THE OREGON STATESMAN, SAU3T, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 1. 1928
I
1IB
THE III SCHOOL
It Has Worked and Is Work
: ing Wonderfully Well
t Wherever Tried
H (The Statesman of Saturday
saornlng bad an editorial article
concerning the Inauguration of
the outing system at the Salem
United States Indian Training
school at Chemawa. The follow
in article from the Chemawa
American, the school paper of the
Chemawa Institution, concerning
"Tbe Pounding of the First
Large Indian School and Begin
ning of the Outing System," is
Interesting in this connection:
In 1876, Lieutenant Richard- H,
Pratt was detailed by the war de
partment to take seTenty-two In
dian prisoners of war from Fort
Sill, Indian Territory, to St.
Augustine, norma, wnere they
were placed In confinement la the
old Spanish forL San Marco, ballt
by the Spaniards In the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. The
Indians were taken la chains and
Lieutenant - Pratt remained in
charge of them. Feeling that they
were secure iu tbe old fort, and
that the great distance rrom their
homes convinced them of tbe im
possibility of eseape. he removed
their irons and found work for
them. Benevolent women, some
of them skilled school teachers,
undertook their education and the
younger men and a number of the
older ones were placed under
scholastic Instruction in the case
ments of the old fort, fitted up
crudely as schoolrooms. Here
they learned to speak English and
many of them to write creditable
letters.
In 1878, these prisoners were
released and all who desired to
go were permitted to return to
their western homes. However.
22 of the younger men expressed
Sfdeslre to remain In the east and
KO to school. Their wish wa?
granted and Lieutenant Pratt was
detailed to take them to Hampton
institute, Virginia, where arrange
ments were made to admit them
to that institution, then unoW
the management of General Arm
strong, and to remain there with
them. The following year. In
1879. the Carlisle Indian schoo'
was founded by Lieutenant Prat:
and for many years Carlisle wa?
known, as the great example
school of the Indian service. I
was discontinued soon after th
United States entered the 'World
war and was turned back to tht
war department for use In con
nertlon with the care of our
wounded soldiers.
The Outing System
A' year after Carlisle wasfound
ed Lieutenant Pratt began the de
ve'opment of what he callled the
"outing system." Jle Relieved
ttjat "the way to eivillie the In
dian is to get him Into civilization
afid the way to keep him civilize'
Is to let him say." 1 mat en"
he undertook the bold task o
placing Indian students out In the
home of Industrious, cultured ant
well-to-do white families. In
tboFe days white people were
afr?Ui of Indians and It required
great taet. diplomacy and perse
verance to overcome their preju
dice and suspicions. General
Pratt, as he came to be called in
the later years of his life, was c
man of unbounded energy and en
thusiasm. He was resourceful
and had great faith In the caur
lie so ably and so ardently es
poused. He knew no such word
a? fail. He had groups of Indian
boys and girls trained at the
school and these be took on tours
visiting towns and cities, speaklcr
In churches, before Sunday schoolf
aftd various civic and religious or
ganizations. At these gathering?
hfe would have the Indian students
tell their experiences and enter
tain the people with songs, leg
ends and stories. At the close of
the meetings he would Introduce
them personally and IndivldunMv
to as many of the Interested white
people as possible. Frequently
there students would be Invited to
the homes of kindly disposed peo
pie or be entertained In group
at the churches or at hotels. Tbe
newspapers throughout the coun
try were liberal In broadcasting
General Pratt's views and gave
much favorable editorial comment.
In this way a great many people
throughout the east became inter
etted and expressed a desire and
willingness to help. The Quakers.
ot "Friends." who since the ear
liest days of our country's history
have manifested a deep personal
Interest in the welfare and ad
vancement ot the Indiana, were
the first to respond to General
'Pratt's appeal and soon hundreds
of Carlisle students were living in
the homes of these good people
where they were taught and
treated as members of the family.
' This feature of the school's ac
tivities grew and developed year
by year and in the month of
April. 1916. the number of outing
students was 239 distributed as
follows: -
I . BOYS
Working on farms, In shops
etc.
