History and government of New Mexico . Administration Building, New Mexico School of Mines the Goss Military Institute in the town of Roswell. InFebruary, 1893, the legislature adopted Colonel Gosssschool as the New Mexico Military Institute. Otherwisethere was no connection between the two schools; forwhen the Goss Military Institute closed and its facultyscattered in 1896, there were still no funds available for thenew Territorial institution. In September, 1898, it openedits doors. The enrollment of a hundred that year wasmiscellaneous in character, including several girls. During EDUCATION
History and government of New Mexico . Administration Building, New Mexico School of Mines the Goss Military Institute in the town of Roswell. InFebruary, 1893, the legislature adopted Colonel Gosssschool as the New Mexico Military Institute. Otherwisethere was no connection between the two schools; forwhen the Goss Military Institute closed and its facultyscattered in 1896, there were still no funds available for thenew Territorial institution. In September, 1898, it openedits doors. The enrollment of a hundred that year wasmiscellaneous in character, including several girls. During EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1850 231 that first year, however, the Institute found itself; and atthe opening of the second year it went on to a strict militaryschool basis, requiring all students to live in the institu-. • New Mm Military Institute tion and remain at all times under school regulationsand military discipline — the first experiment of the kindwest of the Mississippi River. It succeeded from thebeginning. 232 THE HISTORY OE NEW MEXICO The Institute was first recognized by the United Statesgovernment in 1909, when it was one of only six militaryschools in the country placed in the distinguished list ofthe War Department. It is now rated as one of the honormilitary schools of the United States. 274. The Normal Schools. — The same month (Feb-ruary, 1893) m which the Military Institute was createdthe legislature passed another act creating two normalschools to be located at Silver City and Las Vegas. TheSilver City institution opened its first session in the Presbyte-rian church in September, 1894, but had no building of itsown until 1896. The Las Vegas normal was not openeduntil October, 1898; and before the close of its first yearits ambitious president, Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, conceive
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