Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-15
THE new MEXICO
MILITARY INSTITUTE
Some Points Which Prove That It Is in
Many Respects the Best Training
School in the Southwest
For Young Men.
THE ADVANTAGES OF The SYSTEM OF
EDUCATION THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED


ent of the New Mexico Military Insti-
tute at Roswell, left for Las Vegas this
morning. He Is making a tour of New
Mexico to interest parents and young
men in the advantages that the Mill
| tary Institute offers for the education
as well as the training of youths. He
says:
THE last session Of the school was
the most successful in the history of
the school Full 95 per cent of last
years students expect to return for the
next term.
The New Mexico Military Institute
| is in no way local school and not a
mere high school for Roswell, but a
| military college for the whole territory.
Day students are not received. Every
| town of any size in New Mexico has
from one to six students at the school
During the last term, the board of
regents fitted up Il gymnasium and has
employed trainer for the next session.
The school lays especial stress on
the following branches: English, Span
ish, Latin, mathematics, and English
and Spanish stenography. Spanish runs
through the entire course of four years
and is taught by thorough master of
the language.
Great attention is paid to athletics
and the members of the faculty are re-
quired to instruct the pupils in all the
manly sports. But athletic work is not
permitted to interfere with academic
work. Yet, as all cadets are compelled
to live at the barracks and are not per-
mitted to be in town, they spend their
hours Of recreation in the gymnasium
or on the ball field. Last term the
school had the best ball team in the
territory and all of the players expect
to return to the school this fall. The
battalion will probably visit Albuquer-
que during the fair in October and go
into encampment for a few days.
THE prospects for next session are
very bright and if the institute were in
possession of the means with which to
build more barracks, the number of pu-
pills could be very much increased. The
school is non sectarian, but every stu
dent is requested to attend his own
church on Sunday. The grounds have
been beautifed with lawns, shade
trees and are abundantly supplied with
water.
Roswell is growing rapidly. If it
gets new railroad connections which 1t
surely viii, it will be one of the BEST
towns in, New Mexico. The fruit crop
is very heavy The people who are
coming to Roswell right along are of
the very best class. It's population IS
of high moral and intellectual type.
The citizens of Roswell are disappoint-
ed because the institute is not open to
local students as day school, yet
they feel proud of the work that is be-
ing accomplished and give the institute
splendid support Roswell has a fine
high school, housed in a modern $25,OO0
building and in charge of Professor
Martin"
The words of Professor Wilson give
only a few of the salient facts of the
advantages that the Military Institute
offers to students. He desires to i'm
press especially the fact that much at
tention is being paid to the study of
Spanish in the institute as it is being
recognized that the knowledge of Span
ish is of great advantage to the young
man of today
The faculty of the school consists of
seven vigorous young men, all grad |
yates of good colleges and universities |
in various parts of the union. In addi- |
tion the regents have selected two
members of the first class to act as as
sistant instructors in military tactics
and in the preparatory department.
Special pains are taken at the school
to give plenty of good, wholesome food, |
clean comfortable quarters and as good
living as can be found in any school of |
this kind in the world. The superin-
tendent and instructors are required to
live at the institute and take their
meals in the mess hall with the cadets.
The New Mexico Military Institute
lays especial stress upon military train
ing and a perfect mastery Of the Span
ish language, designing to fit young
men for that peculiar form of civil life
upon which it seems probable that
large numbers will shortly enter--lnen
who know thoroughly the two Ian
guages of the western hemisphere. able
to become soldiers within. few hours,
trained to systematic habits and busi-
ness methods, educated sufficiently well
to manage any form of business entrus-
ted to them and morally reliable as we'll
as intellectually and physically compe-
tent.
This discipline and training of mill
tary life is a very valuable thing In it.
self. Not only does it inculcate the vir-
tues of obedience. punctuality and re-
spect for superiors. but the exercise
and drill attendant upon it make the
body strong and active and the mind
knowledge. Instead of being a disad-
vantage in study it is decided ad-
vantage. The military department of
the institute has been brought to a high
state of excellence and it's good results
are shown in the manly bearing and
peculiarly gratifying appearance Of the
cadets in their military exercises.
Athletic exercises not only tend to
make vigorous, robust and self-reliant
men, but perhaps nothing so power
fully conduces to create an enthusiasts
tic, college spirit.
North Spring River, less than half
mile distant. affords good swimming
and rowing. People have bathed daily