Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-26
AMONG fHr INDIANS.
And Notes Taken b. JJu nal Saw
age as Chemawa.

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A brief visit 10 the institute held at
Chemawa for Indian teachers and Of
ficers showed an attendance Of probably
two hundred, one-half from Chemawa.
There were many Salem ladies and
gentlemen present TO hear the papers
and discussions. supervisor of Indian
Schools Chas. ID. Rakestraw was 10
charge OF the exercises when we were
there. He is a man Of fine presence
aud talks well when there is occasion
Prof. A II. HeiDemann, the second
supervisor Of Indian schools, greeted us
cordially from q family acquaintance
formed in Chicago. Prof. w. II. Hail
man, of L1porte, Ind, superintendent
OF Indian schools in the United States,
was also present and really conducted
the entire institute. 1t was all for the
benefit Of the Indian teachers, the
pupils and thDse who came In contact
with thtm, The papers read were
quite practical and showed diversity
of opinions as to the value of educst-
ing tie Indian. The Warm Hpr;Dgs
ageu, threw out sUggestinis that de
tracted not a little from the idea that
they are perfect SUCCESS. lie SAID
graduates often returned from school
for Indian training with bad habits,
were disposed To be idle and ii lthy.
But the ability TO play the piano and
make shoes found no employment al
the reservation, as they had no oppor-
tuniIy to put them in application. Prof.
r ckstraw denied that such facts about
graduates retrograding existed as
charged.
Mrs. Hailman, Of Laporte, also re-
nowned kindergarten authority, CAV,
lecture on that work to the teachers
section, which was also attended by the
Salem visitors.
In the evening there was another
good program and larger attendance
Miss Brown, professor G. elocution al
Willamette university, recited "The
Chariot Race" from Ben Hur. 1t was
thrilling event, in the manner of hel
delivery as well as the spirit she threw
into that noble composition. Miss
Brown, like Ben Hur withahis horses
is not afraid to let out her voice. She
possesses fire, action and force, graspf
the idea firmly, feels the situation she
portrays, thrills with its passion and
the audience is carried with her in the
fiery train of excitement and imagina'
tiOn. Miss Brown is undoubtedly 9
leader ia her profession and the faculty
of Willamette is to be congratulated
upon possessing this successful repre-
sentative. Prof. Yerex, Of Willamette
then delivered lecture on "IndiyiduaI
Responsibility. Like all the professor
does his lecture was right up to time
He is enc of the bright young mer
who are putting this college right tC
the front. The institute was benefited
as were all present, by his thoughtful
address.
We camped Indian fashion by the
roadside under a tall fir, where the
smoke of our campfire and the aroms
of our Mocha ascended through the
cool evening air. Our lunch certainly
tasted better eaten in the less civilized
atmosphere on the edge of one of Ore
gon's vast primeval forests. Salem peo'
pie should go to these institutes, not
forgetting to lunch under the trees tc
the music of harvesters clicking in the
fields, the cricket's chirp, harbingers OF
approaching autumn, and the shout OF
the Indian boys at their ball games in
the Fairgrounds.