The Word Carrier (Santee, Nebraska), 1900-05 - 1900-07

              The Word Carrier.
VOLUME   XXIX.
HELPIU6   THE   RIGHT,   EXPOSING   THE   WRONG.
SUMUER 5.
SANTEE, NEBBASKA.
MAY-JTJNE-JTJLY, 1900.
FIFTY CENTS PEE YEAB.
OUR PLATFORM.
For Indians we want American Education ! We want American Homes I
We want American Rights! The result of which is American Citizenship!
And the gospel is the Power of God for
tlieir Salvation!
The Southern Workman is a
beautiful Magazine. And its illustrated articles are illustrative in
the line of its legitimate field. For
instance the article in the August
number on the Cherokees of North
Carolina.
The Indian Leader, which comes
every week from Haskell Institute,
Lawrence, Kansas, is a bright and
newsy school paper that we are always glad to open.
The Bed Man and Helper is the
new combination paper of Carlisle
School. It comes out in a sanguinary heading. But that.is perfectly appropriate. As a weekly
its influence will no doubt be increased. 	
The Ogalalla Light is a new
adventure in Indian school journalism, hailing from the Ogalalla
Boarding School, Pine Bidge, S. D.
It is well printed and interesting.
Whether a paper that starts out under a Latin motto can make headway among Indian cowboys remains to be seen.
a novel program for closing
of school.
Santee Normal Training School
had a most novel and interesting
program for close of school. Instead of the old style declamations,
essays, and orations, the program
showed some of the actual school
work, in history, and science. Illus-
strations and demonstrations were
given by the pupils, with the apparatus used in the class room.
There was a song of welcome.
Then the history part of the program was introduced by a representation of the first ways of getting food and clothing. The story
told was illustrated by specimens.
"At first men need more than any
other animals, they need more and
know. less. The first great need
is that of food. In most countries
wild fruits and vegetables are not
enough food for man. Soon animals were used for food and their
skins for clothing. The invention
of the bow and arrow was a great
advantage. Its use as a weapon
was much less dangerous than the
spear "
Then followed a description of
the first dwelling: Sometimes they
could find nothing better to shelter
them from the wind and rain and
the attacks of wild animals than a
tree trunk, rock, or cave. As the
caves were damp and gloomy, they
were led to invent places where the
light and air could come in. As
they had already learned to make
use of the dried skins, they served
now as the means of making a
comfortable home.'
The next number was a dramatic
scene: "Beginning to provide for
the future." In connection with
the story recited, one scene represented an old style Indian woman
with a hoe, showing that the women were the first farmers.    Then
entered a representative of the old
style Indian hunter with his bow
and arrows, as though starting
away for a hunt. The Indian people seemed to very much enjoy the
representation of the old life. They
recognized the old style dress and
the heavy short handled hoe. Another scene represented the modern
farmer, and mechanic, the housekeeper, and professional cook.
The fourth number told of the
progress in making cloth. The
story was illustrated, by models of
ancient distaff and spinning wheel.
And cloth was woven upon a primitive loom.
The second part of the program
was scientific. Home made wind
mills were represented by models
made in the shop : "Jumbo," "Battle Ax," and "Stationary Turbine."
One form of wind mill.large enough
to pump all the water for farm stock
and irrigate a garden, cost only 32
cents. Why should not every farmer have a wind-mill.
Then entered a, pupil with an
air pump and accompanying apparatus. God made all things for us
to use. The power in air pressure
that is all about us was demonstrated. This scene was followed by
demonstrations with a lamp chimney, spool, and tubes fitted together
to make a pump, and showing the
use of air pressure in lifting water.
Another pupil made black board
sketches, "chalk talk" style, to illustrate the pump demonstration as
it proceeded.
Then entered a pupil with apparatus by which he made interesting
the relation of non-conduction in
electricity and heat, and the application of the law of non-conduction to the preservation of moisture in farming.
Then, with plant cultures made
by the pupils, the necessity of air
in plant life was shown. A plant
stem had been inserted in a bottle
filled with rain water. Boots had
grown very quickly. But another
plant stem had been put in a bottle
of rain water from which the air
had been excluded and there were
no roots. This laboratory proof
that roots needs air was applied to
farming and examples of the applications recited.
Then an interesting moral lesson was given, using for illustration two peas. One of. them
was minus its cotyledons. Both
peas had been started at the same
time. When they had grown about
an inch, the seed leaves of one
were cut off. That pea had grown
scarcely any since. The other had
gone far ahead of it. "Plants store
up in their seeds food for the young
plants. Plants are a picture of
our lives. Many of us begin life
without any thing stored up by our
parents. But we need not remain
poor like the pea which had no
cotyledons." God has planned that
we all may be made rich by the wisdom of all the world. Christian
civilization is able to advance only by the experience and wisdom
of those who have lived before
us,—therefore the purpose in history study.
The program was well spiced
with music in all of which the pupils did well. The piano solo was
rendered with expression; the cho
ruses were lively; the tones were
good, and the parts well taken.
Altogether the musical selections
were very fitting accompaniments
to a unique program given below.
Harriet M. Cooper.
