The Washington herald., 1916-12-25
STUDENTS AT CARLISLE
LIVE ON S. A MONTH
Figures on Cost of Indian School Show
How to Solve Food Problem.
pecial to The washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Carlisle, Pa, Dec. 93-When the mar
velous story of how the Department Of
the Interior handles the feeding of the
grown students at the Carlisle Indian
School, which is producing some of the
greatest athletes in the world, Is told,
all EXPERIMENTAL feeding clubs and uni
versity dietetic councils will have to take
a back seat in the face of what has been
shown during the past year OF high
prices for food. under normal conditions
otherwise. with no hope on the part of
the officials for definite credit, and with
only the main object of keeping growing
and hungry men and maidens in good
physical condition.
In fat terms, the Carlisle Indian School
has for the year just ended given good
wholesome food at the rate for the in
dividual of 16 2-S cents per day or A.17
per week, or a little more than IS per
month.
The best comment on the wonderful
Accomplishments of the officials Is the
statement of typical bills Of fare, as
well as the enumeration OF the kind Of
foods supplied, and a sample feast day
menu.
Taking the certified and itemized rec
ord for a regular day of three meals, We
find that 527 students used 800 pounds Of
bread. $50 pounds of beef, IS pounds of
DuIIeTp oO pOunus OF HOuFs % pOunuS OL
oatmeal, Is gallons Of milk, bushels of
potatoes. 6 pounds coffee, l pound Of tea,
60 pounds OF sugar. quarts of syrup.
10 pounds of onions, IL pounds Of corn
starch, 10 pounds OF raisins, liz pounds of
corn bread, and 9 pounds of tomatoes.
No oliver Twist requests for more are
on record.
Typical daily menu:
Breakfast-Oatmeal. milk, stew, bread,
coffee.
Dinner-Roast beef. rice and raisins,
pudding. bread.
supper-Stewed dumplings. apple sauce,
bread, butter. corn bread, syrup. tea.
The Thanksgiving menu will be dupli-
Gated on Christmas except that chicken
will be substituted for turkey.
Christmas Menu
Chicken roasted with filling
Giblet dressing
Irish Potatoes Jersey Sweet Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Assorted Cakes Pies Cheese
Bananas
Tea Coffee
Dieticians will have some trouble to
show any unwholesome or unnecessary
articles in this bill-of-fare
Computations on the sum to be spent
for food, are based on the amount ap-
there Is no guessing about It. The actual
cost OF subsistence for each pupil Is SO e5
per year.
One can hardly believe that the cloth
ing of an Indian youth who is recog-
nized everywhere as trim, sprig and
natty costs Uncle Sam but $2s. .43 annually.
This covers all clothes, such as shoes,
uniforms, underwear. socks. overcoats,
hats, caps and shop overalls.
For 800 annually the Indians get he'd
and board. All medical. dental and hos
pital attention. both academic and vo-
cational training properly correlated.
laundry. musical. dramatic. and the best
physical training, amusements, including
movies. entertaining and educational. lee
lures, concerts. picnics. specific military
training, and transportation to and from
their distant homes in the West, North,
East and South.
While fine limestone farm OF 2SS acres.
belonging to the school. is scientifically
cultivated and much of the material
used is gotten from 1t. this production
Is calculated at the same value as though
purchased at market prices.