Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-11-13

/ 10 hem ! refer YOU Tor information
Of the amounts TO which you viii
necessarily be confined 10 making
the required appropriations.
/ Besides the regular annuitIes iol
General, School, Orphan, alis, in
sane Asylum purposes. amounting
in the aggregate to S142, 26.26, the
following sums have been raised
by direct taxation:
Prom permits 70 laborrrs and other
collections BY Clerks ------------S y, x -
From tax on merrhazdise- ------------ ~ -
- q e.. stone-coal. --.------------ o. -
=. = ceAertiors by sherins Sis sssi
/ For af-orneys' licenses .------------- - -
/ Prom Chcrokee AaTOcafe. - - -
Total tax ee-s ofss- -.....-.----..- .sIs.7G g
From lease Of lands west OF
Arkansas River for grazing pur-
poses IO0.0O0.O0.-TOtal from this
sourcelsI50, ,OO0.0O.
The entire annual income Of the
Nation from all sources Is thus
found to be the sum Of S30S, l93. 80.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The excellent law, passed by your
! Honorable Bodies last year, which
provides for the publication of the
Annual RepOr.s of the different
officers dispenses with the neces-
sity Of detailed statements of Ma
tionsl expenditures from this De-
pa-tment. l refer yOu to the ex-
plicit report of the Board of Edu-
cation for information of expendi-
lures of the School Fund aPprOpria-
ted last year
The Educatioaaf Board gives the number
ofpupiis attending The Male Seminary
Present term mas-------.---- --.---.-------- -
At FEEALE SEMINARY
ATTHE ORPHAN ASYLUM
Last term -------.-- -r--------------------- ls2
Present term -----.------- lse
ne Aggregate Hfsendanee st all ths
ETimnry Schools wsss last tenn 1.l-s
Susnher of rs,.il- In ATTENDANCE upon All
ofthe Natiannl schools The past yea--- s,is7
These figures show an increased
attendance at our public schools,
and an interest in the subject Of
education on the part of parents
that Is fun Of promise for the future.
As the highest and best interests
of our people rest In the wise and
iudicious instruction of their child
rem. / need not hesitate to urge mp
on YOU the adoption Of any new
measure, OF modification Of exist
ing plans, that may seem adapted
10 the improvement OF our existing
system
There is an evident deficiency
in any system Of training youth
which requires 4 boy or girl TO GO
to school until grown, and then re-
turn them to their homes less pre-
pared for home duties, or 10 obtain
livelihood, d,-Outside Of the one
notwithstanding.
Such Is the system now practiced
at the High Schools. II Is good as
FAR as It goes. It teaches the use
of the brain, but not the use Of the
hands. The system needs such an
improvement as VIII fit young men
and women for the active realities
Of life after they have left school,
and are compelled to find profitable
occupations in order TO get a living.
The larger portion Of the inmates
Of the Seminaries viii be dependant
upon their personal exertions for
the means Of respectable existence
in after life, and there is no place
where applied knowledge can be
more satisfactorily impaired than
at these schools. | do not recon-
mend that they be converted into
manual labor schools, as such
schools are commonly supposed to
be conducted, but that a small
portion Of the time of each pupil
be under suitable instruction, and
with proper facilities, devoted to
practical housekeeping farming
and mechanism
Girls should be taught designing,
cutting, fitting, dress making, the
details Of cooking, and general
housekeeping.
Work shops aEd an experimental
farm should be some of the appii-
ances OF instruction at the Male
Seminary.
Neither the shops nor the farm
need be expensive. Al least n
beginning might be msde IN these
directions, and, 1t wisely ordered
and conducted, there can be no
doubt that the results would show
the excellence of this proposed I'M
/ prOvement upon the present system
Of education.
The Primary Department of the
High Schools should be maintained
with becoming regard for the class
Of persons for whose benefit they
were established-thOse who arc
really needy
CLAIMS or CITIZENSHIP.
One Of the most difficult and dis
turbing questions before you Is thS
intrusion of persons claiming to b,
citizens, upon our lands east Of So
/ The Nation has long c0ntended
that all questions affecting her
citizenship are clearly within hel
Jurisdiction as guaranteed by treaty
The authorities of the Unite,
States claim the right to be assures
that a claimant Is not a citizen, be
fore proceeding to remove him n
On intruder, and carry this princi
pie SC Tar as t5 grant certificate
Of night 10 the privileges c. oltlzea