2 CHEMA.WA
H. L. Lovelacs,
P uIjUsIkmI Weakly by the Pupils of the
Chemawa Indian School.
AMERICAN.
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expended in linking after returned, pupils
that it would be placed out at long time in
terest." Lnler events have proven that
we were right. Home system must be
evolved t look after, tmt returned students,
but ex-sehool pupils, reservation and non
reservation. They must not be allowed,
TO RELAPSE. IT MUST BE THE DUTY OF ROME
If this ppace
As Industrial Education means bo mu
to every Indian younv man and worn
every one should fjp t all Ibe ood " hpy c
"They cn not get alone without me any
way," is not the proper spirit for a man to
have who wishes tnsucceed in life. Make
yourself indispensable. Be at your plane
whereverit may he without fail every time.
Then people will reppec.t you, and-your
success in life better assured.
If the government spp"'1 n thousand
dollars or more Id redeeming an Indian
young man from ignorance and barbarism,
Burely it !b the duty of tint government
and ita officers to see that the money has
not been cast upon the waters. There
fore let us'bave short hair and throw away
the blankets.
When General Morgan was Commission
er of Indian Afl'airs and had succeeded in
Retting congress to pass large appropria
tions for educational purposes, we Batd to
him that "unless a part of the money was
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The Indian has had a sprinkling of In
dustrial education, but lie needs an im
merMnn. Industrial facilities BhnuM lie
supplied to every reservation as well u
No n -Reservation School. This may ap
pear to be a little expenHive at first sight
but in the lone rnn it will be n great econo
my. Some mitrht think that this loutri
aotas a barrier to the children being; Irnna
ferred to Nm- Reservation Schools, hut
twenty years of Indian experience and
clnse observation of this question, shows us
that as the educational facilites of the reser
vations were increased, so have the Non
Reservation Schools been built up and ex
panded. -i h
The greatest barrier to tne transfer of
children from reservation to non-reservation
eehools;from Indian Customsintoeivi
lized environments is the decrease of the
attendance at the reservation school, the
lowering of the average attendance, and
the consequent loss of employes the suc
ceeding year. This might be overcome if
the same rule was applied to the reserva
tion school, that in the early days and not
so very long ago either was applied to
the reservation Indians. As an induce
ment for the Indian to place his child in
school he was allowed to draw rations for
every child so placed. This was an incen
tive. If our reservation friend s need an in
centive they might he allowed credit for all
transferred from their schools to non-reservation
schools. We think all they would
ask would be as regards employes. This
too might appear extravagant but we
think the end would justify the means and
would be an economy.