The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1911-05 - 1911-06

              The Word Carrier
of Santee Normal Training School.
VOLUME XL
HELPING THE RIGHT, EXPOSING THE "WRONG.
NUMBER  3
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
MAY-JUNE, 1911
THIRTY CENTS PER YEAR
Our   Platform
For   Indians we  want   American   Education
American Homes!    We want American Rights!
of which is American  Citizenship
Power of God for their Salvation !
We want
The result
And  the Gospel is the
Our Dakota Congregational Association and
Mission Council met at Fort Yates, N. D. May
20-22. Almost the whole of two days was
given in the Association to Bible study. The
native ministers and delegates were deeply interested . Many took part. The topics were sent
out beforehand to those who were to lead. One
of the best of these studies was by a woman
delegate ou The women who ministered to Jesus.
Indian Progress
Where shall we find today the primitive Indian the unspoiled red man of blanket and
feather? Not in many of the places where he
was lo be seen in the past. We may, indeed,
find the Indian in the new commonwealth of
Okhiboma, but it will likely be with blood so
mingled that it will not surprise us that both
his name and his pursuits are not different
from those of the white man. If we go among
the (dd tribes of the plains, of which there are
but the remnants today, very many will be
found working to gain a livelihood after the
manner of the sturdy Anglo-Saxon—"fighting
his own way to his own loaf." Though the
Indian attired in the ordinary garb of civilization may not appeal to the fancy as did the
picturesque ludian of our forefathers, nor start
cold thrills as when adorned with paint and
toni:'hawk he set forth upon the warpath, he is
an even greater brave, when, with pick and shovel and overalls, he works diligently to conquer
the soil.
Is he then vanishing—the American Indian,
the only truly native American on this continent i Yes, and no. Numerically there has
set in an increase, rot large but decided; and
this has come since the hand of the .Church and
of the Government have been extended to save
the red man from the ravages of disease and intoxicants. The ludian of the camp and warpath is vanishing. Help to put in his place the
Christian Indian citizeu—not the spoiled Indian made degenerate by unworthy or unscrupulous whites.
Aud the unreached tribes—are there any
such? If the whole number of Indians is but
some three hundred thousand why not reach
them all at once? The three hundred thousand
Indiaus are scattered throughout twenty-six
states; they do not speak the same dialect—instead there are some two hundred and fifty distinct dialects spoken by the various tribes.
Were the Indians massed and did they speak
one tongue the Gospel could be quickly given
to each individual; in fact, that would be entirely possible now were the church fully aroused
to earnestness of effort.
It is worth recognition—the fact that the
Government has appointed Indians, on successful examination, to positions in the Indian Service as teachers, clerks, farmers, etc., and so
capably have they performed the duties that
in many cases they have received promotion.
Something over one-fifth of those in the Indian
Service are Indians. Perhaps one of the most
interes'ling examples is that of the Supervisor
of Indian Employees, who is a Peoria Indian.
In the three or four years of his work—which
is an initiatory one—he has successfully met
his duty of "finding work for the Indians" and
"finding Indians for the work." In many places
in the Indian country hundreds of Indians have
worked . on railroads, irrigating ditches and
engaged in other employments suited to their
attainments, thus promoting self-help which
leads eventually to the "finished product" of a
self-supporting, self-respecting, useful Indian
citizen.—Home Mission Monthly.
Santee Normal Training School
41st Anniversary, May 30 and 31, 191 1.
Tuesday, 4:00 p. m Beginners' Musical.
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m  Musical Recital.
Wednesday, il: 00 P- m- "       "       "      School Exhibit.
13:00 p. m.,      .        -    Games and Lawn Social.
Wednesday, 7=45 p. m., -        - Closing Program.
The Beginners' Musical on Tuesday afternoon,
May 30, was the first of the closing exercises.
Friends, parents and pupils gathered at the
Chapel at four o'clock and listened to a most eu-
joyable program.
FIRST  YEAR  PUPILS
1 The Jolly Little Peasant    -    -    -    Dennee.
Rachel Frazier.
2 Merry Games Steinheimer.
Robert Baker.
3 Home Sweet Home  -    -    -    -      Rimbault.
Mercy Jones.
4 Cradle Song      ......       Dennee.
Rebecca Driver.
