Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-15
FUTURE OF The INDIAN
Necessity Of Some Organized EF5r. 20 As
nst The Returned Student
PROBLEM DISCUSSED AT III: INSTITUTE
After his school Days Are Ended the
Red Man Returns to the utd Life
Because He il Not
Encouraged.


sem5Iv room yesterday with no apparea;
4.l.Hu..on n Attendance or interest Thers
IS 20 disposition On be part OF tae teachers
% improve The pleasant weather .l sight
seeing. and they continue 90 be present IN
-ll l1--e q, every session gt the Institute.
Most u hem WI. remain one day after the
institute closes. hat they may visit the
points q. interest .a ana about he city au3
Ia the meantime they are scrupu.0usiy al
ending every session.
Mos, Of the time 0f the morning session
was devoted to The discussion OF the Re-
-s-ou Of Returned StuieCts 10 Reservation
Schools aad Reservation Life The lrst
paper on ,ae subject vas by Superintendent,
KATE ". Cannon Of Forga. 0kl and ia ht-
absence il was rad by Prof Goodman. L
dealt very largely wl.h he social side Of
reservation l.e and urged the employment
u ~eAl.ug circle evening entertainments
l-1 ,le various Young people societies 10
Keep the returned students Iu line with the
teachings NJ III schools ana 10 keep them
from re lr-.ng ts The blanket and the ghost
dance. Il was c01tzlae1 nat II cases where
students Lai returned 60 the old life il was
usually because they had not received the
proper ACCOMPLISHMENTS ana help.
FUTURE or THE INDIAN
Superb. enl=nt Charles F. Pierce Of Oneida
Y Ii. spoke on ne same subject he sad
mat it Was admitted ,aat education ana
civilization was the only salvation Of the
InG.sl. The next question must be vha;
10 10 viii the educated and civil
IzaG Indian. The uegeSsily for some
organized effort % assist the
returned student was emphasized. The In
dian student. the speaker said returned 70 q
place wne-e there was little opportuu " to
use he knowledge he had acquired. Ee had
.--t-= Or nothing 70 DO and was Z an atnos
1hera IN which education and civilization
Wee not considered. It was therefore not
zurprlsiug that In many Instances he lrifted
BACK 70 he old habits Of bis tribe. Very
.sw people Who had spent hundreds # deIla-e
OF the education 0t a young man would ne
E.ect 70 take al interest in what became ol
him The government spent millions on the
education Of lie Indians and il should in
some measure concern itself with their fu-
-u.e. He did not favor taking the graduated
students directly INTO the government sery-
ice. but on many Of the reservations there
were facilities for the establishment Of small
industries tna- would afford employment for
The Indian youths and assist them in their
efforts to establish themselves in the world
PROBLEM FOR SOLUTION.
Dr. Ealm.nn read the paper OF Cora NJ
Folsom Of Hampton, Va, which deal, With
the returned students Of thar institution. Il
was stated In +Ae beginning that II vas made
practice a. tl.s school u keep 4 full rec
ord Of the future life Of every graduated
student. In this manner they were made to
EEL that ther old teachers and fellow pupils
are The paper included the narration Of 2
number OF the experiences resulting from
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institute ana its reading was followed wiz,
=EreuttGnE! interest
A general discussion Of the subject fol
lowed .u which Superintendent Reuben
Perry Of Lac Du FIambesu. Wis Mary
Matthews Of Mescalero. \. N, and super
in-ende1r J. J. Mck0iu Of Fort Mo!ave
AriZ.. participated
This was followed by 2 short talk on
elocpt.on by Mrs Henry Hugh Dcnnel-y
= Omaha, Who called ne attention Of the
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