The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 10

2 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 9, 1930. NATIVE SCHOOLS MAINTAINED AT HICH STANDARD Governor Gives Details of Educational Facilities Off("l't‘ ] Indians Indians. 1so included of destitution s, and for the op- J. 8. S. Boxer in 1 equipment hools and the schools maintain=d the Office of Educa- vision of the work for the Chief Office and Medical d by writing f Education, hool Requirements »ments for teach- ve schools were re- and now & quired y be waived ho are 1 in domestic scl- ious industries, or n community or so with reference e recommended t teach- ex- shing- Alaska. At fuel and art of the positions assistant teach- ools are at the e \ | | | { | } t SETS NEW RECORD FOR WOMEN T'wo poses of Alicia Patterson, hoiress to millions, who has estabe lished another air record for women, York City to Albany and return ( 69 minutes. She recently flew from New without stopping) in an hour and Her feat nothwithstanding, Miss Patterson concedes the syperiority of men over women in the air fieid, rate of $115 per month with trans- portation and traveling expenses aid from Seattle, Washington, to ion in Alaska. At this rate, quarters, fuel and light are fur- nished. When quarters are not furnished, the salary of sasistant > teachers is at the rate of $135 per month. “The natives of Alaska are rapid- ' ly becoming qualified to act as as- sistant teachers; and last year in southeastern Alaska twenty-eight per cent of the entire teaching per- sonnel was made up of trained na- tive teachers. Beginning this next school year, the second largest na- tive school in the Territory, that of Klawock, with an enrollment of one hundred twelve students and high school work continued thruogh the twelfth grade, will be under the direction of an entirely native teaching staff. “During the past year, 3,899 pu- pils were enrolled in the native schools with a total of 195 teach- ers employed. Many of these teach- ers compare favorably with the best ned teachers in the entire coun- They not only conduct their schools in an efficient manner, holding that a teacher’s real worth to a community depends upon the training of character and the mak- ing of regular progress at the rate of a grade a year, but they also give freely of their time to extra curricula activities. The men teach- ers act. in an advisory capacity for the native cooperative stores, of which there are eighteen. | “They also direct the office work, | supervise the branding and market- | ing of reindeer belonging to the na- | tives. The Reindeer Service is now | under the supervision of the Gov- ernor of Alaska. Im addition, these | teachers furnish work shops on the | school property for the making of boats and household furniture as | well as native commercial articles. | They also become the center of civic i and industrial activities; in fact, in | practically all the native settlements where schools are located, the | munity moves, provided he has per- sonality and is motivated by just | and conscientious purposes. “During the year, the native pop- | ulation served with schools, as | shown by the annual reports re- |ceived from local teachers, was | 14,306. Many of the settlements are remote from established cen- ters of population, and are often | inaccessible for most of the year. Many times, the cost of trans- | portation and delivery of freight is | excessive, as, for instance, the rate for the delivery of school supplies from Fairbanks to Tetlin is $150 a ton. Gifted in Handwork “Native children are especially |gifted in handwork and the exhib- its which certain schools forward | to local Territorial fairs from year | to year bring many remarks of sur- {prise and praise at the real skill shown by the native school children. They are also unusually gifted in Priced to Suit Every Purse Bring your shopping list to us this year and let us show you how easy it is to secure acceptable elec- trical gifts for every name on it. are thoughtful gifts. TOY RANGES CORN POPPERS Electrical gifts WARMING PADS WAFFLE IRONS ELECTRIC IRONS TOASTERS PERCOLATORS CURLING IRONS ‘RADIOS—WASHING MACHINES CAPITAL ELECTRIC CO. SECOND AT SEWARD music and teachers who are musi- cally inclined are especially desir- able. A number of teachers hold night school sessions for older pu- pils, and for adults who are unable to acquire a formal education be- cause of the short time they are able to stay in their villages, but who, nevertheless, redlize they must possess a working knowledge of the English language if they are to take their places in the development of the Territory. the present time over the non-at- tendance of children at school as local village councils, school com- mittees and even parent-teacher associations have been organized for the specific purpose of promoting the cause of education in their re- spective villages.” The older people are aware of their lack of educa- tion in the white man's ways and they are determined- that their children shall have the advantages |of an education in order to better meet the changing conditions which are now coming to the natives of Alaska. Three Industrial Schools “Three industrial schools are maintained by the Office of Edu- |cation. The largest of these is at' Eklutna and has an enrollment of 92 pupils. The second largest is at White Mountain in the Seward Peninsula district with 90 pupils,’ and the third is at Kanakanak on Bristol Bay where 72 pupils are re- ceiving their education and indus- trial training. A fourth industrial school has already been allowed teacher and his school become the | |pivot around which the native com- | and will be constructed at Wrangell in Southeast Alaska. “Because of the fact that these institutions have been the refuge of a large number of orphans and dependent children not as much time has been devoted to industrial education as was the intention. However, an orphanage at Tanana has now been provided for the small children formerly cared for at Eklutna and with the transfer of these children from Eklutna that institution will become the center FERRY TIME CARD | eaves Juneau ror Douglas and Thane | 6:15am. 6:15pm. | 7:15 am. 17:30 p.m. 9:15am.t 9:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m.t §12:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 12 midnight 315 p.m.t $1:00 am. *4:00 p.m. Leaves Douglas for Juneau | 6:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:30 am. 17:45 pm. | 9:30 a.m.t 9:55 p.m. | 12:45 p.m.t §11:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m.t 1:15a.m. 5:00 p.m. *—Thane. f—Freight will be accepted. $—Saturdays only. §—Effective April 1st. Juneau Ferry & Naviga- “There is very little complaint at tion Company for native industrial education in Central Alaska. “At the industrial school teachers are furnished with subsistence as well as quarters, fuel and light, and the salaries range from $1,380 to $2,440 a year.” ? g Burglars Dodge T.N.T. And Gas in.Pnris Lab. 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