The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-30
Injun Educators
ARGUE FOR BETTE r
SCHOOL FACILITIES
Want Uncle Sam to Cough
Up More Generously
With the Coin.
Special to Daily Leader.

AfoWofet J.. ! % lleC tl-- nc dNhu'
al meeting Of tho Indian Territory
Teachers association convened aete
this morning. rhe lrst days session
was attended ~ large number Of
leading educators
The meeting vas called to o. der by
Prof Beck of TishcmirRo its pres.
ident Invocation was had by Rev.
Reed. ard the address of welcome was
delivered by Rev weith The response
was BY Prof fristler Of Holdenville
The conyentloh elected Miss Fryer OF
iioldcnyills secretary pro tenn rhs
injecting today consisted principally
Of trausactne romme business. The
afternoon session was devoted almos
entirely 10 the reading of pagers in.
terspersed with musical numbers
Hone WIS expressed that congress
VIII nGnrose the school situation ir
the territory ly making a suniciel
appropriation fos ihe educatiol of a
large number Of children President
BOYD Of the University Of Oklahoma.
addressed the teachers at the Meth.
odist church tonight
Educators are here from an parts Of
indian territory attending the annual
session Of the Indian Territory Teach
ers' association The school situa-
ton Is one oil much concern to the iu-
hamtants ofthe territory
speating cf the school work in
the Chickas ~ nation Prof George
BECK. supervisor # schools, said.
"of the 100000 appropriated by
congress for tie support OF schools
m indian territory ohofourta has been
appropriated to the Shlckasaw and
Seminole na'ions This Is The first
school suni that Indian territory has
ever had appropriated. and the work
q organization has hac to be done
entirely slace September which has
enta.ied a vast amount OF work az
some little delay ~ The moiey will
te used for the support o. the schools
N isolated rural districts where free
schools have never been known be.
fore The teachers employed unde
me are pad from ss5 10 $50 month
and in many instances this amount
il i.eins supplemented by from slT {,
SIS by the patrons of Jhs schools
Conditions In the Chickasaw ma
ton are different from the other ma
tions Tho Che-okees, Greeks and
Choctaws have accepted plan Of CO.
operation by which the Indian and
white paprs attend the same schcol
and the appropriations Of the Indian
government. and Of tho United states
government are used jointly in the
payment nf teachers, while in the
Chichasaw nation the Indians have
stubbornly iefured to cooperate. The,
,9ainiain that such cooperation with
The whites is prohibited by statutory
law, but during the recent session OF
the Chickasaw legislature no effort
was made TO amend the law The
rhickasaw school remain exclusive al
though Chickasaw children are allow
ed to attend other schools, for which
the tribal government allews the SUM
OF sie 50 ler month.
There ere Ia the Chickasaw ma
ton almost one hundred free schools.
and the s,ade Of wcrk that is beine
done Is very oon.mendahle The neu
session of congrcs ss win be asked to
appropriate a half million dollars for
tho support Of pubic schools in Indian
territory and IN my Judgment every
I,eaay OF i could he used iuaic'ously
Prot Beck says that the Indians in
their neglect 90 coaparu with the
whites in maintaining schools, are
wor,dus great harm TO their own chill
drea by refusing them the privilege OF
mixing aad mingling with the mors
intelligent white children.
Hooe Is expressed that the appro-
priauOn So. We made 0y congress dur
ing this session Of congress win be
Increased 10 the extent that Il viii be
suniclert to meet the demands of a
numher Of schools that have sprung
up m the expectation that congress
wouid provide tor their maintenance
prof Bech sasf today that large
number of neghborhoods had peu-
;ioned him fer fmds with which 60
maintain schools These schools, he
said. are now leing made possible by
private subscription and also IN many
instances ny tuition. These schools
have been advised that nothing can bf
done until congress makes an apprc.
nrisaian