The Washington times., 1909-07-05
Graduate ArraignS Indian
School for Cruelty and
MiSmanagement.
STUDENTS, HE SAYS,
WERE IMPRISONED
Declares Runaways Have In
creased and That Discipline
Is at Lowest Ebb.

Joseph Riley WueelOCks class OF 20
Carlisle indian School. one of the best
known football players the Pennsylva-
MIA institution ever produced, has come
TO the front with a signed letter in
which he charges the superintendent Of
Carlisle, Noses Friedman, with misman-
agement, with cruelty toward students,
and with fncompetency. Wheelock, who
studied in England and Germany after
he finished at Carlisle, and who mar
ried Miss Eversman OF Carlisle, a few
years ago, runs "Wheelocks United
States Indian Band"
In his statement Wheelock declares
that the knows that two graduate stu
dents OF Carlisle were Imprisoned in
dungeon for two weeks because they
wished TO carry out a contract made
with WheeIock to appear IN his band
prisoners, he says. was seriously In
jured In health.
The student body at Carlisle has been
FOR six months in an almost open state
OF revolt says Wheelock. violent
physical outbreaks have occurred with
alarming frequency all spring. largely
as a result of the Administrators in
ability TO understand the Indian nature.
RunaWayS Alarming.
'fTbe number OF runaway Indians has
become positively alarming Discipline
IS at the lowest ebb il has ever been al
Carlisle. and the wants of the students
are so poorly attended to that the high
est thought Of many Of the students is
10 get into Carlisle with money enough
70 buy square meal. On the authority
of a number OF students. I can say that
the Carlisle School as managed by Su-
perintendent Friedman. has done in the
way Of supplying food during the last
year little more than give enough %
keep body and soul together. If it were
possible that the Government would
send an inspector to examine carefully
into the conditions prevailing at Car
isle. be would find that IS per cent OF
the students are perfectly disguised with
the miserable condition Of the hitherto
model school, and would do almost any
thing to get away to a school where
they would be treated like human be-
ings.
whatever superintendent Friedman
may say. the fact remains that the en-
tire student body and all but a few
officials who feel obliged to stand by
him 70 hold their jobs as well as the
people IF Carlisle. are painfully aware
thar the school IS going to tire dogs
50 Ear as discipline and educational re-
suits are concerned. Practically the
only showing made last year was the
ceremoniOus commencement designed to
Impress couple Of attending United
state Senators who are On the Indian
Committee and this sO-cailed prac-
teal demonstration of what the
Industrial students had learned had been
GeEearSed for many months to the ex-
cIusion Of regular and necessary studies
Carlisle stands today as the weakest
disciplined institution IN the United
states: 4 Iaughingstock 10 those famil-
i1r with IL During the past year scan
cal of every kind has lowered over the
Valentine in Dark.
Robert @. Valentine. Commissioners. of
TIE Indian ofnce, said this morning
after reading the statement of Wheelock
that he had heard nothing Of any
trouble IN the Carlisle School
I'VE have had no official information
OF any kind concerning any trouble. %
said Mr.. Valentine. Il know OF no
dungeon at the school We have a
guardhouse; we have one on all reser-
vations. The school is being conducted
smoothly 7 believe. We DO not intend
10 disregard the matter, but what &C
lion I shall take / cannot say"
II Is understood, however, that the IN
dian Office viii ask Superintendent
Friedman 10 explain.
WheelOck in his statement saws that
DC IS usnuing band. and that he con-
tracted with two Carlisle students,
spencer Williams and Carr Sylvester.
FOR their services during the summer.
Friedman refused to let Williams and
sylvester play with Wheelock.
Cause of Charges.
Friends Of Friedman ia this city
think the 5uperlntendent's action in re-
fusing 10 let the two students-vho hsd
just graduated but who were 10 return
in the fall for postgraduate work-pIay
with Wheelocks Band caused his out
burst
WheeIock. IN his statement, saws that
Sylvester vas thrown out Of his dungeon
on June 30 and sent away from Carlisle
and that Williams was deported shortly
thereafter.
The Indian Office said today that Il
had heard nothing of such action
II was only a few years ago that Dr.
Montezuma, a Carlisle graduate. created
= sensation by making charges OF mis-
management and cruelty iu the Penn
sylvania school. The charges were in
vestigated. and found true IN part
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