Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-19
FINE PROSPECTS
FOR NEXT YEAR
At INSTITUTE
COL J.. w. Wilson Conducting
Aggressive Campaign for
New Students; Cadets MAY
Go to Exposition.

or greatest interest To cadets of
the New Mexico Military institute. To-
'l''d in Roswell IS the prosper of
attendance by the battalion at the
San francisco exposition. beginning In
May OF next year. Col J. w. Wilson.
superintendent of the institute. and
the santa re railroad. are working to-
gether on plan. which II h hoped
VIII result IN final arrangements be-
ing completed for the cadets making
the trip to the Golden Gate. Final
arrangements for the proposed trip,
however, cannot be made until some
time turing the session. but the plan
seems feasible and is worthy Of. con
sideration at the present time. should
the battalion be taken on this trip
classes Will continue after the bat
talon is encamped on the exposition
grounds that is regular So hedule
VIII he Carried into effect Each morn
ing the various classes viii be sent
under their instructors TO make care
ful insp elton of the different ex-
hibits. They Will be rotated through
out the exposition day after day until
they have been thoroughly instructed
and shown the marvellous display to
be placed before the public on the
Pacific coast during the Panama ex-
position. ID Is thought that the trip
could be made to cost but little The
exposition company viii furnish bar
racks free Of cost ana guarantee
meals not to exceed twenty-five cents
each. The battalion, OF course, will
give parades and drills each afternoon
besides entering general parades and
ether military exercises The adver-
Using of such "a trip will he of untold
value. not alone To the institute but
to the entire southwest and the ad-
ditional advantages offered to the
students will he worth more than sew
eral years of travel. II will afford
them an opportunity to see the great
exposition az nominal cost, and un-
der the direction OF instructors and
guides.
The prospects are flattering for a
gratifying increase in enrolment at
the institute during the coming ses-
sion. Under supervision of Colonel
Wilson. the buildings are being thor
oughly renovated and painted. The
grounds are IN excellent condition and
the entire plant presents a beautiful
and attractive picture, of great inter-
est to the many travellers now passing
through Roswell
Publicity Campaign.
Colonel Wilson has enthusiastically
entered into a big advertising cam
paign, being conducted through east
ern magazines of large circulation,
with a view 20 attracting students
from the east and north. who will
come to New Mexico To get "A military
education. thus escaping the rigorous
climate Of the east, and at the same
time attending school which Is one
Of the few distinguished institutions
of its kind in the United states.
Catalogues telling of the curriculum
and conditions at the institute are
now being mailed broadcast through
ont the country, many New Mexico
people having applied for copies.
Colonel Wilson. in charge of the
institute for many years, will be glad
to correspond with parents, in Albu-
querque, or any part Of New Mexico
or the southwest. giving detailed in
formation as to the basis on which
new cadets will be received.
1t is indeed fortunate that New
Mexico has a military institute of the
high standing of the n. NJ NJ l. and
that New Mexico boys are afforded an
to attend right in their
own state a military school which is
known from one end of the country
to another and which ranks in eff
cheney almost with West Point, the
United States training school, and the
Virginia Military institute, the West
Point of the South