Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-06
INSTITUTE HAS
FINE PROSPECTS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Need Of Preparedness for
Peace as Well as War Ac-
centuateS Value 10 State Of
Military School at Roswell

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE 70 sorSino JOURNAL
Roswell, N, NJ, June 5.-At the
close Of one Of the most successful
sessions in all It's history the New
Mexico Military institute Is now look
ing forward to an even more success
ful session for l9i6-i917 The in
terest shown in the work Of the
school in all parts of New Mexico and
adjoining states, and even in distant
states Of the east and on the Pacific
coast, gives every assurance that the
West Point of the west will see q
larger enrolment and an even more
satisfactory standard Of work than at
any time in the past
While this is due in part to the gem
eral awakening Of the people Of the
United States TO the necessity for
military preparedness, the real secret
Of the growing popularity Of the
school has It's roots deeper down In
the established value OF the school
in the preparation Of young men for
the more peaceful pursuits Of ordinary
business and professional life. The
institute does something more than
! fit its pupils to be soldicrs--it gives
them the academic and physical train.
ing that Is needed to make them good
citizens and enable them TO compete
successfully in the more quiet but not
LEGS vitality important struggle for SUI
premacy In the affairs of the world.
Preparedness for Peace.
In other words, tho work of the
New Mexico Military institute Is not
merely one Of preparedness for war.
| Primarily It is one of preparedness
1 for peace, with the additional advan-
tage that in the event war should be
thrust upon the country the nation
viii find In the young men who have
been turned out from this school a
body of trained soldiers equipped to
take command in the field and uphold
the honor Of the stars and stripes.
The value of the school as a means
Of fitting young men for the ordinary
affairs Of life has been proven on
many occasions by the fact that its
graduates have been called to fill po-
sitions Of the highest responsibility
and lucrativeness in various parts Of
the United States, and that without
exception they have acquitted them
selves with credit to themselves and
TO the institution from which they re-
celved their education
Value of Physical Training.
Attention has been called on more
than One occasion to the excellent re-
suits obtained in the physical develop
ment of the cadets by reason Of their
ordinary routing Of school duties.
Aside from the actual growth and i'm
proyement IN bodily health that has
been shown from actual figures com
piled by the medical authorities at
the institute, the moral effect of the
discipline under which the cadets live
their daily lives Is far reaching in the
development Of character. Manliness
and self-restraint are as imperative
In tho code Of this institution as are
erect carriage and the making Of re-
qured grades in classes.
The entire faculty Of the institute
has been retained for next year, in
suring the maintenance of the high
academic standards which have eaus-
ed the school to be recognized as one
OF the foremost military academies in
the United states. With Colonel J.
w. Wilson, the superintendent who
has brought the institute up from an
obscure position in the educational
world to its present excellent standing
AGAIN az the head, and this able staff
Of instructors to assist him, it is easy
to understand the statement that the
most successful year Of its history lies
ahead of he New Mexico Military in
stitutc