The Roswell Daily Record from Roswell, New Mexico • Page 5

'J DAILY BE00RD" INSTtTOTE HAS HIGH Wtltt U. S. PY AND OVFK fHEiCOWRY Mexico Military institute is a stajte-owned school ef unique distine- It is the only essentially military school in the West in which the Department has established a unit of the Reserve Officers' Corps. Not only has it been designated as a government "Honor" School- since. but its graduates are; admitted without examination to more than two hundred colleges and i purposes was $14,250.00.

universities. Furthermore, students wjao complete its course are-, entitled tp -receive commissions in thet United: 'States Officers' Reserve Corps. tFhe plant and equipment of the completed in 18S8 and New Mexico Military Institute became established and was fortnally opened on "The Hill" on September 1898 with i James G. Meadors, of Tennessee, as Superintendent, and James W. Wilt-j son, of Virginia, as Commandant.

The first annual catalog lists the names of one hundred six students. Tho original appropriation for building! was a "member of the Board of Regents from 1895 to 1898, and from 1900 until this He rPresident of the Board in 1907 and has occupied that petition upon the Board-since that time. J. Phelps White was appointed as a Regent in 1907 and, became the Treasurer of thfe has served continuously upon the Board in that capacity to this date. Hiram M.

Dow, of swell, has been a member" of the Boarrl since 1920 and Secretary since 1923. Mrs. Ciharels M. deBremond, of Rcsw-slI, has also been a member rf the Board 'of Regents since 1920. "Thomas T.Iears, of Portales, appointed to till the vacancy cciu-cd by the death of Mr.

John Poo and has been a Regent 1923. school are quite worthy of the place it, holds among the educational institutions' of the country and present a- rStHkiiig contrast to" the original The Institute was by an act of the legislative assembly of the Territory New Mexico in 1893 and -Was the outgrowth of the Goss Military Academy, established an.d- 'financed by the citizens Rosweli at the Instigation of Captain Joseph Lea. The board appointed' 'to' engineer the project of the Gflss Military Academy consisted of W. S. Cobean, Nathan Jaffa, 15.

A. Ca- hqan, Will Prager, G. A. Richardson, Pat Garrett, John W. Poe, Frank Les- riet and Joseph C.

Lea. Captain Lia, assisted -by the Honorable James F. member of the Territorial legislature, was also largely responsible 'for securing the passage of-the Mil by whicfc Territorial legis-j lature establishea New Mexico Military Institute and provided for its financing. The first building, erected on a forty-acre tract of land donated by James J. and Anna Hagerman, was At the opening of the Institute, John W.

Poe was President of the Board of Regents, Nathan Jaffa, J. 0. Cameron, Joseph C. Lea and Hamilton being the other members. John W.

Poe was President of the Board of Regents from 1896 to 1898, and Secretary from 1912 to the timej of his death, 'July 17, 1923. Joseph C. Lea was a member of the Board of Regents from the first (1893) to the date of his death on February 4, 1904 Nathan Jaffa was President the Poard until 1907, during which time Despite rciny adversities because of dvougbtj ami business 'depressions (he developnie.nl of the schoal has been one of gradual but growth and improvement, under tlie guidance of Mr. Cahoon as President of the Board of Regents and, from 1901 until his deatb in 1922, undei the Superintendency of Colone: James W. Will-son.

The far-sighted genius of these two men as directors and administrators enabled the school to reach it's preseni position of eminence. During the session of 1929-30, the total enrollment was five hundred eighty-nine E. A. Cahoon was Treasurer. E.

A. The gross expenditures, amount to $750,000.00 per. year. A conservative estimate of the present value of the grounds and buildings is 51,200,000.00. The school grounds now consist of one hundred eighty-five acres, twenty of which are used for cavalry -maneuvers, polo fields, parade ground, and the pistol range, The rifle range is located two miles west of the school.

The tree-dotted central campus of sixty-five acres wyh its athletic fields and stately brick buildings of modified academic Gothic make for that dignity -which can be found only an-a well-planned and well-organized architectural rroup. i Hagerman F.irracks, built area and having no" inside halls, provides exceptionally pleasant living quarters for the en- tire cadet "regimenf and a'number bf i resident officers. the present High reeitStion building, is an unusually well arranged academic building. Willson Hall, the uew Junior College building, named in memory of Colonel -tames W. provides conimodious quarters and the -most modern equipment for the junior college "and contains an attractive library.

Headquarters building, while not sacrificing in any way artistic standards, contains the very best.and modern office equipment. It would he hard to imagineAa more perfectly proportioned structure than the Mess Hall. Cahoon Armory and G-ym- named in honor of Mr. -E. A.

Cahoon of Rcswetl, is one of. the most imposing buildings on the campus. Luna Natatorium, erected as a memorial to Antonio J. Luna, Armory 8n and made possible through the gen-1 -way. make erosity of Bronson M.

Cutting ofj Santa Fe, is connected with Cahoon I (Continued on Page 5te) FRENCH'S real hamburger sandwiches. Just south of Post Office. Welcome Cotton Carnival Visitors Hi-Art Cleaners Tailors 103 W. 4th St. Tel.

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