Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-22
EIGHT WILL
GRADUATE
Program of the Commencement
Exercises at the New Mexico
Military Institute at
Roswell.
TWO SANTA FE BOYS
Medals Will Be Awarded Both for
Scholarship and for Prowess on
the Athletic Field.

| Special Correspondence New Mexican.
| Roswell, April 21-The following is
the program of the New Mexico Mill
tary Institute at Roswell New Mexico.
for final week:
Saturday, May IA.
$50 a. m.-Guard mounting; 10 a.
m.-Battalion inspection; $50 D. NJ
Battalion parade.
Sunday, May IS.
III a. m.-SermOn to the cadets to
be preached, by Father Herbert The
sermon will be preached in the gym
nasium.
Monday, May is.
8 a. m-Morning parade; 10 a. M,
physical drill-Butt's Manual. follow
ed by competitive drill; 2:5 D. M.
field day exercises; $50 p. M, batta-
lion parade; p M, reception by the
Roswell Club
Tuesday, May II.
8 a. m.-Morning parade; $50 a. m.
tennis tournament. Completion of
field day exercises; 2:5 p. m, baseball
game; 5 p. M, battalion drill and bat
tie exercises; p M, battalion parade
and Graduating Parade; p. m. So
ciety celebration and debates.
Wednesday, May 18.
9:30 a. m.-BattaliOn review before
the Board of Regents; 10 a. m, gradu.
ating exercises. Prayer Announce
n1nDt nf diet NaIn 4
dress, by Cadet T. II. Wren of La
Crosse, Arkansas. Delivery of diplo-
mas. Address to graduating class, by
Professor Edward S. Parsons, vice
president of the Colorado College. De
livery of medals and commissions.
Publication of orders Aud Lang
Syne." 9 D. m--Final ball Special
invitations"
general invitation will be extend
ed to the public to attend these exer-
clses. In many ways the past session
of the New Mexico Military Institute
has been the best in the history of the
school and great effort will be made
to close the school year with the best
commencement ever given in the
southwest. The Institute is especially
fortunate in securing the services of
Professor Edward S. Parsons to deliv-
er the address before the graduating
class. He is the vice president of
Colorado College, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, one of the leading universi-
ties of the west. He is a noted edu-
Gator and lecturer, and graduaed from
Amherst, in the same class with Ros-
wells well known citizen, E. A. Ca
hoon. The cadets are hard at work
preparing for their final examinations
which will take place the week before
the commencement. This years grad
uating class is composed of eight.
young men, the largest class ever pre-
pared for graduation by the New
Mexico Military Institute. They are:
L. M. Brownell, Ely, Minnesota: J. w.
Chaves and F. Crandall, Santa Fe; t.
H. Wren, La Crosse, Arkansas; A A
Ririe, Bonito; D. Pruit, R. n. Smith
and H. H. Howell, Roswell.
The baseball and track teams are
hard at work and they will delight
their friends by performing their as
signed tasks with great skill and prof.
cheney.
Four gold medals will be awarded as
follows Collegiate scholarship; pre-
paratory scholarship; debater, and
drill
The scholarship medals are to be
awarded to the cadets who make the
highest average for the entire ses-
sions, in their respective departments.
The debater's medal will be contest
I'd for, in a public debate on May IL,
and the drill medal will be awarded to
the winner of the competitive drill.
The debaters' medal is donated by
Park and Morrison and on account of
the popularity of Harry Morrison of
the firm. who represents them in this
city, the medal will be more highly
priced by the successful cadet. The
other medals have not been donatei
up to the present time.
The citizens of the Capital City are
given a cordial invitation to attend all
Of the exercises during the final week.