The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-07
Our Educational
Investment

fNltuit I4NNNINM FtfNNf'4
In connection With tie CAM
paign 90 raise money fut a new
building for the inieersify. it has
occurred TO mo that there ia an
argument why citizens d the COM
munity should be wiilint 40 COM
tribute a. this % citlyrna
are willing 20 pay q county or To-
gtl lax Tor tht support Of focal
schools. Since they have a uni-
veralty near hy and ATE saved the
expense OF maintaining their
children in college away from
home, ihcy ought 10 be- willing TO
tax Themselves 10 support that
university which b. near az Hand,
which they o. now asked 10 dc.
The argument 90 the Siatf
which ought to have weight b.
this. The Smie Is paving $4,000
0nn q year Tor the maintenance
Of public schools. which means
tfat the State pays around $50
"a Veat for each pupil 10 a pupil
continues Through high school,
III. state VII hIyn $500 iryefttd
iu him. if he goes out % The
state FOR his colieer work, "a Is
not likely that ne will return to
the state. There are ut least
1000 New McNico students att
NtnuinN fNliftN hNtHihN NA INV
state. That means that the State
stands 10 Jose 100000 which ID
has Invested in these Young poO-
pie. Besides the loss in money.
the State loses also these YOURS
intelligent people. which is much
serious. because no state
possesses any resources which are
in any way comparable 20 itH in
ttlligcut citizens. Ia addition To-
this $500. 900 these 1000 students
attending Institutions outside OF
the state this year are taking out
OF the Stute and spending out OF
the state. $500 20 81. 900 n piece "a
total OF $500 900 to 100000.
II also happens that tho State
has not seen nt u provide inst,-
buttons whore students can secure
instruction In ans subject on "a
plane comparable 90 what they
can secure elsewhere. Many stu
dents who attend the higher in-
stltutions OF the state remain
there for only two years and then
so elsewhere, because thrN can
not md instruction in the sub
jocts they are intcrcst-i in. or
ma that facilities are lacking M
those fields IN which they g. in
ter,Hted. This means that in
These cases the state loses n still
larger Investment for or Che aV-
oruge IL costs the State $500 %
wear FOR each student in the high
~ educational Institutions. OF
the 1000 New MeNico Young pcn-
pie who are now attending coz
ieres Boz other states. probably 100
have had two years college work
iu Nsw Mexico, at Il cost of $780,
600 10 the STATE. which should be
added % the $500 600 mentioned
above invested m education
which resulted In an almost total
LOSS. The writer waa giNpn tn
understand that several years ago
the number OF New Mexico
young people who were attend
ing colleges outside OF state was
1000. IL Is doubtless greater
now. Figure b up for yourself.
ON any basis YOU please. and you
xiii mud that the State is LOSING
"a staggering sum. That sum. d
applied to lettering the higher
educational Institutions uf the
state. would go a long way To-
wards putting an end ~ this loss,
After all the loss tn Homcy can
be calculated more or less exact
ly. hut the loss in human resourc-
es can not be figured
l.. n. MiTCHEl
State Of Ohio. City of Toledo. L.uc
frank j. cheney malses oath thar he
senior partner Of the nrm q = J Cher
a Co, doing business In thu city Of
ledo. County and State aforesaid and q
said nrm Will pay the sum OF ONE Hu
nRED DOLLARS for any case Of cota'
that cannot be cured by. the use
4 CHENEY