Arizona republican., 1913-05-22

reciting in concert. the we'll known
and ever popular Village Black
smith
The walls of the school rooms We're
decorated with the artistic efforts
! of the pupils of the schools, with the
| grade numbers above the work for
| designation purposes. This work is
! not done under the supervision of
! q special teacher is the case in
/ many of the American schools of the
| same size, but is done under the
advice of the regular teachers. The
| grades of work are kept as nearly
| as possible even with corresponding
grades in the public schools of the
state, there however the comparison
J stops, for it is rarely that such eX-
| cellent work is turned out of the
| white schools, except in especially
favored localities, as decorates the
walls of the Indian School building
| i'll Phoenix, done by the native Am
| orleans.
The map drawing and color work
We're especially good some of the
| maps being of regular line as
/ to almost look like printed affairs
| In one of the rooms an Indian girl
was taking a lesson the piano,
| playing a march with a great deal
| of spirit and correctness.
| Manual Training
Possibly the manual training de
| partment of the school attracted
more attention than any other In
| the girls section known domestic
arts, visitors We're shown the cooking
/ school, with tn girls making dough-
| nuts, crullers and cakes, with as much
| guSto and success as the students of
domestic science classes anywhere
| else. The sewing and fancy work
| room was source of delight for
| both men and women. The Indian
| girls make handsome yarn rugs for
| the rooms and cottages connected
with the school. do fancy work and
| lace with deXterity. Two especially
| fine pieces were black and white
| yarn rug of wonderful softness and
| attractiveness made by Juana Valen-
| zuela, of Leh: and splendid center
| piece made on heavy drab linen en-
| broidered by Elva Littlechief a De-
| laware Indian girl from Oklahoma
| who is in the Phoenix school be-
| cause of its climatic advantages.
| The school and house dresses of
| the girls in the schools are all made
by the sewing classes. Girls We're
| seen al work cutting out patterns
| while still others were at work on
sewing machines over in the laun-
| dry classes were busy running heavy
mangles on flat work. with others
| using hand irons on fancy work.
| while boys attended to the machinery
| of the laundry.
The Shop Work
| Many q man with a mechanical
| bent stopped longer than ore would
have thought a trained a mechanic,
would have been Interested while
| looking at the shop work of the
boys. There was the harness and
| shoe shop where the boys make sim
gle and double harness for heavy
| team work and light driving, mend
| the shoes of the boys and girls of
| the school and do other leather work.
BOYS were working in the paint shop.
plumbing in the carpenter shop.
| wheelWright shop blacksmith shop.
ice factory. machine shop boiler
| house. and pump rooms
handsome farm wagon stood at
| the rear of the blacksmith shop made
entirely by the boys in the manual
| training department of the school
| The steel and iron in the wagon was
made and fitted every bit by them
| and the wagon is as easy a running
vehicle as ever came from a wagon
| works. The boys are taught every
| detail of the carefully guarded science
I of wheel making. Carriage painting
| is also of the arts taught care
| fully. There is a farm in connec-
| ton with the school where all the
vegetables for the tables are raised
In this work both the boys and the
girls take particular pride.
The Print Shop
| thorough print shop is kept at
| the school where the boys are taught
| the art made famous by Gutenberg
and his followers. A monthly paper
is published, all the work being done
| by the students. All the programs
and other bulletins for the school
| are turned out from the press of
| the Native American, the name of the
! publication.
The Military Drill
After all the students had par
! taken of an early supper, the drill
call was sounded by the buglers of
| the corps and both boys and girls
| formed in companies marching to the
| parade ground for the military ex-
| erc1ses. First came the battalion
| drill of four companies of boys with
out arms. Major Grinstead of the
! National Guard who is the command
1 ant, commanded the corps while the
| individual companies were in charge
| of the native officers For fifteen
| minutes the battalion n1anouvered
| skillfully over the ground under the
| searching eyes of the military men
| gathered to inspect the work, and