The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-10-06

parents are still forced to wander many
, miles in search of new hunting and
| fishing grounds frequently causes the
| loss Of the brightest pupil just when
| the little ones are becoming credita BILE
to the school. Once lost, pupil is sci.
| dom reclaimed-scarcely ever by the
| school first attended.
The Commissioner Of Education
builds Government schools wherever
the need for them exist-indeed, when
ever the opportunity. offers. Many OF
them are useless at present. as they are
50 remote as to make anything ap-
pro" ching a fair attendance out Of the
question. Federal inspectors have crit
icis~d the worthy Commissioner for
thus building for the future, but that
distinguished gentleman, secure In the
autOcIatic power conferred upon him
~ Congress. goes serenely on his way
realizing that Alaska Is the coming
arena Of American energy, and that in
so building he Is bestowing a lasting
benefit upon the nation. He enjoys
The confidence Of the Secretary of the
Interior. u whom he Is directly re-
si'onsible. and rightly, for he is one Of
the most enthusiastic and single-heart-
cd departmental chiefs in the Territory
Thirty-five Alaskan Schools.
according TO the latest national re-
port there are thirty-five schools in
Alaska. Of which sixteen are main
tanned entirely by the United States
ana nineteen are controlled by
ChUTcHrc and Two
Of the latter are supported in part by
TINS Government, five by the Russian
Imperial Government, four by the Pres
byterian Board of Home Missions, one
by the Board Of Missions of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, one by the
Roman Catholic Church, one by the Sis
ters OF ST. Ann, one by the Holy Synod
OF Russia, one by the American Branch
Of the Swedish Free Mission Society,
one by the Swedish Evangelical Union
and two by the North American Com
n4erclal Company, in accordance with
{ clause in its charter.
The Government public schools are
situated at Carmel. Douglas City 90,
OFT rangen. Holy Cross Jackson,
Juneau co. kadiak, killisnoo. I1lawak,
Metakahtla, this city I2). Jnalaska
and Cnga: the parochial and mission
schools are at BlaSovestchensky. Christ
Church Mission. Holy Cross. Iuna,
Haida Mission. Tununuk, Sitka, Ju-
neau. Metlakahtla, kadiak (2), ST
George. 81. Paul, Unalaklik. Voznesen-
sky, lakutat and minor points
Rudiments Only Are TAUGHT
English is taught. OF course. at all
the Government schools as we'll as the
missions subsidized by the Commits
Si"ner OF Education. and one of the in
dependent Russian schools. but the lam
suaee Of the Car is favored by all the
missionaries Of the Russian Church.
ana Is a powerful obstacle to the in
PRODUCTION Of good old AnSlo-Saxon.
Unless some educational genius devises
a Plan to obl!terate the harsh gutturals
If the Russian tongue from the minds
al the natives IL will take a long time
10 make English the universal lam
EuaEe throughout the length and
breadth of Alaska This last should
be accomplished as speedily as possi-
bic. for unless 1t be done it will be hard
10 make the Indians and Eslimos real
lie that they are the children Of Uncle
sam
ThlinEitS Learn Easily
The Thlingit learns English easily.
Tor he has in his native voca bulary all
the difficult sounds Of the Anglo-Saxon
tongue. such at II. ing and hard and
soft tn. Perhaps the onIy exception is
the copper River tribe, which is really
distinct race. the result OF inte-mar-
riase for many generations harvsa,,
ihl'hsl's ana EskiEnos- Formerly this
uloe was placed by ethnologists with