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Title: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: United States Department of the Interior
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een diplomas of graduation in the regularcourses and many certificates of satisfactory work in the more lim-ited courses of study. The standard of work has risen steadily, and thefacilities for the study of the liberal arts and sciences are being con-tinually increased to meet the growing demands of the community.Material development has kept pace with internal growth, and theuniversity, with its commodious buildings and growing apparatus andlibrary, can now offer better facilities for study and scientific researchthan ever before, embracing a wide variety of subjects taught by spe-cialists in every branch. The officers of the university are, Hon. William B. Ghilders, presi-dent; Mr. Frank W. Clancy, secretary and treasurer. The board ofregents is made up as follows: Governor Miguel A. Otero, ex officio;Hon. Placido Sandoval, superintendent of public instruction, ex officio;Mr. Frank W. Clancy, Hon. E. S. Stover, Hon. William B. Childers,Hon. Henry L. WTaldo, and James H. Wroth, M. D.
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TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. 395 There are three departments, the academic, commercial, and normal,the latter having been organized with the special view of trainingcompetent teachers for the public schools. Admission to the academiccourse is either upon a certificate from some other school of acknowl-edged thoroughness or upon examination in English, history, geography,and arithmetic. During the past year the board of regents built a substantial gymna-sium and equipped it with the best apparatus obtainable. The resultsi training in this line have been closely noted and have proved satis-factory in every respect. Good board can be obtained in Albuquerque for $20 per month. Atthe present time the university has no work at its command for stu-dents, but a number of students have found congenial employmentabout the city from which they have been able to defray a large portionof their expenses. During the coming year a special effort will bemade to assist students who so desire, to fi

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