The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-10


ington star. says. Commencement at |
Carlisle isn't like a commencement any /
where else on earth. except u be In one
~ the other schools like unto that o.
Carlisle. a dozen or 20 OF which ntc
scattered over the United States; on
shoots u the Carlisle plan. and devoted
IN instructinE the remnant of the nbo-
riginnl Inhabitants how to trim ideas
instead ~ arrows. and TO eat with forks
instead u fingers
Carlisle was the pioneer proving
ground " this method Of solving the
Indian problem" and Capt Pratt
~ the Tenth cavalry. the father u the
method, during a long and varied cN-
| perlcncc among tho Indians on the
/ plains, and aftcrward. when In charge
| N the unruly prisoners taken In the
| war of iS7i-7b. and transferred TO Fort
| Augustine. found that the Indians have
hearts ana souls. and he found. too.
that they are nmcnnhic to kindly In
/ fucnccs and eager 20 learn. Then II
| was that the educational seed sproutcd.
/ out NJ which Carlisle has grown capt
Pratt didn't do all Of the work
alone, however. nor an ~ the thinking.
Mrs. Pratt. his gentle. cultured wife
has been his able lieutenant. and Ills
fair young daughter has been good
stan officer.
Every Industry and many arts ana
3 sciences are taught at Carlisle The
boys arr trained Co be timers, tnllorH'
cobblcrH blncksmiths. harncss-mnkerH,
carpenters. cabinct-makcrH. wagon
makers ana farmers. as their tastes
run. each youth being permitted 10 take
mp for his trade the one that he likes
best The girls learns beside books. all
the womanly accomplishments, such na
sewing, washing, Ironing. darning,
mending. baking, etc. Boys and girls
alike are instructed I'm music drawing.
painting and the other arts. and alike
they serve half OF each day IN the
nohoolroom and the other hair In one
of tho Industrial classes. Foo their scrv-
ices In these classes n few cents n day
" paid 10 each student. and these and
the outing" earnings amount In the
aggregate 20 nearly $4,000 n year. all
or which IN placed 20 the credit OF each
individual earning II. and II can be
drawn upon mt will. under slight re-
strictlons. There In regular cashier.
whose duty II TO care for this fund. ana
II II quite amusing to watch the stu
dents draw upon their bank account
They have bank books. which are mod
els Of neatncHs. An Indian Seems "a
take naturally to pcnmanship ana ng.
urcs.
There are some things that the stu
dents Of Carlisle could teach the people
who talk OF "civilizlng" them. The
| young ladies' seldom or never wear any
other head covering than bright scarf
/, and In tho evening their glossy ant
, weli-kcpt black hair ~ fully In evidence
: with bit 81 bright ribbon or fiowe
. coqucttishiy adjusted In II. The In
dmnH love everything that ls bright AM
2 beautiful. and the flower man tina
comes out every morning rcnps a rlcl
/ harvest from them.
: Indian children are naturally devout
1 The belle. In n higher power seems q
: be born IN them ana finds expression
! In the Sabbath school. Y. NJ. g. A. AM
, the Kings Daughters. A young Wash
E ington giri. who IN n teacher at Car
, iisic. Miss Cummings, II one OF tn
, leaders In the Kings Daughters Tn
little silver cross that sets them npar
from all others In "a common ornament
The love Of the beautiful r. shown Il
: many ways. In the neat dormltorle
everything II as clean as soapsuds cal
' make II. and pretty rugs. pictures AM
I pieces ~ artistic hnndiworlt. made b.
) the owners Themselves or purchase
! ]
{ the rooms. Tho great dlninF-rooms mr.
!, furnished with white table linen an
: silver. neat china and glass ware
. Everything that appeals 10 the sens
! OF the beautiful In furnished.
The outing" system II one Of the grea
institutions Of Carlisle. When IN
school was FIRST established Il was oh
jected that II would be n nuisance {
/. tho surrounding farmers. who SCENE
: TO have an idea that the students woul
. 10 on foraglnR expeditions when the
got tired OF the restrictions OF IN
: school. Now these farmers are tunl
q bling over each other TO get Indian boy
60 work FOR them In the summer,
I Tint the boys are thoroughly I'm
e bued with n progressive spirit is show
Y in the fact that when congress- nos
!. lively refused 90 make appropriation
= FOR needed additions 20 the building
for the boyH. ana for an nmusemen
= hall. the students went to Cant Print
4 and told him that they would give 81 $50
. Of their earnings for the proposed in
10 provemcnts ~ he could raise the res
4 IIe accepted the proposition. ana m
y improvements were made II was {
= this hall that one ~ the prettlost sight
OF the commencement week took place
n The Carlisle boys are handsomely un
formed and Hpienddiy drilled In m eve
iutlons and In marching. though the
carry no guns, Their perfectly fttin
uniforms are made by their own tnilo
assisted by Indian boys who are Learn
ing that trade. Everything the India
students wear is made by themselves
The girls have light airy sewlng-roor
and make all their own clothes ais
The Ave companies. looking Ms trim n
n lot ~ bandbox dudes In their brigh
new unlformn gave a drill in the after
noon IN the gymnasium hall. They a.
wore white gloves, and handsome car
, above their dark faces. and the pre-
cislon with which they maneuvere
was something remarkable The dri
was followed by n game Of basket bal
played by young Indian Girls. IN uni
: forms Of blue flannel. made IN Turks
= divided skirt fashion, fastened NJ IN
= knee displaying extremely small fee
\; In low. soft shoes and black stocking
y one team wore bright red sashes unde
:, their loose blouse waists ana the other
z dark blue. 10 match the suits.