Arizona republican., 1921-11-14
BIC CROWD SEES FIELD EVENTS AT INDIAN MISSION
All-Day Program Shows Work of St. Johns Insti- tuition and Holds Interest of 1000 Visitors

tuition and Holds Interest
 of 2,000 Visitors
 In an all-day program which vis- ualised in most striking manner the varied activities of the institution, St. Johns mission, conducted by the fathers of the Franciscan order on the desert south of Phoenix for the education of the Indian children of thls part of the Southwest presented yesterday to moro than 900 visitors series of entertainments which from 10 o'clock in the morning until sunset h5ld the attention Of every man and woman on the grounds, and proved. as perhaps nothing else could nave done, the worth of the work cf the great school.
 The success of the celebration was due not only to the labors of those who direct tfe institution and are concerned with it's detailed manage ment, but in even a larger measure to the 500 Indian boys and girls. rep resenting a dozen different tribes. who attend the school and who de- voted themselves yesterday to the entertainment Of the missions guests. Carefully trained and drilled, active and alert, anxious to please and will Ing to spend the last of their ener- gies in bringing about the success of the program which had been pre- pared for them, these children made during the day living picture of all the phases of the life they lead under the priests and sisters who are edu- eating thcIn- and every part of the entertainment in which they were concerned was perfect rendition of
 the exhibition, which made up the days wcrk.
 In a. particular measure, however. | credit for the success of the celebra- tion is due to Father Vincent, direc- tor of the school, his assistant priests; the sisters in charge of the girls department; F. F. Sweeney, fi- nancial agent of the mission, who had active direction of the fiesta; Mrs. Sweeney, who was in charge of ticket sales and of various parts of the pro- gram, and c. Rivera, disciplinarian of the school, to whose patience and perseverance since he assumed his duties at the mission the high state of training of the children. including
 the band and the athletes of the mis- sion, is due. To William N. (BrD Thorpe, former football coach of St. 1 Mary's college, Oakland. Calf, is credited the fine showing of the foot ball team. which played an exhibition quarter yesterday. which proved its
 right to be named among the best teams of it's weight in the county.
 Begins in Morning
 The fiesta began about 10 o'clock in the morning, after mass for the early visitors to the grounds had been | celebrated in the mission chapel l When the program started there were only a few visitors on the grounds, 1 but before the first section of it had
 ended a steady stream of automo- | piles was pouring between the mis- sion gates and at noon it was evident
 that every epectatioxn of the direc-
 tors of the fiesta was to be ex- ceeded.
 At l o'clock fin the afternoon Gov.
 Thomas E. Campbell, accompanied by | Mrs. Campbell and a number of friends, arrived at the mission. He
 was met by a reception committee
 consisting of S. J. Nicholson. post
 master of Phoenix; A. l. Korrick of Korrick's department store: Hugh fCassidy, cashier of the Commercial National bank; Ado1ph Tribolet. I. L..
 Johnson, James J. Wesley, Walter S. Geenan and MT. Mcintyre. which re-
 ceived him at the mission gates and
 escorted him, after the mission band had played the "Star Spangled Ban-
 ner," to the refractories of the school.
 where he and his party partook of the barbecue which had been pro- vided for the visitors. The cildren of
 the mission, 500 strong, had eaten their dinner earlier in the day, one of the sights of the days program hay ing been the boys and girls busy in I the three big dining rooms.
 When the barbecue. which proved exceptionally tasty, had been served resumed. The first number was a
 to all the visitors, the program was concert by St. Johns Mission band.
 which had led the children of the school in the Armistice day parade in Phoenix and which was a large con-
 tributing factor toward the succesS of the children in winning the first prize in the school division. When the band concert was ended the cadet company of the mission ranch. under
 the direction of E. l.. McDevitt, fore
 man Of the ranch, went through a skilIfully executed series of evolu- tions. Several other drills were put on by the children, and then the foot | ball team trotted onto the field to play an exhibition quarter against a team of football players picked from
 the crowd. The speed and football knowledge of Thorpe's Indians. as they were called, was shown in their making three touchdowns and kick II inc three perfect goals in 10 minutes. Review Big Feature
 A horse race was then run while the boys and girls were preparing H for the review, and soon after the
 ponies had pounded across the line,
 the review itself, which proved to be
 the finest part of the program, was
 started. The children of the mission
 the boys in khaki uniforms and
 leggings, the girls in middy uniforms
 of white and blue-were lined on the
 football field opposite the reviewing : stand, which was occupied by Gov ernor Campbell, Mrs. Campbell, the
 members of his family and the of ficials of the mission. At signal
 inc band marched down the field, and the regulation army guard mount in
 which F. L. McDevitt, foreman Of the mission ranch, acted as first ieuten- ant: J. r. Duran, disciplinarian of the Phoenix Indian school, acted as sergeant, and c. D. Rivera, discip- linarian of the St. Johns school, act ed as adjutant, was presented with the same detail and care IS 1t would be at an army post. When this part of the review had been finished, the children, led by the band, paraded in front of the re- viewing stand, where each company was saluted by Governor Campbell and then, after a short series of exer- cises and marches, the children formed in close formation near the stand, with the band and the Ameri- ran colors and the flag of the mis-