Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-14
bill FOR DORM|TORY
At INDIAN SCHOOL.
II Matter Passes Both Houses Of
Congress CAPACITY VIII Be
D0ubisd.
OUTLOOK GOOD FOR
SECURING ADDITION
Institution Is Now Crowded and
Only Eas Roon for Ninety
i've Children

4 bill earring Eli appropriated OF
sz5. 600 for a d0sua5tory for The BIS
rsgarck Indian school has been ElEro-
Gme@d in the Egwer homse Of congress
and the Commercial club lis advised
thai there is very good prospecT that
The aUorcprLasl0n VIII be made Rep
regenrstive NOTION Ot line committee
on Indian affairs lis WORKING with Con-
gsesstnarf To1ng 10 procure inc pass
age OF the bill
This appropriation would enable Inc
Bismarck school TO GOGdle iEs caBae-
EEy- There are nrE cc@r1mocarsd ~
students and the insGEGaEEGl rs GVsr-
crowded The dorEmETnry will make
IT. pGSsiDle 40 increase the el-olIIsl.
10 1870 OF goo with only g slfglt add
ton IN the pEesen. staff at fourteen
There fS mo- question as TO Inc ability
Of the school 10 enroll 2ar5 or double
-5a. number Of students
The Bismarck Institution has won
the confidence OF Rhe Turtle Lake.
Standing Pock and For. BeEthold
tribes. and there are hundreds OF chill
Grsm OF GcloOl age On these -essrva-
ri0ns who woBid be glad 10 attend
the school were provision made for
them. Discussing this subject, a
friend Of Inc school says:
The report Of Inc commissioner OF
Indian affairs for the fiscal year 1914
shows that there are Z,ZS7 eligible
indian children OF school age in the
state Of North Dakota. (This elimi.
mates all sickly, crippled, feeble-mind'
ed and married children Of school
age); that the reservation schools OF
the state have d combined rated ca
pacity OF 1883. Consequently more
than ] 900 OF these children must 90
TO non-reserya,ion schools or stay at
home. The TWO non-reservatiOn
schools OF the state bismarck and
Wahpeton, have a combined rated ca
p2eity OF $50, still leaving 144 chill
Gsea who must 20 outside the state
OF 90 TO no school This number is
actually larger than the figures indi-
cate, for there is an unusable surplus
capacity in the day schools on the
THE same report shows that 557 OF
not 20 10 any school-last year, SIM
ply living the idle life on the reserya-
ton. No class OF children in the state
need education 80 much az do these
indian children. II not in school they
OF only grow up in ignorance and
idIenegs. doing little good for them
selves. but they must necessarily re-
tard the advancement OF those &ho
have been 10 school and want some
thing different from the reservation
life. The educated Indian, as we all
know, hts an uphill climb when
he goes back to the reservation and
tries 10 make good; but when he is
met by large numbers who have
never been to school and who retain
all the old tribal prejudices, it makes
the climb harder and longer. Here is
one OF the great leaks in Indian edu-
cation-it moves TOO slow; before
those who have been educated can
make good they are overwhelmed by
the ignorant and prejudiced. Once
get all the Indian children in school
50 tina. there would be none OF the old
supergrtiOug class Of their age at
home when they return and the prob
lem would soon be solved.
"rhe Bismarck school is the logical
school for these children, though
there are many times more than can
be accommodated b. 10th Of the non
reservation schools Of the state, even
were their capacity doubled many
times It is not expected that this
school will be enlarged very soon 10
accommodate large fraction Of these
$50 children, but the North Dakota
delegation in congress should insist