Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-29
SEASON
IS BEST YEAR IN
j. N. NJ. HISTORY
School Has Largest Enroll
ment, Best Equipment
and Administration of Its
Annals.

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Annals.
With the total enrolment great
err than that of any previous
season and the general equip
ment on the campus in a high
state of efficiency, the academic
year of 1922 at the state uni
versity has thus far been more
successful than any other in the
history of the school.
During the semester which end
ed on Saturday there were en-
rolled 242 college students in adj
dition to 95 adult specials en-
rolled in these extension classes.
English literature, home econom-
les and mental and educational
tests, on Monday, January 80,
1922, the enrolment for the Sec
ond semester will begin promptly
at S:45 a. m. During the latter
part OF last year the enrolment
during the second semester eX-
ceeded that for the preceding first
semester-a reversal of the old
custom which provided for a near
exodus during the second semester.
1t is not known what will be
the registration during February,
but no falling off is expected.
Registration of students in
courses indicates a wide range
of interest, as there have been
strong classes in mathematics,
English literature, biology, chemis-
try physics. geology, business ad-
ministration, economics, history,
home economics, hygiene, physical
education, civil engineering, cleo
trical engineering, practical me-
Chanics, music and library science
and art.
AS a special assignment at the
end of the recent course in polit-
iCal science each student brought
in a term paper having as its sub
ject some special activity of the
state of New Mexico. For example,
state board of education, state
tax commission, state beard Of
land commissioners, state highway
commission, state b BOARD of
health, cattle sanitary board,
child's welfare board. state peni-
Tertiary. sheep sanitary board, re-
form school, museum of New
Mexico, institute for the blind,
school of mines, military institute,
insane asylum, school for the
deaf and dumb, normal school,
normal university, university Of
New Mexico, Spanish American
normal school, college of agriCul-
ture, state board of pharmacy,
state board of water commission
ers, state board of accOuntanCy,
state board Of optometry, state
board of chiropractic, natural re-
sources commission, state bound
airy commission, Carey land act
board, governor, secretary Of
state, attorney general, auditor
educational auditor, corporation
commission, travelling auditor
commissioner of public lands,
state bank examiner, game and
fish warden, adjutant general
mine inspector, miners hospital
state board of bar examiners.
Further serious efforts of au-
thorship have been made by Dean
Eyre of the Engineering college,
Professor Ellis in geology, Profess
sor Taught in psychology, Profess
sor Coan in history, by President
Hill, and Mr.. Sadillo Of the board
Of regents.
Professor Ellis, who Is state
geologist as we'll as professor Of
geology in the university, has just
completed a study of the geology
of the Sandia mountains which will
be printed in due form by the uni
versity.
Dean Eyres book on Engineer
ing is in course of preparation by
the Macmillan company Of New
York. Professor Haughts Mono
graph on the Psychology of Learn
ing will be published by the Re-
view company of Philadelphia
upon recommendation of President
Angel Of Yale university, Profess
sor Coan has recently published a
study on the First Stage Of the
Federal Indian Policy in the Pacif-
ic Northwest. Mr.. Scdillo, q mem
Der of the board of regents and a
local attorney. has recently pub
lished in Spanish, monograph of |
SO pages bearing upon the func- !
lions and ritual Of fraternal insur-
ance orders. President Hill has |
been asked to prepare a revised
edition Of his work recently pub |
lished by the Macmillan company
Under authorization of the board |
- regents and Treasurer ]. A.
kCidy, Miss Josephine S. Parsons |
has prepared the manuscript of |
the annual financial report of the
The report is extreme
ly satisfactory, setting forth in de-
tail all expenditures and receipts |
Of the institution during the past .
fiscal year The institution is out |
of debt, and its physical properties |
have markedly improved during |
theing the present administration .
owing to the policy Of efficiency |
and to the receipt of many gifts |
from public minded citizens. Dur
ing the past year many persons |
have contributed generously to the
including Messrs. Josh
ua Reynolds, George A. Kaseman,
Arthur Prayer, Albert Simms,
Frank Strong, Frank Mindlin, Col
George E. Breeze, and Mrs. Jacob
Korber.
"The State University Of New
Mexico, established in 1882" said
President D. S. Hill, us the natural
head of the educational system of
the state, a system that includes
the university, the college of agri-
culture and mechanic arts, the
school of mines, the three normal
schools, the military institute. the
special institutions. and our ele-
mentary and secondary schools.
1.-THE history of the state univcr-
sity is familiar to residents of New
Mexico. Following the world war
there came a period of crisis in the
affairs of the state university. in
problems of debt, replace