The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-10-05
A = ENTERPRISE
OF Great Importance to the Entire
Pecos Valley.

Pecos Valley.
Contributed.
Among many other good things
coming to the Pecos Valley, it seems
certain that an enterprise Of high
order is easily available, and that
almost Immediately. The enterprise
is an Industrial and Domestic Insti-
tute.
For two years n of our citizens
has been carefully i~ncubating the
plans, and finally the foundation is
foundation may be mentioned the
donation of 40 acres of land for al
pus. building sites, etc., and a contri-
button of 1000 acres of fine land in
a neighboring state. Another philan-
thropic spirit is now considering the
donation of $1,000, the institution to
bear the donors name in the event
that sum is given
The location of this institution is
not in Roswell, but nearby, and will
materially affect this city.
The school is to be founded for the
education of (irst) young people who
must ave supplemental means or
fail to complete their education; Sec
ond, of young people who cannot com
plete their deucation in other clinl-
ates because of asthma, hay fever,
bronchitis and kindred diseases for
which our climate is better than me-
dicine.
Every student, male or female, will
be given so many hours of manual
labor daily, for which services the
institution will allow SO much credit
on board, etc. Truck farming, fruit
growing, poultry raising, an apiary
and a amer will be conducted by
the students under skilled directors.
There will be no large and exper-
sive buildings, as is customary, but
rather a central building three sto
ries high, and Of the. old mission
style of architecture, surrounded by
a system of dormitory units. These
units will consist of two AMI four
rooms and will accommodate four
and eight students.
The students themselves will do
the building of these dormitory units
and other buildings, of course under
skilled superintendent.
By securing from $50 to SIS, owing
to advancement, each student will be
able to spend a scholastic year in
this school, earning the rest of his
expenses.
The plan is not by any IA an
untried one, but has pee demonstra-
ted an unqualified success by the ra-
nagers of Park College, Parkville.
Mo-. for the past thirty years. The
founder of the proposed school has
recently visited Park College, and
also Winona Lake, Ind, Industrial
College, and is basing his hope of
success upon well tried principles
and practices.
Since there are thousands of young
people who can never finish their ed
ucation in Missouri or Indiana, or
any other Mississippi Valley state.
Such a school should be established
in the Pecos Valley, where health
aboundS.
A number of prominent citizens of
Roswell have been interviewed with
reference to such an institution, and
there is but a single yoice-that of
commentator. Indeed more than us
ual enthusiasm has been WINGED by
certain of the usually phlegmatic type
The founders of the proposed in
stitution pledge themselves to raise
10000 outside of the Valley, if the
Valley will raise a like sum, n to
secure 100 pupils for the opening next
September.
The promoters of the enterprise
prefer that their names should not
be published now, but refer to the
Citizens and First National Banks
by permission. ***