Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-13
Most Representative In.
sUlIuIlon III New
Mexico.
STUDENTS HAIL. FROM
ALMOST EVERY COUNTY.
University Reaches Out 70 All De
paFtmasasa al Secondary Edaesn
fson-n2s Lsfgsss balioans
In Tertiary.

Drawing liz patronage from tEentI
oaG oG GAs gseA4-AEs counties In Aes
Mexaco.Lhs Asw AeAle0 Normal I'M
yuEslly situated In Ea8t Las Vega
IL tie mosG representative educa
tl0aAl institution In the territory
N Aew Mexico. Though 81 import
ant function 81 the Institution 10 "a
train teachers tor the public schools
IL does Rot eOnfins Itself 20 50 naTEos
q line of wogk, but reaches out TO all
departments u secondary education
The extension Of lie work began IN
1853 when Edmund j, VeFt, IN. d.
became tts president In most sparse
liz eestled portions VI the country edn'
cAttonal Institutions are usually l0caI
In their patronage and influence, but
under the Vigorous management of Dr.
Vert. tie Normal university has out
graNn those conditions and numbers
among it, former students many per
E0ag In all parts 0f the territory. The
eRrollment the past year was as. Ia
three years the number of counties 10
presented In It's registration has In.
creased five hundred and sixty-Hix per
ceat: and during the same period the
attendance from outside Of San Mig.
uel county has increased fifteen times
or nearly sixteen hundred per cent
Persons acquainted with education
conditions In the southwest wIil appre
ciate the true meaning OF this phe
nomenal growth.
Location.
The grounds Of the Normal Univer
sity comprise about four acres Of an
eminence In the central part Of the
eity, AMI are easy Of access from al
directions. Normal Hall. tho only
building erected up TO the present, Il
i~uar.StoFy, brown stone structure oi
Rumanesqae style OF architecture and
commands q view OF the western por
ton OF the city, the valley of the Ga
llinas and the mountains beyond. con,
aplcuous among which Ia the bald
crown % Hermit's Peak. a mountain
nearly twelve thousand feet high. The
building, with the exception Of the
Capitol at Santa Fe Ii the largest and
best equipped territorial building IN
New Mexico. II Ia furnished with the
most modern equipment. heated by
steam, perfectly lighted with electric
lights, and furnished with water from
the Aqua pura water works.
Equipment.
The institution Ia furnished with all
the ~conveniences for giving instruc
ton In accordance with the latest
and most approved methods, The
physical, chemical and biological Ia
boratories are equipped with such ap
paratus as II necessary TO teach ply
slcs. chemistry. general biology. bot
any, zoology. physiology and nature
study according TO the most approved
methods. II In extending and enrich
ing It's courses In the natural and ply
steal sciences. and Is constantly add
ing TO the apparatus In these depart
merits. ii has been the aim ii ths
school 10 place on the library shelves
n collection ~ carefully selected
books, The library contains about
three thousand volumes, consisting ui
bonks for reference and circulation
These books have been selected with
n view to making the library OF the
greatest possible value TO all classes
OF students. The library is organized
and equipped according to the most
approved method. The Dewy Decimal
System OF classification and the Cut
Ter method AZ numbering are employ
ed. All books are made readily &c
cessible by means Of a card catalogue
Courses Offered.
The college preparatory course com
prises all branches of language litera
ture. science aud mathematics requir
ed for entering any college or univer
sity In the east. Graduates OF this
course have been admitted to several
eastern universities without further
examination. The general curse Is
designed TO meet the needs OF those
who wish a thoroush-going secondary
education. but do not wish 10 20 tc
college. It consists Of four years o.
instruction IN mathematics, language
science. history. manual training and
business branches. The advanced
normal course Is the most extensive
one offered ity the institution and
comprises five years OF work. Three
years are devoted to the regular
academic branches and two years &c