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Show HAS A STItONO MIND. SUPERINTENDENT OP OUR INDIAN IN-DIAN SCHOOLS. XUl TUtrlto n.et of Wyoming- TIM II..I Ilrinarkablo Carrel May Tel Ilo "aofarneas" ot Hrr Adtrtad Mala. ffija ISS EBTELLE JJ HEEL, ot Wyo-VZlj Wyo-VZlj mlng. who wns re-Xj re-Xj cently appointed "MU superintendent of v; CS Indian schools by MVliT President McKln-9viS McKln-9viS ley, hai a penon-tS.'Sjy, penon-tS.'Sjy, allty and a career JvrMt well calculated to sfn&5&' tvo iy ,0 lh8 "" -""" or tbo woman who Is hopeful for tho future of the gentler sex. Miss Itecl Is the kind of a woman voter and a woman reformer to which the equal suffraglit of either sox delight! de-light! to point Pretty, gentle, educated, edu-cated, broad-minded, progreulve, ibe li poiicssed ot a healthy egotism that tandi up for Its own right!, while It li never forgetful of the rights ot oth-en. oth-en. Tho new Indian school superintendent superin-tendent Is flnt ot all able to amply Ml this Important government poet t,h Is an adept educator whoae Ideals are as broad aa tho broadest. Bbo la a Wyoming woman, and la therefore an advocate of equal lultrage. Bbo Is a practical and theoretical politician who hai been superintendent of Instruction In her own state. This enterprising and progressive woman li Just thlrty-ono yeans old. She hu lived In Wyoming nearly twelve years, and her Influence has been felt In tho politics of the state. It must bo remembered that woman luffrage li no bltarre Idea In tho upland country where the brreiea blow fresh and men are mora honert than they are In the eastern cities and at low clovatlons. In Wyoming a woman li regarded as cap- nblo ot being aa aenilble, aa wise and aa learned m n man. The Idea ot woman'a equality may be said to be organic or-ganic there. That li why MIn Iteel li to widely admired and why ihe hu to much Influence That fact, too, explains ex-plains why the pcoplo .of Wyoming fiavo seriously considered Jllsi Iteet for rovcrnor. Two jrars ago she had a croud boom for nomination for governor gover-nor of Wyoming. That Is to say, her friends then tald plans for her noml-latlon noml-latlon during tho approaching fall. In I89A Mlu Keel wai Ineligible for tho ;osltion ot governor ot Wyoming. Tbo fovernor must be ot least thirty, and at that time Mlsa Itecl waa only twenty-tine. twenty-tine. 8he haa now tho ago qualification qualifica-tion and her friends believe she has all tho other qualifications as well. Hut Miss Iteol herself takes a icnilble view of tho matter. She disclaims the ability abili-ty to as ably manago the attain ot a stato as tho best man that Wyoming can find. Bho lays alio daea not desire to bo the governor. According to her, tho women of Wjomli.g, who poll half tho vote of the state, by the way, will be latlsfled with one of tbo six italo ofdees for soma time to come. That Is the office of state superintendent of education. The aim thus far In Wyoming Wyo-ming has been to placo tho educational affairs ot tho state aa much as ponlble In tho handi of women. A woman la at tho head of oach ot the county lyitemt and almost all the ichool principal! are women. Mlu Iteol says that Wyoming women will develop Into state affairs slowly or rapidly, but that tbey hare no desire to forco the growth. Mis Iteel prepared henelt for tho profession of an educator In the acboola ot Chicago, ot St, Louis and ot lloston, Sho did no little work In that line In Chicago before going woat tn grow up with the country. She began her career ca-reer In Cheyenne as a teacher In ono of the public schools there, and her talent brought hrr rapidly to tho top. She was promoted first to be superintendent superin-tendent of Instruction for Laramie county the most Important undernoil-Hon undernoil-Hon of Its kind In the Btate. I'or four yeari she filled that position admirably. Then she was mado atnte superintendent, superintend-ent, and now sho Is given the highly Important post ot superintendent of Indian In-dian schools. In her capacity as superintendent super-intendent of Instruction for Wyoming Miss Reel has held the ex officio position posi-tion of secretary of the state board of cbarltlta. The duties of thli board are to conserve tho itate charltablo a: penal Institutions. She has alio served ex cHela secretary -af the s'.iit land board, which his charge ot the (rants of land mads to the state by congress. Mlsi Heel hai been very active In the mitttr of thta land, and hai fathered iviral plans tor Its utilisation. As secretary sec-retary and register of the board ahe naa dUtrlbuted several hundred! ot thoiimdi of dollan, received aa not from public lands, among the educa-tleml educa-tleml and charitable Institutions of the tatc Such hai been tho public life of the new Indian school superintendent. It U a ecrtilnty that the) Institutions will profit by contact with hr active mind aad her largo semo of duty. She wilt ihako things about wherever sho W. and If there la anything wrong with the Indian schools she wilt eek out the cause and will never reit until the evil shall havo been remedied. ; MISS E8TELLA ItEEL. " |