Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
A City Where These Important Institu-
tiOns are Fostered and Encour-
aged-The Public Schools.

The citizens of Albuquerque have al
ways maintained excellent schools both
public and private in their midst, but
only few weeks ago they began to feel
the necessity of going as far as the law
allows them in the establishment of pub
lie schools and as result bonds have
been voted for the erection of a $4,000
public school building in each of the city's
four wards. With these and the other
public and private educational institutions
Albuquerque will be able to boast that the
city has "a school house for every fifty
children in town." Indeed this is already
proclaimed as the truth and the people OF
the city are very proud of it.
The city schools are under the charge
of Prof Chas. f. Hodgin, man of grand
worth, thoroughly in love with his pro-
fessicu and who, perhaps, has done as
much as any other one individual to
stimulate and shape the educational pol
icy of this city and county. Prof. Hodgin
has just opened the city public schools
with the following list of teachers
High School-Mlss Matte M. Winslow,
principal; assistant, Miss Fitch.
Grammar Grades-Misses Benbow and
Cooper.
intermediate Grades-Mr. Ludlum and
Miss Baird.
Second Pnmary-Misses Sloan and
Calldwalader.
Primary-Misses Douglass, Van Slyck,
Hatch and Case.
The salaries paid are, to the superin-
tendent, 81 800 per annum; to the teach
ers, SIS per month.
THE ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY,
whose handsome building is elsewhere
pictured in these columns, has proven a
phenomenal success and worked wonders
toward raising the standard of education
in New Mexico. 1t is under the control
OF the New West Educational commission
and the moving spirit in its success is
DR.. g. E. Wlnslow, president of the local
board. The instructors are ten in num-
Der at the head Of which stands Prof.
q. Byron smith, late Of Princeton.
Ill. The enrolment of scholars last
term was AS. Two OF the faculty devote
their time to teaching Mexican children,
and a branch school in the southern part
of the city is now being built for the
SPECIAL use OF these children.
The academy building is an ornament
to the architectural beauty of Albuquer-
que.
The high basement walls, with windows
entirely out of ground, are made of light
colored sandstone, and enclose two large
school rooms, furnace, and room for gym
naslum. The rest of the structure is OF
brick.
The second floor has four good school
rooms with cloak rooms and hall. The
third story has an auditorium 40x50 feet,
into which can be opened by Venitsn
blinds, classroom 25x41; an Office
1lxl4, room for library 20x26, a ward
robe, and hallway. The finishing is
California red wood. The building is we'll
lighted aud ventilated, is heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. The building
occupies beautiful site, which commands
a view of the valley for Gfteen miles
around. 1t is located upon lots which
were donated by citizens of Albuquerque
and its cost was $25 900.
There are also in successful operation
in the city number of other important
private schools and colleges, among them
the Methodist college, the Loretto acad