MERIAM REPORT
EDUCATION SECTION
A SCANNED-DIGITIZED VERSION

Scanned-Digitized Version
By
Thomas (Tom) R. Hopkins

Original Citation
Meriam, Lewis. THE PROBLEM OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1928, 872 pp.

2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCANNED-DIGITIZED VERSION
IX. EDUCATION
Fundamental Needs

Recognition of the individual
A better personnel
Salary schedules
The question of cost

Education and the Indian Problem as a Whole

Importance of home and family life
More than mere schooling necessary
Adults in the education program
Civic education through directed experiences
Education and other Indian "business"
Undesirable effects of routinization
Can the Indian be "Educated"?
Evidence of intelligence tests
Experience of teachers and others
Indian " psychology "

The Amount of Schooling

Need for Indian school census
Enrollment below normal still
"Over-age" children and attendance
Illiteracy among Indians
Heavy increases in enrollment likely
Better attendance a home and school problem

The Educational Personnel of the Indian Service

Amount of training for teachers
Salaries abnormally low
Matrons and "disciplinarians
Professional qualifications necessary
Methods of appointment
Chief changes needed in personnel provisions
New educational positions Deeded

The Course of Study for Indian Schools

Suggestion rather than prescription
Program versus actuality
A special curriculum opportunity
The real objectives of education
Timeliness of curriculum revision

School Organization in the Indian Service

Half-time plan not feasible for all children
A full-day educational program needed
The platoon plan
The personnel problem again

Teaching Methods in Indian Schools

Need for knowledge of modern methods
Study of the individual child
Using tests in the " Regular Subjects"
Emotional behavior and teaching methods
Methods depend upon personnel

Industrial and Agricultural Education

Need for industrial survey
Types of training in the schools
Vocational agriculture
Vocational training for girls
Variety of occupations necessary
Half-time and vocational training
The outing system
Vocational guidance, placement, and follow-up
Education and economic wealth

Health Education

Health conditions at the schools
What should be included in a health education program
Physical education and recreation

Religious Education

Types of religious education
Missions and a social viewpoint

Adult Education

Elimination of illiteracy
Other forms of adult education
Community participation

The Non-Reservation Boarding School

Place of the non-reservation school
Special opportunities
Needed changes
The returned student

Reservation Boarding Schools

Place of reservation boarding schools

Mission Schools

Mission schools as pioneers
Government supervision
Leadership and mission education

Government Day Schools

A home and community enterprise
Needs of the day schools
Experimentation in the day school

Public Schools and Indian Children

Advantages of the public school
Danger in too rapid extension
Finance and supervision
School social workers

Higher Education and the Indian

Types of special training

Adequate Secondary Education Needed

Scholarship and other aids

School Plant and Equipment

Too many old buildings
Machinery and other institutional equipment
Freedom to select materials and textbooks

Administration of Indian Education

Indians and other government agencies
Technical staff necessary for cooperation

Financing the Indian Educational Program

What the cost is likely to be
Amount suggested is small

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