Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-19

CORVALLIS,
! BIG INSTITUTE FOR NEWPORT
Teachers Of Pacific Coast Indian
Z Schools Meet Aug. 22-27.
The Pacific Coast Indian in
stitnte will be held at Newport
from August z2 to II, inclusive,
and will be under the supervis-
ion of Miss Estelle Reel, superin-
tendent of the Government In
dian schools, and M. F. Holland,
supervisor. The program will
include talks by some of the best
known educators of the country,
and number. of addresses will be
made by prominent orators.
The Chemawa Indian band, one
of the best musical organizations
in the state and one that has been
heard by more people Of Oregon
land admired by all) than any
other similar organization On the
Pacific Coast, will furnish the
music for the occasion.
Miss Reel, who will nave
charge OF the institute, is one OF
the most prominent educators in
the Indian bureau, and one to
whom the schools started and
operated owe a great deal. She
started her educational work in
Wyoming where she taught
school for a time and later was
elected state superintendent. Dur
ing her incumbency. of that posi-
ton she had occasion to cores
pond with the land department
at Washington regarding school
lands due the educational depart
ment of her state, and as she did
not get the satisfaction expected
from the correspondence, Miss
Reel decided to go to Washing
ton and see if she could not do
better by personal visit. She
went, she saw, she conquered.
The land officials who had evaded
her and had followed the old
fashioned red-tape methods in
dealing with her by mail, were
simply annihllated by her breezy,
Western ways, her steadfastness
fof purpose, and drsher ;straightfor.
ward business methods aud when
Ishe made her wants. known il
was in SO plain and decided q
manner that she accomplished all
Ishe had gone for and the little
matter under dispute was ad.
Ijusted in a few days while unde,
ordinary circumstances it woulc
have taken a few years or posi-
bly, decades. This attracted the
attention of the interior depart.
ment to Miss Reel, and when hel
tenn of office had expired in Wy
oming, the Indian department
had a place ready for her. Afte,
earnest efforts on the part Of the
Washington authorities, Mis-:
Reel was induced to accept the
position ,ofthe superintendent ol
Indian achools and she at onc(
began her labors in that depart.
ment. The result has beer
eminently satisfactory to the de-
partment and of vast benefit tt
the schools. Her straightfor'
ward and efficient manner of do
ling business, her demands from
subordinates for better service
her untiring energy and unques
toned integrity have brough
about great change in the edu
cational department of the In
dian service of the Government
and she stands high in the esti
lmation of the officials of th'
bureau. Her presence at th'
institute at Newport will insur'
most efficient work there and I
most successful meeting, and tn
teachers from the different Indial
schools of the Pacific Coast vii
ibe better fitted for their labor
as a result of coming in toucl
with this wonderful woman
whose fame has spread from tn
| Atlantic to the Pacific, and from
the Lake of the Woods to tn
Gu1f of Mexico.
Wonderful Workmanship.