The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-29

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enuinmenf and efficiency 20 that
AZ she afent Carlyle Indian school;
A domestic ~scIence building; follow.
inr most modern lines Of training and a
model Of home architecture and equip
ment, and a two.story frame cottage for
employees.
These arc the new buildings which
have been added TO the already large
plant Of the Albuquerque United States
Indian trimming school during the past
twelve months. They are complete and
In full operation,
In addition the walls are rising for
the new auditorium and gymnasium
building, n model building Of lie kind,
which wilt be complete and ready for
service when the school resumes It's
work next September. This building fof
which the government made an appro.
priation OF 125, 900, when complete, will
fepresent an actnnl Investment Of not
/ less than slO. 1000, for the boys Of the
school supplv window frames, doors.
carpenter work and metal ceilings,
| while freight on the high grade Kansas
| brick being used, Il paid by O special
f.! Indian department fund. The building
will be Are proof and one Of the most
efficient Of is kind Ia the west.
Superintendent Reuben Perry has felt
the need Of this building almost since he
took charge Of the school seven years
ago when its marvellous advance In
school population and educational Ell.
cheney began. lie has been forced 70
struggle along with an assembly hail
which bnd seating capacity for only 800,
while his school enrolment now is $50
students. He also has had need for the
gymnasium which occupies a little more
than half Of the new building. The old
assembly room will be cut up into class.
rooms during the summer. The class
re ,mn also are needed for the growing
school. Glass work now is being done
in rooms set aside temporarily Ia the
new machine shops building and In the
dormitoriea.
The Albuquerque Indian school is
growing with a real. material growth
that can be measured by the naked eye.
IL Is growing nc the same time in eli.
cheney, In the character Of practical
training IL gives o. Indian boys aud In
dian girls, and the success OF It's train
ing and Of lie methods are seen not only
In the work being turned out from the
machite shops, the tailor shops, the hnr
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happy faces of tho more than -four hun.
drcd students and in the perfect
smoothness which il the first gripping
impression one gets Of the big institu
tion. There u no hurry, no confusion
no waste. no tag ends ia sight, or In eN'
istence. There Is spotlcss cleanliness
The buildings, old and now are Up IL
shape, to the last touch Of the paint
brush; the grounds are smooth and grasl
covered and attractive, with here ant
there a touch of color in a flower bed.
The school hospital, a model building
is empty.
Get that. The, school hospital is no
only empty, but IL has been empty 70
the greater part-of the past school year
That Is something 10 think about in
school Of more than four hundred boy
and girls whose early surroundings "a
the very best, have not been exactl.
models Of sanitation and health. Tn
, only thing going IN in the school hos
pital IL a busy dental office, whore
government dentist for the past nine o
ten weeks has bcen fixing up the tectl
Of Indian children big and little, whe
this man gets through there viii not b
u cavity W a single one ~ the four hun
: drcd and thirty mouths,
4 Superintendent Perry gives credit ia
his empty hospital chiefly 10 his oui
. door gymnasium. There is out-doo
, equipment for both the boys aud girl
l The equipment for the girls has onl
y been IN use "A year. Mr.. Perry says IN
percentage Of sick girls has material
. decreased since they began doing stunt
ON the horizontal bars and chuting III