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CAELISLE SCHOOL 



[b. a. e. 



Supplementing the outing system, the 

 school conducts a hank, -with which each 

 student has an account that may be drawn 

 upon under proper supervision. By this 

 means practical instruction in finance is 

 given. 



Notwithstanding the efforts of the 

 school to induce its graduates to remain 

 in the E. instead of returning to their 

 reservation homes, the plan has not been 

 successful and has therefore necessitated 

 a change in harmony with the condi- 

 tions. Training suited to mechanical 

 pursuits is given all male pupils who 

 give promise of becomingefticient workers 

 at the different trades, and a plan is in 

 progress to train girls as professional 

 nurses, several graduates having already 

 adopted this occupation as a means of 

 livelihood. 



From its organization the aim of the 

 school has been to give Indian youth a 

 practical productive training. Farm 

 work for the boys and housework for the 

 girls under the outing system are the 

 best types, but the school goes farther, 

 and its curriculum is based on the plan 

 of giving that jtroductive training which 

 is best adapted to the abilities of the indi- 

 vidual pupils. At the school itself there 

 are two large farms, and well-equipped 

 shops in which regular trades are taught 

 by competent instructors. All the cloth- 

 ing of the school is manufactured by the 

 boys in the tailor shop, while in its ad- 

 junct, the sewing room, the girls are 

 taught needlework. The carpenter shop 

 furnishes the opportunity to learn the use 

 of tools, which is practically demonstrated 

 in the erection of buildings and in making 

 repairs by the boys assigned to this trade. 

 The blacksmith and w'agon-making shops 

 not only do the school work, but manu- 

 facture superior wagons, etc., which are 

 furnished to other schools and agencies, 

 while the harness shop is engaged in 

 similar work and production. The shoe 

 shop, tin shop, paint shop, and engineer- 

 ing department attend to the needs of 

 the school in their respective branches. 

 While the productive labors of the stu- 

 dents are mainly for the school, yet all 

 surplus finds a ready market outside, in- 

 cluding other schools and agencies. The 

 work of these branches is systematized 

 into a department under the control of a 

 superintendent of industries. 



The literary curriculum of Carlisle 

 stops at that point where the student 

 may enter the higher grades of the pub- 

 lic schools. The policy is to give a broad 

 common school education, leaving to the 

 individual and his own resources any 

 further development of his intellectual 

 faculties. The literary and industrial 

 curricula are so correlated that when 

 graduated the average student is as fully 



equijiped as the average white boy to 

 take up the struggle for a livelihood. 



During the 26 years of its existence the 

 Carlisle School has graduated a large 

 number of pupils, many of whom are 

 filling responsible positions in the busi- 

 ness world and especially in the Indian 

 service, in which, during the fiscal year 

 1903, 101 were employed in various 

 capacities from teachers to laborers, 

 drawing a total of $46,300 in salaries. 

 Others who have returned to their homes 

 retain a fair portion of the civilization 

 acquired at the school. 



Physical training indoor and out for 

 boys and girls is part of the life of the 

 school, and a large gymnasium furnishes 

 ample facilities for both sexes. In ath- 

 letics and sports the Indian possesses de- 

 cided capacity, and baseball, basketball, 

 and football teams are regularly organ- 

 ized, the last of which has held its own 

 in many warmly contested games with 

 representative teams of the principal col- 

 leges and universities. The Carlisle foot- 

 ball team now has a national reputation 

 for its successes and for clean, skillful 

 playing. 



The Carlisle School band is an interest- 

 ing feature of the school. Its members 

 are selected from the various tribes in 

 attendance, and under the leadership of 

 Dennison and James Wheelock, Oneida 

 Indians, was considered among the best. 

 The former w^as not only a leader but a 

 composer, and his compositions were 

 rendered by his Indian musicians in a 

 manner that has delighted large audiences 

 in the principal American cities. 



The Carlisle School produced the first 

 paper printed by Indian boys. The print- 

 ery was early established and became a 

 potent factor in the industrial develop- 

 ment of the students. The Indian Helper, 

 a small leaflet, was first published, and 

 afterward a larger journal, Tlie Red Man, 

 was issued. These were later consolidated 

 under the title Red Man and Helper, and 

 reflected the life and policies of the 

 school. The new management has con- 

 tinued the publication as a weekly under 

 the name of The Arrow. The school 

 printery is well equipped Avith presses 

 and materials, and under competent su- 

 pervision the boys produce a large amount 

 of job and pamphlet work that is a credit 

 to their taste and industry. 



The buildings of the plant, although 

 consisting of portions of the old military 

 barracks, have furnished adequate ac- 

 commodations for the thousands of pu- 

 pils who have been enrolled. Besides 

 the superintendent, the school has 75 in- 

 structors, clerks, and other employees. 



General Pratt remained in charge of 

 the school from its organization until his 

 retirement from the superintendency, 



