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Title: ONTARIO SESSIONAL PAPERS, 1914, No.17
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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loquence, foremost in savage arts of policy.They are of the race of Pauline Johnson, the gifted poet recently deceased, andLongboat, the swift-footed, both bred in this very region. The chase and thewar-path the Iroquois know no more. The pacific pursuits of agriculture and thevarious industries claim their time and atentiori now. The fathers of three ofthese Indian pupils are farmers: the fathers of three are millers. As to theirIndian ancestry, seven of them claim descent from the Mohawks; one is descendedfrom the Seneca tribe, one from the Cayuga, and one from the Tuscarora. As toreligious persuasion, seven report themselves as Anglican, and three as Baptist. All these pupils have passed the Entrance examination in the usual way.They were prepared for this examination at different schools on The Eeserve,mostly by teachers not of Indian descent. Four of these pupils are in FormFirst; four are in Form Second; and three are in the Middle School, Form Third. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 601
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602 THE EEPORT OP THE No. 17 An enquiry as to their favourite subjects of study elicited no marked pre-dilection; their tastes are remarkably diverse. In out-door exercises, hovi^ever,the Indian habit proclaimed its persistence. The athletic games of the school hadbeen held the week before my visit, and nearly all the chief events had been wonby the Indian pupils. All the foot-races without exception were won by the duskypupils; as were also the general championships. I believe there are a few Indian pupils in one or two of the neighbouringschools, not in my inspectorate; but even in Brantford, the very heart of the oldreservation, named after Brant himself, the aboriginal race has not so many repre-sentatives who are aiming at a high educational status as I found in the CaledoniaHigh School. I have the honour to be. Sir, your obedient servant,Toronto, December 26th, 1913. J. E. Wetherell. II. REPORT OF INSPECTOR SPOTTON To THE Honourable R. A. Pyne, M.D., LL.D., Minister of Education

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