Arizona republican., 1921-10-10

he most desires to follow or is best fitted to do. He is given a trial in each department and is warned against hurried selection.
 The Vocational Training When the seventh year opens he is started on his chosen line. Academic and industrial studies from that point on work on parallel lines.
 The time of the student is divided between the class room and the work shop. His academic education is not neglected, by any means. and he is given the same course of study as one enjoys in public schools. This schooling continues through the tenth grade.
 His industrial or vocational training is centered on one particular line of work. He is given four years of study in his chosen field. If he is proficient, he can master his trade within the period so that when he leaves the school he is well pre- pared to make his way in life.
 There is a wide variety of voca- 1 tional and industrial subjects from which he can choose. For example. there is the machinist's trade, the
 printing trade, blacksmithing, dairy ing, carpentry, or agriculture. Of course, these are only a few of many subjects offered on the schools voea-
 tional program There are many l others and some which are even more popular than those mentioned above. The India girl has been found to | be great lover of home life, au- 1 thorities at the Indian school say. | She is an expert at needlecraft and large display cases in the domestic
 science building at the school bear
 testimony to her art. At rug weav- ing, she posses all of the natural
 traits of her forefathers, especially as to color schemes.
 | Girls Good Housekeepers
 Indian girls make good housekeep-
 CTS. Superintendent Brown said, and l school authorities are inclined to en- 1 courage this sort of thing. She has I a fine knack of preparing good things l to eat. though her culinary art is l somewhat rough on entering the school. She is tidy and clean and l very dependable, school authorities say.
 In this connection, Superintendent Brown explained the workings of the l outing" department of the school. Technically, the outing department l is the employment office. Advanced l students are permitted to work in | private homes of the city one or two days a week. In some instances, stu
 dents are placed in homes for an in Il definite period.
 A system has been worked out
 whereby the outing department
 takes applications for boys and girls
 one morning each week. Each Fri ! day morning has been allotted to this
 work, when persons desiring Indian , boys and girls for work about the home are free to call the Indian school and enter their applications. Applications positively will not be accepted or considered on any other
 day of the week, Superintendent
 Brown announced.
 When applications are received
 for boy, the school principal is eonsured Informed of the kind ot
 work for which the boy is wanted : he reviews his records, both academic
 and vocational. He picks out a boy
 who has made good grades. Then !. the school disciplinarian is consulted ! If the boys discipline at school has 7 been good, he is given a clearance
 that will enable him to leave the , school grounds. If bad. he is pro- hibited from accepting the job. If g
 girl is wanted, the school matron is
 consulted and the same. course is fol , lowed.
 Must Save Earnings All money earned by boys or girl! T in work of this nature is theirs, bu :, school authorities have decreed tha' U at least one-half of all sums earned shall be saved by the students. Tn, remaining half is their to do with a!
 they please. But the one-half to b. : saved-that goes into the care of tn , school principal. A careful recorC II is kept of all funds so held Whel II any boy or girl accumultes few dol < lars. it is deposited to his or he s credit in the bank, to draw interes :, the same as any other savings ac o count. These savings accounts ar 7, carried along from year to year unti U the boy or girl completes his or he IS education, when the total savings T, released, that he or she may hay y something to start life with.
 II All students of the Phoenix India
 school are reservation Indians, a le distinguished from citizen Indian u Superintendent Brown explained That is to say, that they all live O IT Indian reservations where no publi n, school facilities are to be had In 70 -dians living outside reservations ar K not eligible to entrance.
 Age of Indian students varie E from seven to 23 years and scholasti
 grading ranges from beginners to tn E senth grade. Pupils above the fit E grade are handled by departments s teachers, of which there are fou, F This year there are 301 students i
 departmental work
 Hi At the end of each school periot \ which runs five weeks. written re \ ports are forwarded by school au E thorities to parents of students O
 if parents are dead, then to guar E dians. Each student is required { write a letter home at the end ( \ each period, the same being maile at government expense.
 Careful Physical Training D Nor is the physical development {
 the Indian overlooked in the dail
 routine of school life. In fact, phy = sieal training kolds precedence eve 4 over mental training. It is the fir V. and last thing on the daily program - On arising. the boys and girls a . given setting up exercises and oth :, gymnastics that are designed all awaken the entire body. De- ay. breathing is practiced several tim sa, a day, for the Indian supposedly d. more susceptible to diseases of t ,s respiratory organs than in the whi or man and school authorities are ev on the alert to prevent disease.
 But when the student does becor