The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1927-07 - 1927-08

              The Word Carrier
of Santee normal training school.
VOLUME  LVI
HELPING THE   RIGHT, EXPOSING THE "WRONG
NUMBER H
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
•July-August, 1927
FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR
The Santee Chorus at the National
Council
Our Santee Chorus has made  better progress than ever,  under Mrs.  Riggs' patient
and skillful training the last two years, since
we have had the full high school course.    It   Saturday,
was a great compliment to the possibilities J Mon(lay> -
of this chorus that Mrs.  Riggs was invited
to take it to sing in  the  American Mission- i
ary Association  meeting held in connection J
with the National Council of Congregational
Churches in Omaha.    Our chorus was welcomed with  much enthusiasm at tlwir first
appearance and from that time on thru the
three days that they were in Omaha were in
demand to sing at the main meetings of the
Council and all the side meetings they could
attend.    It was a great experience for the
twenty-four Santee Indian  pupils who  were
in  this chorus and  we thank all  our  kind
friends for the wonderful welcome they gave
us at Omaha.
This expedition was made possible by the
goodness of our Santee neighbors in loaning us their cars: Mr. Carl Carson, Dr. G.
J. Frazier, Mr. L. A. Leigh, Rev. John
Wright, and then came Prin. and Mrs. F. B.
Riggs with theirs and the school Ford, altogether a procession of six autos, and that is
how we went to and returned from Omaha,
all happily and safely.
The Santee Commencement Program
lay 21=23, 192?
45 p. in., Musical Recital
00-3 : 00 p. m., .School  Room and
Shop Exhibits
00-3 : 30 p. m. Band Concert.
30 p.m., Class Day  Program in
in the Chapel
45 p. in., Graduation Program
pupils' ffirrilal
Satiirhiiij Einming
FIRST   YEAR
, 1 Flowers of Spring.
Florine Garvie
2 Sleepy Time,
1 Arlene Graham
3 Jolly Raindrops, ...
Violet Frazier
4 A Little Song,
l.eona Dooley
5 My First March,
Dnniel Schirmer
6 Sweet Briar Waltz,
Hazel Simmons
7 Last Hope,        ....
Ella Antoine
In cur Word Carrier for March-April we
described the investigation of Indian affairs
that is being made by the Institute for Government Research, which is a society that is
not in any way connected with the Government. We were very much pleased to have
a visit from three of this commission on the
second and third of May: Dr. W. C. Ryan,
professor of education at Swarthmore College.
Dr. H. R. Edwards, medical field secretary
of the National Tuberculosis Association, and
Dr. F. A. McKenzie, professor of sociology
of Juniata College. And we were pleased to
have a call from Supervisor S. Toledo Sherry
at the same time.
SECOND  VEAR
8 Grasshopper Dance,
Mary Wright
9 Pretty Little Song Bird,
Pearl Frazier
. q f Rose Petals,      -
1 Waltz of the Fairy Flowers,
Udine Moody
11 Here Comes the Scouts,    -  "    -
Reginald Lawson
12 Danish Peasant Dance,
Alice McGregor
13 Palms,	
Louisa Campbell
14 Polonaise  Joyeuse,
Amy Daugherty
15 Boating by Moonlight,
Katherine  McGregor
16 Meditation,	
Gertrude Powless
Riggs Memorial in Chicago Seminary
The Commons Room of the dormitory of
Chicago Theological Seminary contains ten
beautiful windows of beautiful design. Each
window has one medallion with bright, delicate color representing a scene in Congregational history. All the color is in the glass,
which is the finest imported antique. No
enamel whatever has been used. The names
of graduates of the seminary are quaintly
incorporated into the windows after the manner of ancient book plates.
In the first window the scene is the rear
view of the old ssrooby Manor House lying
among the meadows with the flowing river
and the grazing sheep. Tbe name at the
lower left is Rev. Thomas Langley Riggs,
'72, a devoted missionary to the Indians. (It
should have been Thomas Lawrence Riggs.)
17 Waltzing Doll,
FART  II
18 Colombine,
19 Hungarian,
20 Polonaise,
Elizabeth Wright
Margaret Wright
Rapsody  -
Gladys Ripley
Ethel Frazier
Ponca Indians Compete at County Fairs
Farmers Dunham and Hamilton of the j
Ponca Agency, Oklahoma, report that a num- |
ber of the Indians won prizes at the Kay and -I
Noble County Fairs in competition with the j
whites. Among the winners were Arthur j
Bears-ear, who won 'three first prizes and ,
championship on his pigs, receiving $24.00 J
in cash premiums. ,
Francis Roy won second prize on Kaffir j
corn; Ruth Bears-ear, first, second and third .
on poultry; and Theresa Shadlow, first and i
second on sewing.
