The Washington herald., 1907-01-11
PRAISE FOR CARLISLE SCHOOL.
Rev. Mr., Burrows Wants Indian In
stitUtiOn Kept Open.

/ New York, Jan. l0.--'It would be to the
everlasting disgrace Of the FIfty-ninth
( Congress TO even seriously consider the
abolition of the Carlisle school for In
dians- I cant believe that it is true
Surely there must be some appreciation Of
the work Of this institution. All educa-
tors viii unhesitatiugly deuounce any ef-
fort to close it
This declaration was made by Rev. S. :.
/ Burrows, secretary OF the State Prison
Association and former Cougressman.
and recognized authority on reclamatory
education when he was told that "a move
/ had been made 20 abolish the school
/ The subcommittee Of the Senate Com
/ mittee on Indian Affairs, in the Indian
| appropriation BILL has cut off funds
/ for the continuance Of the Carlisle School
/ on the argument that higher education.
in the case Of the Indian, has failed
/ This subcommittee is composed Of Sena-
/ tor Clopp. chairman; Senators Dubois.
+ Teller, McCumber and Long. The bill
/ doubtlessly viii meet with a storm of
4 disapprovaL
"One might as well say that Columbia
+ or Harvard would accomplish as much
good if they were cut into fragments as
/ to say that Carlisle will serve as well as
/ reservation schools" said Or. Burrows.
/ In the first place. the Indians were so
/ few that even II segregated there would
/ be but few TO each county. Theirs is a
/ small problem, racially speaking but il
/ is one requiring the best educational ef-
/ fort.
AT the inauguration OF Mckinley, In
/ all the great parade. not a division gave
/ him greater pleasure than that of Car
/ Isle. Those Indian boys and girls held
aloft the product Of their labor. the re-
suits of the teachings of Carlisle. that
| reservation schools never could duplicate
/ %As to the claim that the students lapse
and go back to the ways of barbaritv
/ there are fewer laDses among the stu
dents of Carlisle than among students Of
/ any of our educational institutions. The
purpose Of the school is TO prepare the
Indian that he may be assinilated in our
/ growing population.
/ This purpose has not failed. You can
| find among the graduates Of Carlisle the
most proficient men in this country
! Reservation schools are a necessity
There are many that viii not or cannot
I leave the reservations. These have need
of the isolated schools. But for those
/ who can get away. it is TO the everlasting
| credit of this nation that Carlisle existed
/ to receive them
"As a member of the Mohonk Indian
| conference, it has been our aim to prevent
/ the return Of the educated Indian to his
/ original home. Not for fear Of "a lapse,
/ but because he Is q desirable citizen The
/ Indians are spread over an area greater
| than that of New England New York.
/ and Pennsylvania, and it would be impos-
/ sible to establish reservation schools Of
/ the scope OF Carlisle.
with a view to teaching the Indians
/ the advantages of our civilization. the
/ students of Carlisle are sent TO farms
and homes during the vacations, and Won
never hear of trouble from them. They
are anxious students Their valor has
/ been shown in athletic contests. They
are Americans. and it surely seems that
/ a Congress that probably will pass the
/ billion dollar mark would be in better
business than attempting to end such a
work as this. when its cost to the nation
is about cents per capita.