The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-03-31
GOOD PROGRESS BEING MADE AT NATIVE SCHOOL;
 SEWARD MAN IN CHARGE

Arthur II. Mllicr iclI TUT hHS""i age on todays Gateway City limitet having arrived here from Chitina and Cordova where he has been superin- tending the taking of the census. Nr' Miller recently returned from Kodiak and other westward points. No infor- nation may be given out regarding the census until the reports are all in and have been officially published, says MT. Miller but as the records have been made on basis of January 1, they will show the country to the westward at it's lowest ebb of popula- ton.
 Mir. Miller made trip to Chitina to inspect the native school at Copper Center. It is under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schwartz, who were appointed to their present position oy Mir. Miller year ago last August. My. Schwartz is scholarly ma, graduate of an Eastern un've"St'. and his wife was a tcNchor at Sa'arn They are responsible for about three hundred Indians.
 "Never have I seen q gr'atcr in p"ovcment in the condition of rativ's in so short q time" said Mir. Mi'lr "I can't speak too highly of the work of Mir. and Mrs. Schwa tz They take a great interest in their charges ana have almost mastered the native am guage. Last year they made grsa. success of their summer school, and are now holding night school. Es- pecially in this work of teaching ihe natives, success depends upon the per- sonality of the teachers their tact and ability to handle people.
 Probably the most promising ~f the Schwartzes' pupils is q young man named Estaco Evan. He is abort 2l, married, and has child or two. His great ambition is to be educated, and he has worked pretty well Ip through geography, United Starcs history, decimal fractions, and so oH, until he is able to assist with the teaching. l gave him a copy of Booker Washington's autobiography. up from Slavery" and he pores for hours over the wonderful story of the great leader of the black rlce, whose birth as a slave pickaninny was 50 lowly that he knew neither his name nor the year when he was born.
 "One of our best teachers is M S. Catherine Seller, full-blooded Aleat native of Unalaska, who at the age of eight was taken to Boston to be educated. She is graduate of Car isle, and is now helping to educate her people at Alkhiok, on the south end of Kodiak island.
 'On my last visit to the Indian school at Chemawa, Ore, l asked ali the pupils from AlaGka to yise, and about 40 per cent got up. The Che maya school is doing magnificent work, but it would be bette, if Alaska had such a school up here. The gov ernment has appropriated as high as nin, millions in one year for the h. d;ans of the States while Alaska IS put off with S225,OOO and s50.O00 ex- tra for medical relief And haven't heard one word of news from the Bris- tol Bay country since leaving ther", last October! Some mail service!
 "Whiie was at Copper Center Mr Schwartz hal the natives sing for me a number ot patriotic and war songs which they went through with g"ear gusto, led by boy about ten. half '"di"n a~d half neg"o, who bet time and srng very ene"g"t;caly. The i'm nlomptu conccrt wound up with 9 song written by MT. Schwartz who sa,v service in F'arce. Let ne sec it WIS to tho tune Jf Katy and ran about like this:
 "K-k-k-kootie,
 Horrible kootie,
 Yor'rc thc or'y bb b"g that ! ab ho'. Whenever 1 chHse you out of my c bin You snrak back unier the K-k kitchen door,"
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