Indian women at Ponca dried a consider- .
able quantity of corn, pumpkins, etc., for
winter.—Industrial Record.
(graouatimt iPrnm-am
iMnttnait  burning
Processional—
Chorus—Spring Song,    -     -    Mendelssohn
Prayer—
Girls' Chorus—Indian Dawn,    -   Zamecnik
To a Wild Rose,   MacDowell
Prizes and Announcements—
Boys' Chorus—O'er the Hills Away,
Old English Melody
When Dawning Springtime,
E. di Caupa
Commencement Address—
Rev. H. H. Lindeman,
Pastor of the First Congregational Church,
Y'ankton, South Dakota
Chorus—Land of the Sky Blue Waters,
Lieurance
Pale Moon,     ....    Logan
Presentation of Certificates—
Principal F. B. Riggs
-     Rolfe
-     Weddle
Spaulding
Wright
Dale
-    Ellis
Bonewitz
Willagoose
Spaulding
Lawson
-    Crosby
Weitz
Christiani
Faure
Kreutzlin
Morrison
Morrison
Poldini
Del ah aye
Koelling
- Goldner
Chorus—Calm is the Night,
Dakota Chant,   -
Benediction—
Bohm
23d Psalm
Our Platform
For Indians we want American Education! We
want American Homes! We want American Rights!
The result of which is American Citizenship! And the
Gospel is the Power of God for their Salvation!
"Better than Dance Songs''
'The Dakota Indian is b.y nature reserved
and not likely to do the unconventional thing.
But one of our Indian pastors has the courage
to override conventions and do the unexpected
things when he feels there is need for it.
In his pastoral work he does not stop with
shepherding his Dakota brethren but seeks out
the scattered and neglected white families,
prays with them in their homes and invites
them to come to his meetings.
He goes down to the olcl box-car shack
where the railroad section men have their
bunks and whether they be Irish, Greeks or
Japanese he "talks religion" with them in
broken English and invites them to Church.
He goes out and gets a white man to be
superintendent of the Sunday School, a man
who until he moves out of the neighborhood
proves very helpful to the Indian work
though he belongs to a sect far removed from
Presbyterianism.
In some of these things this Indian pastor
braved the certain criticism of his own church
members who held to the idea that their
Church was distinctively a Dakota Indian
Church and should be kept so.
Some time ago this pastor and his wife were
on a train that was stalled for half a clay by
the snow drifts. The passengers whileci the
tedious hours away by calling on each other
to sing songs or tell stories or perform any
sort of stunt that might prove entertaining.
The songs and stories proved no worse than
might have been expected but nothing very
elevating had been presented.
Some one turned to the Indian and said,
"Come on now, it's your turn. Can't you
sing us one of your old Indian dance songs?"
Without further urging the pastor rose
and said, "Yes, we will sing for you. I used
to sing dance songs but we don't sing them
any more.   We have found something better."
With his wife's assistance he sang one of
those Dakota hymns adapted to an old native
air, minor and plaintive.
Then he said, "Now we can all sing together, 'Jesus Lover of my Soul', we all know that
hymn."   And they all sang together.
After the singing he read a few words from
his New Testament and prayed in his native
tongue. Then as best he could he told in English of his missionary work in Montana.
When he sat down some one said, "That is
a fine work. Let's help it along." And probably the only missionary collection ever taken
in that railway coach was gathered right there.
In his latest report this pastor tells how he
had just gone to the home of a bootlegger
whose illicit dealings had been working havoc
with some of the Indians of his congregation.
He earnestly reproved this man and his wife
for their evil business, warned them of judgment to come, and in short so touched their
hearts that they broke down and asked the
pastor to pray with and for them. He reports
that they promised to forsake their evil way
and asked to be baptized and received into
the Indian Church.     Jesse P. Williamson.
Red Lake, Minnesota,  Holds an Achievement Day
Farmers' clubs at Red Lake completed their
year's work with an achievement day where
their products were attractively displayed
and attracted much attention from the white
farmers. The leading feature was the potato exhibit, the potatoes being of such good
quality that they had a ready demand for seed
purposes at a high price.—Industrial Record.