Al the Ford factory
At Bethlehem Steel Works..
At The General EleqtiQo
I works
121
:
4
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Total
1SS
GIRLS
.
In outing homes and attend
I lng school
la hospitals taking nurses'
courses ................
Attending normal schools. .
I" Total
77
4
6
86
iOnnmenta of Outing Patrons
iTre following are a few ot the
rnnr. favorable-comments received
shortly before the Carlisle school
wps cloeed from persons having
Indian girls antT boys In their
homes:
I "I wish to pay my tribute to the
citing system not so much for
wjjat It has done for the Indian,
bbt for what that long list of dear
girls (I believe there are 20 of
them) has meant to me and ray
family during the past 19 years.
My heart,, goes out to ; them all.
scattered as they are. in prayer
that their burdens may net be too
heavy and' that their memories of
the days spent with ns aaay he
pleasant. I would like to go over
the who list pausing long enough
toLglre a line of praise to each one ,
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(Editor's Note Ail questions!
pertaining to music In all Its
branches will be answered 1 n
these columns from week to week.;
Only Initials or pseudonyms giv
en will be published, and Ques
tions of a personal nature or those
requiring the giving o t trade
names, will be answered person
ally if accompanied by a self-addressed
envelope.)
In our last article we treated
of music in its primitive stage, and
now wo will continue to the next
stage of tbe development of mu
sic which we will call the half-cly-ilized
stage.
Chapter Two
Music seems to enter this stage
and its development is a natural
jequenc with the progress of the
human race or society, and It per
haps will always remain a mystery
why some nations or people ad
vanced out of savagery and why
others did not, and It Is peculiar
but nevertheless true, no distinc
tive national styles have been re
corded from the Assyrians, Egyp
tians and Hebrews, although these
aatlons treated music with ex
treme reverence. Harmony was un
known, and rhythm was that of
verse and dance, and the effect up
on the mind and its efficiency was
due to a combination of melodies
and instruments with religious and
patriotic rites.
Today w bare direct evidence
on Assyrian and Egyptian monu
ments. In character representations
of the ancient instruments and
players. Whereas In China It seems
that music reached a certain point
and stopped, although Chinese In
struments are very numerous, and
native writers name tbe following
materials used in making their in
struments skin, stone, metal,
:Iay. wood, bamboo, silk and
ourd,. Dressed skin in tambourins
ind drums, stone In plates of jade
r agate, hung by cords from a
frame and sounded by a mallet or
heater. Clay, to make whistles of
he ocarina type; metal, made in
o bells and gongs; wood, forming
he bodies of string instruments;
iamboo, from which the tubes of
ioth direct and transverse flutes
vere made, with six to nine finger
oles. silk was ueed for the
strings.
Japanese Instruments are gen
jrally duplicates of the Chinese
vlth numerous variations.
As for India, the musical activ
Pledging allegiance to "God and
Country," 25 candidates were of
icially initiated Into the member
hip of Capital Post. No. 9, of the
American Legion at the armory
Tuesday evening before a large
;athering of Legionnaires. Auxil
ary members and townspeople.
The initiation ceremony follow
ed a regular meeting of the post
o which the public had been in
Ited. Reports of committees were
nade and considerable discussion
as brought forth relative to the
proposed air-port In Salem.
Mayor T. A. Livesley was pres
ent and coniplimencetl tbe Post
apon the work done in the com
nunlty affairs and pledged his co
operation in the efforts being
.nade to secure a suitable landing
.'leld near this city.
The regular initiation ceremony
-as very impressive in its presen
tation and many comnlimentarv
'emarks were made regarding the
ork done. The Initiation team Is
omposed ot R. II. Maison, com
mander; Herman Brown, first
. ice-commander; V. L. Royal, sec
ond vice-commander; Irl S. Mc
3herry. chaplain; Lyle Dunsmoore,
ast commander and W. W. Wil
lams, sergeant-at-arms.
Following the ceremony George
3. Love of Eugene, state comman
der gave a short address.
