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Show REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. 337 At the closing meeting the industrial section passed the following resolutions: Resolved, That we. the members of the Industrial Association, tender onr thanks to the managers of the Indian Institnte for a profitable session, and to our snper-intendent for kindly interest in our work. We ask that u systematic and graded course in industrial training be inawn-rated in the Indian schools. We further ask that the industrial department be given greater recognition. INDIAN SCHOOL INSTITUTE AT COLORADO SPRINGS. It would add'mnch to the literature published upon the various phases of the Indian question if the many able and interesting papers and addresses oresented before the Indian Institute at itu recent meeting at Cu~Gra(~Snp rings could be giv1.n iu full in this report. I.imitei1 spnee, however, will prevent this being done. A brief epitome of the ideas and ssnwestions advancer1 will indicate at least the reneral trend of opinions ;;;on Inany of tlte i~t~po~t ;qluuets tions under dis-cussion, and it is hoped will more frcelv r~nvhnsiireu concurrent nublie opinion'npon the sibjects treated in this report. President W. T. Slocum, who so ably discussed the subject of Edu-cation at the late Mohonk conference, spoke of the phases of the moral idea in this educational movement, and said: The moral element in this work we are trylng to do is of great importance. The only way you con make a boy or girl moral 111 the highest aense of thnt word is by anllroacbina the anerrion from the scielllitic stnnduoiut. I think that the word that will e$ress Ghat I want to say to-night bet& than anything else is self-control. The full text of President Slocum's remarks is worthy of careful consideration, and should be given a prominent place in our works of reference. Rev. J. T. Whitmore addressed the institute upon "The duty of the United States Government to provide water storage for its Indian wards wherever practicable and necessary." He aaid it was the duty of the Government to establish water storage in the arid regions of the West, as well as in other localities where needed. He declared that if a water-storage system were established the Indians "would be no longer wards of the Government, but in a short time would gladly support themselves and become producers, taxpayers, and valuable citizens." He recited many facts, figures, and esperiences in support of his able and logical argument. Hon. Grace Epsy Patton, State superintendent of public instruc-tion, Colorado, in an address upon the sub.iect, "Progress of the Government in its treatment of the Indian problem," among other things aaid: When the Government of tho United States had reached a condition of stable e~lnilibrium,s tatesmen of the nation di~eovertda mong r h ~ma ny problems of Imllortnnce the one regarding what diq~osirion ahonld he made of the Indian. TI* i~tHuenceof ci\.ili?itiou Geemed nor'alwavs to have tho desired etfect. To rt,#anl ~dncntiona nd civiliznnon a3 synonymous terms ia erronronn. Educetion inlt,lie3 dr,veloument ot the 6ouI I I U ~ ~ ~tlIie-nnI the qoul itwlf. * " The F<Y to oivilizets to create a desire'for civilization: the way to educate is to create a iesire for knowledge. Right Rev. Abiel Leonard addressed the institute upon the "Indian problem," as he said, from a layman's standpoint, and approached the subject by saying: We mnst look at the Indian question in a practical, not a sentimental way. Sometimes we are told that it is impossible to do anything for these people; but I 6 9 7 6 2 2 |