The daily sentinel., 1903-04-07

After going through every building
ON the place, the captain led the way
to his office, little red brick struc-
ture in the center of the campus,
where he explained something about
the difficulty of work among our red
brethren.
''They simply cannot stand ridi-
cule, y he said; ''at the first laugh
they shut up like clans and You might
as we'll give up. OF course, the
younger they are the more teachable
they are, and the girls are more easi-
ly managed than the boys. We have
Apaches, Moki, Navajo, Papagoes and
Utes. OF them all the Apaches are
the quickest thinkers and the most
tractible and energetic. A hundred
pound Apache is ninety i've pounds
backbone. and he is straight goods, II
yard wide and good wear every time.
Next to him for quickness is the Moki
The Navajo and Papagoes are the
leaders in the mechanical department,
and the Utes are last on the books
1--WE had band composed of In
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we sent down to the Mountain and
Plain festival in Denver in 1897,
where they took the first prize in che
band contest. In '96 they won II
prize i'll Salt Lake, and they played
mighty well, but they are all gone
and we have no prize organization
now, but L hope to build up another
soon.
Then Capt, Lennon explained the
order of work and play, which is very
similar to that i'll vogue in the public
schools. School from to l2, and
from 2 to A. House and farm work
before a1d after, and regular hours
| for recreation. They have "a basket
ball team, both boys and girls, two
baseball teams and tennis court A
literary society, a weekly paper called
the 'Reveille, to which they can
all contribute; singing society, dane
ing club and all the other diversions
provided for chilrden in any large
school.
There is a dairy they have twenty
four COWS and five horses. They man
age the dairy rather well and the girls
especially are very much interested in
it, however, their particular delight
is their garden; they are always ready
/ to work there.
And the boys? | asked ''Well, "
said the captain, Indian boys are
very much like white boys; they are
often too tired to hoe, but no one
ever heard of one being too tired to
play ball.
And the general results; what do
you think of it? 1 continued
Good" he said, "only we don It
have them long enough. They are
supposed to have three years school
on the reservation before they come to
us, but they seldom get it, Then we
get them for five years and they are
too little time. The have only com
menced when they are compelled to
finish. we should have them eight
or ten years. 1t looks really absurd
to suppose that you can take child
off the reservation, who has neither
hereditary nor natural desire for
learning, and in five years do any
thing more than awaken ths curiosity
in its mind, and yet you would be
astonished at the manner in which
some of them take to civilized ways
and the quickness with which they
absorb ideas
''Yes, we sometimes have to pun
ish them,'' lie went on, smiling. I'm
fact, three are few children who do
not have to be punished occasionally,
whether they are white or red. No
it is not easy to correct them, but
usually once is sufficient. If they
get it through their heads that you
mean what you say and that you keep
your word to the letter, the difficulty
is finished They are too wise to go
against the inevitable
Then L was shown some fine wood
work in the chapel, and the chaplain
explained that all his big boys who
were in the carpenter shou had been
engaged upon the girls dormitory
building and were paid regular wages
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