El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-02
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Of
JUAREZ HAS CROWN FAST
New Buildings Are Going up to Accommodate Increased
Attendance Students Are There to Work and Not
to Play Many Successful Experiments Con
6ducted-American Methods Employed.

year at the college butcher shop
a hog weighing 700 POUNDS, an institu-
ton product, was killed.
Then come the dOrmitory buildings
one with a pretty patio and. trees in It's
center. dining hall to seat 200 persons
a kitchen and school laundry with a
dozen hurrying Cinnamon at work.
Athletic Work.
The making of the man perfect IS not
overlooked at the Juarez Agricultural
college. True there is no large gym
nasium. but there is an outdoor one
and the work in shop and field pro-
vides a sufficiency of healthful exercise.
American baseball, too. is not over
looked. but aside from that, there is no
''rah rahism' in the sporting line.
A large building contains shower baths
and a swimming pool, and every morn
ing each student is compelled to take
a plunge, cold water alone being In
vogue at this season The Engl.
tub system is doing much to promote
good health. it is said.
Among the smaller buildings are
butcher. carpenter, and blacksmlthfng
shops. There is a waterworks system run
by student hands and a large circular
saw for the manual training department.
A large adobe silo completes the most
important structures.
College Experiments.
The buildings are located in the CEN
ter of a tract of school owned land be-
tween so and go acres in extent area
Some 12O additional acres lie down the
valley, now owned by the school, but
as vet are unimprOved. Extensive al
falfa growing soon will be carried on IN
this tract. The cattle ranch, the Canda-
.leria. a huge tract 10000 acres farther
in the interior. is owned by the Esco-
bar brothers and from ii are supplied
the necessary cattle for college con-
sumption.
Experiments with "a varieties of wheat
have been completed. besides a quantity
of corn and all varieties OF fruit bear
ing trees possible to grow in the irri-
gated land. The school is especially
proud of the importation from Spain OF
a forage plant the zulla, which has been
grown with success Also the Siberian
millet has been successfully grown on
school ground besides many other more
common varieties
With a purpose. the common Juarez
irrigation ditch only is employed on
the college lands This affords study
under ordinary conditions
Dry farming tests however. soon will
be installed with experimental courses
on some of the outlying school prop
erty.
college bulletins are issued bimonthly.
nan on IODAcCO.
The newness of the college and the
popularity OF the faculty causes a feel
ing of loyalty, aside from Ahe class
color and class rush variety.S
Strangely. especially for Mexico. stu
dents are not allowed the use of tObac-
co. and more strange still. the great ma
jOrity do not smoke Also. the use of
liquors is frowned upon, and there is a
feeling of championship of these rules
among the students themselves which
keeps the reform alive.
The Faculty.
Following is a list of the faculty
members of the JUarez Agricultural col
lege: Ing ROmulO EscObar. Ing. Nunia P.
Escobar. Perito Agricola Enrique Co
mez Cara. Ing. Juan Valdes. Cliserio
BarrosO. Sonora Alicia D. Stearns. Elmer
Stearns Dr. Veterinario r EscobOsa.
PerltO AgricOla F.. Gomez Dupeyron. Dr..
Fernando l. ArgiieIles. Prof Normalis-
ia Gabriel MalpicO. Captain Ireneo
PiZarro. Manuel Rico. Fra ncisco Rem
don. Fernando Gonzalez Amanda T.
Uranga.