New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-07
THE INDIAN SCHOOL AT CARLISLE.

IA VISIT OF INSPECTION BY THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR AND oTHERs-EvIDENCEs OF
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS BY TIE PUPILS.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRBUSE
WASHINGTON March 6.-Ihe Secretary of the In
terror and Mrs Teller tho Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs, Secretary Hawey and wife. Senator Logan,
Congressman Peelle and Henderson, DR.. Painter,
secretary OF The National Educational Association.
and clergymen, educators, siuuents of the Indian
problems and Others, numbering in all about fifty per-
sons. left Washington at o'clock this morning for
Carlisle Penn, where they arrived q little after
noon, their purpose being to inspect the Indian
training school there. A mixed rain and ,now
storm prevailed all day and make it impossible to
see the establishment at its best. while the time
between the arrival and departure Of the
train-about two hours-was altogether in
suficient to enable tho visitors 10 take than
a casual glance at the various matters of interest
Enough was seen. however, TO make of every men,
Der of the party an enthusiastic believer IN the
pacity of tho Indian to acquire the useful arts of
civilization,
INDIAN CHILDREN AT THE BLACKBOARD.
After being entertained at luncheon by Captain
Pratt the superintendent Of the school. the visitors
conducted through the schoorooms-a dozen
in number-n each OF which the pupils were re-
quired To exhibit their attanments In blackboard
exercises of varied character. The schools are
graded not according TO tho age of the pupils,
but TO the length Of time they have been In
mates Of the institution. All degrees of pro-
fciency were, of course manifested from the
class, composed of those pupils who came from
their Western homes only four or five months ago,
and who were only able to read simple sentences in
English apparently without comprehendlng the
meanings of the words they struggued so hard to
pronounce up to the class of budding Ciceros, who
received their guests with speeches of welcome and
wrestled ambtiously with tho elementary features
of the Indian problem
Drawings previously made, of no mean order
both copies and original efforts, wore exhibited
upon the backboards, and simple examples in arith-
metic were rapidly and, In the main, correctly
worked out The pupils manifested spirit OF
pride in the performance of their tasks, which were
sufficiently varied to show that not merely the imi
tative faculties were called into play, but that rea
soning powers equal to those of children of the
civilized races were being developed
SOME RESULTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
The greatest surprise III store for the visitors
was found in the results of the
training In the workshops
Boots and Shoes clothing, tinware, wood work, /
bedding and harness Of the coarser qualities were
all in process of manufacture. The young artisans
went about their work with the ease of accom- |
plished wOrkmen and the results were substantial
and neat. Ia one department, where waGon-making |
was carried on, several finished ambulances painted
and vanished, not distinguishable to tho un'
trained eye from the products of the best work.
shops, and Others in process of Manufacture were
exhibited. the entire work, excepting the springs