Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-05-07
SCHOOLS Of n. N.
TREATED RATHER
PARsIMON|OUSLY
Universities and Colleges Here
Fare Poorly as Compared
With Higher Institutions of
Learning Elsewhere,

Santa Fe. May 6.-rhe United
States Bureau of Education has just
issued its annual bulletin giving sta
tistics of state universities and state
colleges. The significance of the fig
ures to New Mexico, lies in the fact
that New Mexico, compared with 9TH
er states, treats its state institutions
rather parsim oniollsly and as a conse~
aence cannot sa ~ the same kind
of a fine showing that other states
are doing in higher education.
While the state of Washington, for
instance. pays the president of it's uni
versity $4,000 a year, and California
and Illinois $12 900 year, New Mex
leo pays only $4,000 year. These
higher priced university presidents
have a residence furnished them be-
sides. Other states paying $4,000 or
more a year are: Iowa, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York and
Ohio. Deans are paid as high as
$4,000 a year elsewhere but in New
Mexico the maximum is $2,100 and
thus all along the line of professors
associate professors, assistant profess
sors, adjunt professors, instructors, as
sistants, tutors, executive secretaries,
directors, etc.
The university of New Mexico is
credited with a faculty of "a. State
College 40 and School of Mines 8. The
university of Arizona has faculty of
ga, University Of California 727, Him
ois 794, Cornell 1913. Texas 201, This
tagging behind of New Mexico is also
reflected, naturally, in the enrolment
The University of New Mexico is cred
tied with an enrolment of 245, State
College 230, School of Mines 10. while
the University of Arizona has Az,
California 7,249, Colorado 1898, Him
ois 5,0S7, Michigan 5,932, Minnesota
6.140, Wisconsin 1926, and that de-
spite the fact that other states have
universities and colleges in large num-
bers while New Mexico has meme out
side of the state Institutions
The University Of New Mexico is
credited with an annual income of
s122.269 from all sources but only
$SS, 1872 comes from direct state ap-
preparation. state Collge has an an
nual income Of $2S0,525 of which
$142,601 is by direct state appropria-
ton. The School of Mines has an an
nual income of S45,653 The Universi-
tv of Arizona has an annual income Of
$511,072: California $3,732,9S6, Him
ois s3,075, 400 The value of buildings
and grounds of the University of New
Mexico are given as s235,035; of the
School of Mines $50, 900 and State Col
lege $4,000. The value of libraries
and equipment is placed at $57.295
for the university, $22,731 for the
School of Mines, 100000 for State
College.
The last-named has 1923 volumes
in its library the School of Mines
2,200, University of New Mexico 49,
900. On the other hand the Universi-
ty of California has buildings valued
at s11,00,s91 and 376,953 volumes in
its library. The University of Arizona
buildings, grounds, library and equip
ment are valued at more than a mill
lion dollars.
twenty-five of the state universities
and colleges listed have each buildings
valued from a million to more than
eleven million dollars. Sixteen of the
state libraries have each from 100 900
20 almost 100000 volumes New Mex
leo, therefore. has long way to 20
vet. before it's state institutions can
claim to be as well provided for by
legislative Iiberality as are those of
any of the other states.