Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-24

and Washington state. His wife and
daughter are with him.
F. j. Mccormick, from New York City,
is the clerk. He has been four years in
active service, both in the east and in
Santa Fe and understands his business.
Miss M. l.. Silcott, of Pennsylvania,
/. the lady principal and normal teacher.
She has seen nine years active service
and has proven a most valuable addition
to the staff of the school.
Mrs. A. Fl. Vets has charge of the
high school. Like her husband, the
superintendent, she has seen eight
years Of service in teaching the aborig-
inal idea how TO- shoot, and has made an
excellent name for herself.
The matron is Mrs. Mile R. Hall, of
Ohio, a most excellent woman who has
been three years in the service, her
time having been divided between
Chilocco, o. T., and Santa Fe.
The industrial teacher is w. T. Shell
ton, of North Carolina, and has been four
years in the service in Eastern Cherokee
and in Santa Fe. He seems to be a very
practical man, knows what he wants,
and has the knack of teaching the boys
how to do their work well.
The kindergarten work is in the
charge of Miss Mabel M. Gould, a
charming young woman from New York.
She has been one year in the service. at
Fort Sill and here.
The second primary teacher is Miss
Mary DeSette, of this territory, though
originally coming from Canada. She has
seen 10 years in the Indian teaching
service, nine years having been among
| the Zuni Indians. Miss DeSette is one
| of the most efficient teachers in the SER
| vice.
The music teacher is Miss Ada Craw-
ford, of Indiana, who has seen four
years Indian service in Oklahoma and
Santa Fe. She has found the Indian
mind highly appreciative of the divine
art, and has great hopes of their musical
future.
The assistant matron is Mrs. Sarah
M. Cotton, a thorough worker from Ne
braska, who has been in the service fol-
four years, in Oregon and at Santa Fe,
being at this station for two and a hall
years.
The nurse is Miss Sarah Jeffries, Of
Nebraska. She has been three and a
half years in the Indian service and is
an adept at her work.
The tailor is Charles Becker, Of this
city, who has been four years in the
service.
The seamstress is Mrs Hattie A. Shell,
ton, wife of the industrial teacher. She
has seen four years service.
The %laundress is Mrs Dora Gourlay
of this territory. She has been sever
years in the work, and Is well versed ir
the details of her business.
The cook is Miss Mary Osborn, an
artist in her line, and a bright woman,
She is from Kansas, and has been In the
work since April.
The instructor in blacksmithing Il
Max Bernstein, Of this city, who, how
ever is only temporarily in charge Of his
department.
There are Is Indian employees and in
%structors who are doing good work In
the various branches to which they arc
assigned, which suggests that there Il
no reason why Indians can not become
teachers as well as white folks. The
reporter noticed two of the norma
! grade pupils teaching their younger
copper hued brethren, and they seem tC
take hold in an understanding way,
Two OF the Indian assis .ants are George
E. Crawford, a Seneca, and Hugh
Sousa, the disciplinarian, a Pueblo In
dian.
The school has a good many visitors,
tourists, who never fail to carry off with
them favorable impressions of the insti.
tuition and the capable manner in which
1t is now being conducted. Santa FL
has every reason to take a pride. in its
Indian school.