New-York tribune., 1904-10-06
INDIAN EDUCATION.
Hiss EsteHc Reels annual Report
OH Government Schools.
IrEoNE TIE TRIBUNE BURIAL.

E-ae-inEtou Oct. 5-There 10 much OF general IL
tsret in The annual report which Miss Estelle Reel
-hs Superintendent Of Indian Schools has just sub
r,itted 10 the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Ihs
reader Who is willing 10 wade through accounts u
visits 10 EovernIneur and mission schools IN
Arizona Kansas. Montana, oklahoma oregon
Pennsylvania South Dakota virginia and WIS
-onsfu -srrerEes Rtth pleasant impression OF
rroeress in me general held of Indian education.
also with a more intelligent appreciation IL the
sia7culries IN the way of The teacher and the gov
eminent.
TIE Indian BOY and girl must be taught not only
To speak and write and read English, 10 Fa4se
cro7s 10 make things. 10 cook and sew. but their
training must include such details as learning 10
like vegetables and milk Owing 10 iiFT Hisa'
eating ancestry. Indian children hno IL haFa 70
cot up interest n the cultivation OF Fegetao4e gar
1e.s and il is even more difficult 70 get theIn 70
ear the vegetables after they have raised them
SpeciaI Instructions have 70 be given Tor me
cooking ~ vegetables IN order that the pupils may
5e supplied with and learn the value OF mixed
diet
waiting taste for milk the facts of the case being
fEat The children prefer coffee. and drink good
deal more OF IL than their teachers consider gooo
for them.
TEACHING THEM ENGLISH.
F.nslieb necessarily occupies a conspicuous place
ia the curriculum Of every Indian school one OF
the most successful teachers OF English il the ser
,ioe az The government saws that there is nothing
10 eolal q well constructed sand table as means
or teaching the Indian chiId 70 speak English.
The table IS decorated with familiar surround
ings and objects with which the pupils come IN
daily contact-fences are represented by sticks,
trees by tvyss buildings and bridges By little blocks
Of wood and roads creeks, hills ravnes irrigating
bitches. etc. are laid out on the sand We have
aIso found that three times the amount Of Grill may
Be secured by having one OF TWO OF the more ad-
vsnced pupils teachers At the sand table, and
al The same time instruction older pupils be
given in another part OF the room The young
pupils respond more readily and have less timidtty
il following the Iupii-teacher. who has been prop
crIy instructed in drilling the class
AT Pine Ridge. : d, progressive teacher has
introduced practlcsl method of Samiliarizing MS
pupils with simple business transactions.
a system Of debts and credits was iraugurated
and made a working part q the school,. z, at
1he industrial period the boys paid by tie hour
for their services in behalf Of The school Al the
end Of each week the credits are entered it book
opposite each name ny the storekeeper a big boy
OF gin, who serves month meanwhile becoming
thoroughly acquainted with rho simple system OF
bookkeeping empl0yedl. When sufficient sums have
been PLACED 10 boys credit he is allowed 70 buy
what he needs in the way Of clothing. etc u has
been found that in the course OF year each boy
Vho is large enough 70 work will in fun for the
things he receives Thus he feels the manly pride
of having earned his way"
Ia All, about thirty thousand children are at
tending school Tho amount of the annual govern
Inent appr0pria non has increased from SO 90 "a 1913
20 over Sc 3250010 in 1884
Of course the proof oS the pudding is n tho eat
Ing. AS Miss Reel points ont. il IS the career OF
the Indian after he leaves school which really de-
termues tho worth Of his education While It Is
hard 70 give statistics OF the large number OF grad
uates aud pupils out IN the world II is known that
the majority leading useful and successful lives
Students from Carlisle are supporting themselves
Is housekeepeTs. trlined nurses. clerks teachers,
farmers and stock raisers blacksn-iths carpenters
and shoenlskers Two are inspectors OF cars on the
railroads. some are section bosses and hands in
railroad repair shops and other mechanical estab-
lishments, and others enlisted men 81 the army
and navy. One is in the real estate business in
Oklahoma and is vice-presideut OF a bank there.
Another is bookkeeper In one OF the large banks OF
Fittsburg. Penn. number are living on their al
io'ments good many return 70 10 teachers in
the service OF the government.
THEIR ARTS AND CRAFTS
As rule. every Indian tribe Is especially expert
IN some particular art craft. such as blanket
weaving. beating silver. basketry. pottery bead
NofE or tanning. Al important part Of the su-
psflntenoents work has lain in fostering this nat
49, nsnd deSterity and in making practical ar
-S sineals ~ Tor rs announcement.
1set II Is far 'argsr than - generate -s3 L,cv,5
Whole tribes have beer enabled 10 slinno-, fberr
e-lfts telnigt arily o. their basketry IS IN the
- me fiflas when their crops failed fo- lack
= Is encouraging 10 those who have the welfare
@ ne lhcldE Al heart 20 know thar the demand
f7r his haudlwcrk has very largely ncrlss 5
mating aith exactnesr the arnol-rfs r2St ~ esti
sales being made partly throus, Tr5t. - tLl
partly direct 10 Eastern dealers and Iargel- esae
elallE n lhs so-Ih%est. by individual Indians 10
- The santa re Railroad is given AUTHORITY for
ttsi-let a. Ia ne SAFE of indian goods al sta