New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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carb of cRe5enfs HERNANDEZ, STARR, WILLIAMS, BURSUM, NIEDLER The success oT any college is dependenT upon iTs admin- isTraTion. New Mexico STaTe College has been exTremely TorTunaTe in having a Board oT Regs-nTs who mainTain an acTive and consTanT inTeresT in iTs welTare. Dan Williams, as PresidenT oT The Board, is an able execu- Tive who has Tirelessly given many hours oT his personal Time in building a greaTer STaTe College. WiTh Tive years oT service on The Board, Mr. Williams has served longer Than any oTher presenT member. M. P. Hernandez oT La Mesa holds The oTTice oT secreTary and Treasurer. The oTher acTive members are Mrs. Holm O. DAN W,W1.LL1AM5 Bursum, Sr., oT Socorro, ArThur STarr oT HaTch, and Judge E. L. Medler oT HoT Springs. Mr. Hernandez, Mrs. Bursum, and Judge Medler have been members oT The Board Tor Tour years. Mr. STarr, who succeeded R. P. PorTer oT Las Cruces, has served Two years. Ex-oTTicio members are The Honorable Clyde Tingley, Governor oT New Mexico, and H. R. Rodgers, STaTe SuperinTendenT oT Public lnsTrucTion. All Board members are appoinTed by The Governor. Members oT The Board oT RegenTs This year have successTully overcome Tinancial handicaps To conTinue a progressive improvemenT program. ProiecTs ThaT They have underTalcen include The com- pleTion oT The engineering annex, The consTrucTion oT The Teed conTrol building and The canTeen, The erecTion oT a waTer sTandpipe, The consTrucTion OT new sidewalks, The compleTe remodeling oT The heaTing sysTem, and The renovaTion oT The irrigaTion sysTem. STudenTs were iubilanT This spring when The RegenTs made arrangemenTs Tor The building oT a new gymnasium which is expecTed To accomodaTe 2,000 specTaTors aT baslceTball games.