What effect did the war have on UNM?

World War I and the Federal Presence in New Mexico. President Wilson's domestic policies have been described as "wartime. Following that the influenza pandemic's impact on daily live throughout the state is considered ... They did so, in Colonel Edward M. House's rationale, to tidy up Mexico's "unruly household.

Many male students left school to go to war. At the start of the war, 70% of male students entering UNM had gone to war. In fact, the entire football team enlisted.