FEDERAL SCHOOLS
' * In school attendance the town
of' Angoon leads with a percen
tage of 100% for December; Sit
follows with 99.71; 3rd.
Haines with 99.64; 4th. Kluk
wan with 99,42; 5th. Hydaburg
with 98.76; 6th. Killisnoo with
98.7; 7th. Mellakatla with 98.31.
The average attendance in
the grammar grades shows that
Sitka stands first with 101.7
with none in the 9th. grade,
it being the practice for these
to go to the Sheldon Jackson
School when they reach the
8th. grade. Sitka has only three
teachers for its school.
Metlakatla is second with
101.39 in the first 8 grades. Com
paring Metlakatla with Sitka,
Metlakatla has 93.39 in the first
7 grades. Counting the high
school students at Metlakatla,
they hare a total enrollment
of 111.39 with a total staff of
six employees
Kake and Klawock rank next
with percentages of 96.74 and
96.5 respectively. In school at
tendance Kake has 86.17 while
Klawock has 86. The teaching
staff is not the same, for Kla
wock has four against three
for Kake.
Hoonah had an average at
tendance in December of 80.71
with a first grade class of 46
and a second grade of 15. This
shows that Hoonah is waking
up to the importance of school
ing for its children. We feel
that this is the natural result
of a real live ALASKA NA
TIVE SISTERHOOD there as
sisting the local BROTHER
HOOD.
Hydaburg stands sixth with
76.26 average attendance and
four teachers. This is a good
record for the reason that Hy
daburg is not much better than
a winter camp for the men are
all compelled to leave town to
earn their living. This they
are doing, leaving their fami
lies behind for an education.
The record shows a fine school
attendance in the first and sec
ond grades, but a great falling
off as the grades get higher.
This shows a lack of control
on the part of the parents. If
the student quits school, the
blame is nearly always on the
father or mother.
The first grade average at
tendance for December is 284;
the second grade 155; the third
grade 116; the fourth grade
93; the fifth grade 69; sixth
39; the seventh 30; the eighth
34.
Of course many of the 17
federal schools in the First
Division, have only one teacher,
and that one cannot be expect
ed to teach all the 8 grades.
Still, the kids must stay in
school. There is no 8th. grade
student in Angoon, Sitka,
Haines, Klukwan, Killisnoo,
Saxman, Douglas, Wrangell, or
Petersburg. In Wrangell, every
Indian student enters the pub
lic school from the fourth grade
and so that would account for
this lack. The same situation
is somewhat true of Douglas.
Yakutat is at the foot of the
list, 32 children are enrolled,
but the average attendance was
only 22. There might have been
sickness, but we are afraid the
trouble is with the fathers and
mothers who take children out
of school. The BROTHER
HOOD and the SISTERHOOD
there are asked to make a re
port of this situation. A pro
gressive town like Yakutat must
not let itself remain at the
foot of the ladder.
All the Brotherhood and Sis
terhood camps must bear in mind
that Education is the Key to
Progress for the Natives of
Alaska as well as any other
race. And the Key to Educa
tion is Work.
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FOR MARCH
The report of J: C. McBride,
collector of customs, shdwfe a
falling off from last month.
This is natural considering ,the
time of year. The report is as
follows:
Curios .$ 2,089
Fish:
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish-:
Halibut .... 142,581
Salmon ...19,877
Canned (except shell- ' 1
fish-:
Salmon .47t,269
Cured or preserved (ex
cept shell-fish):
Cod . 552
Salmon . 2,820
Shell-fish: . .
Crabs ...:.... 850
Shrimp . 25,623
rurs and tur skins:
Silver or black fox .. 3,840
All other .63,585
Ore, matte and regtrlus:
Copper . 934,620
Lead . 11,537
Trophies, specimens,etc.100
Wood, timber & lumber' 1,487
*A11 other articles ,1. 33,998
Total value of products
of Alaska . $1,720,828
Products of United States
returned . 57,157
Total value of foreign
products . 2,100
Total value of shipments
of merchandize .... $1,780'085
*—Items included in “All other
articles:”
Palladium . $32,579
Manufactured furs . 1,326
Paintings . 150
Hairseal skins . 33
Total
$33,988
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