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. .THE SCHOOL PROBLEM
IN PETERSBURG
Petersburg in spite of its new
school building is confronted with
such a heavy registration that an
overflow building has had to be
used. To relieve the situation those
dozen or so Indian children attend
ing are no longer desired. “Let the
Eureau school take care of them,’’
is the cry. So the Council is taking
up with Professor Henderson, poli
tical messenger boy of the Juneau
politicians, this matter and also with
Mr. Hawkesworth, divisional super
intendent of the Bureau of Educa
tion.
The opening of the school term
in the Petersburg Bureau school saw
an enrollment of 14. October enroll
ment went to 20 and the November
enrollment to 28. January will bring
the total to thirty and better; then
as the months follow the enrollment
will dwindle down to twelve or six
teen.
What the policy of the Bureau of
Education is in this matter is not
ours to say. A few years ago the
public expression of one of the rep
resentatives favoring entrance in tho
public school racked the Territory
from strem to sternpost. The gener
al policy of the Department of the
Interior as made public by the Se
cretary of that Department sometime
back is the placing of more re
sponsibility upon the States.
It would seem that the business
men and others in favor of addition
al teacher and a new building for
the Indian children are hardly con
sisted We “don’t want ’em” yester
day and “we are entitled to some
consideration” today. Those asking
for an additional teacher and pro
bably a small school house now and
opposed an industrial school with
a couple of dozen teachers and in
initial outlay for a new plant cost
ing in the neighborhood of $500,
000. It is no wonder that Peters
burg gets on|y the leavings.
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FEDERAL CONTROL INJURIOUS
TO EDUCATION
Much has been said during the
past few years and especially dur
ing the past several months about
Indian children desiring to enter the
FtJliLIC schools of the Territory.
As Americans we have offered free
ly to every nationality within our
borders the best educational oppor
tunities available. The big thought
being the assimilation of the races
and inculcatipg American ideas,
ideals and principles instead of old
country. The public school being
the melting pot whereby full Ameri
canism is developed.
There are two sides to every
Question. In this matter effecting
the development of potential citizens
of the Territory., we present the
views of Senator Hiram Bingham,
Republican, of Connecticut, and
member of theCommittee on Educa
tion and Labor:
“It hardly needs to be said that I
om heartily in favor of whatever wil",
really promote child welfare in the
home, school, church and commun
it. My own chief hobby is boys and
their welfare. Furthermore, I am
heartily in favor of whatever will
raise the standards of home life and
will secure more adequate care and
protection for women and children.
I desire to see for every child the
highest possible advantages in
physical, mental, moral and spirit
ual education.
‘ If i believe that in thj long run
t--i.se could be secur*-. by giving
r.* re power to Congressmen and Bu
fe&u chiefs in Washington, I should
join with those who are working to
8‘ Cure laws which tend in this di
rection. But it is because I am so
profoundly convinced thut such laws
will ultimatey result in loss of char
acter by our citizens and will ulti
mately prevent the moral and spirit
ual growth of our children and keep
them from becoming sturdy mem
bers of a self-governing republic
that I am venturing to oppose these
legislative proposals and programs
which have been adopted by so
n any earnest, unselfish citizens,
deeply interested in public welfare.
“If success crowns certain efforts
now being made to have the Feder
al Government assume the responsi
bility for better social welfare they
will eventually succeed in kiling off
the very spirit of self-reliant citizen
ry which has made America possible
This trend leads to a protecting pat
ernalism which will cause the
atrophy of our powers as a seif
governing. Only those who are able
to govern themselves are fit to be
free.
“Remove from the State Govern
ments the essential duties of provid
ing adequately for the education of
their children and the health of theii
mothers and the happiness of their
homes and you take away from them
the mast vital part of their duties.
Deprive them of this responsibility
and you might as well deprive them
of all. It is the supreme necessity
for correcting conspicuous social
evils which arouses indifferent citi
zens to exercise their powers as
members of the body politic.
‘ Federalization leads to autocra
cy and despotism, loss of liberty
and eventual failure of popular gov
ernment. What we must do is to
build up stronger citizens, to in
crease the sense of civic responsibil
iiy, to multiply the number of those
who are anxious and willing to do
their bit in making things better.
Only active citizens are worthy to
be called citizens.
“There is another aspect to this
problem and that is the limitations
of human nature. In this race for a
i-.ore perfect government we must
consider the human handicaps. We
must not lay more burdens on any
one man than can be borne. We
must not strain human nature to
the breaking point.
*** Then there is the matter of
self-respect. If he is a real man
self-respect is important for a man
to entertain. Self-respect is essen
tia) for the family to maintain if it
is to be a real unit in the structure of
Christian civilization. Self-respect
is just as important for a State if
Continued on page 3
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