Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-03
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Close Of a Successful
Year.
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Eloquent Address Made by
COL G. w Priehard.
AGeneraI Resume Of Good Performed
by the School.
Eloquent Address Made b
GRAND EkLt--HAPPY EVENT.

The most successful year in the his.
tory of the New Mexico. School OF
Mincs closed ffiday night wi,h com.
monccment exercises TINT far out.
shone any ever before witnessed In
the city of SOCOrro. The Capacious
Garcia opera house had been taste
fully and %profusely decorated for the
occasion. The walls were draped with
the national colors and the yellow and
white emblematic colors Of the school
Of mines. The stage presented a beau.
tIIul effect In banks of flowers and
bunting.
Promptly at s o'clock what was
doubtless the largest and most select
audience ever assembled in the city
on such an occasion filled the large
auditorium of the opera house to It's
fullest seating capacity. On the stage
were seated as guests of h school
of mines for the evening Col. George
w. prichard, the speaker of the even
ing: Hon. Daniel II. Mcmillan. asso-
ciate justice of the Fifth judicial dis
trict: Capt. Jack Crawford. the poet
scout. and other distinguished guests,
besides the members of the board of
trustees and the faculty Of the school
of mines. After an earnest invoca-
ton by the Rev. Joseph Mcconnell
and a vocal solo by Mrs. Nathan Hall,
Col. George w. Prlchard delivered the
address of the evening.
As Colonel Prichard stepped for.
ward to be introduced to the audi.
ence he was greeted with enthusiastic
and long continued applause. The
colonel is wCll known to he one of the
most eloquent and forcible speakers
OF New Mexico and expectation was at
n high pitch not only on o Of
the speakers reputation hut also be-
cause Of his subject. the relation OF
the school Of mines to the mining in.
tcrosts OF New Mexico. was n that
appealed strongly to his audience.
The expectation was morc than real.
lied In the eloquent and mastery al.
dress which followed.
As the address was delivered entire
iy without notes only a brief synopsis
Is possible. In his introduction the
speaker related the Incidents which
led to the establishment Of the school
OF mines. lie stated that In 1889,
while he was a member Of the terri.
torial legislature. a committee OF
which he was also a member met In
"a room In the Palace hotel at Santa
Re to draft q bill for the establish
ment OF IN asylum for New Mexico's
insane. A proposition was then made
to establish "A school of mines and
other educational institutions for tn,
territory. The propositions resulted
/, IN the formulation of AN omnibus bill
= providing for the establishment OF the
various territorial institutions as they
, now exist. The speaker stated tina
y he favored the establishment OF {
u | .al..I 80 ,,tn.u at that finn. had ann
= ported the Institution v since, ant
. II he were now asked what law relat
. ing to the interests of the territor,
, deserved most cordial support and con
i duCed most "a the best interests o
:. the territory he would point to tn,
: fourteen sections of the omnibus bill
, which provide for the creation ant
maintenance of the school of mines.
According to the speaker the mining
question Is the most vital question II
, New Mexico to-day. IL las been thu
: most vital question ever since tn,
time when Coronado came and wheI
trains Of bullion trailed from New
! Mexico to the sea to be Transported
: to enrich the Golfers of the king o
: Spain three hundred years ago. Leg
, end and investigation have resulte,
: logically in the establishment Of tn,
y school of mines and TO no small ex
, tent through its agency the territory
is destined 10 become one OF tn,
: greatest mineral producing regions o
y the American continent.
: IL was the speakers idea that tn,
schoO! of mines stands AS a symbol q
the mining interests Of New Mexico
and that II affords enlightenment as 4
=, what the mining resources of the tel
rltory really are; also that sue
knowledge as is impaired at the IN
stitution would be of material adyan
tage to every citizen of the territory
= himself included. At this point Co
onel Prichard made an earnest an,
a eloquent plea for continued loyal SUI
port of the school of mines on the par
OF citizens of Socorro. Let the worl
h know that you intend To make the il
stitution all the Legislature intende
II To be- said the speaker, and tn
sentiment was greeted with an enthu
siastic round OF applause.
The speaker next made the state
ment, surprising to some, hat tn
school of mines Is the only education
al institution in the territory in whic.
the law requires instruction in tn
constitution and fundamental laws q
the United States, The charter of tn
school of mines provides for this. Tn
constitution of the United State
should lie ON the same table with tn
bible. A knowledge of the condition
preceding the adoption of the const
tuition itself ond of the fundamenta
laws of the land should be impaired /
every child. Thence will be derived
due appreciation of the rights and dl
ties OF citizenship.
In conclusion, Colonel Prichard sta
ted that he had been asked by u eli
lien of Socorro to incorporate in hi
address a few words on statehood
lie declared that he was emphatica
ly in favor of statehood and that tn
one argument which he found to b
unanswerable for that position wa
contained In the question, is 1t pos
slble to conceive that matters woul
be worse under statehood than the,
? now are?' Hoping that the school o
4 mines would soon be the greatest ed
|ucatiOnal institution OF the state o
New Mexico, the speaker made hi
parting bow to a delighted and enthu
siastic audience.
The awarding of diplomas and pre-
- sentatiOn OF the G.. I. Brown gol
medal was the last exercise ON tn
= BAo6 IL ~
Il plomas were awarded in the yariou
courses as follows: Prospecting, A
II. Richmond; Preparatory, Merl
u Blinn, Margaret Gardiner, John Bin
and w. \. Il. HUT; Assay ing. John A
Hunter, q. Il. Smith and Ed. Cham
ney; u. $. in Civil Engineering. o. II
e Smith. MIR. Smith is the first studen
I to receive the fun scientific degre
< from the school of mines, The gol
n medal, bestowed by G. T. Brown, q
this city, upon the student shown
the greatest proficiency during a
least one fun years work In ~assayini
chemistry and metallurgy, was won b
Ed. Chamney, A five dollar gol
piece, offered by Director r.. A. Jonc
Tor the solution Of a prize problem b
"A member Of his class in gcometr,
was bestowed upon w. A. T.. Hull
These distinctions were bestowed b
llHAN ANAa.