History and government of New Mexico . 272. The School of Mines. — Along with the Agri-cultural College and the University was created the Schoolof Mines to be located at Socorro. Its first building wascompleted in 1892, though the necessary equipment andfunds for actually opening the school were not availableuntil September, 1895. It nad twenty-three students anda faculty of five the first year. Like the Agricultural College and the University, theSchool of Mines was starting on a long period of slow 230 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO growth. Its location in a rich mining region has furnishedthe n
History and government of New Mexico . 272. The School of Mines. — Along with the Agri-cultural College and the University was created the Schoolof Mines to be located at Socorro. Its first building wascompleted in 1892, though the necessary equipment andfunds for actually opening the school were not availableuntil September, 1895. It nad twenty-three students anda faculty of five the first year. Like the Agricultural College and the University, theSchool of Mines was starting on a long period of slow 230 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO growth. Its location in a rich mining region has furnishedthe necessary contact with the mining industry for thedevelopment of the proper attitude toward mining problemsand for securing experience in the practice of miningengineering. 273. The Military Institute. — In the fall of 1891Colonel Robert S. Goss opened a private school known as. 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-
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