Mohave County miner., 1895-04-27
Herbert Welsh Institute.

last week the editor accompanied by
bis son and Miss Minnie Sawyer visited
old Fort Mohave, where is DOW situated
the Herpert Welsh Institute, one of the
best conducted Indian schools in the
west. The school is located on a high
bluff overlooking the murkey waters OF
the turbulent Colorado OF the west.
The view from the school grounds is
grand one. Up and down, following the
sinuous course of the river can be eeen
stretches Of green for miles and miles,
while rising away from the river, east
and west, can be seen the cragged and
castellated peaks OF Dead mountain and
the Black range standing out in varie-
gated colors.
The school occupies the grounds once
presided over as military post. The old
barracks have been converted into
sleeping apartments, ETC., for the schol-
ars. New buildings have also been erect
ed, among which is two story building.
The ground floor of this building il Gu,
up into two school roome, large assem-.
bly, room and an Office for the principal.
On the upper floor is two dormitories for
the female scholars. The beds in these
dormitories show the great care bestowed
in teaching the children that cleanliness
is next to godliness. as everything is as
neat as wax, as the saying goes.
The different departments Of the school
are presided over by the following able
corps Of teachers: j II. Flynn. princi-
pal; s. w. Pugh, intermediate; Miss
Lucy Stilwell, primary; Miss Culton,
kindergarten. Each OF these teachers
have had to pass civil service exami.
nation far more rigid than our common
school teachers undergo. Besides the
common school branches there is taught
a number of the industrial trades. A.
B. Ellison, is the farmer of the school,
X. Calkins, industrial teacher; Henry
Schlegel, blacksmith and engineer; Mr..
Graves. clerk Miss Carrie Gross, seam
stress; Charles Porter, carpenter; Will
Stephens, cook. DIR. A. T. Newcomo looks
after the health Of the inhabitants. Mrs.
s. NJ. MCGOWAN is the mstron and
Mesdames s. W. Pugh and j. II. Flynn
are her assistants.
The private residences Of the school
employees are fitted up neatly and com
fortably and they all live in happy con-
tentment. During our stay at the school
we we're shown through the kitchen,
laundry, sewing room, modelling room,
carpenter shop and all places of interest
in and about the grounds visit there
will be a revelation to people who i'm
agine the aboriginal mind il not sus.
ceptiple OF cultivation from an educational
point Of view. The models in clay show
that many Of the children have artistic
qualities that only need developing. II
Is curious fact that the Indian children
surpass the whites in the matter OF pen
manship. They seem TO take to it and
become very proficient.
There are in the school one hundred
and thirty Mobave, four Wsllapai and
fourteen ~hemehueva children.
Wednesday evening the pupils were
congregafed in the assembly room aOd
recitations ani singing WAS the order.
The little ones had their lines com.
mitted perfectly, but their voices failed
them when confronted by 80 many faces.
All the same. they went through their
PARTS credit4bly.
South of the school is sixty acres Of
land in high state OF cultivation All
the vegetables used at the school are
raised on the ranch Water Tor irrigation
purposes is pumped from a well on the
river bank near the school and carried
in bitches to the ranch. A ten inch,
double cylinder Smith & Vale pump is
used.
Our thanks are due Mrs s. NJ Nc.
Cowan and the school faculty for the
generous treatment we received while in
Mohave City,