New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-28
A PROUD DAY FOR CARLISLE.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE AT
THE INDIAN SCHOOL
.nnyrssrs AT TIL, COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
BY GOVERNOR HASTINGS. GENERALS INV"
Apn ANn LEE AND OTHERS-ENIHl-

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SLASH AND LOYALTY.
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Carlisle Penn Feb. 27.-Ths was the great ia!
of commencement week at the CarIS'c i"",
School, and in fact. the great uas Vi Wv
wear for the institution. The weather was e"q"''''
with the bracing coolness OF winter, tempereu U!
the balminess of coming spring. During the "hoie
OF the day the campus Of the school was cro"oeu
with many hundreds. the moving mass oil lhuid"S
and whites fraternzlng In amiiy, ana eac" ,d
studying with interest the peculiarites OF 'he oln.'
In the forenoon. while many or the Visible W.
inspecting the school work in the various ''as7
rooms and were expressing their delight VIII" VIVA
they saw the school band p.ayed various pop"'ai
pieces on the campus with quite a dash' anu a'o
everything else the flag hoated IN the go'oen sun
shine All the buildings of the schooi were ''io
open to the visitors not one OF Wnom laiieu ~ oe
impressed by the internal economy OF the 'i'S.'."
ton 1t is estimated that during the "a! iu'.s
d 900 visitors were present on the grounds OF inc
school. many OF whom were wel.-knowh me" "''"
women from all parts OF the country.
At noon Governor Hastings. of pennsylvania ana
bis staff arrived The Governor OF William Penn
state TINS sot the seal OF his official approval to
scheme of Indian education that most perfectly re-
fleets William PENIS attitude Of peace ana soo'
will toward the Indian. All the teachers ana man
and Cantain Pratrs house was literally overrun
with guests There a fiutier Of excitement ha az
sad and FOR na of he
10 make the uncertain plunge INTO clNl.Httlo" o.,
citizenship At 2 O'Clock the commencement ext
cses were he'd in the gymnasium fully ZOO pe nl
ple being present. The paying of the band an, IA
The sDrited singing of the school choir ellci,si
warm applause and Chaplain McCabe sang lme
Battle LYNN of the Republic with ine eHec,'
The presence on the platform Of Generals o. -. -:
Howard and Fitzhugh Lee sitting side by side. was
a thrilling and dramatic feature or the eKcrcls's'
DR.. T. S. Hamlin. OF washington onereu p naiEe
Robert Jackson a Chepalis, on our DAYS p IN
thla Webster an oneida. on Indian Girls as Ieach-
ers': De,os Lone Wolf. a Kiowa; on Indian re
vaioppent and Elmer Simon. Chippewa, on me
indian as a Man" The addresses were all good.
and most OF them noteworthy for the cleaTne s.,
with which they grasped the race quesuod' me nv
were received with tumu.tous applause anu al on n,
point Captain Pratt was SO happy mat he s"e'
tears A.. ,,..o,,as :, a
General Howard presented the diplomas In a q
speech characterized by good sense ana toucheu
with feeling And then numosr o, pronathh nv
school and its management. General Lee recalicd !
memories of the time when he shelled Carlisle am
burned the barracks. He ended with decarasohh
OF LOYALTY to the flag that was wildly checred, ana
everybody on the platform shook hands win every
hndv else Congressman Sherman. chairman OF ,nee
Committee on Indian Affairs. made a sraccIu
speech in which he pledged himseH 10 90 IA,
thing POSSIBLE to promote the welfare OF me lndi-
ans Senator Nelson Of Minnesota. dNrt on, w,
importance OF plunging the Indian when clVillz 9
INTO the stream OF civilization and citizenship anu
Mr.. Harris United states CommisSaomr[ % .dncsion
as opposed TO tribal education ne ertat 49,
sang the Doxology. Chaplain McCabe gave the pen n,
diction the band played Hail Columbia, ana inc
most successful commencement III 'he hiS'o's Vi
the school came to an END >, . ...,,o .,n
In the evening reception was heIl 20 eldo,r ",
citizens OF Carlisle to meet General Lee unuer
peasanter auspices than the last aKe Generals
Howard and Lee and the other visitors on an cNcur
sion to the field Of Gettysburg.