El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.

Ell Pasos public school system is worthy of admira-
ton; the scholastic shows $3.50 children between
the ages of and seventeen Of whom $500
rolled in the public schools during the last not
counting the number attending parochal schools OF the
city where than 1000 attended There 156 teach
whO with the draw monthly paYrOH OF
00 the total annual expenditures of the schools being
$15OO28.
The eleven school buildings contain III and
occupy 1873 city lots the value Of the land alone being
$4,000 The buildings and equipment of the school prop
erty owned by ri Pase bring grand total of $714OOO
Thirteen years of free tuition is offered to every child
within the city limits. This includes year the kin
dergaren eight years in the grammar school and four
years in the high school Particular attention has been
given the kindergarten department. Ell Paso having
tabshed the first free school Of this nature the State
of Texas.
The course in the grammar school compares favOrabl
with that of any of the Eastern cities while the high
school equipment conceded to be the finest the South
west The high school is affiliated with the University
OF Texas, University OF Chicago Leland Stanford Van
derb University of Virginia and many other leading
institutions of the highest order the United States Grad
yates from the FL Paso High School accepted in these
universities without examination The high school course
includes scientific course complete commercial and
business and literary Last year COM
pete course in manual training domestic and domestic
science introduced into all the grades. New equip
ment has been installed for this work cost of $4,000
This equipment is perhaps the most complete in the
Southwest and the force of instructors this department
is highly efficient The professional requirements for
teachers In the III PasO schools very high and the sal
aries paid them the best the South The schools are
thoroughly up-todate, progressive to an extreme and
easily take rank among the finest in the land.
The Ell Paso Military Institute chartered in 1907
and has already taken its place in the front ranks of the
military colleges of this country. The campus which i'm
mediately adjOns the United State Military Post Fort
Bliss contains % of level table land which makes
perfect drill ground The altitude is practically 1000 feet
or 200 feet higher than the business center of Paso The
Board of Directors composed of the leading business
and professional Of Ell Paso while the instructors
who are selected for their special fitness this particular
branch Of work. from the leading universities of
America and Europe.
new dor1ntory is under construction at the pres
ent time and in addition to its complete accommodations
for sixty additional cadets will contain lareg swimming
pool and gymnasium
The next STEP in meeting the responsibilities and op-
portunes which belong to FL Paso the center of its
great tributary territory being taken in the organ
ization Of boarding and day school for girls
The Ell Paso School for Girls to be opened in Sep
TENDER 1910 The principals women of college train
ing and of experience in teaching especially in work with
girls of high school age and there will be also an adequate
force of efficient teachers including resident director of
physical training. In Ell Pasos climate outdoor life is
possible during much of the winter that much emphasis
Will be put on this FEATURE in the school buildings pro-