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

"
w us ~ Ions that moot of as
have come to take the institution and
its work for granted. and compare
ti,rl, few OF us realize that especially
during the past four OF five years the
school has advanced from a mediocre
institution into one 81 the foremost.
not oniy la the southwest, the land ot
many Indian schools. but iu the whole
~ the United States. ana That II IS
20 regarded by the government uu-
thorities and by leading Indian cdu-
Gators throughout the country.
with an authorized capacity Of
four hundred students. the school IL
caring for more than that mum
bet; aud taring for them with
a horoughness ana an efficiency
which Is altogether pr%alscworthy.
NothinV proves efficiency Ike results.
ana his school Is prepared 40 show
results OF "a most convincing nature.
The school room work has reached a
STANDARD where II has hcon found
necessary 70 add additional grades 90
the work. The students generally Tin
ishing the text book courses before
they have had time t. complete the
manual training and domestic science
courses upon which special and
commendnbio emphasis is laid. This
advance Is due to two causes. the
field branch Of the service IL bringing
the students 10 the school at an ear
lier age, and the work la the school
room has advanced nifty per cent in
intelligent efficiency during the past
half dozen years.
VIA the hne new domestic science
aud manual training buildings now
in course OF construction. ana which
win be completed In tine for the
opeDing OF the school IN september,
these vitality Important departments
will he able 20 add materially to the
t%horoughness Of the excellent work
now being done. Alreadv splendid
results have been shown The large
part OF the work on The buildings
nov being constructed will be- done
by the Indian boys. Doors and win
dows, flooring, etc. viii DE made and
put in by the young Indian carpcn-
tiers one Of the best barns IN Ncw
Mexico stands ON the grounds. 10
rtructcd entirely by the students
Evidence OF their handiwork and
their talent FOR the various trades are
nj hand everywhere about the school.
No better evidence 81 the effective
training iu tdc domestic science de-
partment could bee nskcd than the
fact that every Indian girl who will
take domestic work during the sum
IN Albuquerque and al GOOD wages.
The indian school is not only a
valuable educational asset for tbs
city. but II IL an important CONNER
cial asset as we'll one hundred and
nifty thousand pounds of flour.
ninoty-nvr thousand pounds Of beef.
two Thousand pairs OF shoes md other
food and clothi In proportion are
used annually 10y the four hundred
Under the direction II superin-
tsndent Reuben Perry. the school has
gone ahead with marvellous strides
Nj Perry is the quiet type ~ cxecu-
tive who, without hurry OF excite
moni or noise. knows tho operation
81 every wheel In his organization
whether or not b. doing its WORK
well and n not how 20 make that
work good lie has added building
after building 90 The Institution until
the group az Il now stands r. thor
oughly modern. thoroughly efficient
aud one OF the must imposing groups
of school building, IN the west In
addition Ia the BUILDINGS now under
construction. the Indian department.
has approved othrs buildings econ.
meudcd by Air Perry aud provision
fbr which ia made in the pending In
dian appropriation hili Tine ground,
are being beauuncd the adjoininl
farm made highly productive. an,
best 81 all thc soeihl vandiuons al Tn
school are splendid. The boys an,
girls, biz aHa little. form as happl
ana as contented a community as one
would care 20 see. Their health d
perfect. their surroundings Pheasant
and under These conditions Il rs no
surprising that the results being ob
tanned are splendid and that The Al.
huquerquc school h. cominE 60 be rec.
ognizcd o. one OF the first In th'
HwE..r a.rYsr.