The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-04-19
THE INDIAN SCHOOL AT CARLISLE

Most readers of the Pilot have some
knowledge of the government school for
Indians at Carlisle, Penn. and may be in
terested in the following description of
visit paid it by the writer. The letter
from which this is an extract was not
designed for publication and was written
by graduate of the First Ward High
School who is now attending Wilson Col
lege at Chambersburg, Penn.
.'On Monday Miss Friji Tsukomoto, the
Japanese member of our Senior class IN
vited several of the girls to go with her
to Carlisle to visit the Indian school. L
never enjoyed anything so much 10 my
life. Friii is very well acquainted there
and took US first to the Office where we
met Capt. Pratt, the superintendent and
his daughter. | think | never met finer
man than Capt. Pratt, He is very large,
not bit handsome, but he has the kind
est face ever saw in my life and has
such droll way of talking that he is
very amusing.
After meeting Capt. Pratt we went to
the girls quarters and met Miss Schaf-
ner one of the teachers who took us over
the building and sent for boy to show
us over the other buildings. In the girls
building everything was very clean. The
building is three stores high and is built
around court where the girls play
There are galleries all around this Inner
court and also across the front of the
building. The rooms are all alike hav'
Ing three little iron bedsteads, wash
stand, table and mirror, but the girls haG
their rooms fixed with pictures, cards
| plants and vines, making them very
pretty. On the first floor they have {
room where they have sccials and meet
ings of their Kings Daughters Circle.
| Coming down stairs after making I
| tour of the rooms, we found an Indlar
boy waiting for us. He was just as nic'
hammered as any white boy [ ever me
and seemed entirely at ease IN our com
pany. The hour was SO late that on
visit TO the other departments was post
poned until after luncheon, and our es
cort took us to the dining hall where W
stood on the front gallery and watched
the pupils come into dinner. The girl
come in on one side the boys on the Other
One of the larger boys sat at the head G
each of the boys tables and one Of tn
older girls at the head of the girls tables
They sang hymn for grace.
We received an invitation from Mrs
Pratt to lunch with her at their own HON
which we gladly accepted. After lur
cheon Mr.. Layton our Indian escort, too
us down to the school that we might b
present at the opening exercises. w
went through the school under the guiC
ance of Mr.. James Waldo. He is a gradU
ate OF the Carlisle school and is now il
the prearatory department of the Decker
son College at Carlisle. TIE India
school is about equal IN grade to H1g
School. They have all the department
from the kindergarten up.
The students in the school are divide
into two sections. One section goes
school in the morning and works in th
shops in the afternoon while the othe
works in the morning and goes to schot
in the afternoon. About seven hundre
pupils belong to the school but at pres
ent some have gone into the country
work during the summer.
After visiting the schools we went
the shops. All the work is done by II
dams although there is generally whit
man at the head of each department, "
went to the bakery, laundry, kitchen
printing office, carpenter shop, tailc
shop. blacksmith, harness and WACO
shops and everywhere the Indian boy
were working excepting in the laundr
and sewing rooms where the girls worl
We also went to the hospital and tn
children's quarters. They have an Fl
dian doctor in the school and IN the ho
pital there is an Indian girl who is
, trained nurse. The .childrens quarter
are much like the girls quarters
The boys of the school are trained b
military d1cipl1ne and wear a uniform
The girls wear different colored dresse
but all whear white aprons.
The Y. Nj. G. A. hall and the gymni
SUM are very fine buildings. The latte
will accommodate over fifteen hundre
people. Their band is considered one {
the finest in the country. The band an
: choir start tomorrow upon tour of tt
eastern cities. They Will give concert
IN Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington
New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia
On coming out of the printing otfic
we met Mr.. Wheelock who is leader {
the band. He is very fine looking an
his manners are those OF a cultivate
gentleman as he Is.
To see the Indians we see in Visor
sin and compare them with those VIII
have been in this school even for a brie
time makes the change seem miraculou
1t is wonderful work.
After inspecting the Indian school W
walked into Carlisle escorted by Nj
James Waldo. l tell you we attracte
a great deal of attention as we wake
through town headed by an Indian an
japanese.
Mr.. Waldo took us to Dickinson CO
lege where we visited the chemical an
physical laboratories, the chapel an
gymnasium after which we barely mad
our train and reached Chambersburg 70
supper. Yours &c.