The Socorro chieftain., 1908-09-19
THE SCHOOL OF MINES
The Largest Enr Ollment of Col
legiate Students in the History
Of the Institution.
AN INCREASE OF 100 PER CENT
In Number of Students in Technical
Departments Chemical Labora-
tory Not Big Enough.

The New Mexico School of
Mines opened Monday morning
for the work of its sixteenth year
with exceedingly bright pros
poets. The enrolment of collegi-
ate students for the week Just
closed is a little more than double
that for the corresponding week
of last year and is by far the
largest in the history of the i'm
stitution. This can not fail to
be very gratifying to all friends
of the School, for it shows that
the hard work heretofore done
under discouraging conditions to
promote the Schools welfare and
prosperity is at last beginning
to bear substantial fruit.
THE NEW DoRMIToRY.
One thing that has not been
without influence in attracting
new students to the institution is
the prospect of good dormitory
facilities in a very short time.
The lack of such facilities has
heretofore frequently been COM
mented upon and has undoubted-
ly sent to other institutions many
student who would have come
here. However, the last general
assembly of the Territory appro-
priated $4,000 for the erection of
a dormitory at the School of
Mines, and the building is now
nearing completion. 1t will prob
ably be ready for occupancy by
the first of November. 1t will be
commodious and comfortable in
every respect, affording accom-
modations for about thirty stu
dents and being equipped with
dining room and kitchen, hot
water heating plant, and electric
light. The dormitory will be
home for such students as choose
to avail themselves of it's privi-
leges.
| FACULTY CHANGES.
There were three changes in
the faculty of the School of Mines
at the beginning of the present
year because of the resignation OF
former members.
Geo. |. Kemmerer, Ph. d., the
new head of the chemical depart
ment, is we'll equipped in both
training and experience for
the position. Doctor Kemmerer
graduated from the University of
Wisconsin in 1904 and afterwards
took his doctors degree at the
University of Pennsylvania. He
was at one time chemist for the
United States Steel company at
Hibbing, Mimi. later instructor
in chemistry at Temple Uni
versity, Philadelphia, and the
summer just closed he spent as
chemist with the Wisconsin Geo
logical and Natural History Sur
vey and the u. S. Bureau of
| Fisheries.
l.. c. Walker, A. M, came to
the School of Mines exceedingly
we'll recommended for the posi-
tion of mead of the mathematical
department. Professor Walker
took his masters degree at Stan
ford University. He was at one
time assistant fellow at the Uni
versity of Nebraska and later al
Stanford. He has had long and
successful experience as an in
structor, having been at one time
connected with the mathematical
department of the Colorado
School of Mines, and at another
with the high school of Santa
Barbara, California.
j. p. Eskridge, A. B., is tn,
new principal of the academi,
department. Professor Eskridg,
is a graduate of Park College
/ Missouri, where after graduation
! he spent two very successful
. years as an assistant in the sci
ence department. But Professo
I Eskridge has had considerabl,
} experience besides that in schools
! and colleges. He served fifteeI
, months in the Orient as a mem
] ber of the Fifteenth United State
regular infantry. During thi
, time he was sent to China, Japan
{ the Hawaiian islands and tn
: Philippines. He arrived at Manil
S just a week after the city fell int,
the hands of General Anderson
y was in the campaign under Gen
: eral Lawton against Santa Cru
a and Peranaque, and took part /
{ six different battles.