Arizona republican., 1907-06-03

as well in an educational line. The
 bulk of the Indian schools, says Mir Leupp. has passed the day of useful | ness to great extent and they will
 surely go slowly out of existence. | especially the large schools. and even
 the boarding schools on the reserva- tions. When asked if this included Carlisle he said that it had come to be
 less favored idea to send the Indian
 way east for education. He said how
 ever there were few schools in which list was included the Phoenix Indian school and the school at Riverside and
 Haskell institute. that seemed to have a special mission to perform and were doing it well. The Phoenix school which has such a large Indian popula- tion tributary would be one of the last
 to feel the policy of withdrawing gov ernment support and would probably
 be permanent. In fact. although 1t is the intention not to make such in- crease in the plants of such schools. in the special instance of this school. some improvements are contemplated. a new assembly hall which is much needed and some other build ings. The general atmosphere about the local school is splendid, the best that he has found in his travels. The conduct of the institution has been admirable and the standard of teach CTS employed excellent. The impress sion he received was therefore very creditable to the school.
 Mir. Leupp favors the day school plan for the Indian; a school upon the reservation. no board furnished and no clothing or other aid, except in cases where the parents are extremely poor. In other words he desires. and will work to the end that the government treat the Indian exactly as the white. except Of course maintaining a few of the larger schools. Give the Indian an ordinary school education and let him seek the rest for himself. He thought they might in time be educat- ed with the whites. in the same schools, though in some places this has raised some obiectOrs. He has al- ready secured a law in congress allow ing whites to be educated at Indian schools by paying a small tuition.
 Regarding the belief that little good was done by educating the Indian since the larger per cent go back to the reservation, he thought that while the good was not always visible, and it took mighty strong force of char acter in an Indian tO keep him from sinking back into old ways and moral lassitude. yet the effect was very no- ticeable in the children of children who had been educated. The first and most noticeable difference was that the children of educated Indians did not fear the white teachers and were rot SO stolid and uncommunicative Then again they advanced more ra- pidly. as if the inclination to learning and been transmitted from generation to generation.
 It is true he said and especially so in regard to the Navajos. who are such outdoor livers. that commincling in steamheated school rooms tended to develop d predisposition to disease that might turk in the child. This does not apply so much to the Phoenix school as the climate here is such that scarcely any fire is ever needed.
 The hope of the bettering of the race is finally by amalgamation, by in- termarrying with the whites: the much mooted halfbreed is a good fel- low after all. he has found. combining the physical characteristics of the Indian with the grit of the white. Tn other words. the Indian races bear not the best of fruit, but are a good tree to graft onto. the result being a strong young sapling.
 The only incident of note on the trip was that the party was lost for two days on the Navajo reservation. which was much exaggerated in the papers