The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-16
INDIAN SCHOOL
AT WOLF POINT
CLOSES DOORS
Health And Home Work Will Be
Stressed in the Future-SOcial Cen
ter to Be Maintained.

Wolf Point, Sept. S.-Miss Faith
Haines, superintendent of Presbyter-
ian Indian Mission School, Oldtown,
has returned from a vacation at Col
oradO Springs, Colo. Enroute home
she stopped off at Minot to attend a
Dakota Indian convention.
The Mission school will close and
the buildings will serve at al social
center for Indians. Miss Haines will
continue in charge of the work and
Will be assisted by Miss Maude Steele
who comes from the Mission school
Indian Wells, Ariz., who will serve as
visiting nurse, and Miss Matte Dom
aldson, Froid, who was formerly on
Their Mission school staff. Othe
teachers have secured schools else
where. Mr.. and Mrs. John SWEETS
have been transferred to-. the Indian
school Aat Canada, Ariz. Miss Nellie
Long, who has taught at the Mission
school for several years will teach at
the Forsyth Memorial school, Los
Angeles.
Established in 1895.
The Indian Mission school was es-
tablished in 1895 by Mrs. Cynthia D.
King, who was superintendent until
her death four years ago.. Since then
the work has been carried on by the
Lewiston of schools and hospitals I'M
der the board of national missions.
During the 80 years of the schools
service 367 pupils have attended at
least one year. Many are in homes of
their own and are putting into prac-
tlce what they learned at this school.
During, the last year, careful
study has been made and conditions
have so changed that it was thought
best to make change in the mission
work. This does not mean any less
enlng of the interest in the welfare
OF the people" says, Miss Haines,
but public schools have increased and
government schools at Poplar and off
the reservation ar Extracting MANY
pupils, so that division officers have
decided not TO offer school work next
year. By special arrangement, a few
OF the girls will be received into the
home of the workers while attending
public school.
Of the 367 pupils who have attend
ed the school for year, Miss Haines
says 81 are listed as having died,
many of them from tuberculosis and
many others are i'll. On all sides are
seen various symptoms of tuberculos-
IS, as well as other diseases that are
causing early deaths, blindness and
other ailments making Indian bows
and girls unable to do their school
work. There is, therefore, an urgent
need for nursce to promote health
education to supplement the work
done by the agency physician. Miss
Steele will do this and will meet the
Indian women at the school, which is
to serve as community center. In
dian women will also be urged ia
make use of the well equipped sewing
room. There will be classes in sew
ing and cooking. Mrs. Matte Don
aldson will have charge of the home
for the workers and the few girl stu
dents.
Tribute to Mrs. King.
Miss Haines pays a tribute to Mrs
King, who established the school. She
says: "The Fort Peck reservation
has been fortunate in having had a
devoted Christian woman, who spent
most of her life here, as friend OF
the Indian people. Mrs. King was in
terested in the spiritual, mental and
physical well being of her neighbors
Always .atcive in church work, she
gave most of her life to Christian
training of boys and girls. Mrs
Kings school, as it was called, was
at first the only one in the region
and the children of the white people
on both sides of the river were glad
to attend it, with their Indian neigh
bors."
Commander Byrd's determination to
now fly over the South Pole. having
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