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Show PEBNBYLVANIA. CARL1816 SCHOOL. This is the largest school in the service, and is well equipped for giving pupils industrial trainmg. In many respects the class-room work showed rmprovement qver,my preceding vigit, and the superintendent is doing everything in hm power to bring it up to the highest degree of efficiency. The buildings are in good repair and the sanita conditions excellent. The outing system, which was inaugurate7 at thl.s schoo l a number of years ago, has been contmued. A lar e number of boys and girls \yere placed in selected farnlrrs' f?m-ilies ?o r a portion of the year, where they received the u 7l ifting influences of a good home. When not attending local schoo s they received pay for their services, their earnings, most of which were saved, amounting to a considefable sum. This school is admirably situated for conducting the outrng system, being located in the heart of a prosperous farmrng section. VmQEaA. HdKPTON INSTIWTE. The Hampton Institute is one of the best conducted and most completely equi ped agricultural and industrial training schools in - the country. 6 is a farm school where both boys and p l s are trained in the best methods of farming, and the whole s stem of instruction centers in the land. The girls are given wor% on the farm as well as the boys. They care for the farmhouse and are instructed in dairying and the care ,of poultry. They also do the= share of the plantin hoeing, weedmg,,etc. Various new forms, of farm industry have teen introduced with a speoial view to rarsi marketable roducts in order to incite the interest of the pupils an show them t! at farming can be made to pay. L7 At the trade school all the leading mechanical trades are taught. There are now in this trade school 48 Indian boys, some of them tak-ing special work t%-ice or three times a week and others taking full trade courses and attending night, school. The girls are given practical mstruction in plain cooking of all kinds, and are made thoroughly familiar with every detall of good housekeeping, including washing and ironin keeping the house clean, caring for the dishes and kitchen,utensf~s , mendin and mak- ing the family raiment, and providrng rn advance for a1K the needs of the household. There are also special classes for the girls in the native industries, where they learn basketry, pottery, rug and car-pat weaving. They are also taught to make lace. A new feature, receuCly introduced, is the singin of Indian tribal songs by the children, because it recognizes that t elr race inherit-ance has in it something of value. 8 . Practical training is the keynote of the Hampton method, which has discarded the old theory that it is necessary to study useless thin@ in order to prepare for doing useful things. It is recognized that givin the necessary ability to obtain food, shelter, and cloth- ing is of $u ndamental importance. The facilities here for giving the Indian boy and girl such trainii is unsurpassed, and those who have received it go from the schoo well equipped to help them-selves and their relat~ves. f' |
