The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-23
WAGES OF INDIAN CHILDREN.
Methods of Teaching Them at Gov
ernment Schools.
(From the Arizona Republican,


| How are the Indian pupils hired ont
| ana Wnat IS done with their wages?''
| me Indian pupils are sent out from the
| Government school al Phoenix to work in
/ good families as helpers. The girls and
some OF the boys are EMPLOYED as beJ-ae
| servants The large boys are ernrIoveo =
/ various capacities on farms. The girls are
/ employed through the chief Ynafr0n the
| boys through the discipIinariar-aU under
/ rules issued by the superintendent. There
! are constantly from one hundred to two
| nunoTed giTIs enjoying outing benefits
me demand for boys Is not 50 great The
| wages the pupils receive vary from 8 per
month for small boys or girls to S25 Der
month Tor the large and more capable.
Inc outing system Is controlled ALSO
IuIely by the superintendent. who can call
| every pupil in at any time desired. Wha1
a hoWi would go up from the residents OF
| ercise this authority
| The highest wages ever paid TO any In
! dl3n pupils are paid by the suDeriRtend-
ent- He now has two boys working for
MN At 80 month Besides this $50 in
caSh q month, he pays for their board and
lodging He has at various times EN-
piOyed boys at from 80 cents a day IL to
| - month He pays his laborers always
according TO their worth, and if a boy is
employed at - cents a day and earns 81
DAY ne is paid 81 a day. The superin-
tendeHt has always employed q house
maid, though he might have had ali his
house work done for nothing He has paid
as nigh as SO month for such service
49, IA IEA Tx LEl DtSIIfseS. allEftffgn
! couio with perfect prcDriety have sent the
Sifl to the school dining room.
NOT every applicant can secure a pupil
! from this school 1t IS a keen pleasure 10
accommodate the worthy But when q
gIFl IS sent out compelled 20 do all the
| dirJy work OF the house, kept toiling from
carry uILll tate, never given a word Of en-
Iotti dStHlefit- never permitted TO enter the
HFlng rooms Of the home. compelled to al
ways eat her meals from a plate in the
kttchen alone, permitted to leave the
IN HTa-a EHaArH
when she pleaSes if she is there TO begin
the drudgery of the next day. and then Of
Ieied payment IN cast of cIothi1g-tFle
superintendent when he discovers the
slaVish condition OF the child utterS some
pretty strong anathemas to the invisible
spirits OF the air and brings that girl back
20 tRt School There are not many such.
Al the end OF each month the matron
anu diScIplInarian collect the pupils
wages. lney- IN turn, give this money to
"a clerk in the office. who recefpts for
same The money mother deposits the
money IN the bank, entering the same in
the child s handbook. This handbook is
Kept exactly like similar books of any
other person child is compelled to
save at least one-half of his earnings
" hen his savings have amounted to 3
interest is paid at the rate of per cent.
When child takes final leave of the
school his money is paid in full These
accounts are kept in proper Ies1serS in
proper form. and are inspected at the
same time and in the same manner e
checkS-by pupils, matronS. discipline Ian
cash clerk. chief clerk. and Superintendent
al OF whom are inspected BY Govern
ment supervisors. special agents. and in
SpectorS, mistakes and errors are Dr5c-
ucaily impossible and detection is certain
Some OF your children are white2 Are
you allowed TO take white children into
Indian schools
The Government does not authorize the
admission OF white children into Indian
schools. except the children of school en-
pioyes Every Indian school. however has
enrolled some children as fair as any child
born OF white parents These are tha
children of mixed blood. Children possess
ing a oae-thirty-secoud part Indian blood
ere entitled 10 school privileges Until 70
Gently, since the development of the school
into an institution of the first rank there
were few light COlOred Indians in the
Phoenix school, now. however. there are
about one hundred of the seven hundred
who are Of mixed blood Nearly every
child OF mixed blood now attending the
Phoenix school has been transferred NTH
er from Indian schools IN other States and
Territories