Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25
THE NEGRO AND THE INDIAN AT THE
NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.

work at the New Orleans Exposition but
they have had the advantages of the cul-
ture and appliances of our civilization, so
that their achievements do not excite very
much surprise. 1t is generally expected
of them that they will do good work in the
various trades and branches Of business,
and they have fully met the expectation at
New Orleans. But at the Exposition is
another display, largely in the same line,
but of the work OF colored people in the
South, and of American Indians, both rep
resen,ing oppressed races, who have but
recently had very little opportunity to &C
quire knowledge of either educational
branches or of the mechanical arts. This
display is made under the auspices and
f, management Of the American Missionary
Association, with headquarters at 56
Reade street, New York, whose mana
gers have been working among the
freedmen of the South and the Indians
of the West, more or less, during
the past quarter of a century, and spend
an average of $500 600 year in religious
and educational work, accomplishing, with
the Peabody trustees, the Slater fund trus-
tees, the Methodist organization and other
associations of like nature, a great deal
in the aggregate for the regeneration and
mental and moral reconstruction of the
South
The display of this Association is in the
East gallery of the Exposition building. 1t
occupies large space and is gaily decor
ated with pale. blue and white draperies.
1t is really an exhibition to the eye and
the mind, of what can be done by the col
ored children and by the young Indians
who have been taught in the schools, semi
naries and colleges of the Association dur
ing the past few years, and We are glad to
be able to say that the display is so ex-
| tensive and so fine as to command ex-
pressions of the highest praise from the
Picayune and other New Orleans news
papers.
Straight University, of New Orleans,
which has nearly 600 pupils, contributes
examination pamphlets, a number of pic
lures, and specimens of silk embroidery;
also large numbers OF imaginary letters
written by the pupils from various parts of
the world. Visitors to the Exposition very
naturally read the letters with much inter
est and avidity; more So probably, than
they would if the imaginary epistles were
real letters written from foreign lands.
The exhibit from the Indian school at
Santee, Nebraska, consists of schoolbooks
printed in the Sioux language, snd they
are first, second and third reader,..a geog-
raphy, hymn-book, and Dakota Wo.
wapi Wakan," or Bible, in the tongue of
the Sioux. Then little oblong GRO
cheted tidy" made of parti-colored
stripes, is given as the work of little Po-
cahontas, who has written her name aud
age, and the name of the tribe to which
she belongs. There are also many other
specimens of very ingenious work, each
bearing the name of the person executing
it, and the name of the tribe. The school
also exhibits shoes, harness, tin cans, step
ladders, and neat models of household fur
niture. The girls have sent long linen
bands full of neat button-holes, and aprons
and undergarments, neatly hemmed. Is
there not in this, material for the solution
OF the Indian problem (which is, really,
not the least important problem now to be
considered by the American people.
The display OF the colored students of
the Atlanta University consists of silk
worms, cocoons, neatly drawn map OF
the city, and fine examples of free-hand
drawings, illuminated with colors.
The Storrs school at Atlanta makes a |
very interesting kindergarten exhibit, &C.
companied by photograph of the ebony
taken while at their tasks.
The work of the children-braided wraps,
embroidered animals and paper contriv-
ances-shows genius and skill.
A curious display from the Gregory In
stitute, Wilmington, N c., teaches quite a
lesson in domestic economy. The girls
have sent specimens of stocking darn
ing and of that still more economical and
nomely employment known as "refooting
Did stockings. A patchwork quilt, made
'y the boys, forms part of this display.
The drawings from the lie Moyne Ins,i-
Ute, OF Memphls, are exceeding beautiful
md attract universal admiration, as being
most artistic and complete.
The Picayune representative, having
ooked over the exhibits in this entire de-
'artment, states that he is pleasantly i'm
ressed with the excellent care with which I
he colored and Indian pupils all over the
ountry are being instructed in trades"
nd asserts that "as cooks, carpenters,
lacksmit S, farmers, brickmakers, they
re being practically instructed, as well as
elng given good collegiate educations."
The display and the facts connected with
are exceedingly suggestive and instruc-
We and full of hope for the future of the
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