Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-22
Wonderful CrOOth of Carlisle
Indian School In Past Year

dents are sent 10 the cities and towns.
and musi VI these are trades students
who work al their mechanical trades.
ny Tar the largest proportion 1.-Two IN
eelecied homes In the country. Dur
ing the year rs were placed "a work
NJ their trades and two % tho girls
we're training AZ nurses. II IN Blgnin-
cant that very few OF the students
were returned by the patrons as un-
satisfactory.
Commenting on the outing system,
Mr.. Friedman says'
outing sya,cm have not been more ex-
tcnsively applied IN the Indian service
N To he regretted, as Il ~ confidently
believed that patience and care. as
we'll a. persistCnce. during the frst
year ot the outing system throughout
tho indian service would bring sue.
cess II is assuredly feasible. and
suit in permanent civilization fOr the
Indian"
Another importan, feature or the
past years work has been the innug-
uratlon of q course In moral training
and social hygiene. aside from the
purely religious training and moral
instruction in tho class room. ~
zone Of the most neglected sub.
jccts. not only In Indian schools but
in public schools everywhere. In I'M
! struciiun la sex hygiene for boys anu
girls, In our complex Industrial nfo
the need for this training ~ becoming
more crossing and evident 20 both
parents aud school officials.
There can be- no question or tho
great need for interpreting the laws
OF nature aud giving simple lessons
In this subject 80 the indian youth,
particularly SO. when n II romem-
boTod that among q number OF the
I Indian tribes. and OF many rCscrNa"
lions. the utmost iaxiiy has existed.
| Even now, there arc eech year hun
drcds OF marriages among Indians on
j tho reservations without legal or
! church procedure. aud number OF
| cascs continue 90 be- reported each
year uf pulygumy Every reservation
! official dcpiorcs this condition or
/ lOuscuesS uud feels The need Tor et-
| fcCtiyc training
This II then OF tremendous import
to tho Indian. and In our desire 10
| give thorough instruction to our stu
dents the best experts In the cOun-
iry have been secured Renowned
/ physicians aud social workers have
been brought to the school for THIS
| work
Declaring that tho indian schools
of the country are years la advance
Of tho public schools in various states
Tor white children where agricultural
training he concerned. the supcrin
ltandcnt Criticizcs the schools fOT
whites FOR rctarding progress along
this line aud observes that the Car
isle institution b. one ~ the first a.
blaze IA. trail. and that hundreds of
educators Visit III" school each ycui
tu gain u CpseT Insight into the work
n ~ shown that from July I, i9l
90 june 80. i9t.. thc value of prod
ucts froui IN. two school farms
amounted tu XH.6t0.a3. ct an actual
lcost OF ts.6l2.S0.
During the administration of Su-
pcrintcudent Friedman the trades 81
structiun ~ Carlisle has been brought
On psr With the best IN the cOun'
,try. and the indian boy and CARL car
obtain such knovledg" Of the uscfu
Industries for which there IN demand
i in the section OF the country 10 which
he or sh" lives. Hs win enable then
20 earn a good LIVING for self and fam
ily. Mr. Friedman observes thut IN,
Indians are by nature adept In thoss
forms % work that require manua
deNtcrity
{ The report contains u list ~ i'm
pruNcmcuis made 81 the school plan
since Mr.. Fricdmtn Was appointed &,
the supcrlntvndcucV four years ago
/ The improvements cover "a wide range
aud have added considerably 60 the
beauty ut the grounds besides mak
, Ing the institution more efficient
Besides a new school building add
I'd 10 one OF the older buildings. three
opCn-ulr balconies were added 90 th'
hospital q new, spacious concrete Hnt
q Iron greenhouse Was erected. the
. florists house enlarged and improved
: athlete quarters containing Thirty
. tVu rooms built thu boys quarter
. roilOurvd. a. hostirrS cottage erected
, he entire gTuuu ut shol. huiidings re-
modelled. concrete and steel guar'
house completed. Now Gre house bull
aud tire escapes added 10 all tn
buildings. convenient. we'll planuCt
> printing building aud entirely new
plant u series of nuts for marric'
> 'ompluy cg, az cntirvlS rcin0dolcd din
! ing hall building. q house for the 81
rector uf athletics and uuuoruu
d other improvements made until Ga
4 present school plant H. IN uudvrn
& tlrst-Ciass condition These are mos
I, noticeable impTut encnts, for bcfOr
4 the regime of the present auperin
I trndcnt the school buildings wcr
merely rcmodrlud army barracks an
. buildings of The military post locate
iu Carlisle
Bcsldcs IA, construction Improve
ments. important improvements d
administmtiN" Affairs have bee
. made
a The boys industries nave been re-
= organized and developed until q
= present the vocational training al
> forded young men at Carlisle
F., ranked With the best offered yny
- ! where ia the country \ thorOug
. ~ stem of accounting has also bee
u Instituted, so that the value of M
e material used tnd the value of th
p, product which Is finished IN each pro
% durtiyr industrl Dr. HrCcTtaincd
7 II ts intvrDstIug Co note that. a,
"a iyprding GO tho report, there are e
a. tribes VI Indians represented &c ih
u school a total ui l,Uji students be-
s ing enrolled. with ga boSa and ~
y girls. tn" gradual Increase In al
q tendance hcfur, MI Fricdmun's az
pointmcnt ana thc fast increase dun
u Ing his administration are also inter
n rsting. The report shows that dun
ing fifteen wears of SupCrintondcr
j. r. ", Prattg standardization. froi
r 1883 TO 1904, tine average yearly ou
(. rollmcnt Of nov students was .5l
/. during four years Of Superintendent
nj W A. MCrrrrF administration. frui
u 1900 TO 1905, tn, average yearly IN
b, rOllmuut of new Students was 25s
during four wears Of superintcndvu
N NJ. Friedman administration. frOi
!, 1905 "a 1872. thr average yearly en-
lrollmeut of uvN Students Was 3it.
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