5 Waving Leaves Cochean.
Nancy Kennedy.
6 Flower Song Lange.
Rachel Chaat.
7 Playtime Steinheimer.
Helen Harden.
8 A little Waltz        Gaynor.
Nora Cox
9 School March Sartorio.
Willis Whitemountain.
,n f" In Church \ ...
10 V Playtime JAltman.
Henry Aungie.
11 Minuette               Trojelli.
Annie Macdonald.
12 Little Friends Streabog.
Josette Coe.
13 Valse       Rolfe.
Matthew Killscrow.
The evening recital was given by second year
and more advanced music pupils. It is gratifying to see their progress year by year, and their
advancement in the understanding of music.
PAST    I.
Second Year Pupils
1 At Eventide        Grainger.
Clara Rencounter.
„f« March of tbe Forest Sprites \.   _   (javnor
\* Song of the Armorer J '
George Harding
3 Air de Ballet Picquet.
Kathryn Nagle.
4 Waltzing Doll      Poldini.
Winona Riggs.
FJLI5T     II.
1 Spring Song Rathbun.
Stella Frazier.
2 Mazurka     Williams.
Tocsi   Chaat.
3 Organ  Overture   -    -     -    -    .     Battmann.
Fannie Bruguier.
4 Rustle of Spring Sinding.
Eveline Arconge.
5 Intermezzo Newman.
Irene Mitchell.
6 Second Mazurka Godard.
Mabel Arconge.
7 Last Hope Gottschalk.
Grace Frazier.
On Wednesday afternoon the school exhibit
aud   sale  rooms, printing office   and primary
I school rooms were open to visitors for two
hours. The work of tbe last year was shown,
as well as that of former years. There was
added interest this year ou account of the
change of quarters. Many had not seen the
new rooms.
A Lawn Social followed the exhibits. Favored by a perfect day, it was pleasaut for all to
sit about under the trees, to renew acquaintance
with friends, and to watch the games which the
younger pupils thoroughly enjoyed. The Cottage boys, led by one of their number, swung
Indian clubs; there was a wand drill bjr the
thirty six Birds' Nest girls, well given aud
very pretty; then followed games by the primary school children.
The interest that always centers in the Closing Program was shown on Wednesday evening
by the well filled Chapel. Some in the audience
had not enough command of English to understand the recitations, but all greatly enjoyed
the boys and girls choruses. The chorus,
Summer Days, sung by six girls was beautiful.
Closing Program, Wednesday Evening.
Chorus—When tbe Roses Bloom Again    -   -   Adams.
Recitations by Pupils to receive Eighth Grade Certificates.
General Subject—Relations of School to
Practical Life.
Physiology ' -   - Gulick and Parsons.
Grace T. Frazier.
Nature Study      -   -   -   - Pouchet.
Mercy W. Frazier.
Work and Character 	
Izetta Drew.
Gardening    -   -     Parsons.
Hattie M. La Pointe.
Cookery Rorer.
Mabel H. Arconge.
Girl's Chorus—Summer Days Abt.
Recitations by High School Pupils to receive
Graduation Certificates.
Reaction of Hand and Tool  -   -   -
Marv W. Brave.
Pabst.
Work Makes ^ralue	
Minnie M. Mitchell.
Phillips.
Strenuous Lite   Roosevelt.
Marv W. Frazier.
Commencement Ode     -   - Veazie.
Announcements of Promotions
Presentation   of   Certificates
Of the graduating class two had been with
us through the entire course. These were
Minnie Mitchell of Santee, and Mary Frazier of
Rosebud. The third graduate, Mary Brave of
Lower Brule, had been with us three years, coming to Santee to finish her course after graduating from a government school.
Dr. Riggs impressed upon the class the meaning of the certificates which he presented and
spoke of his hopes for their future.
Mr. Ben Brave came forward and expressed
his thanks for what the Santee sehool had done
for his daughter and presented the school with
the generous gift of twenty-five dollars.
Rev. Robert Hall bids good by to our Dakota
Mission to enter the new Secretaryship of Y. M.
C. A. Indian work. It is to be hoped that the
i scripture "There is that scattereth and yet in-
I creaseth" may be fulfilled in his case. We however hold to the value of intensive farming on a
smaller field. Rev. James F. Cross now takes
charge again of the Rosebud work with new zeal.