Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-03-13
CAPACITY ,
IS TAXED
Tho New Mexico Military In.
stitute Enjoying a Pros.
porous Year.
GRADUATES SUCCESS
Four Have Positions With the Govern
ment...Class Of 1905 Best and
Largest Ever Prepared.

The New Mexican receives wor,
from Roswell that the New Mexic,
Military Institute is again enjoying
very prosperous and successful ses
sion. This school stands unique anon.
the educational institutions through
out the southwest, in that it is in NJ
sense local. The cadet whose hom'
is in the Pecos Valley, or even in Ros
well, receives no favors or benefits
| over the ones who come from the re
motest parts of the Territory. All ca
diets are required to live in barrack.
and remain under the personal super
vision of the officers at all times.
This institution made bold stand
six years ago when it cut off local stud
ents and set out to maintain a strict
ly territorial school, regardless of the
clamor set up by the citizens of Ros
well, who wished to patronize it as 8
local high school. BY this system ev
cry town and county in the Territory
tages offered by this excellent military
training school, For the past three
sessions the institute has been filled to
its utmost capacity and cadets are at
present enrolled from every locality
throughout New Mexico.
The. regents of the MILITARY Insti-
tute are progressive business men and
they are doing everything in their
power to make and maintain a school
worthy of the patronage and support
of the people, no matter whether they
live in the immediate vicinity of the
school or not. The school has no poll
tics and teaches no religious belief.
Every religious belief which the cadet
brings from his home is held sacred.
Its chief aim is the formation of char
acter and the development of mind and
body. While it is military in every re-
spect and enforces military discipline
at all times, its chief object is not to
make soldiers, but to make loyal and
intelligent citizens. %
The growth of the Institute has been
greatly hindered by it's lack Of more
dormitory room, for as the patronage
is limited to boarding students and as
it is not deemed wise to place more
than two boys to room, accommoda-
tions are at present provided for only
one hundred and twenty students.
During the past two years many appli-
cants have been refused admission on
account of limited room. This fact,
however. has been of benefit to the
school, for it has enabled the superin-
tendent to discriminate in the selec-
ton of students and to reject such as
were deemed unprepared or objection
able The discipline of the school is
maintained at high standard and
while the military feature is made
prominent, 1t is in no wise allowed to
interfere with academic work.
The graduates are we'll fitted for
business life and those who desire fur
ther academic or scientific work have
no trouble in entering the Sophomore
classes of our best eastern universi-
ties. Four of the graduates have Sc
cured splendid positions with the gov
ernment soon after leaving the Insti-
tute, and all are reported as doing
well. George Read of the class of 1902
is a first lieutenant in the Philippine
constabulary; Earl Patterson, 1902,
and A. A. Rinie, 1904, have good posi-
tions as assistant engineers in the
Service; and T. H. When,
Of the class of 1904, is assistant secre-
tary of agriculture of the Republic OF
Cuba.
This session the Institute is prepar-
ing twelve men for graduation, all OF
whom have been cadets for period of
four years or over. This Is reported
to be the best class, as we'll as the
largest, which has ever been prepared
at the Institute and all are watching
for their graduation with a great deal
Of interest They are fine lot of man
" soldiers, well poised, and show the
good results of their military training.