Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-06
j. N. NJ. NEEDSA
NUMBER Of NEW
BUILDINGS NOW
President David S. Hill An
nounCeS That Institution
Must Have Library, Me.
mortal and Others EdificeS
BY President David s. Hill.


The welfare of the state univer-
sity is one of concern to the people
of the whole state of New Mexico,
for the institution is serving ably
the citizens of the whole state In
the labor of preparing for leader
ship chosen young men and women
Of ability, During the past fifteen
months the state university of New
Mexico has not only improved it's
courses of study. greatly strength
ened its faculty. eliminated all pre-
paratory students and paid all of
| its outstanding debts with a good
cash balance at the end. but the
university has also completed the
erection of two new buildings and
has paid for the same, There re-
mains room for improvement, but
the state university now appeals
for support upon the basis of pres
ent academic and financial effic-
ency. The Institution will rapidly
retrograde if it fails of adequate
financial support,
Home Economics Building.
The new home economics build
ing was erected mainly by the gifts
of citizens and friends of Albuduer-
que who donated in cash S10,S71.76
in addition 70 the $4,000 subscribed
by Hon. Joshua Reynolds for equip
II ent. The building and equipment
cost altogether about $4,000. 1t
will be dedicated to the women and
children of the whole state of New
Mexico. This excellent new build
ing Is practically finished and will
entail no debt.
New Engineering Building,
Facilities for civil, electrical and
mechanical engineering have been
enlarged by the completion of the
new engineering building, This
building was completed during last
year and cost about $4,000. Like
the home economics building it is
entirely paid for. 1t contains rooms
for metal work. wood work, draw
ing, mathematics. shop. store
rooms, etc. and the equipment has
been installed. The electrical en-
cheering department. with It's con-
crete bases. switch panels. meters,
plate condensers, motors and dyn-
amos, reminds one of a modern
industrial plant.
The enrolment in engineering is
steadily increasing from a begin
ming of less than twenty students
two years ago, until the present en-
rollment of sixty men since Sep |
TENDER of the present academic
year,
Library and Memorial Hall.
The library of the state unlver- /
- g nt A "a
contains $4,000 bound volumes and /
1900 pamphlets. Although the !
library IS cared for scientifically by |
highly trained librarian. never /
theless 1t is crowded beyond COM
fort and this most valuable Collec- /
ton Of books and documents In the
state of New Mexico is IN grave |
danger of loss from fire, owing to +
the inflammable nature of the old
building and rooms.
1t is obvious that a paramount
need of the state of New Mexico Is
to provide suitable facilities for the
care and use of this most valuable |
collections of books in the whole |
state, a collection which probably |
could not be replaced today for a |
quarter of a million dollars.
1t is thought that the new library |
should be erected in conjunction |
with a memorial hall and audito-
rum, erected in memory of the |
soldiers of New Mexico who have |
served in the armies of the nation.
The hall would contain priceless
trophies and precious mementoes
of our brave dead. and the audito-
rum would be in the constant |
service of citizens and students
from over the whole state. The
sum of $4,000 is moderate
amount to be requested for this
great cause.
New Dorimtory.
The men and women students OF
the university who reside on the
campus find the present dormi-
tories which were erected many
years ago when the institution was
in its infancy. entirely Inadequate.
The institution must now depend
largely upon the cooperation of
fraternity houses for the housing |
of students from outside of Albu-
auerque. Some of the present
are simply small frame
buildings which should be removed
from the campus. We believe that
one modern dormitory newly erect
ed for women would enable us to
use both of the dormitories now
used respectively for men and for
women, only for men. thus nearly
doubling our facilities. The dorm
tories at this writing are nearly
self supporting from the fees OF
students, and by drawing a larger
number of students to the campus
The average overhead would be re-
1uced while at the same time we
would enlarge our facilities for
to the needs of larger
groups of students who have com
pleted the work of the high school