Fourteen graduated from the 12 th grade. One went directly to college and one married. Nineteen returned for advanced work and six went directly to college. In addition, first year postgraduates sent two boys to the University of Arizona, one to School for American Craftsmen Rochester Institute of Technology. The general report to date on their progress is satisfactory to superior.
Marriage claims six of the other fourteen.
A survey reveals only three are not actively engaged in work related to their training in the arts. In summary, the Institute of American Indian Arts is embarked upon a program, with many steps yet to be taken, the early outcomes of which are indicative of significant discoveries in education. The Indian student is being inspired to new personal strengths in dimensions heretofore unrealized. He can be oriented to his own cultural background, enabling him to function constructively in tune with the demands of today s culture, without sacrificing his cultural self on the altar of assimilation, as so often is the cause.