Weekly Chemawa American., June 05, 1903, Page 2, Image 2

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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JIdopts tfye Carlisle and
gbemawa Flam
Schwab's generally has taken a much
more practical turu than that of Carnegie.
Tuat of the latter expressed itself in
the gift of libraries; that of the. former
has taken the shape of an industrial school
at Homestead, Pa , the seat, of the most
magnificant steel industry in the world.
This school offers to every child in th
borough "au opportunity to learn a trade
before graduating from the High School"
a long felt want indeed.
Nothing could be more sensible or prac
tical than this idea worked to itssequence.
It fits admirably a time where the tenden
cy is to overcrowd the professions, and en
courage i be broader and better trend to
ward industrialism of the type wherein
the hand is trained to follow the brain.
There. Mre still too many parents who
are ambitious to push their children into
chrical and professional vocation-!, but,
theie are giving places ysarly to those
who see in "captain of industry" men
whom they would have their soi st-mulate.
The men w ho "do things" are those who
are prominent in the world's v'e v today.
The ambitions youth takes for his model
the men of commerce and of industrnl
achievement, and it Is to help him to work
out of his model, that state and individual!
are founding and equipping industrial
schools. The awakened industrial ambition
means much to the Nation and for men.
The library scheme is useful in its way.
It seeks to make the leisure of the work
ing community profitable. The indus
trial schools seeks to make the Iioum of
labor profitable both to the workingman
and the capitalist. Time was wheu men
"nicked np:' their trades and blui.deitd
through, life with unskillful hands. But
the time 13 coming -ind, indeed, now is
when boys must learn how to us-i their
hands if they would, as men, succeed in
industrial life. Bx.
Mr. Schwab has undoubtedly visited
Carlisle or some of the other large Indian
schools.
Saluted lUiti) Roes
Two out-of-the-ordinary incidents trans
pired at Chemawa Indian School coming
down yesterday. About 200 of the pupils
had been waiting an hour for the cominc
of the President, and the enthusiasm which
they gave vent to was a splendid example.
The superintendent had given them a cue
which they most religiously followed.
Every inmate of the school was armed with
a flag and cheered most lustily as the train
rolled slowly by. Just as the train paused,
two young half-breed horsemen dashed up
from the rear. Their mounts were spurred
right on to the railroad track, and the riders
came near enough to the rail of the com !)
to grasp the hand of the President. The
President reached forward and gave each
one of them a hearty grip. Another fea
ture of the demonstration at the Indian
school was a regiment of boys emulatim
"The Man With the Hoe." It brought one of
those large, rare smiles to the President's
face. A number of youths were armed with
hoes and rakes at "present." This sinili
cant allusion to the industrial pursuit
taught Toy the Government at the Chemawa
institution, was timely and was appre
ciated. All the boys presented aconseioi!-,
chesty appearance, and as the train nll-l
by, they broke rank and saluted the pin-!
with the implements of the farm rJV!"
gram, May 22nd, 1903.