Edward E. Spafford, national
commander of the American Le
jion, will arrive in Medford. Ore
gon, April 8 and then will fly to
Portia ad. From Portland he Is
icheduJed to fly to Silverton on
April 9 and then will come by au
tomobile to Salem. This arrange
ment was made necessarv owlnr to
the fact that Salem has no ade
quate air port.
Upon arrival In Salem he will
be officially welcomed to the
state of Oregon by the governor
nd by several drum corns. A ban
quet will follow daring which a
ihort program will be given.
At seven-thirty o'clock there
will be a parade. According to
the present plans there xwill
he the Albany and Sheridan
bands, the Portland Kntle band,
and drum corps from Eugene. Cot
tage Grove. CorvaUis, Salem and
Portland present to participate.
for her own peculiar worth.
Wherever they are. God bless them
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More Comments
There follow a number of testi
mdnlals from people who had Car
lisle students.
Miss Edge, Downtngtown, Pa.,
had altogether 78 Indian girls In
her home. For 89 years she had
two Carlisle girls in her home each
year.
Three years before Carlisle was
discontinued, to become a hospital
during the World war. Henry
Ford took 25 students from Car
lisle, in his Highland Park plant
at Detroit. The Indian boys proved
themselves splendid type o f
workmen. On of them, a Chep
pawa, broke th Ford record for
assembling. The student in the
Ford 'plant represented fourteen
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Veterans' Column
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Ities of the Hindoos are far better
known than those of the Chinese,
and much attention nas been paid
to the art as far back as 2000 B.
C.. but as hlrtory tells us that' In
dia was so often invaded by for
eign peoples, and Us commercial
relations with western countries
has been going on for ages, his
tory does not tell us what part of
its music is orlginaL The princi
pal characteristic of this country
in music from the early ages to
the present day seems to be In the
'singing of poems as well as In the
lancing to music, and professional
lancing has always been strong
eature of this country, and nautch
;lrls are an Institution of the Bud-
Jhist church and frequently is as
ociated with Immorality.
Most of the toae system and
wale formation of India is similar
co our own. and from a melody
standpoint conforms to our com
mon modes, although there is us
ually a weird effect running
throughout.
We will touch briefly on the
Arabic form of mo sic and say that
it Is more far-reaching than any
other of Its class, and it Is very
questionable whether there is any
real Arabian music, bene the pro
blem remains an unsolved ques
tlon. The modes in Hindoo song
are broken by slides, turns, grace-
nutes and shakes.
To sum up music of the semi-
clviltzed period, we find that the
Arabians made little use of music
in their religious ceremonies,
whereas on the other hand, it was
used very extensively in religious
and civic function in Babylonia
and Assyria.
The art of music was greatly en
hanced In China and Japan as well
as In India through the art of mak
ing instruments, and hundreds of
portables are chronicled.
Now, dear reader, we would like
to call your attention to the fact
that in writing this series of arti
cles on the history of music there
is a wealth of historical know
ledge that we must leave out as we
are trying to make this as simple
as possible, and we want you to
feel at liberty to ask any and all
questions that you may desire to
have answered.
Our nextrarticle will carry us a
tep further on into the Debleval
;tage of music which goes Into the
rise of Christian music.
E. B. C, Music Editor.
Invitations to attend this meet
ing hare been extended every
American Legion Post in the state
and from the replies coming intt
headquarters every indication
points to a regular one day con
vention. 8TAYTON, March 31. (Spe
cial) Edward E. Spafford. Na
tional Commander of the Ameri
can Legion will be in Salem on
Monday, April 9, and all legion
naires are Invited to attend the big
meeting to be held in the armory
in the evening, at which he will
be present. Stayton Post No. 68
will not hold its regular meeting
until April IS, to permit any mem
bers who wish to attend tbe Salem
meeting.
State Comamnder George E.
Love of Eugene and State Adju
tant Carl Moser of Portland were
in Salem Tuesday attending the in
itiation ceremony of the American
Legion Capital Post No. 9.
