Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-26

ready doing company and battalion
work. On last SUNDAY the regular
Sunday afternoon battalion parade
was held to the east of the flag pole
The band, while not being up to
standard, was able to play the neces-
sary marches and to play the Star
Spangled Banner while the flag was
being lowered. Sunday parade and
lowering of the national colors is one
of the principal events of the week,
not alone at the institute but for
Roswell. There are hundreds of WIS.,
TORS on the campus each Sunday
afternoon ready to join with the ca
dets IN standing at attention and sa-
luting the Stars and Stripes as they
are lowered from the flag pole while
the band plays the national air.
Fine Glass of Lads.
The cadets in attendance for this
session are fine class of lads. They
come from every part of the state and
a number from distant states. There
are quite a few in the school from
California, Illinois. Missouri, and OF
course from the surrounding states
The personnel of the student body is
considered most excellent, the
students being representatives CT
the very best families.
The faculty this year is especially
strong. Letters have been received
from the dean of the University Of
Texas and the University of Ohio CON
graduating the institute upon its
faculty and its coure of study. All of
the teachers who have been added this
session are men of high rank in the
educational world.
The institute has been in the state
of erecting buildings ever since it was
first opened. Before the close of this
session the group of buildings on the
institute campus will represent COM
pleted unit of seven handsome build
ings. 1t will be possible to MAINTAIN
the school for number of years with
the present plant. OF course. other
buildings will be needed. but 1t Will
not be necessary to strain point for
their erection. 1t is therefore the
avowed intention of those in author
ity to devote all time and energy for
the next few years to raising the gen.
eral efficiency of the school, to add
ing to the faculty the best material
available, creating new departments
of study when needed, and to fur
nishing all necessary and available
equipment, III ldIN, lllS pam 10 W AioNS
the New Mexico Military institute a
model schSol in every respect 1t is
already a model school so far as its
buildings and its plant is concerned;
it is also a model school to some eX-
tent in regard to its military and aca-
demic work. but in both of these de-
partments it is always possible to
strengthen and to improve. This is
where the energy of those interested
in the future of the institute is to be
henceforth directed.
School Has Fine Plant.
Although the institute has complet-
ed, but twenty-one years of its exist
ence, it has a plant now which in many
respects is greater and grander than
any of the old and long established
schools. BY the end of the present
session, with the addition of the two
buildings under construction. its plant
will not be surpassed by any school
in the United States. Last year was
added the big handsome mess hall and
ust before the close of the session the
Antonio Luna Memorial building,
which was donated by Capt. Bronson
NJ Cutting, was opened to cadets.
Now by the help of Governor LARA
colo and the members of the state leg:
islature the institute is erecting a
handsome hospital and a large and
well equipped administration building
These two buildings are well on to
completion and will be in service
within short while.