El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-11
CITY COLLEGE
NOW HAS 1O9
Starts Student Body With
II, Says Chancellor Col
win at Annual Dinner.

The student body OF the College Of
the City OF FL Paso has grown from
IT to 100, according TO a report read
by chancellor II. NJ Colvln before
members Of the faculties of TIA col
lege and the school OF mines and the
directors OF the college, Saturday
night, in the University club. after
the annual dinner. Another feature
Of the college, he said. is that after
the printing Of the catalog and OPEN
ing Of school the college has been
self sustaining.
Mr.. Colvin said: since the open
ing Of college. and its original helP
by the Rotary club, not one cent OF
gift or subscription money has been
used to maintain the college. All eN-
Denses Of every kind have been met
from tuition There is no other col
lege that know of, that charges any
tuition at all, that charges as nttl ,e
tuition as does the City college, Whlch
ranges from $40 year down TO SlV
year. 1 know that no city college
has ever started without outside help
and I do not believe there is another
college in the history Of higher edu-
cation In America that has been seir
sustaining from its inception
The good that college is doing has
brought to il in subscriptions OF
money from appreciative citizens
over $1,000, but this money has not
been touched for running expenses.
It viii be touched. however and tnaI
very hard, for strengthening the col
lege and sOlidifying its work and to
get out our new catalogs- II We had
$4,000 We could bring to FL PasO 800
students next year from the outside
So far we have restricted our opera
= 4 f|r
student body represents five different
states outside Of Texas"
Chancellor COlvin's Work Endorsed.
The annual report to the instructors
took up the history OF the city col
lege idea in Ell Paso- He explained
the Texas junior college law and the
Incorporation Of the city college in FL
Paso, which started as junior col
lege in the high school as a part OF
the city school system. but substt-
tuted the scheme Of cOordinating with
the school Of mines. The report went
into detail OF the different divisions
and service Of the college and closed
with a financial report and a state
ment of plans for the future. At the
close OF the report the instructors Of
the college and OF the Texas State
School Of Mines gave chancellor COL
vim unanimous vote Of confidence.
the motion including acceptance OF
the report and endorsement OF the
work accomplished
The members Of the faculties were
the guests at dinner Of the board OF
directors Of the College OF the City OF
FL Paso, chancellor H NJ. Colvin and
Dean s H Worrell. Of the school or
mines.
Closer Cooperation Urged.
After the welcome address by rabbi
Martin Zielonks, president OF the
board OF directors; city superintend-
ent Of schools, R ]. Tighe, who Is
secretary OF the board Of directors
Of the college: W. D. Mayfield, mem
Der Of both the city school board and
the college board, and S. H Worrell.
dean OF the school Of mines. made
speeches in which they urged every
Of the combined faculties to
work as a unit in making Fl Paso a
great educational center.
Talks were made on the various
phases OF the College OF the City OF
FL Paso plan and work by professors
]. W. Kidd. II. D. PaIIister, John r
Fielding and II. d. Pallister, Of the
school OF mines. and dean Howard c.
Taylor. Helen Hubbard Swift, H. R
Gamble and T. a Thurston, OF the
college.