Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-04
FIGURES ON EDUCATION
GIVEN ~ PRESIDENT W. a. rioHT
OF THg UNIVERSITY.

presidoni W. G. Tight Of TIE Uni
vereity q New Mexico. who has been
in Santa Fe for few days on lcgis.
lntlye business. IA one Of tne consclon.
tioua educators ~ tho territory. says
the New Mexican. he O. very onthu.
aiaEtlo over the outlook IN che terri.
tory and believes that II the e.iuca.
tlonal Institutions Of New Mexico
coul6 have the same financial aid from
the authorities Ia proposition 90 the
number 81 students enrolled, that che
institutions OF che gtafos receive. That
New Moxico's universities and col
ioges would rank away up toward the
top.
III an interview with a New Mexican
representative, President Tight gave
some figures THAI serve 90 throw much
needed light upon educW i0nal stalls
tics nf New Mexico Take the average
OF an the higher institutions oi learn
Ing In this territory and q VIII be
found that the cost 10 the government
per pupil Ia hut $3.50 per year In no
state IN the Union does the cost per
pupil run below 1910 As the state insti.
tutlOns Many OF them run a. high az
$500. and Ia tho non-einto school. such
o. Harvard. Yale. DcPauw and others
tho cost runs up considerably higher
than this. one OF the cries that goes
up from the ''klckerH" "a chat u costs
80 much to furnish professors for tho
small number OF students which attend
the institutions In this territory. A
little time spent In figuring shows That
Ia New Mexico tho average a. about
one professor 10 twelve students. In
the various state institutions the aver.
age runs from one professor to thir.
teen students, % as high az one pro
fessOr 10 mine students. and y "a In
only a very few that the one 10 thirs
teen holds good Again az to the
matter of salaries, comparison
proves that the salaries paid In New
Mexico arc ruch lower than n paid
IN the same class Of institutions else.
wnere For this very reason Il IL nj.
most impossible for our colleges 90 so
cure the class 81 mon which they
should have upDn their faculties.
They are constrained 10 accept the
services OF the young men who have
recently graduated and are willing %
accept n small salary In order 10 get
a start and some practical experience.
A. soon as these men have reached a
point where they are really valuable
some other institution with more
oquahie appropriation, Offers them
nnore salary and they are lost 20 Naw
Mexico.
Another thing which tho people Of
this territory should begin 10 realize
and that Is that our territorial insti
tutions are the feeders foF the teach
era 81 the common schools. The com
mon SCHOOLS cal not afford 90 send
east or north 20 secure teachers who
are up IN the profession. and conse
Qucntly they must accept the yOunr
graduate OF the home institutions
However. these make Just as good
teachers az those who come from the
larger colleges. and In many eases
much better But. withou our own IN
stitutlons how would we iill the posi-
lions in the common schools. Wore
the University 81 Now Mexico, the Col
iege ~ Agriculture and Mechanic Artf
and the two normal SCHOOLS 90 he done
away with, within twelve months not
more than atty per cent OF tho teach
ers needed IN the common schools
could b. supplied. These are points
which are Of Che utmost importance "a
the people Of this territory and thoy
should be carefully considered. Our
territorial institutions need larger ap
preparations. both 80 that they cav
carry on the present work and also IN
order that they can grow and keor
pace with the growth OF our common
wealth along other iinea