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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1902)
CHEflAWA, OREGON, POEM. AVouby and 'Fret were two )ittle men That knocked at my door again and "Oh, pray let us in but to Urry hut a night, and we will he oflwith the dawning of light'' Ai If until. roved to pity, I open 3d I he door To shelter these travelers, hungry tnri poor; Hut when, on the morrow, I hade ihera '1 hey said, quite unmoved, "We'll tarry with you." And deaf to entreaty and callous to threat. These troublesome guests abide with meyet- Hiss Reel of the Indian Schools. MissEstelle ReeJ, supertniindent of In dian school , is I he subject of an apprecia tive article in the December number of American Education, under the somewhat strange head of ''School Men of the Hour." Miss Keel was horn in Illinois, from which state she went to Wyoming about twelve years ago. Her special training for Hie profession of teaching was received in Chicago, St. Louis and Boston; and wh-n she obtained a position in the Cheyenne, Wyn., public schools, her advancement was rapid. She became successively and suoues-fully comity sad elate superintend' Biit of schools, winning distinut iou by htr energy and the originality of her methods. In her candidacy on the Republicau ticket, (or ihe position of utate superintend ent, MUh Heel participated with tlte other candidates in the work of the campaign, making a thiro canvass of the state, and traveling many hundred miles oy wagon audstatfe. She received a Urg-r major . ity than any other candidate on the ticket, which was elected in its entirely. FRIDAY, APRIL, 25, 1902. As state Miper.ntendent Miss Reel was ex-iifticio (esretary of the slate board or charities, and ex-offlcio secretary of the state land hoard. An instance of her energy and ability is found in the fact that when she took charee, the land board was pitying tulo the Mate treasury about tlOOawe; In thpiourr of yPnr she hail brought 1 be return up to $1,000 a week. After two years in this office, she resigned to accept the govermuent posi tion she now holds. Miss Reel is the first woman who lias eve occupied the position of superintend ent of Indian schools, hut her record has silenced the skeptical criticism that fal lowed her appointment. Many new feat ures have been Introduced by l.er into the 'sjstt-m of Indian education. Hhe visits all the schools as frequently as their isolation and the difficulties of tiavel will permit, and thus keeps in touch with teachers and pupils, and informed of actual conditions, It is Miss Reel's belief that industrial (raining should have the foremost place in Indian eduoaMon; nml Bhe urges t his wiih a iecil reason for the women, namely, that "when nn civilize the wife you civilize the home. " TI10 coming from a Blate which provid -ed for woman's suffrage when its const itir lion wan framed, Miss Reel does not look like a woman suffragist as the type is generally pictured. She is young, genlle, feminine and attractive; she is a charming conversationalist; and thn she disclaims being a public orator, she knows how to address and hold an audience. The popu larity that has long been here in Wyoming Is extending to all parts of the country to which her duties call her, Ex. , '.,,.,,