The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-21

a ing. The students study and recitt
one half of the day and work the othe1
4 half in the shop or on the farm.
o There are ten teachers in the educa
, tional department, and with the head,
o of the industrial departments included
lhere are thirty persons employed
This force consists of both male aDd
| female instructors, and all of gooG
f ability as the workmanship of theil
charges will testify. These all make
their homes there and live among theil
scholars which aids in preserving the
good order they have.
/ They have blacksmith, wagon
!, paint, shoe and harness shop besides Q
laundry and tailoring rooms.
u The writer noticed about fifty wag.
ons piled up in the ware room, and
about fifty set of harness. The guide
}, told me they shipped about one hund.
red set of harness last spring. These
farm implements are sold to the Gov
eminent, and are sent to the Indian
Territory where the young bucks pa
rents may use the product of their
sons labor. The force In the shoe
shops were busy mending and making
shoes, and 1 was shown good pair of
shoes made by boy about sixteen
years old, The tailor shop was also
the scene of great activity.
Every boy has to wear blue suit
part of the day, and the girls wear a
certain kind of colored dresses, de-
pending upon their age-the youngest
having checked cloth, the next in size
dark gray, the next checked gray and
SO on up. The girls in the sewing room
were busy mending the clothes of the
boys and making them shirts. All do
not work at the same time, but some
work i'm the forenoon and others i'm the
afternoon.
The are some little Indians there not
over eight years old, bnt they do not
work any. The smallest boy has to
make up his bed-which would be a
good idea for the American mother to
entertain-as well as the largest.
The rooms in the boys building con-
tanned as many as twenty or thirty
single, iron bedsteads all covered with
clean white cloth to match with the
floor which almost shined in its clean
Illness as there were no carpets
The cooking is done more by the
boys than girls ON account of the pres
ent Accommodations, but the superinten-
ent expects to soon occupy new cook
ing will be done by girls and steam.
The dining room is large one and all
eat together, the room being in the
shape of an l. and the girls tables are
in one part and the boys in another.
The tables are about thirty feet long
and covered with plain oil cloth.
Stools instead of chairs are used to sit
on during the meals. Opposite each
stool was a knife and fork, spoon,
plate and a large cup. Most of the
food is brought in before the students
file to their places and each plate and
cup receives it share. The students
remain standing until grace is said
then all sit down and go to work.
There is detachment made up from
the older boys to wait upon the tables.
1t takes great deal of food for SOB of
the young bloods of the forest. They
use $500 pounds of flour per week and
other provisions in proportion.
What work they do they get paid
for, receiving from fifty cents per
month up to fifteen dollars. And it
seems to the writer that there Is where
one big mistake is made. The boys
get their money but are not taught
how to spend, or if they are they do
not follow their teaching very closely.
One half of the boys get permission
from the Superintendent to 60 to town
before dinner and the other half after |
dinner. At 1900 m. and 4 p. m.
you may see the boys dressed in their |
blue clothes and in punches wander
ing toward the Institute with hands
full of candy, sweet crackers and ev-
erything that pleases "kid." While
watermelons were in the market the |
writer has seen two or three Indian |
boys toting melon to the outskirts of
town to eat it, and being so large that
it would take two to carry it aud half a |
dozen to eat it, yet they would eat
what they wanted and throw the rest
away. And unless the merchants of
Lawrence are exceptionally honest the
boys are very likely cheated in their
bargains.
1 was informed that large number
of them after going back home and
living with the tribe awhile soon dis
card civilized clothing and adopt the
blanket of their fathers.
While at the Institute they are not
very disobedient. For punishment
they are put on the rock pile, locked
in the guard house or sent out on the
farm. The officials say they are not
bothered much with runaways. They
have roll call every night at eight and
also in the morning, and of course
student can't be gone long before being
missed.
The sidewalks which connect all of
the buildings and the yards are kept
in splendid condition, as the young
sters have special Fairgrounds and are