The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-17
~Y. Community House, Busi-
ness Methods Is Plan Fostered.
YOUTH TRAINS TO TAKE CHARGE
Initian Girls to Take Training
Course Topeka Hospitals.
Medical Institution on. Reserva.
ton at Graduation.

An era OF social bettermeHt for the
Indians at Mayetta is the dream of
Ike Gilberg, a Topeka tailor, who is
we'll acquainted with the people on the
reservation.
There Is the forecast Of q big 7. NJ.
c. A. community house. The COM
munity house will be the center of ac-
tivities for the Indians. A savings,
banking, and building and loan de-
partment is to be- embodied in the
project. A hospital with all the mod
ern conveniences and high class medi-
cal talent will be features OF the pro-
gram.
1t is to beTa movement of education
| to keep the. young Indian on the farm,
Gilberg declares, to teach him to stay
on his land and to become a produce
tive factor in the marts of supply in
stead of selling his land or renting It
to some one better equipped to effect
production than he is himself.
As material evidence that work is
progressing toward the realization of
the dream, William Hale, Jr., age 10,
| of Mayetta, has entered a local bust
ness college and become a member of
| the Central Y. M. c. A. It is his idea
to learn the principles of business that
they may be utilized for the good of
| his people on the reservation at a
later date. He holds the ame>atti-
| tude with regard to the 7. NJ. c. A.
For Health Bettcrment.
| It ia also true, Gilberg states, that
within a short time several Indian
girls are coming to Topeka to enter
| the training schools of the local hospi-
| tails. When they have graduated as
| nurses they will go back to Mayetta
| and work in-the hospital which is ex-
pected TO be erected by that time. 1t
| is said that the death rate among
| Indian babies is very high on account
| of the lack of knowledge. Only the
hardest come thru the very early days
| nurses will save the lives of many of
| these little ones, Gilberg asserts.
| Soon the proposition of a commun-
| ity house and hospital on the reserv-
alton is to be taken up with the In
dian department at Washington, Gil
berg declares.
| At the same time a CAM aign for
money will be put on in the counties
around the reservation. With the
money resulting from the drive for
| funds and the assistance it is expected
to be received from the Indian de-
partment. Gilberg says. the big project
at the reservation will be begun.
The assistance of the executives of
! the community house in helping In
dams to plan. produce and market
| their crops will instill in them an in
| dependence and spirit of self-reliance
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lacQuired before. His productivity will
be increased by very large per cent.
Better Home Surroundings.
! There will be a department of sani-
tation. Household, community and
personal habits of modern sanitation
will be taught. There will be courses
in household economy offered at the
community house. The Indian will be
encouraged to build homes on his land.
This will be made possible thru the
assistance of the building and loan
department operated within the main
lproject.
From time to time there have been
spasmodic efforts to do something real
in the way OF constructive work on the
Preservation, it is said, but the efforts
have never attained much Roadway or
accomplished much in the way of bet
terment. When the latest endeavor
becomes fully organized, Gilbsrg be-
lieves, nothing will prevent the final
Accomplishment of the ambitions of
those who back the proposition.