in-chief of the C~ollegian.
The only girls society in the college,
with its mysterious title, P. S. and w.
E., has already held several meetings
this year, and appears to be in a pros
porous condition. This organization has
gained an enviable reputation for its
enterprise and energy, and the excellent
manner in which it has conducted it's
public exercises. The president of this
society is Miss Maud e. McFie, the pop
ular daughter of Judge John r. McFie,
of Santa Fe.
The Mesilla Park private school
opened on Monday last, with Miss Myr-
tie Bailey as teacher, and with a fair
attendance. This school is supported
entirely by private enterprise for the
benefit of those families attending the
college who have young children to be
educated. 1t is not connected with the
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The apparatus and instruments of the
United States weather office here, which
for a number of years lever since the
service was started) have been located
in the farm building, have been re-
moved to- the science hall, n of the
lnew buildings, where the conditions and
Iconveniences for taking meteorological
observations are much better than in
the farm building.
A baseball game was played between
the stenography department of the col
lege and a team representing ali the
rest of the student body of the institu-
ton. This proved to be the best ball
game that has aver been played on the
college grounds, and was we'll attended
by visitors and the young ladies of the
girls dormitory. Notwithstanding the
fact that the stenographers had under
taken a hard task, they put up a splen-
did game, as they have a good team
The result of the game was a victory
for the college team by a score of "a to
"a. Nothing daunted, the stenographers
have again challenged the whole col
lege in another match game, which will
be played on a future Saturday. Prom
inent among the base ball players OF
this college are Manuel Otero and Ralph
Easley, of Santa Fe. I
The showing of flowers in the flower
garden of the agricultural department
of the college is this year very onl-
mendable. Gaillardias, verbenas and
dahlias are especially fine and attract
i've. More attention has been given to
Horticulture during the past year than In
the past, and Professor Keffer's efforts
to demonstrate the fact that flowers can
be we'll and successfully grown have
been quite successful. 1t does not ap-
pear to be as difficult a question as has
been supposed by many to grow flowers
from seed in this dry country. Recon!
purchases of stock for the green house
give promise of a GOOD showing of flow
ers during the winter and next spli1g.
The last bulletin issued by the expert
ment station, No. 80, is a demonstration
of what a good practical education will
do for the native students Of our terri
tory. Mr.. Garcia, who is the author of
the bulletin, is of native pa~rentage, aud
received almost his entire education In
this college, entering as a student when
1t was first founded. BY dint of contin-
ued application he succeeded in grail
uating with the first graduating class.
In 1894. His ability was recognized by
his appointment by the board of regents
as assistant agriculturist, in which po-
sition he has gained further experience.
The bulletin is devoted to a study of the
peach, with special reference to the eff
feet of spring frosts, and methods of
culture. 1t summarizes the carefully
recorded results of four years expert
ence, and should be of much value to
the fruit growers of the territory.
DIR. Frederic w Sanders, president Of
the college and director of the station,
returned from Missoula, Mont, on
Thursday last, having called at Santa
Fe on his way back. DR.. Sanders at
tended, as a delegate, the national irri-
CATION congress, and reports that the
congress appears to be advancing in
unandmity of opinion and definiteness
Of purpose. The principles announced a
year ago were reaffirmed; and the reso-
luton against the ceding Of public lands
to the states and territories was made
stronger and less ambiguous than here
tofore, and the prospect of effective
work in securing from congress an APP
prODriatfOn for stora 90 Teaorvotra and