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The audience is given a concise outline of the work of building a house, a neat model and 

 working-drawings being used for explanation 



Housekeeping in all its branches, from the hanging of window-curtains to the upholstering of 



furniture, is taught at Carlisle 



the front row of the audience a clerg^'- 

 man arises, signals the multitude to its 

 feet and a prayer is offered. The band 

 then renders a li\-ely selection, the school 

 superintendent extends a cordial wel- 

 come to all, and graduation is on at the 

 Indian's greatest school. 



The platform isoverhungwithacanopy 

 from the cari>entcr shop, made from lum- 

 ber and resembling the roof of a porch of 

 a residence. A girl steps to the platform, 

 and curtains near the back of the stage 

 are suddenly drawn. If she is a graduate 



in nursing, other nurses step out with 

 two patients and illustrate her talk. If 

 she speaks on housekeeping, such a 

 scene as is pictured is presented to the 

 audience. If she tells how washing in 

 the home should be done, other girls are 

 there to help her illustrate it. If it is 

 dressmaking or millinery, the Indian 

 maiden gives you the theoretical knowl- 

 edge while assistants supply the practical. 

 An Indian lad graduates in agriculture. 

 He has his charts of farm lands with 

 plots to illustrate the methods of 



Indian lads arc taught blarkNniU hii ;l; • ' ! "i li t'l.ing to commencement oratory the 

 spectators at the graduation exercises watch tlic Indians make horseshoes and weld iron tires 