Charles Reynolds of Silverton.
state chairman of the membership
committee, was a visitor with Cap
ital Post No. 9 ot tbe American
Legion Tuesday evening. He was
accompanied by Charlie Starr also
of Silverton,
Marlon Post 681, Veterans of
Foreign Ware of the United States
will hold its first regular meeting
of the month at the armory on
Wedneeday. April 1 at 8 p. m. All
veterans who have mad applica
tion for membership are requested
to be present.
Otto Heider of Sheridan, district
membership chairman ot th Am
erican Legion, Jay Sechrist, com
mander ot th Sheridan Post and
E. J. Bayliss of Sheridan, execu
tive committeeman tor District No.
2 of the American Legion were
among the visitors at th Initia
tion ceremony of Capital Post
Tuesday evening.
DALLAS, March 81. (Special)
Th Dallas American Legion post
and Auxiliary unit are planning
to present a play at a date to be
seiectea in April. "Billeted.". a
comedy-drama based on war-time
different tribes
They have the outing system at
the Phoenix. Arizona. Indian
schooL Last year there were 880
on th outing list. There are al
ways more homes wanting outing
students than there are students
to go to the homes.
They hare the system at the
Haskell, Kansas, school, with 116
boys and 76 girls on the outing
list last year.
They hav th aystem in the
nuwl.
Last year Its boys and 829 girls!""- v osier, w,
were on th outing list there.
Superintendent Lippa of the
Chemawa school expects to have
th system for th Salem school a
success, with th home of all th
wiuamett valley to select from
in finding places for outing stu
dents.
experiences with the settlor Ear-
land, has been chosen.
The cast has been tsntatlvaW
selected and will hold its first
practice tonight at the J. R. Book
home. Miss Mary Hagen will coach
the play.
Victor McKenxle, national com
mitteeman from Oreron for the
American Legion, attended a meet
ing ot District No. 8 at Cottars
Grove Wednesday evening. He re
ports considerable enthusiasm in
that part of the state along alii
lines ot American Legion endea
Ivor.
NEWBERG. March. 81. (Sne-
clal) Lester C. Rees Post Amer
ican Legion will be host to the
other posts of Yamhill county here
Lglon auditorium Anril 8. at
th regular county pow-wow.
Th other posts are biinalnr a
numoer or candidates her to be
Initiated into th American Le
gion. This work will be done by the
state department officers.
There will also be sneakers to
explain th benefits ot th state
and national legislation now pass
ed or to b passed by the state and
national governments.
There will be dancing after the
program. This meeting; is onen to
the public, Full program will be
published next week.
The membership of Capital Post
of the American Legion is growing
steadily and has passed the 1,070
mark. Incidentally the 1929 mem
bership campaign has not been
forgotten and will be pushed In a
very few days. Efforts will be
made to have 300 cards bv the
time of the state convention in
August.
The following dispatch found in
the Silverton Tribune is of consid
erable Interest to all Legion
naires: ,
Commander Spafford of the
American Legion will arrive in Sil
verton In his plane Monday, April
3, and will probably be the first
me to use the new hangar that
tLe -- members have ha
constructed on the landing field.
Commander Spafford is traveling
from New Yoik and is tourina thf
Pacific Coa6t In the interests oi
the American Legion.
When he arrives here he will
visit with the local Post memben
lfter which he will be taken to Sa
em by auto-to attend a big mass
meeting of Legionnaires and Aux
iliary members. He will leave hit
plane here over night owing to the
fact that Salem has no air port.
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FIRST EASTER MORN
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self to a tree," and the money
which he accepted for the betrayal
as used to purchase a burial
space for him In the potter's field
The "Judas-coins" in the loca
jvindow were modeled by Mis:
Swart first in clay; then a plaste:
of Paris ca3t made; then reproduc
Mon in metal form, the design be
ing copied from authentic photo
graphs of coins in use during that
period of history, and bearing up
on their face what is said to be
an accurate likeness to Tiberiut
Caesar, and on the obverse side
the likeness of an eagle.