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A NEW  DEPARTURE    PROGRAM.
Part I.—HISTORY.
General Subject: The development of
civilized ways of living.
High School March,       -       -       Veazie
Chorus Class.
First Ways  of Getting   Food  and
Clothing.    (Illustrared by specimens.)
Fred Frazier.
First   Dwellings.      (Illustrated   by models of
primitive   habitations.
Maud M. Williams.
O'er The Hill, O'er The Dale,      Glover
Winona Keith, Mamie D. Elder.
Beginning to Provide for the Future.
Jennie Conger.
Representations :
Old style Indian woman with hoe, Lucy Kitto
Hunter with bow and arrows, Jesse La Pointe
Modern farmer,        -        - George Firecloud
Mechanic,    ... David Flyinghawk
Housekeeper - - - Minnie Lasthorse
Professional cooking,  -       -      Theresa Armell
UlOthlllg.      (Illustrated by primitive spinning and
weaving,—distaff and model loom.)
Kate Fruh.
"The Last Hope,"        -        -      Gottschalk
Etta R. Crawford.
Part II.—SCIENCE.
General Subject: Natural Forces are for
Human Use.
'Anchored,"
Watson
Chorus Class.
Wind Mills.      (Home made mills described and
illustrared, models of "Jumbo." "Battle-Ax,"
and "Stationary Turbine."
Henry Cloud.
Air Pressure.    (Demonstrations with air Pump.)
Cordelia M. Garvie.
Application of Air Pressure in Water
Pllnip. (Glass model pump, the demonstrating accompanied by simultaneous chalk
sketching.)
Fred Johnson and Rebecca Frazier.
Nonconduction    in   Electricity   and
Heat with Application of Principles in Agriculture.     (Electrical  and
heat apparatus.)
Ignatius Ironroad.
"Love,s Sorrow,"     -        -       -        Shelly
Winona Keith.
Plant Breathing and Applications in
Farming.    (Demonstrartions from cultures
made by pupil with her drawings ofthe same.)
Mary E. Frost.
Food   Stored   in   Cotyledons  with
Moral Applications. (Plant cultures
and drawings by pupil.)
Mamie D. Elder.
Announcement of Promotions And Presentation of
Certificates.
"Good Night, Farewell,"      -      Garrett.
Triple Quartette.
Our three girl graduates are now
at their homes. Miss Etta Crawford at Good Will, S. D., Miss
Mamie Elder, at Elbowoods, N.
D., and Miss Kate Fruh near Fort
Pierre, S. D. Mamie Elder's absence from home has.been the longest and she finds many changes.
FORETHOUGHT.
The Indians are advancing toward civilization, and they have already given up their war paint, and
have taken up the arms of peace.
Who shall start them in the right
way of civilization ?
Indians are looking with greatest
pleasure toward the coming of the
Fourth of July, as a day of the
birth of our country. We are proud
to know that our country is the only
country who knows its birthday;
and that "The real history of man,
rational, immortal man, is the history of a struggle to be free; the
free of all climes and nations are
themselves one people. Let us resolve that our children shall have
cause to bless the memory of their
fathers, as we have cause to bless
the memory of ours."
There are a good many of the
white men in our country, considering themselves civilized, yet their
conduct and their example to the
Indians is often bad. A white man
or a citizen who spends his time on
Fourth of July drinking liquor, and
becomes dead drunk, so he has to
be kicked around, to be out of the
way, such a man is honoring his
country in the very poorest way.
How can a man enjoy himself or
his family or be any good to others
when he is in such state of dullness ?
Such examples arevery dangerous to
a man who is just learning the ways
of the whites. A citizen who takes
strong drinks on that Day, and has
to be knocked round, such a person
should only be regarded as rotten
potatoes, good for nothing but to be
kicked about in the road. A true
citizen will want to be watchful,
cheerful and useful on the Fourth
of July.
The white man has taught the
Indians bad habits. When we get
to the point on both sides, we all
say that the Indians are generally
innocent. The civilized man has
more to answer for. We know it is
getting so common the wrong that
is exsisting among the whites ; but
we hear not so often from the Indians. And if one Indian does
wrong or drinks, then the cry goes
out from the whites "hang him" or
"all the Indians are bad." I would
rather see an Indian by himself,
than to see an Indian going with a
drunken white man, who is ready to
lead him to destruction. Every white
man ought to feel that his duty is
to help the Indians to become good
citizens, to set a good example.
The Indians need good moral white
men, who will lead them to higher
moral civilization, and then their
Fourth of July will be brighter, and
free from disgrace.
C. W. Hoffman.
Shell Creek Day School No. 4.
Santee Normal Training School Press,
Santee, Neb.
The Annual Mission Meeting of
the Presbyterian and Congregation al
Indian Missions is held this year at
Buffalo Lakes.near Sisseton Agency.
The program is given on another
page. It is of necessity a camp-
meeting ; for there are few houses in
the neighborhood, and the meetings
are to be held in a grove. Meals
can be'obtained on the grounds at
twenty-five cents, but each one must
look out for his own bed and tent.
The place is accesible from these
points on the railroads: Waubay or
Webster, Sissiton and Britton.