Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-11
UNIVERSITY HAS AN
IMPORTANT PLACE
IN GOVERNMENT
New President Believes New
Mexico Institution Has
Vast Possibilities; Quality,
Not Quantity the Object.

That the state university can have
and does have IN tho majority OF
states. an important relation TO the
state government ana may aid greatly
IN solving governmental ana economic
problems Is the statement made TO the
Herald yesterday BY Or David Boyd,
president elect of the University OF
New Mckee, who assumes active
charge Of the affairs Of the school
next July Or. Boyd leaves this week
for New York, 90 finish up his work
there as official In charge Of the homo
mission operations OF the presbyter-
ian church with Jurisdiction over a
wide territory.
II am going into the work for the
University OF New Mexico" said Dr.
lloyd, with the greatest optimism.
This institution has great possibilities.
conditions are much similar to those
faced as president OF the University
OF Oklahoma In the formative period
OF the history of that institution: so
that I feel that I will perhaps have
less difficulty IN the work OF solving
your problems here than a man CONF
ing from the east, l intend 20 do my
best 90 build up this scnool 20 what
81 ought to be. You people perhaps
do not fully realize IN the first place
what little attention is paid To the
state university by the state. as COM
pared 10 what other states are doing.
Ia almost every other state. the state
university &c the great educational
center, whose financial support is one
Of the chief concerns Of the state ana
whose work Is intimately related with
the government of the state. The
work CT state university experts "a
connection with department of health.
economics. and similar matters has
proved in the majority OF common
wealths an Indispensable aid 10 tho
real government of the state.
"T'hc thing YOU need most Of course
Is adequate financial support for the
achool Compared 10 what every
other state Is doing. the money made
available for the New Mexico state
Institution is extremely scanty; New
Mcxicu il tallender as far as the
state support OF her chief educational
institution, or what ought To be the
chief one, Is concerned. IL takes mo-
ncy TO provide the facilities which are
necessary 10 do a state universities
work properly. Quality. not quantity,
Is the keynote. While you perhaps
cannot get az many faculty members
as some other states, you can get the
very best; you have good faculty
and Il should be- maintained az the
highest possible standard. There ~
NO reason why you should not have
here instructors as well qualified as
can bo found anywhere in the coun-
try: you cannot afford so many, but
you can AFFORD the best.
The physical plants Improvement
will be one of the things | shall work
FOR first; and the proper relation OF
the work Of the university TO the work
OF other state educational institutions
IL highly Important. We want 70
make the university useful TO the peo-
pie OF the state and 10 the work OF
government; 20 make Il deserve It's
place az the head OF the educational
system, and 90 secure state support on
some proper scale. The siat3s OF H.
iinois and wisconsin this year have
appropriated each utar3 mNion aud
Il half for the state universities. In
Oklahoma the university has "a splen-
did endowment, with annual appro-
priations OF hundreds Of thousands of
dollars"
Dr. Boyd has made n pleasing lm-
preston upon the students and faculty
and the citizens Of Albuquerque whom
he has met and Is evidently prac-
tical man. as would be natural in view
OF his long service OF sixteen years In
building up the University OF Okla
homa.