New Mexico Military Institute - Bronco Yearbook (Roswell, NM)

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NEW Mizxico MILITARY INSTITUTE Cad t The furnishings of the cadets' bedrooms are substantial and Quaiters well adapted to their needs. Each student has a first-class single bedstead and mattress and an individual study table provided with a student electric lamp. Each room is provided with two lockers and two chairs. There are no large dormitories where several dozen sleep and live together. Location The New. Mexico Military Institute is situated on Military and Climate Heights In the northern part otxthe city ot -Ixoswell, the county seat ot Uhaves County. 'I he school buildings stand on a mesa 3,700 feet above sea-level and 30 feet above the city. Roswell Roswell. with a population of over 12.000, lies in the beauti- ful and fertile Pecos Valley, which is famous as a health resort. The altitude is great enough to secure pure. invigorating air and not high enough to cause heart and nervous troubles. Many people come here every year to escape the rigor of northern. and the dampness of southern. climates. Pure Air The climate is almost perfect: the air is .pure and dry: the nights and mornings are cool and bracingg the days are warm and bright. Very little snow or rain falls during' the school year. and very few days are cloudy. The cadets play out of doors the year round: they lind but little use for overeoats, except in the evenings. '45 QQ- ff'-. -.4-L -.sl 'I- I'uy11' 'I':rruly-si.:-

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g NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE ., a 41 - 1 Hage an During tl1e year of 1908 there was erected 011 the ll0l'tll0l'll Barracks portion of the campus a sixty-six-room barracks building. the mlm i I f 0111 1913 a tliirty-six-rooln addition was coinplleted. and during Thig ig 111111 o 1.4 another wmg of thirty-slxurooins, tftllllpletlllg' the building. .1 . 16 hut of a number of buildings which liave been arranged for a11d Wlllvll the regents expect to erect witl1i11 a few years. Lea Hall Lea Hall, replacing tl1e old l1all which was destroyed by ' fire in August, 1909, is one of tl1e largest tllld best tLl'1'211lgGCl ?lT2d?lIl.l? buildings i11 the lyest.. lt is three stories high, with basenient under 1.1 Lllltlle building. In this building is a large assen1l1ly.l1all, a ll.lJ1'2ll'y, two dJO1tlt0l'10H, and twentv lecture rooms. In the COHFll'llClIl0ll of this building lllch attention N215 gn en to the lllHit2llltlt1Ol1 of a modern system of V6lllI1lt1t10Il, W ' . ' , , l I . . . lllfh lllhllI0h pine, fresh air 111 the classrooins at all tunes. L - The cheinical lllld physical laboratories are established on been fitted the top floor of Lea Hall. Large: well-lighted rooms have up for these departinents and the facilities for practical work grelltly ill'1p1'oved. A l'0llSld0I'2llJlC Supply of cliemicals and improved appa- ratus has been installed, thus llltllilllg' the subjects of cheniistry and physics aboratorles ill H1018 plactical and mteresting. Classrooms Lea Hall, which is used exclusively for academic purposes, three hun hud 1 supplies tlll tllllllltlilllift! of claesrooin Space to take care of The umuuiw L studente. All the rooms are welllllghted anld thoroly ventllated. - Bement tlllfl C'0llStl'lIf'tl0ll ot this building is considered ldeal for class Zllld laboratory work. pllilf' 7'l01'p1fU.,y,-tu,

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NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE Sunshine Eilefy Day states or in Fruit and Vegetables raising, for which the country is well adapted. It is rarely necessary to omit military exercises on account of the condition of the weather, a fact that gives this school an advantage over all military 2'lCild0llllCS located in northern S0lltl'l6I'Il regions of low elevation. The Pecos Valley is the garden spot of New Mexico. iVater- melons, cantaloupes, apples, and other fruits are raised in great abundance. The chief occupation of the region is stock- Thousands of tons of alfalfa HFS raised each year. The farmers irrigate by means of springs and artesian ll ellsa find thus are independent of the rain supply. Cultured, Law-Abiding People The people of Roswell have come from all parts of the United States. They are cultured, lllClllSl1'l0llS, and law- abiding. There is far less disorder in this town than in the smaller towns located near the great cities of the East. The I ' . . . . eadmg Church denommations are represented here, and cadets are lllVlt0d to q V . . I ttend. The town lll2lllli2llIlS excellent graded schools. Railroad Connection Roswell is on tlIe line of the Pecos Valley Q Northeastern Railroad, a part of the Santa Fe system. which connects with the Texas LQ Pacific at Pecos, Texas, and the Fort iVO1'tll 8: Denver Railroad at Amarillo, Texas. The city is also reached by dw daily automobile line which connects with the Rock Island Railway at QQIITIZOZO, New Mexico. I Medical Examination boys suffering I I WIC 7'Ia,vr'1IIf11-.sm-,.,, All cadets upon entrance are carefully examined by the surgeon of the Institute. It is, therefore, practically iIn- possible for latent diseases to escape prompt attention. or for from serious diseases to gain admission.