New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-12
INDIAN EDUCATION.


SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNB'l
p@ OCEAN GROVE, N. j., Aug. 11.-What ocean
n do in the way Of audiences was
Grove last night when not less than five
Ila'N, reonle filed the auditorium The occasion
=. dve formal welcome TO missionary teacners ana
w" from the South. The address OF welcome was
pS p.v Charles H. Fowler, LII d., OF New'iorH'
.opary secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Oniun
narel the Northern preachers aud teachers IN tne
nc no. the end OF the civil war to the martyrs oil the
oo" 80 zvbom they were not surpassed In zeal
pas naer,nc nor equalled in intellgence' ho-
nsve addresses were maze py INC "ef'
u Allen d. D., secretary OF the rresoy-
.ar,on Freedmeu's Committee; PROFESSOR aansoury,
,onal Superintendent Of the American Missionary
,a,,on and the Rev. John Braden, d. d. OF Ten
An interesting feature OF the meeting was music
~ hross hand of ten Indian boys from the Carnsie
1,uno School They played credi'aoy ana 70 '"e sa'
.,otIon Of the neutrality-suspicious. name mere 10 ies'o"
no varmed about the platform and formed an AMI
mated fringe along its edge In his h'ense e"s"0'' W
re-, close view of the live Indians -,
60, an,o,noement that the artesian well OF
oooor Grove Camp-Meeting Association mad
struck water dnring the day was Apr opria'eV see
NV singing Praise God from whom all dressings now
T,ot this meeting held till after III ociock' anu ""'
drawn ont TO a rather tedious length, iu''nei epa'
,zad what cannot fail to impress itse gu one In
s'1ou .t oss,ous OF the National Educational AS
h,y that an attempt is made 10 do too much IN
zoo sborta time Three sessions daily are good oea
of a good thing, but when each one
~ these session has enough on tine programme
o,srlv 70 occupy the time of three meetings, II 10
e.. an The endurance of the ardent friend OF edu-
At O'Clock this morning still iourtn session was
.sded 70 the regular three for the purpose OF DONG
further honor missionary teachers aad preachers
at which great number OF Driet ana Interesting p"o
cal experiences were given.
IA al of AZ
.Tbe American Indian Problem" General T. ]. Morgan,
prucipal of the State Normal School at Potsdam, NJ
presided Some people have an idea." he sad' tnat
the chief end of American is to get INTO Congress-
We can't all go Congress, tsuch gathering as TINS is
the real Congress- all come together
euss questions affecting National progress and improve
mentp The Indian boys occupying seats on the plat
FORM played THE Sweet By and By" During the rest
of the session, except when called on 10 pay
sone of them comfortably dozed while eloquent
addresses being made for their race
acme of them stared stocay at nothing, and two or
three adolescent youths fingered their chns and upper
lips in search OF possible hsute developments with The
same patient esgerness that Is displayed by
of the same age They all showed sufficient ANIMATION
however when the chairman spoke OF them as "these
savages"
Welsh of Philadelphia corresponding secretary of the
Indian Rights Assoc aon and of tho late Minister
to England He has recently visited the Sioux OF the
Northwest and he entertaining story OF what ne
saw. He advocated the payment oy the
United this 70 he devoted to their
cation common schools light power within them.
selves 10 become men and thereby elevate them to
P %ys Wn'r' '''' Will cease " '' ~ ''
VIEWS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Aleer was read from the Secretary OF the Interior In
which he said: II think it may be assumed that 1t has
been fully demonstrated that the Indian be educated
II the Indian mind largely blank it readily takes the
impressions sought to be stamped on It, whether the les
sons are intellectual physical His moral perceptions
ara not as sensitive his mental The number OF sue.
eessul Indian schools under the control OF the In
terror Department, the almost universal demand that
eomes M from Indians all the country for such
sehoo facilities is most encouraging 10 the friends OF
Indian education. q sufficient number OF manualabor
schools can be established give to each youth the adj
vantages OF from five years OF schooling the
next generation will nothing Of this difficult prob
lem and we may leave the Indian 10 care for himself
Daals NJ lawrence Kansas; Genoa Nebras
sa and Cbocco' Indian Territory; all TO be
conducted ON the plan OF those al ,b osr ,hssa
schools viii provide for the education of about GOO or
700 children About $50 will ne placed IN manua-soof
White children of their own age. There will be in all
the msnual-abor schools about 2,4O4 chdren anu AZ
about 81 making total in school OF 6.255 cut OF
school population OF nearly 10000 Inc NUMBER OF
children that may be put aDuaabor schools Is linn
ited only by the provision made for their support II
Congress Will increase the appropriation FOR tnat pnr
pose Department will find no difficulty in securing
lie attendance Of the children II We put . per cent
Indian youths in school, aud return them al tue
end Of three or four years to the TRIBE ney wiz DC
able withstand the evil influences that surround the'
aud they viii make 10 Impression on teeif aedtnens1
viii educate 80 or 40 per cent Of the children, tue
minority With their superior knowledge having eaougd Ia
associates 10 form their own society," VIII conquer anu
subdue the greater number OF ignorant youths Inc
tine has come when this work eau 0e well and cneap'
Apaper was read by Mrs. Amelia s. QulntOn. General
Secretary OF the National Indian Association, on
voman's work for the Indians practical Results Of
Indian Education, was the subject or paper oy o. N,
Schools. which was largely devoted 70 hgures and
statistics Of The InGisn sehoos THe whoe IgeeT %
we're at Carlisle. Hampton ana foies. - 0rGso
framing Schools: S6e9 sttensea KeserVaS o2
schools, these being exclusive OF the New;Yorx
and I'VE tribes There are now 20 boarding - o
about 5000 pupils and the latter about $500 making
Carlisle ssfO Forest e ToS AND II the
at0ta capacity for about 1920 pupils. IN inc yen
years. from 1872 TO 1892 IL is estimated that the cost OF
Indian hostities military protection against tine
Indians was 264 So or an annual expense OF
II. <. Carroll. Of The Ne,0. York Independent, read
iorcibe paper The determination Of the savases
Ine present method OF physical externinaton' ne
Thought, leaves the stain OF oood;gutiness Cd our
nsnds; but he favored an OF the ssvager
o. the savage. BE had sometimes Thought u woud
have been better for Indians If they had been born
On an Island in the Pacific Ocean. for then they WOuo
nsse been Christlanzed and civilized Dy MISSIONARY
<nyIl long
Jhe most interesting feature Of the morning was q
ofiei address by Joshua ii. Given. Kowa Indlan
ouin Here IL his speech, he reported II himseH ior
TIE TRIBUNE:
VI all the blessings which God Las given TO man
nere not one necessary TO bis happiness as educa
capitalization mean in its best sense. CHRISTIAN
seueallon Without IT, what is mani splendid save, a
ssasonable savage. Without II, what IL this wotld III
winch he lyesi dark and desOlate cavern without
VET or wealth or ornament without II, what IL lne
ssvhusu0n OF mani lie lives life little above the wlld
ss which are is prey. His dwelling places are the
ssDA'ons OF cruelty But light the torch OF kn0~
Qfeaf no fran
ho Snacape lives the earth uDfods her treasures ana
e heavens uurol their wonders and all nature rises re-
sso pIore him. Cruelty aud Expressing ntng before
~, dVrcn OF knowledge Educate aud they rise 10
VIC ognity Of noble manhood"