The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1916-01 - 1916-02

              the Word carrier.
OF
Santee Normal Training school.
VOLUME  XLV
HELPING- THE  RIGHT, EXPOSING THE WRONG.
NUMBER 1
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1916
THIRTY CENTS PER YEAR
Our Platform
For Indians we want American Education! We want
American Homes! We want American Rights! The result
of which is American Citizenship t And the Gospel is the
Power of God for their Salvation !
Aim of Missionary  Education
The following paragraphs are taken from an j
article in the Southern  Workman written by
Dr. J. H. House.
Santee was founded on this aim of education—the building up of character. Forty-six
years ago manual training and industrial work
were not receiving general educational emphasis,
but Dr. Riggs by his characteristic foresight saw
what was most needed to fit the Indian young
people for the practical needs of life and in the
Santee course of study equal attention has always been given class room work, industrial
work, and manual training.
"I suppose that all are agreed that the building up of character is the first object of education. For that reason we cannot leave out any
of the elements that go to the make-up of character. We must train the conscience and the
heart; we must train the mind to think and
the hand to do the things which the mind thinks
out and plans. It is now about forty years
that I have been interested in missionary industrial education. lam more and more convinced that if we leave out any one of the three
elements mentioned we weaken the educational
value of the work. Take, for instance, the
manual part; I suppose that there is nothing
that reveals the character of a boy so perfectly
as his handiwork. The character of the work
reveals the character of the boy, and knowledge
thus gained enables the teacher to labor directly for the elimination of the evil and the cultivation of the good in him.
The influence of manual work upon mental
training is, I think, admitted by all the best
educators. It trains the mind in exact thinking
and makes knowledge acquired theoretically a
practical possession of one's being. Again, the
responsibility thrown upon a boy in practical
work developes his thinking powers and makes
him self-reliant, giving him confidence in his
ability to do things. This is perhaps most im
portantin the case of boys who are less bright
m their lessons than their classmates. The fact
that in the shop or the field they are able to compete with their mates is a source of encouragement."
The new course of study for Indian Government Schools made mention of in this paper,
makes training for character but two-fold: "the
training of the mind to think and the hand to do,"
eliminating "the training of the conscience and
the heart."
Indian Work Shown at State Fair
The Albuquerque Journal gives notice, as a remarkable feature of New Mexico's State Fair, of
the Indian exhibit.
Eskanada Spencer, a pure-blood Navajo boy
has made a buffet that is equal to the best that
could be turned out from Grand Rapids, and he
and other students of the Albuquerque Indian
School have ou display at the fair a collection
of furniture, consisting of sideboards, dressers,
chairs, settees, and divans that the richest man
in Albuquerque would be glad to have in his
drawing room.
Nat ton-ne-at-so-se bit-silly, another Navajo
from the reservation at Shiprock, has hammered
out a set of silverware that a trader was glad to
give him $500 for and that milady would be
proud to claim as her own.
Navajo blankets of the rarest and most elegant
design, that would sell in any market for as high
as $500, are- being shown in profusion at the
fair giounds.
A Hopi Indian boy, a member of a formerly
hostile tribe, has made pencil sketches that any
newspaper would be glad to run in a conspicuous
place in its columns; and another student of the
Albuquerque Indian School has made an excellent copy of the cartoon recently published in
The Journal showing President R. E. Putney as
jockey "coming in winner at the big State Fair."
BIRDS'  NEST—SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL
The Power Which Knowledge Gives
From an address by Henry Roe Cloud at the Genoa
Indian School
Once in the history of this world physical
strength was everything—animals whose mammoth skeletons are now in the museums lived upon the earth—man had great physical
strength, but little mental capacity. Neither
man nor beast could overcome a difficulty, and
they passed from the earth. In Europe, the
Anglo-Saxon race thought out ways of driving
back the rough hordes who had only physical
strength.
The Indian should have race pride, but he
must strive in the original sense of the word;
he must agonize for knowledge which gives
power. He must have initiative and ingenuity
to solve problems that can be solved only by
himself. If the Indian race is not willing to
scale the mountains of difficulty it will have to
disappear like- the cave dwellers of Mexico, upon
whom now the silence of ages rests. Difficulties
like mountains are of great value. Shall they
be surmounted! Or shall we go the easier way
down to the pony to ride, to the dauces, to the
reservation, and become nobodies?
