The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-26

has been modernizcd. the grounds
beautificd, the equipment perfected
until II stands today as one Of the
best equipped and most efficient
schools In the whole great United
States Indian service.
The word efficient" IL likely To be
oyerworkcd In this story about the
Indian school. That same thing Of
Efficiency with a capital nc" IL
what stands out all over the big in
stitution. II imprcsscs o at first
glance and u IL the strongest Inn
preston onc carries away. after a
careful inspection of the whole eN-
tcnsve plant. The wheels Rre rum
ming smoothly. rho grounds arr
clean, and we'll cared for and attrac-
tive; the floors aud windows and
ceilings are spotlcss; there IL an at
mosphero 81 cleanliness. OF clean liv-
Ing and clean thinking about tho
place. The faces one sees IN every
hand are bright and smiling and
happy. The school hospital n almost
empty. There isn't n house-fly In
sight. That one fact which the writ
cr demonstrated To his own sntisfac-
ton. struck harder than any other
one thing. In all the whole lnstitu-
tlon with It's 500 Indian pupils. big
aud little. We didn't encounter a sim
glc fly In the whole tour Of inspec-
ton. one wonders " as much could
be said FOR any private house in A.
buuucraue. IL That single fact does
not cntitlc one 10 ovcrwork the word
efficiency" there are plenty of rther
EXCUSES
There were plenty OF other facts
" hich struck hard and rLug the Of
ficiency bell during n trip through
the buildings and grounds. To men
ton them all would be quite impos-
Fible without writing "a book. for this
school is about the biggest single
thing in the way OF an organization
Ia these parts and one doesn't apprc-
ciato fully how big Il really is until
one undertakes 60 get II %cataloRucI
IN ones head or n notebook. Then
the proposition begins 90 assume It's
true proportions.
Think about these things a few
minutes:
Tho government allows o lump sum
OF st67 each for the maintenance and
education per year of 500 Indian boys
and girls az his school The enroll
ment .s now a little over capacity
They use iG0 pounds Of flour out
there every day In making bread.
They use i've thousand pairs ~
shoes ever. year. 10000 pounds of
flour. 10000 pounds of sugar s0,0O
pounds OF beef, 1000 pounds Of NUT
ton. rs. O00 pounds Of DICED fruit. 2.5OO
pounds Of coffee. ~ 900 pounds OF
soRp-notice the consumption of
soap-3.O0O pairs Of socks, $500 worth
Of hats and caps. $500 worth Of no.
tons. $1,000 worth OF boys clothing
And So II goes right on down the
stock of a huge w.iolcsale grocery
and supply house. Every item II la
big figures. Tncy Indicate that our
United States Indian school Is ONE
thing Of a school.
Industrial Education.
The work at the Indian school Is
typical % the soundcst thought in
modern education IN his land OF
practical common school work One
building with eight class rooms SUI
ficcs for the text book work and
probably will continue to do 40 for
several years To come. unless the ga
pacity of the school should be ma
tcrially increased. hut for the kind
OF industrial education which tho
is teaching and will teach sew
cral buildings are required and
are now in course OF construction. The
last Indian appropriation oil pro-
vided for a manual training building
and "a domestic science building. Both
are In course Of construction and Will
bc complete when the school opens
IN September II D. h purpose To-
send every pupil away from the
school equipped TO earn "A living at a
trade. The purpose Is being accom-
plished right along At the risk "t
repetition. the work one By the do
mestic sicenc department, even with
the meagre equipment which has been
available. has been 50 good that there
is an eager demand for the little In
dian girls In Albuquerque households
and not onn who cares to work dur
ing the summer months has any
trouble OF hnding employment. They
are taught plain sewing, plain cook
ing. Housekeeping and cleanliness.
with especial emphasis IN the last.
Their pin-neat dormitories SHOW how
well they are instructed.
The boys are taught any one OF the