The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
INDIAN BOYS AND GIRLS.

How They Learn Industry and Thrift
 at the Phoenix School.
 Flow are the Indian pupils hired out
 and what is done with their wages?"
 The Indian pupils are sent out to
 work in good families as helpers. The
 girls and some of the boys are em-
 ployed as house servants, The large
 boys are employed in various capaci-
 ties on farms. The girls are employed
 through the chief matron; the boys
 through the disciplinarian-all under
 rules issued by the superintendent.
 There are constantly from 100 to 200 girls enjoying outing benefits. The
 demand for boys is not so great. The
 wages the pupils receive vary from $5
 per month for small boys or girls to $25 per month for the large and more ca- pablo. The outing system Is con- trolled absolutely by the superintendent, who can call every pupil in at any time desired. What howl would go up from the residents of this valley if the superintendent should exercise this au- thority.
 The highest wages ever paid to any Indian pupils are paid by the superin- tendent. He now has two boys work ing for him at s30 per month Besides this s30 in cash per month. he pays for | their board and lodging. He has, at various times, employed boys at from 50 cents per day up to s25 per month. He pays his aabbrers always according to their worth and if a boy Is em- ployed at 50 cents per day and earns '5oxy ta ;- Iay ha superintendent has always employed house maid, though he might have had all his Eousework done for nothing. He has paid as high as S15 per month for such service and boarded the girl be- sides, although he could with perfect propriety have sent the girl to the school dining room.
 X But every applicant can secure pu- pill from this school It is keen l pleasure to accommodate the worthy, but when a girl is sent out. compelled to dc all the dirty work of the house, kept toiling from early until late, nev- CT given a word of encouragement, | never permitted to enter the living rooms of the home, compelled to all | ways eat her nneais from plate in the | kitchen alone,s permitted to leave the house unattended at night and return | when she pleases go she is there to be- gin the drudgery of the next day and H then offered payment in cast-off cloth ing-the superintendent, when he dis covers the savish condition of the child, \ utters some pretty strong anathemas to to the invisible spirits of the air and brings that girl back to the school.
 There are not many such.
 At the end Of each month the matron and disciplinarian collect the pupils wages. They, in turn, give this money to clerk in the office, who receipts for same. The "moiley mother deposits the money in the bank, entering the same in the child's bank book. This { bank book is kept exactly like similar { books of any other person. A child is { to save at least one-half of I ls earnings When his savings have <, amounted to $5, interest is paid at the z ate of four per cent. When a child I akes final leave of the school his mon- y is paid in full. These accounts are lept in proper ledgers sin proper form. md are inspected at the same time and n the same manner as other school &C., c 'ounts. By the system of checks-hy r pupils, matrons, disciplinarian, cash Jerk, chief clerk and superintendent- . III of whom are inspected by govern |, nent supervisors, special agents and (. mistakes and errors are practically impossible and detection IL ertain. Some of your children are white? d Ire you allowed to take white children Y nto Indian schools?" | The government does not authorize Il he admission of white children into U ndian schools, except the children of e chool employees. Every Indian school, u owever, has enrolled some children as U air as any child born of white pa D ents. These are the children of mixed n food. Children possessing q one-thir- sf part Indian blood are entitled h , school privileges. Until recently, W nee the development of the school into p' n institution of the first rank, there al ere few light -colorea Indians in the in hoenix school; now however, there are pl bout one hundred of the seven hun fe ed who are of mixed blood Nearly hf ,ery child of mixed blood now attend us g the Phoenix school has been trans pr rred hither from Indian schools in de her states and territories.-Arizona tn epublican. re
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