The window contains many oth
er interesting articles, brought
from Palestine by local travelers.
which include dried "fruit of the
vine;" a necklace made of olive
seeds; a piece of stone from the
quarry out of which Solomon's
Temple was builded; a bU of sack
cloth and of ashes; a "mite," Buch
is we are told was contributed to
;harity by the poor widow from
her meagre means, and which was
given to Prof. Laughlin, when in
Palestine, by the keeper of the
Samaritan Inn, located where It
s said th Good Samaritan be
friended the man who had fallen
among thieves. Ther are also
an olive-wood-mounted book of
pressed flowers from Palestine,
showing the Passion flower. Lily
of the Field and Rose of Sharon;
a tray of frankincense and myrrh;
gall-balls; bits ot wormwood
plant; and hemlock and hyssop.
which Biblical history tells us a
compassionate bystander, at the
Crucifixion, sopped upon a sponge
and gave to the Lord during his
agony.
Also of compelling Interest Is
the bona -fide parchment Scroll,
upon which Is written the entire
Easter story as given In the BIbl.
Attached to the scroll Is a reed
pen, such as was used In ancient
times.
Enthusiastic compliment Is be
ing given Miss Swart by people of
all walks ot life for the unique ar
tistry of hr "First Eastern Mom
she has approximately chos
en to titl it, and to which on of
her commercial windows is exclu
sively devoted; in th preparation
ofwhlch was required not only a
vast amount or painstaking histor
ical research. In order to appro
priately depict the crucial events,
butt much arduous physical labor
as well all done during spare
moments covering an extended
period of time.
Among those who contributed
Palestinian articles and first-hand
Information utilized for th window-display
were: Dr. and Mrs.
Carl Gregg Doney, Prof. 8. B.
Laughlin, Dr. McCormlck, Misses
Laura and Una Heist, all of whom
hare visited Palestine. Special ap
preciation for their assistance and
cooperation is also do Professor
Keefer. John Dunker. Mr. Maruny.
! TXT c-.-.
N. Stonebrink, Cartozlan Bros.,
and Miss Swart s mother and sis
tr. ' .
Th entlr pageant is replete
with compel: ing and Inspirational
fist Vlhfi ltfFW a ysa ve ! a sv aw.
lAaJL VUllUllVJlViUAsaiVM
unique in one respect, and
ancient ideas, methods and reputations are be
ing dissected, annalized and if found wanting smash-
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promises are being exposed to an ever more critical
public.
but still whole regiments of men's wear adver
tisers carry on as if the public accepted everything m
print as "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth." it may be doubted if the public ever was
that way. it is certain that it is not that way now.
the man's shop, under the new management of
hollis w. huntington recognizes and appreciates this
trend in the buying public's attitude of mind.
that explains why the policy of this store does
not anow tne use 01 line language aim cAag
erated superlatives" in their advertising program,
nor permit the personnel to employ high-powered
and aggressive selling tactics when serving our pa
trons. may we suggest that you call-a -visit will pleas
antly disclose that our personnel are courteous, alert,
and style informed, that our assortment of men's
wear is -impressively correct and complete, yet offer
ing an honest value for your dollar.
our recent systematic revision of our merchan
dising policy, and consequent elimination of over
head permits us to tremendously increase our values.
we closely guard our credit policy and extend
credit privileges only to very worthy customers.
we concentrate our buying to select lines of
men's wear nationally known for quality and recogT
nized for style.
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we mark our merchandise on a very close profit
margin, thereby securing "turnover" for ourselves
and increased values for our patrons.
speaking of values, we know that each man has
nis own idea 01 wnat constitutes a value, no matter
how exacting your idea may be we cordially invite
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a purchase will vindicate your judgment.
society brand and hickey-freeman clothing
dobbs felt hats, and caps
nunn and bush ankle
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nony Knit sportswear
gravco shirts and hand
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nrm m aii Q Hyprl
merchandising methods and advertising propa
ganda are given this same logical and thorough ex-
and false
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a o-p in which we live IS HlOSt
that we may
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iashioned oxfords
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