Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-08-10

Great is the New Mexico Military IN
stitute; great is it's past achievement,
and great is it's future In promise In
the interval between the third and
fourth sessions of this school, it might
be well to review it's record and state
it's present condition, the grounds upon
which the promise of splendid future
Is based.
The New Mexico Military Institute
had no humble beginning. Prepara-
tions for the opening of it's first session
in 1898 were made on a grand SCALE Its
superintendent expected great things
and made his arrangements according
ly. A large commodious brick building,
comprising four section rooms, thirty
bedrooms, a mess-hall capable of seat
ing ninety persons, kitchen, a laundry,
bathrooms and closets, and a two
story frame building containing the Of
flee and five bedrooms were built and
FURNISHED properly. An able faculty
of capable and energetic young men,
graduates of the best colleges in the
land, We're secured, and the institute
began it's first session. Far from over
estimating the prospects, as was feared
by some had been done, it was found
that the accommodations scarcely suf-
feed. With this equipment, the instf-
tute passed through two years of sue
cessfu1 work and in the summer of 1909
two other buildings We're erected, one IL
residence intended for the super T.
tendent and his family. The other was
intended for a gymnasium and was
built with that object in view. The
pressure for rooms was so great, how
ever, that it was thought best to parti-
ton it off into bedrooms and use 1T as
q dormitory The dormitory equipment
thus consists of four buildings capable
of comfortably housing hundred ca
diets and the officers, instructors and
domestics of the institute.
The institute owns and operates it's
own system of water works, gas plant
and sewerage system. The water is
pure artesian water and fully supplies
all needs, with hydrants on every floor.
THE LOCATION.
The grounds of the New Mexico Mil
tiful mesa one mile north of Roswell in
the heart of the Pecos valley. 1t is
needless to speak here Of the cultivated
and refined people of this pretty town
Of 5000 Inhabitants. 1t is enough to
say that the religious and social in
fluences exercised by them are of the
best The institute grounds consist of
ne 1soI,
set with Bermuda and blue grass and
planted with trees making a very pref
ty and inviting appearance. Within the
enclosure are the parade grounds and
athletic field for the military exercises
and athletic sports of the cadets.
A GREAT SCHOOL.
A schools claims for patronage, how
ever, should be based more upon its
educational facilities and accomplish
ments than upon its material equip
ment, however perfect the latter may
be. Here also the institute measures
up to the standard of a great school.
The course of study offered is compre-
hensive, practical and valuable. There
are two preparatory classes and four
regular COll0SldCe cldSSeS. he pf6pdr-
atory classes are designed for young
boys and those older but unprepared to
enter the regular course. In the pre-
paratory department are taught the
rudiments and essentials of English,
arithmetic, geography and history.
There are classes In spelling, reading,
writing, elementary English grammar,
language lessons, arithmetic, descript-
i've and physical geography, United
States history and general history. In
the collegiate department especial
stress is laid upon four studies, Eng
lish, mathematics. Latin and Spanish.
These four studies run through the en-
tire course of four years and complete.
competent and thorough instruction is
given. Around these studies are built
up the various sciences, histories, and
1anguages Chemistry, physics. as
tronomy, geology, physiology, English
history, German, etc. The attachments
Of the cadets along these lines speak
well for. them and for the institute. A
class will be graduated next session,
the first of many 1t is certain, for there