The King was interested in the institution's role in educating Native Americans in the industrial trade, a model he wanted to bring back to his people, even though Samuel Armstrong had modeled his school after the Hilo Boarding School in Hawaii.
Raja mengagumi peran lembaga tersebut dalam pendidik penduduk Amerika Asli dalam perdagangan industrial, sebuah model yang ia ingin berikan kepada rakyatnya, bahkan Samuel Armstrong memodelkan sekolahnya melalui Sekolah Asrama Hilo di Hawaii.