Evening star., 1896-02-29
Interesting Exercises at the Indian
School.
G GALADAYSAF Old CARLISLE
A Graduating Class Of More Than
Score.
CLEV ERBOYS NDGIRLS

There was a: notable gathering at Car
isle, Pa, at the Indian Industrial School
this week. The occasion that brought to-
gether the most distinguished lot of guests
| that ever enjoyed the hospitality of Capt
and Mrs. Pratt was the seventeenth annual
commencement. exercises of the Indian In
dustrial School.
Large parties came to the reservation
from New York, Philadelphia, Washington
and Harrisburg on special trains Governor
Hastings and staff, with wives, daughters
| and friends, In a party Of nearly fifty, came
from Harrisburg early Thursday morning
and returned that night. The Washington
party consisted of DR.. Harris commissioner
or education; General Eaton, ex-com,nis-
| sioner OF education, and Mrs. Eaton; Rev.
| sheldon jackson. Alaskan commissioner of
eoucatlon, and Miss jackson; DIR. and Mrs
| Iecms Hamlfn. Senator Knute Nelson of
| minnesota and Mrs. Nelson; Miss Teller
daughter OF Senator Teller: James II. Sher-
| man OF New York, chairman of the COM
mittee on Indian affairs of the House; Rep
| fesentatfve and Mrs. White of Illinois Rep
| resentative and Mrs. Wilson of Ohio Rep
| resentative and Mrs. l. F. Fisher of New
York, Representative Maddox of Georgia
| and Miss Maddox, Representative George c.
Pendleton of Texas, w. M. Griffith, secre-
! tary OF the House committee of Indian af
| fairs, and Mrs. Griffith; Samuel Slater chief
| Of the finance division, and Miss Slater; Dr.
| wooster, Captain Dortch, chief Of the edu-
| catlonal division of Indian affairs; Secre-
| tary Hamilton of the same division, Miss
Wilbour, Mrs. Jennie Brown, Captain Nc
hennon and Mr.. Cabaras of the Cherokee
commission, Indian Agent Frank Tillon of
crow Creek, s. D.; Superintendent j. Nc
| 6oln or Aibuquerque, N. M; Mr.. Cox, Mr..
Board and Mr.. II. " Belt ex-assistant com
missioner of Indian affairs
Among the other distinguished guests on
| Inc washington train were Maj. Gen. o. o.
0 Vlr
| Drexel Institute of Philadelphia, and Mrs
McAlister; Prof. William j. Fisher DIR. and
Mrs. James Lippincott Chaplain McCabe
| Snd Mrs. McCabe, Col. William G. Church.
| capt. John q. Bourke, United States army;
DR.. and Mrs.. Welsh of the Bloomsbury Nor
NAL Scho oil, James B. Wasson and Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee OF Lynehburg.
| ..-..,......-rs- Gala Days.
Commencement exercises at Carlisle usu-
ally last most of a week, but the great day.
the real gala days-are Wednesday and
| Thursday. On Wednesday there is general
| inspection of the shops and farm, the do
| mestic sciences and the printing offices, and
the afternoon is given over to the athletic
| exhibitions in the gymnasium.
The uniform dress of the girls is blue
| nannel. but they may buy other materials
with their own pocket money. They spend
half the day In school and the other half in
learning some domestic accomplishment
| In turn they learn all the housewfely ac-
complishmentS from beginning to end, and
Become proficient in all that pertains to the
management of home, just as the boys do
on the outside, in learning to manage
| farm, the sowing. cultivating and garnering
or crops OF all kinds. as well as the useful
trades.
was the cluster of little bits of girls off in
| one corner. busy at darning stockings
| The first work the children do with the
needle is to learn to darn. They take those
l stockings 1,ala
| ana reduce themsto good sound pair with
| the neatest of stitches and the most per-
feet work.
| Capt. Pratt makes much of the indus
| trial training of his pupils. He argues that
a good groundwork in the elementary
branches of learning is quite sufficient for
the average Indian child, as it is for the
white one. and that the present necessity
| In the civilization of the Indian is an in
dustrial training that will enable him to
TIL his broad acres on the reservation, 10
| shoe ms own horses, to manufacture and
TO mend his own farm utensils, and TO
make him generally self-sustaining Just
as the great industrial schools in the large
cities are managed for the instruction of
| the pauper waits, who must else become
drlft on the sea of life, endangering all
good crafts that come their way.
Inc proof that the idea is an excellent
| one is the fact that the Indian BOYS and
| girls trained at Carlisle are in demand far
beyond the supply for the farms and homes
| IN IN pennsylvania and the ne;ghboring states
| after year or two Of training on the in
dustrial farm, and the girls are neat,
| swift, patient and respectful servants
iney command better wages than white
| neip In most instances, because they are
better trained and are more respectful and
better dispositioned.
- A Helpful Plan.
These outings as they are called, are
Of great benefit to the pupils of Carlisle,
| for it gives them insight into the world
| and change from the routine of school
| life. as well as being healthful and en-
couraging to them in a monetary way.
| They are very careful of their earnings
and quite often place them in the bank Of
the school. The pupils of the school have
an aggregate sum of nearly $11 900 at in
| terest now, and in the school of over 200
there are some $50 depositors I'm the school
bank.
The banker Of the school is Miss Luck
enbach, and a valuable factor in the insti-
| tuition is Miss Ely, the superintendent of
| the outing system. Her chief business is
| the summer, and to place them after they
| have finished school. One of the pet hob
bies of Capt Pratt is to keep the children
| from returning to the reservation life.
Carlisle is the printing office. Two papers
are issued, small bright four-page
weekly, called the Indian Helper The
| other Is more ambitious sheet of eight
pages, and is called 1.-The Red Man." Both
| these papers are under the efficient man.
agement of Miss Burgess, a thoroughly
practical printer and a bright, energetic
woman.
The exercises of Wednesday afternoon
were all in the gymnasium, to which a
handsome large addition has been added
| this last year. The room will seat two
| thousand people in the galleries and on
| the floor, but only the galleries could be
Lsed, because the whole floor space was
taken up With the athletic exercises.
Wednesday evening was given over to
addresses in the chapel by the guests.
Among them were Gen. o. o. Howard, and
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and Mr.. Sherman.
There vas a speech from an old Indian,
| who is thoroughly Christianized and
preacher, and another by Antonio Apache,
| the handsome son of old Juan, one of CO.
chise's subchiefs. Antonio vas taken away
from the Apache reservation when only
seven, and has been making his way ever
since. Another Indian representative of
the press was Miss Price, who was edu-
Gated at Carlisle, and is now in the busi-
ness department of Chicago paper. She
| was reporting at Carlisle, and having a
delightful visit with her old schoolmates
Then there were speeches by other guests,
and Chaplain McCabe sang.
l.. -.~e,-,- commencement Day.
Thursday morning was spent in visiting