The Chemawa American, January 01, 1913, Page 11, Image 11

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keep to their ow n tongue, and they should not, w ith his good will,
allow any w hite settler to come and stay am ong them . A nd they have
obeyed him .
F ar from desiring to keep his people in ignorance W illiam D u n ­
can translated book after book into th eir language, begin n in g w ith the
Bible. F irst and forem ost he was a m issionary, and his religion was
the foundation of all his teaching. But he was no m ere religionist.
H e was m echanic and architect, and helped build th eir fish cannery.
H e designed th eir school, and store, and th eir homes. H e hated idle­
ness and his In d ian s lived an in d u strio u s life—and th is was perhaps
th e greatest of his feats. H e insists th at his life w ork succeeds by v ir­
tue of his policy, and conceives th a t the adm ission of the w hite m en ’s
language, and w hite men s settlem ent, and the w hite m en ’s gov ern ­
m ent will be for his people th e b g in n in g of th e end.
So he is at issue w ith G overnor C lark of A laska, who visited him at
M etlakatla last m onth, to try to m ake term s w hich the old man m ig h t
heartily adopt. A part from all other reasons, w hich are m any, w here
shall another equally benevolent and capable au to crat be found to carry
on such a governm ent w ithin a governm ent as F ath er D uncan has
reared?—E dito rial in th e O regon Jou rn al.
CORRELATION OF DAIRYING
W IT H O T H E R S U B J E C T S , M R. M. W . C O O P E R , D airym an
E L educators realize th a t a collection of separate and
isolate facts com m itted to m em ory do not constitute
an education. \\ hile th is is a fact it is not alw ays
easy for the teacher to so correlate the com m on school
subjects, w ith those larger subjects, w ith w hich the
pupil has to deal in later life, in order th a t he may
see the correct relation between them . T h e basic
subject about w hich all others arc grouped and correlated in the ele­
m entary schools is ag ricu ltu re. W ashington said, “ A g ricu ltu re is the
most healthful, the m ost useful, and the m ost noble em ploym ent of
m an.
D airying is one of the larger subdivisions of ag ricu ltu re. T h e
cow is the conservator of w ealth, because she m anufactures'from crude
feed th e highest priced product of the farm w ithout d raw in g from its
store house of fertility; the cow fattens the land. Cows carefully select­
ed, given good care and the by-products properly utilized, will b rin g
m ore direct and indirect w ealth to a com m unity th an any other branch
of agricu ltu re.
Y e s,” says th e school m a’am , “but how can I corre-