Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-24
u. s. INDIAN SCHOOL
Where the Ideas Of the Rising Alb
original Generation Are Taught
How to Shoot.
GREAT PROGRESS MADE
Pupils Quick to Learn-New Buildings
Projected That Will Run the Value
of the Plant Up to $4,000.

Projected That Will Run the Value
of the Plant Up to $4,000.
The U. S. Indian school that for the
last eight years has been located near
this city has now reached a point of
development that promises to bring 1t
out more prominently and %favorably
| than ever before in the public view,
| wherein it will stand as Il strong object
lesson showing how the Indian can be
fashioned over into a good and useful
citizen. The Santa Fe Indian school
is of course not as large as Carlisle,
where between 900 and 1000 Indian
children are being taught to forget the
blanket and the G string, but there is
good, solid work being done here. profit
able work too; and under the new vigOr-
Gus and capable superintendent, Profess
sor A.. Fl. Viets, of Ohio, the school ad-
ministratlon is being made more sys-
tematic, more successful and more pro-
ductive of good results than ever.
A New MEXICAN reporter called at
the school recently and gave the insti-
tuition d looking over. The school plant
is located on a reservation of 106 acres,
| situated just beyond the p~enitentiary,
two miles from the postoffice, the ground
having been donated by the city of
Santa Fe in 1889. An act of congress
was passed in 1889 providing for an In
dian school at this point, and the active
work of organization began presently
through the Interior department.
The first building was up and occu-
pied by October, 1890, and other build
ings were added later as means became
available until the present value of the
plant is $4,000 or over. But Superin-
tendent Viets has improvements under
way and in prospect which will increase
the total valuation to 1925 900.
The grounds arc kept in attractive
condition, the farm of ten acres is un-
der a high state of cultivation, and the
entire premises have the air of thrift
and neatness that speaks we'll for the
new management. The view from the
reservation is very fine, and the climate,
of course, to correspond.
The main and Oldest building Is a two
story brick structure in front Of and
near the entrance. The central part Is
40 it. wide and 200 TT. long, with two
wings each 1873 TT. long and 80 it. wide.
Within the building is included an Office
Is X 30 it,, dining room 40 X So it,, a
kitchen 40 x 20 it,, three school rooms,
two 40 X IS it,, two assembly rooms 40
IT,, square for boys and girls, a spacious
,,rr;lon fSun bath rnnnc nnn in oonh
wing, a play room 40 IT. square, private
quarters of the superintendent, including
a suit of rooms 40 TT. square, matron's
quarters including two rooms IA TT.
square each, and a reception room Is x
80 TT. The office and reception rooms
are we'll equipped and furnished, and
there are also eight suites OF rooms OF
the same size as the matron's for en-
ployes. An attached wing contains a
large bakery equipped with a brick
oven, and in the second story of this
addition Is a IL x 40 it. dormitory.
There is no local record of the cost OF
this large building, but the superinten-
dent thinks the total must have been
about $26,
The next building is the one used as
quarters for employees. 1t Is of brick
and two stories, in form like a Z, and
contains 16 suites of rooms, a suite in
this case meaning a room with an alcove.
There are also a dining room, kitchen
store room and bath rooms. This
structure was built in 1894, and is 80 x
Ga it. as to the stem of the 4, with
wings on each side 80 TT. square. The
cost must have been s $4,000. The
laundry is a two story brick, 40 #,
square, and the main part was built in
1890; but a n story addition has been
made this year at a cost of 81, 100. This
establishment is well equipped with
regular steam laundry machinery sc
that good laundry work can be and is
done there. The hospital was erected
this year.. 1t is a well kept two story
brick, containing eight wards and
convenient bath rooms, with %commodious
dining room, KITCHEN and dispensary
the latter being well furnished with the
needed remedies, medicines, appliance!
etc. The wards are 12 20 tt. each
the general size of the building approx
mating 40 X so it,, and the cost mus
have been 80, 200.
The barns, blacksmith shop, carpent
err shop and several other minor build
ings were put up In 1890 and are alto
xether too small for the work required
of them. Superintendent Vets pro
%inclose these departments in a larg'
trades building to cost $4,000 which
will be built next summer. There is
store building or commissary, 24x4l
, TT. which cost $1,000. 1t Is one stor.