The clear air of the heights is much the best,
with hard things to overcome and a strong and
living desire to be of service.
Miss Kate McBeth
Miss Kate McBeth, beloved by the Nez
Perces as their missionary adviser and friend
for thirty-six years, died Friday, October 29,
1915, at her home at Lapwai, Idaho. After services conducted by Rev. James Dickson, her
body was laid to rest in the Kamiah cemetery
beside her sister, Sue, who had also given the
best of her life to the Nez Perces. Among the
pall bearers wre three .men who had been
educated for the ministry by Miss McBeth.
Following the casket to the cemetery were many
Indian children carrying flowers.
Miss Mc Beth left her home at Wellsville,
0., in 1879, to join h-r sister, Sue, who had
been ou the field since 1873. Miss Kate had
been a teacher at Wellsvilie, then at Fairfield
Seminary, in Iowa, and afterwards at North
Sewickiey, Penn. for eleven years before going to Idaho.
"Miss Kate," as she was lovingly called by
many, worked among the people at Kamiah until 1886. when the missionary board thought
best to have her take up work at Lapwai. She
not only trained the native preachers for the
ministry, but taught, elders their duties, trained
Sunday School superintendents, teachers, and
workers. Mark Arthur, James Dickson, Elias
Pond arid Edward J. Connor were ordained
as a result of her work. Although nearly
eighty-four years of age, during the past
year a class of women were instructed by her
in Bible study, teachers' training and for service generally.
As a result of the work commenced in 1836
by Rev. Spalding and continued by the McBeth
sisters and Miss Mazie Crawford, who joined
Miss Kate McBeth in 1895, about three-fourths
j of the Nez Perce tribe are Christians. There
I are six native Presbyterian churches on the reservation,   with native   pastors  and   officials
In recent years the Christian Indians have
! held a yearly camp meeting for ten days.    Miss
McBeth    took   great pride   in these meetings,
where the Indians  are efficiently instructed in
religious matters.
Her missionary work will be carried on by
Miss Mazie Crawford and by the native pastors
, and helpers. Many Nez Perces converted under
j her teaching will feel, as they have expressed
|it, that they are now "orphans," but her in-
I spiration will ever be with these people whom
she loved.—Nez Perce Indian.
Rev. Francis Frazier Represents Santee
Rev. Francis Frazier and his niece Miss Jessie
Frazier were recently invited to represent and
tell of the work at Santee at the Congregational
Conference in Albion, Nebraska.
What they said so aroused the interest of those
at the meeting that an offering was taken for
the benefit of the new school building at Santee
by which our fund was increased by the amount
of $20.58.
On their way home from Albion they stopped
at Genoa that Rev. Francis Frazier might address the Indian pupils at the Genoa School.
The Indian News speaks of his address:
Mr. Frazier gave an excellent talk in the
auditorium that was heard with close attention
by the student body and employees.
He referred to having begun to study English
when twelve years of age. His school room
was not like the present beautiful building that
the government has erected, but very simple. It
was built of logs and they sat upon grass and hay
strewn upon the floor, but the boys and girls
were filled with desire to learn and enjoyed the
knowledge that faithful teachers gave to them.
Now there are beautiful school houses and the
government wishes the Indian youth should improve all these opportunities to gain strength
to do their work in the world as God wishes.
God made all things. He created them for us;
and He wants us to grow in wisdom. "You Indian boys and girls are sent to these schools",
Mr. Frazier said, "to learn to be strong leaders of
your people-like Joshua of old, you are to lead
your people into the promised land of better
things. My thoughts are continually with the
children that I may be helpful to them. It is
the wish of your parents who send you here that
you should grow up into good men and women.
"Learn to have patience in your work. Be
obedient. Live well and shun evil. If you do
not, some day you will be sorry that you have
brought such bad consequences upon yourself.
"You are far from your homes, but, you are in a
good place under a strong superintendent who
will help you. You have listened closely to me
and I thank you, and my wish is that God will
watch over and guide you."
Superintendent Davis referred to the excellent
J advice that had been given by this man who was
I rich   in life's experience and was   giving   his
| help  so usefully  to  the youth of his people.
! Mr. Davis said that Mr. Frazier   had received
his training under the splendid   men who have
done such a great work toward the uplift of the
Indians of South Dakota and Nebraska by the
Santee School of Santee, Nebraska.