Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-19
THURSDAY AUGUST 10. 1871
THE STATE UNIVERSITY

The Sow Mexico university formal
u opens This morning with an 90
tendance gratIhlnely greater thui
ever before, but which should b'
much larger The university q main
tanned by the state for the benefit o.
me state ana the people Of the state
should make use of lta advantages e
the utmost
Education formerly was for th'
military leisure ana ecclesiastical
CLASSES Now e 81 for AN ana Is 10.
dueirial utihtarlun and social AZ th,
present wa have centralized industry
aubdlvldod OF specialized labor larg,
urban populations IN most 90 ou
states. dimmilnr races aud enlarged
governmental activities Not long az,
we lighted our houses with candles
and plpwed with crooked sticks
Thanks o. the educated lnlelligence
Of the world. we have hafnrssed cleo
trIclN aud steam and made them
slaves OF the directing brain OF man.
Let q be- said here with emphasis.
that the race 81 The highest cdueo
ton will dominate industraly at
least. The races of lowor educational
attachments That fact should be
driven home IN Sew Moxicp as la NO
other state in the union
Let us dlamisa Cor the moment con-
sldcraiion % an phases Of education
except the practical Some one has
ntid Mat the grontcst economic fact
- this age De- that each person has o
stomach % be filled with food and
q body 90 bc clothed and sheltered.
Education contributes wonderfully 20
ability of the individual go uu his
stomach clotho ana shelter his body
aud 20 the enjoyment Of NE itself
There are few Spanish American
Fiudenta at the university. though
fully one-half Of the population Of
Sew Mexico Is spaush.Amerlopu
The CHIEF reason lor the hack OF Span
lob American college students Is that
the public schools len spanish Amorl-
can communities have been negleeted
and few boys aud Rirls are sufficiently
advanced Geo enter tho freshman year
Of lhe university
The Journal has called attention TO
This fact before. because we know Of
no other way TO 500 about correcting
tho rravost abuse that over has been
Inflicted on the nativc population Il
is the result of the miserable system
of politics that hua prevailed No the
past and that Dts uu prevalent go
many sections 81 the state
The county boss uses the cub. boasra
Of the precincts and the sub. busscg
control the school boards aud employ
teachers who atc totally Incompetent,
in most Instances. merely us $50 much
reward for the mastering of the vot
cfs luf me boss on election day Tho
future 20 the children OF Whole school
districts Ia thus sacrificed u pay
menl ion some miserable political
deal Of course, the men who do
such Things should be sent 90 the pen.
lteuuml beat the unfortunate part OF
u 900 is that they violate mo- statute,
thW b no vay OF reaching them
Jua how elol the aduntogc of
Vine educated man over ihc unedueat.
td mas be Judged from Che fact that
Less than auc half 81 one per cont ot
the people OF thc Emitted states have
college deergce set m Appleton s.
oyc.opcdla of american Biography
arc found isl9a ~ these $500 arc
college calculates On thuy-tte per
cent az tho fuN HN Hrncts 30 tne
declaration of independence furN
tHo Wrro eel.cgt men The anHtu.
tInu of tHe United States was drafted
bt nnt.NNe men. 81 whom thirty
held liberal arts degrees
quite us iarse pcruenuRe OF sue.
eemul men uf today whether u nt-
eraue lav. medicine. houNnr. man
uftciarnf merchandising 90 tarn-
iHF hUo oollesc degrees ID is the
man elth the hes education eho suo-
cecds New and tbeu woefa.h tow
compared Win thclf numbers by diut
OF extraordinary ahu,F ue nnd a
man without schooling who becomes
conspiouous'y successful lie is The
exception
snorisIehted parents ana boys who
are NOT old euoueh Go understand are
too frequently responsible FOR the
boys Leaving school in order 10 take
nny.cont job Nineb nine times
on - hundred be grows up Ia he
q fifiy-ccnt man.
Il is because "a tacse laela l.ai ,i.u