The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-24
Miss Reel, General superintendent
al Their Schools. Submits
Her Annual Report.
TRAINED IN THE INDUSTRIES.
That's What the Braves Should Be,
and the Girls Should Know
How to Manage IL
Home.
II" E"uThlic Iureau.
li;h -. and I"lusylvauia AEt

Iih st. and I.nsylyania A.,
Washington. Dec :3.-The third annual
report "f Estellc Reel General Suu.rin-
| t'Edent 20 Indian SrhoGls contains much
data "f int"r.at Mis- Reel finds that the
problem uf lu,ian civilization moves toward
solution. SHE says that while 1--WE, who i'm
mrdiatclv supervise the schools r.aIiz.. th..
magnitude of our vorli, We do not feel tha;
ih' whole burden rests upon Us. The
Gradual freeing "f TIE Indian from the
reservation system Is throwing more md
more thu rcspon ibility on him. our moral
work. within the cducationtl. is ON" of tie
i""n'i"us import. auh our hope is; f.. ,.,Iur;i-
ilph. tas"d on character and T.. . .lr,l alun.,
Industrial lines. There is Il reSronsiyrr..
I" ethical training in IL" Iudian's soul as
""Ii as III tn" white mans auI when we
nay" taught the Indian III" spec II -: ,ivsli-
@'i'i'H ana tn" crafts required Is hfS .n-
th"hHtnt h" may safely pass from cur
hdHdS To The saving power of S,If-suUpsrt
MISS Keel has made rial tr;tin!n. in
H." lr.!iin schools the most IMPORTANT
lecture Ia the work uf educating The. In
"iti 81" believes in giving the Indian
child a thorough training: In the ftinda-
mental English branches. hut thinks 1t m
Wis" to spend wears over subjects for which
IN all probability, he Will have nc uSr in
later lie. when the time could hc employed
in acquiring skill In the industrial lrtS.
Sh' insists that every boy who is graduated
nom All Indian school shall know how to
iarTl in an Intelligent manner, and h ". n
sufficient knowledge of blacksmithlug and
the trades {" enable him to shoe his horse
mend his wagon. build ms house and DO
Tie general repair work relating to "A farm.
Hiss Reel emphasizes III" vital impor-
tance OF teaching the home-naking duties
To every Indian girl. claiming this To be
even more essential than the teaching Of
trades to boys. AS almost the only way
ol reaching IN" homes of tin. camp Indians
r. through the girls in school. ana IS they
are to bc the futur" wives ana mnth,rs,
tn" fat" of tn" generations TO come is, In
a large measure. i'll their keeping, therefore
tn" opportunity for training them in the
duties of their future state should not he
neglected.
Since her appointment twenty-six months
ago. Miss Reel has spent seventeen months
IA thu Held. inspecting the schools and as
r'rtainiog by Personal observation the
needs OF the Indians and the service. She
reports Increased enrolment. better accom-
modatinnS, greater facilities for industrial
training. and gratifying improvements over
previous years \ strong plea is made for
compulsory education. Th,. property own
trShlp plan has prominent place in Miss
Reels system of training. and the Indians
are constantly urged to cultivate better
crops and more acres Of land The outlook
for the Indian schools on the whole is
very encouraging.
Miss RCel has travelled u. .f3S miles since |
appointment. 2.tS. miles being by wagon. |
Packhorse and on foot. She ha* visited for |
season with the Indians in camp and |
adobe. the prairie and fn the canon !
visiting at the schools, where she could /
observe the peCuliarities of the children Of |
IN" different tribes. the methods en-
pi".e.i. and cncearoring TO ascertain how
ar" working. may he more speedily accom-
pished.