El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04
DATES ARE SET FOR
REUNION AT COLLEGE
investigation shows Part of Peach
Crop Escaped Freezing; Magazine
Fake Visits College.

! State College. y. NJ, April fit has
! been finally decided that the old stu
/ dent reunion Will be held on May IS
and %, during college commencement
( exercises. A special program OF inter
! est 10 old students Is being prepared
] BIZ the Alumni association, which viii
/ hold q meeting within a few days at
{ the home CIV. A sutherland, IN Las
! Cruces. There are several hundred old
/ students in New MexiO who are inter
ested IN the reunion, ana many nave
already written their intention OF com
! Ing. A final banquet Will be held on
/ the night OF May 20, at which an old
| student association viii be organized
L Not only Will every county IN New Mex
, leo. be represented, but also states as
I far away as West Virginia and Cali
I fOrnia.
} The horticultural department has
made a thorough investga ton of the
damage done by frost 10 the peach
crop, with the result that there IS St1l
left from five percent TO 70 percent OF
a full peach crop. providing no Ireez-
ing weather occurs in April Most Of
the damage done was in January, when
about half of the dormant buds were
killed. and the March freeze materially
reduced the number left The num-
Der of peaches left will depend good
deal upon their location on the tree,
TO successful growth
The aprlCOtS and japanese pluTnS
We're neraly all destroyed by the March
freeze, out if the weather continues IA
vOra5le there VIII be the usual full crop
OF apples grapes and plums, these fruits
having entirely escaped damage during
the January cold snap
A railing has been placed around the
opening at the top of the cement steps
leading into the basement pOStOffice
OF Hadley hall
Mr. ana Mrs. Lee Malone were guests
at dinner at the home Of Mr. and MrA
j. A Anderson
The local track meet, which was to
have taken place on Miller field, was
postponed on account Of the windstorm.
Miss Pearl c. Miller entertained few
friends at q birthday anniversary
spread.
bliss Sadie Stuart has been absent
from school the past few days. owing
to the illness of her mother at their
home west Of Mesilla Park
A number Of college girls are aD-
Fearing in new hats made by them
selves IN their class work In the dOmes-
tic arts department
The college lufirmary IS now empty,
the measles and humps epidemic hay-
ing been entirely stamped out
The latter part of January a young
man made the rounds OF the college
community soliciting subscriptions to a
so cent periodical De was well dressed
and claimed that each subscription Sc
cured entitled MIN TO two votes and a
certain number of votes gave him a
scholarship IN Princeton. or some other
university Believing il a worthy cause,
most OF the kind hearted housewives in
the community gladly gave the price Of
one OF two subscriptions, with the as
surance from the young fellow that
the magazine would be forthcoming in
side Of y days. In a week or so an
other young nan came on a similar err
rand for a similar magazine and met
with the same good luck That was
over two months ago, and TO date Meth
er the young men nor the magazines |
have shown