St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-19
Prof. Kiehle's Report.

Prof D. l.. Kiehle, superintendent of state
instruction, arrived home at his rooms in the
state capitol, yesterday, from the great educa-
tional gathering at Madison where, he informed
GLOBE representative, there were fully 5000
people in attendance, and where the papers read;
discussions had and exhibits made of school
work from all over the country
were not only grandly interesting
but that the latter were wonderful in their
abundance, size and variety. He thought the
most interesting themes of the gathering were
those OF industrial education OF the negro and the
blind. OF the former the Fisk University, of
Tennessee, the University OF Atlanta, and
the Carlisle school of Hampton, were fully
represented by their teachers and exhibit
of their pupils work. In the exhibit
of school worn from the university of
Atlanta he examined some of the finest designing
and written examinations in grammar Latin and
Greek he ever saw in his life. The Wednesday
evenings address was made by negro and for
its good sense, embodiment of sound thought and
eloquent delivery it was pronounced by all to be
the most interesting one delivered before the as
ISOLATION. This negro handled the matter of
civil rights, social equality and all such theoreti-
cal matters something unworthy the thoughts
or attention of tho colored people. The negro
would attain his full rights in every
community he said when he had something that
the white folks wanted and that was to be gained
for him by education. and for this purpose he
wanted teachers ard schools for his race, instead
of theoretical rights and gifts from the nation.
Gen. Armstrong made q very interesting adj
dress, relating to the educational work among
the negroes and Indians, and was followed by
Prof. Riggs, of the Santee Indian school, located
forty miles beyond Yankton, illustrative
OF how in his school Indian children
had been taught to make shoes, trousers
tinware, to blacksmith as well as to read write
and cipher, and stating that they showed great
deal of mechanical skill and more than the ordi-
nary average of white children. He spoke e
two Indian girls who had been educated at ~
school, who dressed in the European costume,
who had for father and mother wild aborigines
who dressed in blankets and skins and lived in
tent, but whose interest was SO great in the edu-
cation OF their girls that the father was building
house for them to live in when they graduated
and came home, and who was bound to have
them live as good az white folks children.
Mr.. Riggs was at Madison at his own expense
with not only full exhibit Of the work Of his
Indian pupils, but with number of them with
him, to show that the solution of the Indian
problem was in the industrial education OF the
Indian children. So great was the enthusiasm
manifested by the association at Mr.. Riggs en-
terprise and showing of the results Of his labors
that a voluntary contribution was taken up for
him of sl75, amid great applause.
The deductions drawn by Prof. Kiehle from
the gathering ard exhibit was that this country
is advancing with mighty strides in the education
of all its children, and their systematic training
mentally and physically, Excluding none and in
Guiding more and more as time advances) to fit
them more perfectly for the arduous duties Of
life wnen their schooldays are over.