The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-27
COST OF OPERATING
\. N. SCHOOLS SHOWN
BY DATA COMPILED
Taxpayers Association Has Com.
pleted a Survey and Shows Elk.
actly What Each Educational
Institution Is Costing State.

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Santa Fe. y. NJ. March 21.-FigurcS
OF interest to every taxpayer In New
Mexico are contained In tables show
ing costs and other details connected
with the operation OF the variou1
state educational institutions. which
were prepared by the Taxpayers as
sociatiun following its recent survey
of the institutions In question. These
tahlcs constitute the only infol motion
Of the kim ever compiled Tor New
Mexico taxpayers. and reveal eNattly
what state educational instru ton rs
I casting them, and the service return
they are securing on their annual an
vestmcnt.
The figures are those uf the school
year 1915. In computing costs II the
college of agriculture the assori1.
tiou made a deduction OF $40. 50S.ai
the estimated amount expended In AZ
r."ultural extension aud other worH
conducted by the college, hut not
necessarily a part OF the cost OF in
struction. Likewise II deducted from
the total expenditures Of the Normal
university at Las Vegas and the Nor
mai school at Silver city the expense
OF the summer sessions n CORE
~spondcnce school work. amounting In
the case OF the first named instltu.
ton to $500. and In the second To
$500. The costs shown are per stu
dent for the year. and are computed
on a basis of gross maintenance loss
tuition. board. room and other in
%stitutional e~arnings-in short. they are
the costs to the taxpayers. Divided
20 show the per capita expense in the
instruction OF all students enrolled,
- l.. ~ - -. ~
leo students exclusively. they follow
All students ACCOMPLISHMENTS
$3.50. Agricultural college. &35e
school 81 Mines. $3.50. Normal uui-
versitS. xlGS. Normal school. S1sl;
Military institute. Sl23: spanish-Am-
erican normal, S677, average cost
s22i
New Mexico students cxclusively-
University. $3.50; Agricultural college.
S3i7; school 81 Mines. 1906. Normal
university. Sl77; Normal school. S202,
Military institute S3i3, Spanish Am
erican normal. s677; average cost,
t2s0.
In connection with the costs shown
here II Is interesting tn note that q
recent association analysis OF tn"
costs al seven 81 the high schools -
the statc-Albuquerque. Roswell SAN
IA Fe. Ration. Cimarron. East Last We
gas ana Recommendations n stu.
dent cost OF t73.s0 a year. Roswell
which has the largest and one Of the
best high schools In the state, show
ed a student cost Of only sil.io a
year.
OF ~ courses provided ~ the
seven state Institutions under Discuss
.N-. ..N . H ID. go. ... h.N -aH
i've studcnts or less enrolled, aud
col, or 20 per cent. from six to ton
students. Modern languages. English
literature. chemistry, physics AMI
mathemntics Gre given al an Of the
institutions, and of q total 81 e'G OF
such courses S.. er 80 per cent en-
rolled five or less tudeuts Cree
and Latin are common 10 five Of ~"
institutions. they totalod a. courses,
n IN - OF them there were Ave 90.
less students. History was also given i
five institutions, in 50 courses. with
five or less students In II Of them
II will be secn from these n@urcr
that New Mexico is paying q iarg
price In duplicating faculties who's
classes contain only q swal tract!C1
OF tho students they should contain.
ii Is spending much more for instruc-
ton than b. necessary. or would Pa"
necessary. Il an the students desir-
ing q given course were ~ one in
|stitution. la one item alone, that u'
presidents sul1rics the duplicatIo",
ON tho bu-i~ Of three institutions an
stead Of six. amounted in l"la 90
SIi.l00.
The excessive costs shown az some
81 the educational institutions anl tho
c~yicnsiVo duplication can be- correct
cd only by consolidation to some OK
J tcnt. Of educational facilities, in the
opinion ~ the ~TaXpaNcr- AssocI1-
ton II holds that until such time 1-
uuwarranted duplication D. eliminated
there will he waste Of the tINpayDr-
money and the youth Of the state Will
be- denied the educational advantage.
10 which they are entitled D argu-
mont that the state csnnut nov az.
ford Co abandon uuy of the education.
al Institutions because Of the pruucrts
values involved fails fiat bon Fac, a
u showing tina the total expense o'
the seven institutions iu 1915 amount
cl to more than - per cent of th'
total property valuation The nNe,
| property value b. t~l.2"iH52.t5 am
ithc 1915 expenses were S"aNA3,ul
This clearly proves that in the event
oi % decision tina mistukcs had nc'r
4 made and that % new state policy ui
concentrated and improved educn
| u0nnl facilities was demanded, th'
abandonment ~ some of the prc>on