Show WHITEROCKS INDIAN SCHOOL EXERCISES EXERCISES' r Fine Finc IIo Program In Forenoon J by bJ People Fl From ont om all Over OCI Outdoor Sports Spoils and und Dance Given Ul up Commencement exercises of oC tho- tho Indian school at Whiterocks last lask Saturday Sa were brief brier on account or of orthe orthe the sad and unexpected death orI of or I Mrs F. F C. C Myers The fhe elaborate elaborate- I program of outdoor sports in th the the- afternoon and nd the dance a at t. t night night- were dispensed with A large large- crowd from all parts of ot the reservation reservation reser reser- vallon att attended It was a wonderful program fronts from start to to finish One would hardly believe young Indians could be developed de de- de developed developed and advanced so rapidly Just a lew few months ago little Seth Thompson of Ouray was carried bodily kicking end and crying to school On On this commencement day he w tit wasi is one of the most delighted perform perform- ers He will go back next fall of I ils J. J own free will and accord Man Many many others who went last year re reluctantly reluctantly re- re will next fall all be anxious anxious- to get back When tho those e first g graders ders went through that old old old Virginia reel reels one cue sat and wondered just how bow wid wide a do span there Is between that ancE andl the bear dance And what hat a difference difference difference differ differ- ence between that Mother lother Gooses Goose play and a a. council of war How much much- more peaceful and sweet melody hithe in hi inthe inthe the cornet solo by Leonard LaRose LaRos than in the beat of the torn tom tong ton away off oft there In the dark where the thee war dance arouses natives to I ax deep emotion and wild Ih hysterics hysterics- That pretty little Elsie Denver la h laa ha a cooking demonstration made biscuits bIscuits bis biscuits bIs- bIs altogether different to what I her mother grand-mother used to make Many Ian old pioneer Indians including including ing William Wash Vash and sat in the tIle audience and took It all In with much pleasure William Wash is one of or the HIe wealthiest wealthiest wealthiest wealth wealth- iest and andone one of the most capable In Indians Indians In- In on the reservation He owns owns- between and cattle and as as many sheep and hundreds of acres acres- of oC land Lately Wash was baptized into th the Episcopal church Near Near- Wash lash sat Fred A. A Gross superintendent superintendent t of the and Ouray agency No on one onee was more pleased please than he No 1 on one one has a deeper in interest interest interest in- in terest in the Indian than he And h he is succeeding wonderfully He is bound to succeed because he is popular popular pop pop- popular ular with Indians as well as whites all aN of whom have confidence In his ability and faith in his sincerity The The pr program gram was as follows Two Little Welcomes po Vernon Wash and Josephine La Rose nose song Ill be a Sunbeam school a a pageant Subjects Studied and btu biu grades rades reading The Laundry Room Gladys G Duncan song b by the school Our Work ork dining room and kitchen kite girls a paper Corn Judg- Judg ping ing ing Henry Mother t Goose Rhymes Rhymes' primary pupils essa essay Dye De and Dying E Evelyn Evelyn- Grant song Ong Busy Dusy Children school paper Facts about Lumber Lumber Lum Lum- ber James dialogue Almost a Runaway Telford DenTer Denver Denver Den Den- ver Ter and Jose Josephine LaRose Making laking Biscuits Elsie Denver and and- Ruth Cohoe reading Home Horne Laun Laundry Laundry- ry- ry Ing fog Mattie 2 sons song Reuben Raymond LaRose dla logue Playing Plain Grown up Maryv Marys I May La Rose and Angle Angie cornet I solo Leon Leonard rd La Rose r led by Mrs La Rose dance dance- Virginal Virginai ne Reel l primary pupils song Vacation Days school song sons Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Flag o. o school COn On Local Page 1 i WHITEROCKS I INDIAN D AX SCHOOL From Page On One The school year ear has been most successful Total enrollment 88 with average attendance of ut 77 Ne Next t year there will be at least Before Before Before Be Be- fore that time the gymnasium will willbe willbe be ready for lor use and perhaps the principals principal's cottage and other build build- ings Following was the school stay staff the past Jast year Frank Davis principal Mrs rs K Kate te Richardson matron Charles Reed disciplinarian Mrs Charles Reed ass assIstant stant matron Mrs Irs Mary E. E Davis primary teacher teach teach- er Miss May Hansberry intermediate Intermediate intermediate diate grades Mrs Phylis Phylls advanced grades l Mrs rs Roy Smith seamstress Mrs Alice Allee Lang laundress laundress laundress laun laun- dress Mrs F. F Drennan Brennan cook Frank Brennan n carpenter Albert Betts Belts farmer I From the school farm and dairy most of ot the food comes In 1917 the dairy dalry herd started with 23 head bead Today roday there is s enough milk and beef beet to supply the school Many Manyi i vegetables will be raised this year I Fall term of school begins first Monday In September Frank Davis will likely be the principal There will doubtless doubtless' be changes in the staff starr 0 o |