The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-14


~ this week. heard Reports from
ths osnccfs 81 the University which
she's is ana'rs 10 have been handlcd
e~ss=sulIy ~ successfully during the
pan year. IN nj Department.. The
finance 81 the institution has been
administered with care. That this
Is true il shown ~ the statement
shat the college has lived within 81
slender lnoome and has D email bal
ance 70 spare. THERE ~ 20 politi-
clans on she board ofNaents Of this
instruction. which IL fcrtnnaie for e
ana Tor the state. 1ns icgents are
hualnese snsn who lot only believe
in business methods bat practice
them Il II doubtful Il any OF these
men could be Induced TO serve upon
n basis Or any salary the state could
AFFORD t. pay: whereas an seem 10 be
Glad 10 serve tree and 10 give Of their
car ana pains and time a. 3 matter
Of voluntary public work. improv-
ing on this kind OF board OF on the
kind 81 management now In enecs AZ
the University would D. difaenit.
The fact Is that expert. skillmi,
painasakins use Is being made by the
managers Of the University Of New
Mexico Of every dollar OF funds avail
able, from IS appropriation for
maintenance aud from Ia land rent
ais and other meager venue The
president Of she board Of regents. a
hneineas man with a slit FOR detail,
another for economy ana n third for
careful looking ahend. hns seconded
the efforts Of an equally careful pres
ssent, Who u Q business man a. well
az On educator. This board. with its
lawyer. doctor. banker and business
men members. il well balanced and
efficient. and every ounce of efnciep-
q appears TO hate been squeezed out
Of every dollar. Yet University
Il not the efficient institution which
Il should be and which Il must be-
come.
There u Just one explanation. The
University must have additional
equipment and il must have more
money for its maintenance
Providing this additional equip
meRt and Increased maintenance Is
no easy task for the members OF the
legislature. All Of our educational
institutions need more inoucy and
more equipment The recent disas-
trons financial entansiements Of N
Of the largest Of them il Ikeiy to call
for special assistance from the as
semhiy 81 an emergency nature.
But because one institution has
been unfortunate, through careless or
Inefficient management Of its anuu-
ces. l. not q reason for making others
suffer, and especially Is Il not a rea-
son for aithholding from the Uniyer-
sity OF New Mexico the support il has
been 20 Ions denied ii which Il now
must have II Il IL 60 GO forward.
The Herald would Ike TO point out
20 the finance committeeman 81 the
senate ana house at santa f. this
fact, shown by the laws Of his state
from session to session siue 1850.
when the University was established
and located al Alhp 1ufrluc This in
%stitutiOn. deaiened tue principal
educational inuituti II, the state,
ana so regarded. Hh had LESS
MONEY FOR ITS riu.nfNGs AND
EQUIPMENT THAN hAY OTHER
or THE STATE EDUCATIONAL
INsifUTIONs-that BE-. the Uniyer-
sity has received less money for
buildings and equipment by DIRECT
APPROPRIATION. than even the
Spanish American Normai school at
n Rito
This. u will be admitted, is an un-
s~aaf SITUATION. II 10 a wrong situn-
ton. when Hadley Han burned the
University, AFTER TWO years OF delay,
was permitted by the legislature "a
build "a small building WITH
FUNDS APPROPRIATED FROM
ITS REVENUE PROM PUBLIC
LANDS GIVEN TO THE UNIvER-
sITY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN.
MENT Aside iron ~ annual ap
preparation Tor operation. the insiitu'
ton has had practically nothing, ~
greatest need now II first, a building.
aud second. an increase in rs operat-
ing fund These two things d musl
have II n b 10 BE- kept ~ b proper
standard Of efficiency even for the
states present needs.
when a building az the s'a'e asri'
cul.srai college has been destroyed
by fire Il has beer rebuilt promptly
BY legislative appropriation. Wher
a building al the Roswell military