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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1903)
6 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. OREGON EDUCATION BILL FOR INDIANS. Miss RsePs Report. ' II. B. No. 130. In the House of Representatives. Compelling the Attendance of Children at Schools where Tuition, Lodging, Food and Clothing are Furnished at the Expense of the United States or the State of Ore gon. . Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Slate of Oregon : Section 1. That whenever the govern ment of the United S,tates or the State of Oregon erect, or cause to be erected and maintained, a school for general education al purposes within the State of Oregon, and the expense of the tuition, lodging, food and clothing of the pupilsSherein" is borne by the United States or the State of Oregon, it shall be compulsory on the part of every parent, guardian or other person in' the State of Oregon, having control of a child or children befVe'en'fthe ages of five and eighteen yeW'eli'gible ' to attend said school, to sen i 'such child or children to said school fora'-period of nine months in r- rH - tt ; ' (Concluded on page Hght.) Girls' Play at Albany. ' ALBANYTo., Jan. 24 (Special.) The first basket ball; game, between girls ever payed in Albany, occured in the Armory tonight between the yrirls of Chemawa In dian School and the Albany High School,: The result of the game was a decisive vic tory for the Indian girls, the score being 42 to 1. The .visitors scored 19. points in the first half and 23 in .the, second. The. High School girls scored their point , on a foul. The visitors ..outclassed the home team iu every particular , A. large crowd was in attendance, and excitement, ran High. Oregonhin. , , , Wanted; By one of the ady teachers, in-, structions iu washing Ihdiea' white sweaters. The annual report of Miss Estelle Reel, Superintendent of Indian . Schools, while adhering slrictly to the President's recent , order concerning (he size of public docu ments, furnishes a variety of information of the progress the Government is making toward the uplifting of it3 wards. For tha past fifteen years the attendance at the In dian schools has steadily increased at the rate of over 1,000 a year the enrollment for ' 1901 being 28,610: ' Believing that good cit izenship and self-support should be the 1 foundation upon which to build, the' ener- ' gies of the system are being devoted more and more to making the instruction prac tical, in order to shift the burden of respon- ' sibility and support the Government now assumes to the shoulder of the Indian hiifl- self. To further thi9 end, a new Course of Study has been put ' in operation which . gives due attention to the classroom work, , but'makes agriculture and industrial in struction for boys and girls of primary im portance'. ...... The increasing interp.st talrpn in nativA work has stimulated efforts for its deveiop inent; and .a number of schools are now . successfully engaged in teaching the native arts and industries, which prove a source of considerable income both to the oi l and - to the young. An especially .encouraging feature, noted in the development of the , race.is ihe great change that has gradually come over the older Indians in ' their atti; tude toward the education of their children and civilization generally, hut the hest' evi dence is t3 be found in the condition of the Indians at their homes, and jho increased interest taken iu the cultivation of land and the care of livestock. The outing system is commended as the most efficient civiliz ing agency, and the need of a uniform ys , tepa of transferring pupils from one school ... to.anothor is urged. Emphasis is laid on the value of the day schools, which act di ...rectly.as a civilizing jnfiueitc'e,'and astroiig .; plea is. made for an increase in n urn her and iieOjUipjiieiit of such institutions, which are eventually to be absoi be I into the public school system of the country.