El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-02

| where but four years ago there stood
two rambling adobe shacks. And today
scores of workmen are busted in the
| construction of more buildings. hurry
| ing to prevent an over population.
Such, in epitome, shows the remark
able growth of La Escuela Particular de
| Agriculture de Ciudad Juarez, second
| of it's kind in all Mexico Four years
! ago when the college was instituted by
two brothers, ROmulo and Numa p. Els
cobar. There were but so students and tw o
| old buildings at the beginning a hope
| less start it appeared. But out of it all
+! has grown one of the foremost educa-
! tional institutions of Mexico. Two weeks
| ago $50 students celebrated the birth
/ day anniversary of the institution, and
so many more are expected for the COM
ing season that extensive building oper-
! ations are under way.
The Founders.
! Agronomists of note. the Escobar
| brothers had gained some name in Mex
1 ic.. before the es aDiishing of the school
] Both were practicing farming en-
| gineerS.' RomulO EsJobar was called to
assist in the reorganization of the Ma
School of Agriculture and Veterinary at
| the City of Mexico and served as director
| for TWO years. He is known to Amer
icens as the vice president of the Dry
Farming congress for Mexico. Thirteen
other teachers of far ming sciences now
/ Institute the faculty.
| Community life at Juarez Agricul-
tural college is a study. Students do al
most everything but cook. They slaugh-
| ter the beeves for the college table; they
till the lands where the college supplies
are grown; they work IN carpenter and
! blacksmith shops to accomplish repairs
to building and machinery. In short,
/ they live under almost ideal socialism,
drawing all necessary things from the
| ground and from enslaved animal life.
| forming a complete whole of perfect ex-
| iStance-
Work and Not Play.
Few of the $50 students are of rich
! families. The great majority come from
( the homes of weli.Odo ranchmen.
/ They come to work. not to play, APP
pearing 10 take deeper interest in their
| study than in athletic or amusement
pursuit. This may seem strange to the
American college man. but a visit will
| demonstrate the fact
AT the Mexican institution is found
evidence of the new epoch in scientific
| Investigation based on the principle that
an ounce of invention is worth more
than a pound of imitation And with
the spirit which has already rooted it
self in the most advanced OF American
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not to study but to accomplish.
At the college just over the interna-
tional line in Mexico is found the great
result of this new thing-a content
ment in work. satisfaction in creation.
The students of the Juarez college ere
ate actually manufacture from the soil,
and the spoils of their labor find imme-
diate appreciation in the food they
eat.
Students Speak English
OF most interest TO the English speak
ing North American is the fact that the
Juarez Agriculture college is a seat OF
promotion OF things American Every
student speaks English in his second
year. an American professor who speaks
no Spanish hammers it in at the very
start of the collegiate course The farm
ing implement machinery employed in
the fields is of American manufacture,
and the majority of scientific machinery
bears the mark of American firms. while
I in the federal college at the City or
Mexico. and in all South American in
situations the French and German stand
ards prevail. From the beginning the
faculty has stuck for the promotion of
the American method. Now two classes
picked at random are heard only in
English TO afford practical application
of that learned in tie language class
room.
A large Dull01ng contains me Grass
rooms and soon reconstruction will near
" double il in size. The building is be-
ing done in a square. forming a patio.
and at one corner is a large auditorium
for class plays and public assembly. AL
ready in this building are the offices
of the faculty and the many class rooms,
nut none bear the solemn appearance Of
a school The walls are cheerfully dec
GRATED. with wainscoting and ornate
ha
Dearance of museum than of a school.
Library of 1000 Volumes.
To begin with there is a library of
1000 volumes covering every phase of
agricultural science Although most OF
the data Is American. there are many
French works, and a complete set of
bulletins of American colleges. Next is
the chemistry room also containing sur
veying apparatus All the liquids IN
this department are of American extrac-
ton. while the many colleges prefer the
French extracts
The physics department is contained
i'm still another ROOM There the in
struments all are of European manu-
faf-rlIre but a new and complete set of
apparatus soon will be installed and
probably from the United States The
class rooms contain fine specimens of
plant life. and. of especial pride 10 the
students specimens of cotton and quay
ule plant. procured by the pupils them
selves in a trip TO the interior of the
republic last year
The drawing department occupies a
large room filled with cases. There are
reproductions on paper OF the insects
which infest native plant life. and casts
of human feet and hands, all done by the
students in class work Physiology and
botany occupys another quarter filled
with cases and the walls covered with
French maps and charts. The botany
and the classes in soil study are con-
Quoted only in English Tt IS expected
that French and music courses will be-
established soon.
New Buildings
Besides all this two new class rooms
are already built and also large room
with circus seats for recitation and
lecture purposes Another new building
is nearly completed. a huge structure Of
adobe, as are all of the buildings. but
with an iron roof This will be used for
the American machinery. and a large
paio in the rear will accommodate
stock.
Al present there are four milk cows
which supply the school table. 100 hens
ofc fOv-