Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-23
ORDINATIONS At
i. S. |. S. TODAY
Glass Of 1913 Contains Two
Pima Indian Men Who
Will Receive Diplomas
Tonight Duty and To
day Are Ours

The last day OF the school year at
the United States Indian school closes
tonight with the presentation of diplo-
mas to the two graduates of the
! school, and the address by Hon. Levi
| ChuhbOck of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, who is one
of the farming experts of the county.
For the especial convenience and
| delight of the visitors the graduate
| exercises Will be held in the open air
| in front of the Employees club. Here
| Col NJ. l.. Door, inspector of the
| United States Indian service, who is
| located at Los Angeles, will present
| the diplomas; Mrs. NJ. l.. Dorr, who
| is an accomplished vocalist, Will sing
| Il number of songs, adding greatly to
| the occasion and Mr.. Chubbock will
! Illustrate his address on Indian Farm
| ing
The graduating class, composed OF
and John Enos. have chosen for their
| class motto Duty and Today Are
| Ours" and the friends of these two
young men have been all week prepar
! ing appropriate signs which will be
| strung around the campus bearing the
motto of the class. The young men
! who graduate are we'll Versod in ag-
riculture, manual arts. and have an
! English education equal to that given
by the high schools. They are well
equipped to do battle in the world
for their daily bread.
In leaving the school, the grad
yates will leave about seven hundred
OF their fellow native Americans in
the school going through the same
courses that have ended in the grad
|
ed States Indian school at Phoenix
is the second largest in the country,
and has been equally successful with
the Carlisle school in Pennsylvania
which is the only school that eX
ceeds il in attendance. Much of the
| success of the school is due to the
fact that the majority OF students are
Maricopa and Pima Indians, VINO nave
! always been regarded as an aSri-
cultural. peaceful class-Indians su-
perior in intelligence and Industrious
ness However, there are Apaches.
Zunis, Papagoes, Yumas, MohaVes
and Navajos at the school, and TO
all outward appearance under the
slliIlful tuition through which they
are going they will be no whit behind
their fellows in skillfulness and abil-
itv when they graduate. 1t is the
| ann Oh the SCiiOpl - give the li1tie'il7s
both boys and girls, a practical, work
aday education, and from appear
ances success is GROWING the effort.
The following is a complete list OF
the officers and instructors in the
school. Every one is an expert, and
everyone has passed a civil service
examination to get into the service:
| {. W. Goodman, superintendent;
Jacob Breid assistant superintendent;
William J. oliver, chief clerk; Ernest
r McCray. clerk; Bess NJ. White,
clerk; A Z Marden, physicians; Ed
gar p Grinstead, disciplinarian; Car
roll L. Scott, principal teacher; Gus
sic s Owlsley, teacher; Anna b.
Could, teacher; Mary Y. Rice, teach
er; Anna W. Phelps, teacher; Jane
r Hendrix teacher; Eta ID. CorWin.
teacher: Hattie c. Allen, teacher;
Hannah Mae Carton, teacher; Will
liam "A. Higgins. music teacher; Alma
Kicks, teacher; Elsie Mclaughlin
| teacher.
| Jennie l.. Gather, matrOn; LoueIla
| R Moorehead, assistant matrOn; En-
mira M Fowler, assistant matrOn;
Mildred X Brownlee, assistant ma
iron; Anna c. Billiard, housekeeper;
Pearl NJ Moon, cook; Louisa NJ.
Whittenmyer, nurse; Louise c. Bid
well, nurse; Kate S. Harvey, seam
stress; Nora Smith, camp matron;
| Katherine Keck, teacher domestic
| C1.fIoc Acknowledgement.