El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-20
LAS CRUCES AND
MESILLA VALLEY

furnishing was done by towns through
out the state There are 10 dormitory
rooms all furnished for two persons
with heat and light for 81 per month
In the basement is the furnace room,
the shower baths and lavatories, bar
Der Shop, cleaning and pressing es-
Establishment. and a lunch room, and
large dressing room for the accommo-
dation OF athletic teams
On the ground floor is the auditor
Jun and social room, the secretary
office, his living room, and large
room set aside for prayer meetings.
cabinet meetings, and committee meet
ings.
The Herald Leads.
The social room is really the social
center of the school, In this room is
piano. game tables, and magazine and
newspaper files. Seven good dailies
are kept on file and the most popular
is the FL Paso Herald. One copy OF
the paper was not sufficient TO fill the
demand. so the secretary gets two
copies. thus enabling the $50 or more
freuuenters of the building 10 scan its
pages. On the piano is kept stack
of all the late popular music and sew
eral books of college songs
A public telephone for the free use
of members is another attraction. Ad-
yantages are offered to members of the
association which can be had at no
other place in school. Also library
has been started and is growing slow
ly
Religious services are held every
Sunday afternoon, Bible classes every
Sunday morning, and mldWeek
prayermeeting at Monday noon. The
attended
there are rs men in the Bible classes,
and the prayer meetings have an aver
age attendance of 20
Many Speakers of Note.
Through the efforts Of the associa
ton, many speakers OF international
fame are heard here each year. 1t is
the largest organization in the school
and the only one that pushes religious
activities for the young men of the
school.
This is the first year the association
has had a salaried secretary and the
present progress is very insignificant
when compared with the progress
mapped out for the next few years.
Many Cattle Shipped.
A few days ago herd of cattle num-
bering about 1000 head was driven
through the college grounds to the
Turney ranch in the valley. There was
q deal on at that time to sell them to
Texas people but the sale was not
made. Instead they were shipped to
the shipment. This is the fourth large
bunch that has been moved from the
/ ranges adjacent to the valley
Artie McDougall of Deming has
withdrawn from school here and en-
/ tered the Deming high school.
S. e Merrill, managing editor of the
Swastika, the college annual. spent
several days in Ell Paso recently.
Mr.. Longacre. who for the past sew
eral months has been in the employ Of
the J. A. Roemes Co, will leave soon
for Phoenix, Ariz.
Athletic Debt.
| The quarterly report of the college
athletic association shows a deficit Of
ss52.55. Most of this debt has been
contracted during the football seasons
! of 1908 and 1909. The amount of the
debt for the past season is $375.1S.
Strenuous efforts are being put for
u-ard 70 diminish the size of this debt
! Turine the season of 1908 the citizens
/ of Las Cruces pledged over $500 TO the
athletic association, but the campaign
committee lost the pledges and much
of the money was never collected Al
effort is now being made TO secure
/ additional pledges
To Open boarding House
Mrs. c. NJ. Clay of Tularosa mas
moved 10 the college and opened the
boarding house formerly conducted by
the Lafertys, south of the agricultural
/ building. =,
The third year preparatory class viii
give a social for class members and
their friends on next Saturday even
ing.
The athletic association is planning
to give dance following the basket
ball game on Friday evening