El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
SCHOOL OF
MINES IS A
CITYPRIDE
Young Institution OF State
OF Texas, Has Hand
some, Modem Home.
BUILDINGS ONLY
LATELY FINISHED
School Is a Branch Of the
State University; Has
Good Enrolment.
s . PAsO Is the center 81

y mining interests Of the south
4 = west, this city is the logical To-
cation for a mining school The Texas
State School Of Mines and Metanurgy,
which Is situated on the mesa, is an
institution OF which the entire state,
as well as the city, should be proud.
The school is g branch Of the state
university. It was established in
1914, and although young in years,
has received deserved recognition The
course Of work given is on a par with
the best technical schools in the
country and leads to the degree OF
mining engineer. The very youth OF
the school is an advantage to the
students, as this makes it possible for
the professors to give each student
more individual attention, and TO
have closer undertaking Of the
students needs than when instruc-
tors have over crowded classes and
much OF the preliminary training Is
done by student assistants, as is the
case IN the majority OF the older
colleges.
In the engineering course especial
emphasis is placed on the practical,
applied side Of instruction The fac
ulty Of the school is made up Of men
who have had years Of experience IN
the field, as well as years Of teach
ing experience. A rule has been es-
tablished at the school that each
faculty member must have had At
least five years Of successful expert
ence in the practice Of his profession,
in addition TO his collegiate training
before he may be appointed on the
teaching staff of the School Of Mines
While all the work given at the
School Of Mines is arranged to have
q direct application upon engineering
special subjects Fl Paso people
have taken advantage OF this and
number Of special students are at
tending the classes IN chemistry
mathematics, English economies. ana
the classes IN modern languages
which include French, Spanish, Ital-
ian and German
As the foundational training Of all
engineering branches is the same. a
student who desires to specialize in
engineering work other than that OF
mining, may take his first two years
work at the School Of Mines as oc-
ours in the junior and senior years
Part OF State University.
Being q branch Of the University
OF Texas, full credit Is given by the
university for all special work carried
at the School Of Mines. This enables
any student who may wish TO carry
his special studies further. or to work
towards an arts or science degree at
the university 20 do SO without in
terruption or repetition OF his work.
Under the junior college plan. a
student who desires other than tech
meal framing may take MS ursl
years work at the School Of Mines
as, with the exception Of biology
Latin and Greek, the work given at
the University Of Texas in the fresh
man year is covered by that given
in the School OF Mines This has an
economical feature that viii appeal
TO the parents Of students. It re-
duces the expense Of keeping a stu
dent son OF daughter in school away
Recently the School Of Mines, under
the College OF FL Paso plan, opened
night classes in economics and mod
ern languages for the benefit Of E /,
Paso people who could not take ad-
vantage OF the day time school work
The expenses Of the school are
moderate There is no tuition fee, as
IL is a state institution. The matricu-
latiOn fee is the same as that Of the
state university There are small
fees for work in the various labora-
tories, and money deposits are re-
Quired, which are returnable at the
end Of school, IL the student has not
damaged the laboratory equipment. I
The fees, deposits. cost Of books and |
craving instruments for the four /
years come well under $500. Many OF I
the students work in the mining
camps Of Arizona and New Mexico
ing largely toward their school ex- /
penses in this way, as well as gaining 1
valuable practical experience.
For the study Of geology, no min ]
ing school in the United States is 1
more favorably located Within one 4
TO ten miles OF FL Paso are found 1
in great variety the geological forma- 1
tons that are usually associated with I
the mining industry, not only in metal 1
mining but in coal mining as we'll
Advantage Of Smelter Study.
The students Of the School Of Mines /
also have the advantage Of study 4
and observation at the FL Paso Smell I
ter This is the second largest Gus
tom smelter in the world and is fully /
equipped for the most modern meth |
DDS of treating such ores as copper, 4
lead, gold and silver. No other 1
School of Mines has such OppOrtuni- /
ties and facilities for the study OF
The school this fall moved into /
its new quarters, four handsome /
buildings on a site comprising some % /
acres. located on the mesa between /
the Kern Place arch and old Fort /
Bliss. The site is about one and /
half miles from the courthouse and 4
is reached BY two car lines, the Mesa !
OF the Shelter.
The location is admirably adapted /
for the needs Of a School Of Mines.
The land is Of rugged character,
sloping from comparatively level I
ground at the south end, TO good /
sized foothills which enclose a natural
amphitheater, where the athletic fiel5
Of the school viii be placed The ma
ture Of the site viii make possible
a feature thai viii distinguish the
Texas School Mines among all other
mining schools. not only OF the United
States, but Of the world. This fea-
ture is TO be a practice mine on the
campus Of the school In other schools
with practice mines, the mines are
located from five 20 50 miles from
the school campus. The mine here
IS TO be in one Of the hills back of
the school buildings. Its operation
viii give the students most valu-
able experience in the necessary
work attached 10 opening a mine.
as well as in the operative work Of
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