The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-07
WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE DONE.
EDUCATED YOUNGsINDGANs WHO IN
THEIR TURN HAVE BECOME
EDUCXfORs.
THEIR WORK Nof APPRECIATED.
Mr.. KaIIman Seeks Justice for tho
Red studentsGsyIfat They
Contend Against.
WASHINGTON BUREAUST PAUL GLOBE. }
CORC0RAH Bull DING.

CORCORAH BUILDING.
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The annual
report OF DR.. W. N. Hailman, super
1ntendent of Indian schools. is lust
issued as a public document. One mas
sage which will attract wide atlantic,
not only in the West, where the OH,
Ject lessons on the same subject AFRO
abundant, but in the East. where nub-
lie opinion is still much divided is 2
plea for justice to the. Indian bow or
girl who goes back from the govern
ment school to live With his family
on reservation. 1t has been claimed
says DR.. Hailman, by the critics Of
our Indian school system, that grad
yates return merely to relapse into
So-called saVagery, in most cases even
OF an aggravated form. He has there
fore taken steps to collect data with
reference to this matter, and the in
formation already in his possession
shows that the criticism, if at all iustf-
liable, is so in q very limited degree.
Wherever on reservations there has
been marked progress in civilization.
Such progress is traceable largely TO
the influence of returned students, who.
1t must be remem bered, are confronted
not only with the stubborn conserya
tism of older Indians, but also with the
excessive tutelage of the government
He adds:
In judging of the influence of education unon
returned students it is necessary tc take into
consideration the obstacles which meet them
on thelr return. The social and religious
laeals and customs of Indian civilization
differ so radically from those of the new
civilization into which they are being edu
Gated that, instead of blame and contumely
for scanty success, the Indians deserve an.
pause Pl and admiration for the strides they
nave made within even the last decade. The
waning indian civilization looks upon the
trlbe or family as the unit; with us il is
the individual. With the Indian, he is rich
Keeps most. The Indian claims hoe0itaIitv
as right until the means of his host are
exhausted. To the Indian land is as free &c
t ,in water he drinks; proprietorship contin-
ues only so long as the land is titled or
otherwise In use. He prizes the worthless
pony, who was his friend in the lest oc
cupa:lons OF the chase and the war The
cow is to him only poor substitute for tha
lost buffalo; he knows nothing of her value
as giver of milk and a breeder of cattle
woman IN Indian civilization is producer
eaLu ENJOYS IN tuI indian life q degree of
economic value and independence to which in
our clVllization she is largely a stranger
HIS religious rites and ceremonies afford fbo
Inalah' IN addition to "a certain degree OF
spiritual elevation, opportunities for intense
soclal enjoyment for which he looks in vain
IN the new civilization. Add to this that the
wants or the Indian are few and easily graf
me Dg simple forms OF homey skill in which
the industries and other requirements of the
returned students find no application that
caleIS and medicine men in the very nature
OF Things look with distrust and disdain
upon a new civilization which robs them Of
coveted power and influence that timebon
oLeu tradltlon imposes upon the young Indian
silence and obedience, and YOU have an az
i"y Vi ADVERSE conditions which is appalling
10 decry the whole body of returned
students because of the fai1,ro of 49,
unfortunate or the fall of the wool
LII. Haliman pleads, would be TO deer,
victorious army because Of the fallen
comrades left on the field. or becaueo
OF the towards, or worse, that fell into
the enemy's hands. In the school SCR
wee as we'll as in the agency service
me returned student has deliberately
separated himself from tribal ties; has
taken up his abode in reservations die
tant from his original home: has
earned by the character of his work
ana life the respect and confidence of
white superiors and associates. and
al the same time, proved to the In
dams that the nation has higher claims
and rewards than the tribe and that
the amenities of AngIo-Saxon civiliza-
ZION are within theiG reach if they will
out honestly and earnestly assume the
right attitude with regard to it.
Stlll other graduates Of Indian
schools have found fields of useful
ness in white communities. and have
by the faithful and intelligent per
formance of duty, ,sproved to their
white brothers that IN View of the
high qualities of his essential charac-
ter education has the power of con-
ferrinS upon the red man the right of
claiming full equality In American city,
ZenShip
Hampton institute has for many
years closely followed her returned
students in their life on the reserya-
lions, marking them from time to
time as excellent, good, fair, poor. or
bad. Among the excellent have been
classified those who have exercised a
particularly wide and telling influence,
as teachers, ministers. missionaries
field matrons, lawyers, doctors, trained
nurses, surveyors, mechanics. farmers
and stock raisers; among the good
those who are Industrious and temper
ate. legally married if married at all,
and eXerting a decided influence for q
better civilization; among the fair. the
sick, the mentally deficient, and those
who for other reasons failed to come
up to the standard of the good, yet in
many ways are worthy of CONNIE da-
ton; among the poor, those who are
not actively bad, but whose general in
fuence is against rather than for the
better way. In round numbers the
record up to last summer included $50
names. OF these 100 are classed excel
lent, ECO good. 100 fair. 10 poor and 10
bad. The data in Dr. Hailman's pos
session satisfy him that other schools,
of-t of tot niJo
remarkable standing, do not fall Sc
viously short of it.
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