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Show REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN 8aHOOLS. 443 famish bread to the few only, hut the competent laborer, male or female, ia in a pmition of compmrive iodependcnre urr the qut,utiun of rubsistmce. T--h-e-a.im . then. of l n d i~~~e d~t c a t i o n~hheu tuhal lt ld urinctlw re~,eptivea nd formative period of life e;G young Indian should receive such hdustriai education as will lace him clearly beyond the ranks of the incapable, among the competent working b d prcducmg c-his. To do this, rational industrial education is a necessity, and so much of the school period of life as may be needed should be devoted to its attainment. Any Indian school, of whatever class, that fails to give this or m&es it asecondary consideration is failing of its chief end and object. Industrial education does not mean and should not involve mere drudgery. To make it do sowill beget anantipathyto the very thing we desire to fwter and encorn-qe. Care should be taken everywhereand at all times to honor the worker of whatever degree. and by no means allow the idea to enter that a farmer or mechshic is not as wo&hy'of reapkct as &??her or clerk. My experiencewith the admlmstmtion of Indian schoolahasbeenthatvastly more thought and attention has been bestowed on the literary course of study to be ur wed, which ublisher's texbbooks shall he used, and what particular metho8 of writing shall Ee taught than upon the industrial education that cas and should be given to every Indian child of suitable physique. I would like to see the force and equipment for teaching the various industrial occunations in Indian schools as well areanized and as comulete as now is the case - .- ~~-~~ ~~ interests and oceuuations of t h e ~ ~ h o othl ,e farm. the stock, t,he trades. Give them an e ual place w!th the schoolroom, not a secondary one, and how much more popoyar such interests would become. It is the nature of the young to enjoy physical effort so that it does not become dfudgery. Were these ideas to be adouted and officlallv ~romukated as the bssi on which thr: Indian ..ht,<,lr were to ?I; c<>ndoc:tcttl1 1 t ~ iio ul<li pl,rur at once a nt~mhcrof rweunr why the plau w a s not npplic.llllc to this or thsr u. lltjtjl. 1 will wlniit tllnt in nmvti<.ee- tlu~cati.~>ni n~ ind~u9tri-v3 i~+ U ~~ >aI~~ ~-o l~ito~ a l~l slv~l~lo)I ~d a like: I > I I ~tl w k,ri~~t'i- ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ulr is. and that of itself is v&tlv imu&[ant. There are, however,'but few &hools i,hrrc ac,trle wall! good ppmcrizai a.&k rnn nor hr A,ne al,,ug nonw pn,dtn.ti\.r lirke ek~lecrnals the $yi.cialtyo f the ccl~uolb y relron oi irr h,.ati.,n or cvndiriwn, a, gar-r- l.,-.-n--~-n, u.i ruir I-.I~I~WIP.~ an-d ~iarm~inr~. ou- ru~,.ll ,a ".oderate r<.ulc tl-t it shall bethur-oughly instructive as wellas proxuctive of corn and potatoes. Take the time for it; inseason dismias the school if necessary. The first need of our nature is life, the sec-ond to make a living; and other things in their order. I do not wish to be understood as recommending an attempt to carry on a qtul-ti~ licitvoifn dustries. such as Carlisle and someother l a m s chools have m opemtlon, irk, platvp nhwe tl;ey ranlti irt- uut of placr, i,trt iu G.er? school, larw Gr n~uall, t,, plant the i~leaI IIHI tllu*e LO 1~avcal>ilirtyo I,NJUCUwi tlc tlleir hand tha net.es-rnrw, oi life :nn. s.1 worrllr. a- I~onorablv.a 1.J as i;trcce~sfoal. rhow who <Id the aamo " 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ .-~...-.- --. thine hv their ab~lltvto teach or knowlid~ein other directions ~ 1 .Gr r i ~~~~r c riihl i ridu*trial cdocati~~u'ii*n trlli~enra grivtlltnrr, which inclndcs alp0 ganle~lin,:a lld fruit t-ulture, dxiryin~,,, an: oi rtork, vrv. \Ve Ijav<.t he promise o..i r l ~Or ILw?h d VL~UW"0P1 ..that SO I U ~ aP8 the WSIIJ cnd!~re*r rrd tirne and har- ~ ~~ ~~ vest shall not fail." Here, then, is suppEed the prime necessity of life, the means +"-" ,.;..a. . ". It is not my p ose to particdarize as to methods b~ which industel education should be pur su2in Ind~ansc hools, but to urge that it be Sven its nghtful place and consideration; that as much care, thought, and talent be expended on the proper industrial equipment and methods as is now the case on the schoolmom work and appliance. But few among the Indians now in school will be able to lire by their llterrtry attainments excluslvel~: The many will depend on their hands. Therefore let the main effort be in the Irechon that is zoine to be the ereatest mod to the develop into an independent, self-suppo<ting person than the one who is teaching or clerking for s, living, depending on the pleasure or needs of others for the salary on which he or she lives. A bushel of wheat or corn has its cash value, so has fat stock, the shoeing of a home, the building of a house, or skilled labor in any direction, and the Indian who |
