The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-01
APPLICANTS REFUSED
Account of Lack of Accommodations.
school Continues to Grow in Popu-
Iarity More Rapidly Than the Room
Can Be Increased.

New Mexican, August 81.
Few n far between are the men
who have never wished they could be
soldiers and perform valorous deeds
for their country while still in the
fascinating realm of short pants and
toys. Some of the more bloodthirsty
doubtless have even hoped that wal
would come that they might be af-
hforded an opportunity Of gratifying
their youthful valor by becoming a
drummer boy or an orderly. Boys
will be boys, as the old saying goes
and it is just as true today os it was
when the phrase originated. How
they always gaze e~nraptured at sol
diers on parade, listen with open
mouthed awe to stirring tales related
by a battle-scarred veteran, and read
with absorbing interest any thrill
ing story of conflict that falls into
| their hands.
1t is as natural for a healthy, care
free boy to want to be a soldier when
he grows up as it is for him to have
an Unsuitable appetite for pie and an
inclination to get into mischief. The
average boy is carried away by Wis
ions of brass buttons and gold braid
Without a thought of the gaunt scep-
ter of death upon the battlefield. Hap
ply with most of them the desire to
pc a soldier disappears with the com
ing of prosaic maturity. 1t is much
better for the youth to whom the sol
dier's life still appeals after he has
reached the dignity of long trousers
to enroll himself as a cadet at a mill
tary academy and equip himself for
the battle of life-not only to learn
the laudable lesson Of discipline and
| department, but also to be able 10
take his place in the rank and file of
the ever onward. marching CONNER
cial army that aE;eves its greatest
conquests in times of peace. 1t is
not t man behind the gun" who
brings prosperity to a nation, altho'
he is undeniably a factor in safeguard
ing it when a war cloud is lowering
overhead. The soldiers who count
in every day life are the private citi-
zens, the captains of industry, the
generals of finance.
The military academies throughout
the country are doing p~raiseworthy
work in educating Young America.
They are intoxicating a patriotic love
of the country in the hearts of the ca
diets as well as preparing them to com
bat h enemy commonly known as
failure. With the military training
that they receive in connection with
their academic course of study they
are fitted physically and mentally to
sally forth, confident of success in
whatever line of work they may take
up. New Mexico has an institution
of this kind and it is one that is a
credit to the Sunshine Territory" 1t
turns out annually several graduates
VINO go into the world to win their
spurs with implements of peace in
stead of those of worfare.
The New Mexico Military Insti-
tute has just issued its annual cata-
tributed to prospective students and
friends of the Institution. The book
let is quite attractive with its pages
embellished with mer artistic
half tone cuts and it needs but a
glance to convince one of the fact
that great care was exercised in it's
compilation. Practically all one wants
to know about the Institution is CON
tanned in this brochure. Within its
covers is a fund of information, and
it is set forth Interestingly with here
and there a picture appealing to the
eye and relieving the of
solid type. 1t is the eighth annual
catalogue OF the school marking the
scholastic yea of 1906-07.
A better location for the military
institute of New Mexico would be
dificult to find than the site selected
nor. it on the mesa overlooking the
thriving city of Roswell. The grounds
enclosed embrace forty acres of land
almost as level an q foof. and espec-
tally is this true of the athletic fields
and parade grounds. The campus