The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-05-26

was Stlll HOT tle success WHICH It's
founders had confidently looked for
ward to. Electrical appliances, tur-
bine engines and modern chemical
processes, were troublesome to men
educated solely in latin. greek and
theology. and after some years the
pleasing oriental government made
the generalization, which IL IL had
cost a good deal. was worth the price.
that not only all foreigners could not
each all subjects, but that If a given
subject was to be effectively taught,
it must be by a teacne- who had b.
study fitted himself to teach that par
ticular subie Il. After this discovery
and the engagement of a proper facul-
", the university grew. and for all
that know is today n of ne most
prosperous in tie orient.
Your regents did not have to go
through these experiments. but have
always lad h soot sense u endea-
vor To selec properly trained men as
the principals of this school.
On the principal mere than ca any
other one thing, depends whether or
not a school will o.. \ success or a
failure. lie is like the general corn-
Aidhit'Aiu6 Ill dIItl ne StlCCcSS W
failure of a campaign depends largely
upon how he lays out his plans and
g .rct, the oficars to eompand the
div SONS N p .i-nents CT the army
'-'dcr him. II he plans wisely and
well and chooses the prope subordi.
Mates 10 carry o .L the varioas man.
oIsers necessary To their successful
Cs"n~ Hi"tion. the caIiraign will lie
crowned with success. and victory
| will perch upon ais ~standards, while.
if he does not properly plan, or il his
officers fail in a. ecu of their
orders. then defelt and disgrace will
surl~ follow.
TIE lead OF a Sc Iool q. '.st s.: C)aIs,
havn education, and like the com
handing general of an army must he
f1rP; he must be just and enforce
strict d~isciDline: treat all his students
alike: he must sacw no favoritism and
must guide and lea the Young men,
81 that they RESPECT. look up tn a2c
honor him. IL the principal of a
school has these qualifications, as
well as tact and a Business instinct.
the institution over which he is chos-
en- to preside stands a good chance
- DNHh q %tSN17s - I'M SODo >
while if he does not possess them.
failure is as sure to follow as night Is
TO follow day.
n starting of this school will cver
be a tribute to tie memory of the far
sighted men. who conceived and a
rid ont the idea of planting an insti-
tuition of learning of the character of
this, at the then town OF Roswell.
In 1893 when the legislature passed
the act authorizing the location of 4
military school ut Roswell, 1t was a
grave question whether o. not the
town itself would be permanent. l am
creditably Informed that in 1881.
there were only a few hundred people
living here. So great was the doubt
as to the future of your city, that the
school as at present constituted lid
not open for the reception of cadets
until the fall of the year 1898, FIVE
years after the legislative act was
passed.
Even though you school is now so
fiourishing and In such excellent con-
dition. still it has had its vicissitudes.
it's ups M downs. as do all sucn in
stitutions. during the twelve years
which have elapsed since il first op-
ned its doors to receive students.
IT S,e people of Roswell were not SO
public spirited; IL they did not all
stand shoulder to shoulder In every
thing which tends to the good of your
community, the loss which this insti-
tuition sustained by fire a year ago
would have cen a serious handicap.
Your citizens. however stepped into