Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-08-31
IS DOING
GOOD WORK
Spends $50, 900 Annually to Sup
port Mission Schools in New
Mexico and Arizona.
i'm CHARGE OF DR.. CRAIG
The Presbyterian Teachers Institute
Has an Especially Interesting
Program for the Day.

Today's session of the Presbyterian
Teachers institute was one of espe
cial interest and the. program contain
ed many features that were particu
larly enjoyable. The program for the
day was as follows:
Devotional Exercises, Rev. Gabino
Rendon; Primary Number Work, Miss
Olinda Meeker; How to Secure Pune
tuality and Regularity in Attendance
Miss A. Brengle; Teaching Forms
Miss Alice Hyson. Recess. How to
Interest the Boys While the Girls Are
In til Sewing Glass, Miss Alice Blake;
Physiegnomy-Chi Study, Prof Hen
ri Deschamps Noon How to HOLD
Our leupils When They Are DESTROYS
of Leading a New Life and Theil
Parents Are Not in Sympathy With
The-l, Miss Alice Blake; David and
Goliath, DR.. H. c. Thomson; How tc
Teach Drawing in Primary Glasses,
Miss Bertha Little; Method of Teach
ing Spelling to Beginners, Miss R,
Meeker. Recess. Geographical Ma.
ture Study, Miss Elizabeth Craig; Re.
vival of So, Rev. Gabino Rendon;
Physiognomy, Prof. Henri Deschamps.
There are few, other than those in
close touch with the Presbyterian
mission schools, who are familiar
with the work or cognizant OF it's ex-
tent. 1t should be remembered that
the Presbyterian Boara of Home Mis-
sions spends over $4,000 annually in
the support of these schools and for
tie furthering of the work in the ter
v:tories of New Mexico and Arizona
there are schools located at various
roints all through the territories and
III. 3se are about forty teachers engag
ed Y The whole work is under the di
II ,tion OF Rev. Robert NJ. Craig, the
Y +qss,,dicfa missionary and suporintand
entF oi the Presbyterian schools in
New Mexico and Arizona. Mr. Craig
was born in Oxford county, Ontario
Canada. His collegiate course he
completed in Toronto university, and
his theological studies in Knox col
lege in 1883. The same year he was
licensed by the Presbytery of Huron
and also "a rather unusual circum-
stance) was ordained to the ministry
that same year by the Presbytery OF
Whitby and began his rastorate Of six
years in the church at Dunbarton, On
tario. The six succeeding years he
was pastor of the Presbyterian
Church OF Fergus, Ontario. While
there he was secretary of the board
of education, and also member of the
senate of Knox college.
In 1895 he retired from the Queens
dominions and came to New Mexico.
For two years he was pastor of the
First Church in Santa Fe. and for one
year he was the chaplain of the leg
islature. Since 1897 he has been
Synodical Missionary. A large num-
Der of new churches have been or
ganized, and are now enjoying regular
services in their own neat edifices
that owe much of their prosperity to
his fostering care. Many fourishing
schools have been in the same way
brought. into successful operation by
his unwearied exertions. He has made
an heroic effort todouble the capacity
of manual schools and handsome new
10000 building is now in progress of
erection at Albuquerque.
The work in this city is under the
direction of Miss M. Bertha Leading
ham. Miss Leadingham is native of
New York State, having been born at
Hammond, and after completing her
course in the New York State Nor
NAL and Training school, taught in
the schools of New York City. Later
she took course in the Washington
kindergarten and Primary school at
Washington, D. c.. and then spent one
year in work among the Indians at
Talequah. Last September she en-
tered the field of mission work in
New Mexico and was stationed at
Embudo Last April she succeeded
Miss M. L. Allison as superintendent
M the Allison school in this city. Her
success has been marked and under
her efficient management there is no
doubt that the work in this city will
progress most rapidly.
The Allison school is an institution
for the education of girls and for their
instruction in the domestic arts. The
buildings have undergone thorough
and with the re-arrange-
ment made during the past summer,
there will be accommodations for
some eighty pupils. The faculty con-
sists Of eight teachers who with their
departments are: Miss O.
Meeker. principal; Miss Harriet
Woodward, primary department; Miss
Bessie Read, music; Miss A. Brengle,
matron; Miss Emma Brown, coolsing,
and Miss M. Morrow, laundress. The
saamstress will be appointed later on.
The. Allison school with It's executive