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Dr. Bates Speaks To Student Body on N.Y. State IndiansAt a special assembly last Friday ‘ morning Dr. *Erl Bates, noted Indian authority spoke to the student , body on New York State Indians. Dr. Bates drew comparisons between the life of the early inhabitants of this section of the State, and the life of its present citizens. He showed how the ; work carried on in Ithaca College ( may be applied to recreational activ- j ities, and how such activities are in ] need of trained leaders. Dr. Bates stressed the fact that students of Ithaca were particularly fortunate in the training they are receiving, which 1 may be used along these recreational ' lines. JThe speaker demonstrated the Indian’s attitude toward the white man’s manner of doing things by a story in : which the Indian said that the white man cut down trees and built a city, 1 and then replanted trees to make a park. The redskin wondered why his white brother didn’t think of the park before he cut down the trees. Dr. Bates related a humorous tale, showing that the Indian was the perfect piece of craftmanship turned out by the Great Spirit. The Spirit was new at making men. So taking clay, and molding it into the form of a man, he put it into the oven to bake, only to leave it in too long, so that when it was taken out it was a black man. He tried a second time; this time he took out the clay too soon, and the result was the half-baked white man. The third time he was quite sure of himself, and the clay was done to a nice red-brown which was the Indian.Dr. Bates closed by urging all students to take advantage of the fine activities in the three various fields offered to them in Ithaca College.
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Ithaca Ithacan
Ithaca, New York, US
Fri, Mar 01, 1935
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