Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-14
UNIVERSITY HEAD
OUTLINES PLANS
FOR INSTITUTION
At k|WAN|S CLUB
Makes Appeal for Erection onI
Campus of Memorial Build
ing in Honor of New MexicoI
Soldiers and Sailors.
ADVISES DEPARTMENT
OF LAW BE ESTABLISHED
Lieutenant Governor Gives al
Talk and is Elected Honor
ary Member; H, H, Chapman
Makes Interesting Address,

Makes Interesting Address
DR.. David s. Hill, the newly electe'
president of the state university, mad
his initial address in the state to tn
| members and guests of the Kiwani
| club at its weekly luncheon yesterday
| Dr. Hill outlined what universit!
| versity, from his brief survey of II
should be conducted, and made an ap
peal for the erection on the university
grounds of memorial building TO the
| New Mexico soldiers and sailors fol
the housing of the books of the IL
brary and for an auditorium, so mucf
! needed. DR.. Hill said in addition tC
the new department of hygiene which
is to be opened, there should be es'
tablished at once first class schoo
of commerce and a law school. Fol
the two latter named departments
funds are lacking.
DR.. Hill was welcomed by Pierce
Rodey in the nanme of the Kiwanis
club. Mr.. Rodey spoke of the fact
that the university was established
through a bill introduced by his faith
er, Judge Bernard S. Rodey in the
territorial assembly 80 years ago. He
gave brief and humorous sketch OF
how the institutions were parcelled
out, the university coming to Albu-
querque, the insane hospital to Las
Vegas and the penitentiary to San
ia Fe.
One of the hits of the luncheon was
the brief talk of Acting Governor
Pankey, who referred to Mr.. Rodey
statement by saying that Santa Fe has
sent a large number of it's boys and
girls to the university at Albuquerque
and that Albuquerque has sent large
number of it's citizens to the peniten-
tiary at Santa Fe. Governor Pankey
was elected an honorary member of
the club.
One of the most interesting ad-
dresses ever heard at the club was
that of H, H. Chapman, who soon goes
to teach forestry at Yale university,
in which he made a scientific COM
parison between the cancer and Boil
shevism.
Wallace Hesselden won the atten-
dance prize, a baby bond given by
Attorney George c. Taylor.
DIR. Hill Is Eloquent.
When called upon by the president
of the club, DR. Eller, President Hill
introduced his subject by paying an
eloquent tribute to the Spanish pio-
neers and Christian missionaries who
penetrated, the deserts and the un-
known wilderness.
These early adventures" said DIR.
Hill, were the forerunners of a vast
human sea of immigration. Their
successors are the modern men com
ing with railroads, warehouses, stores,
factories and the public school sys-
TEN.
''Our visible achievements-rail
roads, machinery, edifices-are mag
nificent; but greater than these things
is the spirit of man. Education is the
important undertaking of the world,
because by it we change human be-
ings and provide for the human bet
terment of succeeding generations"
Dr.. Hill deplored the fact that so
much controversy RACES about the So
called "ams of education Some
say. acquisition of knowledge is the
aim,' he said, "others that 1t is cul-
ture, still others that the true end
of education is development, or that
it is perfection. or perhaps utility and
bread and butter.
General Aims of Education.
'All these ends need sane empha-
sis," said the speaker, "but a good
way of stating the true general aim of
education is fourfold. Public educa-
tion undertakes to change young peo-
pie as they pass through the school of
lows: "a To become individuals able
IN hnnact 1ixyfrasr IN
sound views of their own. CD To
have abundant health. (S) Not to
interfere with the legitimate enjoy
make some contribution to the sum
ism.
This kind of general aim in edu-
cation can make happier and more
efficient the life of any man, be he
laborer or capitalist, skilled worker or
professional man. provided his occu-
patton is well adapted to his capacity.
There is no single cure for social un-
rest-for Bolshevism, for the poison
of Nietzshe--but universal, free ed
ucation is our hope, Kindergarten,
primary, elementary, high and normal
schools, and the university-each of
tneSe mas slSHiilcdHt part 10 play. l
After this introduction, President
Hill proceeded to discuss his subjectl
under three topics: CI) The purposes
of a state university. (2) The right |
conduct or management of univer-
sity. (S) Preliminary view of the
needs of the University of New Mex
leo.
These were defined as including:
(a) The transmission to succeeding |
of the accumulated
science and best ideals of
the past. This, said DR.. Hill, "is
done by instruction, practice and writ
ing.
"(b) Promotion of research. This
means penetration to the frontier of
and going beyond. Chemis-
try has made possible modern indus
try. Physics yields us steam. gas and
electrical machinery. Biology has
disease, such as smallpox,
diphtheria. Psychology yields
1ew help In the prevention and treat
ment of mental disorders, as we'll as
IN the analysis of men.
(c) Articulating life and the school.
Extension service. as at Wisconsin, as
4 Minneapolis. indianapolis, Cleve-
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