Show inspection OF INDIAN SCHOOL AT whiterocks y inspection reveals that the school is under splendid supervision ifton upon invitation of superintendent it M tidwell a group from vernal made an of the indian chool school at whiterocks monday at which approximately indian children are bearded boarded and educated under tre tle sup L a of the government those makare up tho the party ere county ag age t E peterson Peters principal robert L 1 hixt of the uintah high school miss alice mice derson Pc d st strict act home agent miss beatrice ball hallcy cy county primary supervisor and a staff 0 of the ve venal veral ral exar c i A visit wa was made of the class rooms here the children were given instruction st in the basic principles ct of a a inoda education three rooms ac como dated the stude tu dents ants during their cues class periods and were a ere u eu ell heated and lighted the indian youngsters s ere a happy and contented group their idl idi vidual reading and recitations ere unusually good they seemed pleased to hae in their school room their merry voices fairly made the air vibrate with their songs they mey were well dressed and ell cared for their health charts were it yen examined mined while school was in session and itla it was found that there was wits only fifteen cases of trachoma tra homa among the thea entire group upon it was learned that this disease among the stud i eats vita was very light and arid with proper cue caze was soon arrested and cleared up V at jooa the children eagerly placed themselves at long table tables scrupulously clean and laden with carefully acl selected ted food it was remarked by a white employee that the only wished that her children rh ildren were fed and clothed one third aswell as were the indian childre IL more than four hundred leaver are baked each week seek in the baken bakery the laundry and sewing rooms workshop commissaries commis saries barns silos sheds gymnasium and a number of offer otter buildings buil dines composed part of the ep the dormitories dorma tories were an n array of whiteness hit eness baca student Is taught to carefully fold his bedding and leae the room in perfect order A larger large continued on pae page two A it P 77 I 1 LA N SCHOOL continued prom from page one elen sign adonis adorns euc bucl room sleep with windows open other reminders are brush your teeth twice bech h day and A bath twice each week it was as a delightful sight to see we the indian childen during the times they vere ere out of some of the girls iris were busy in the kitchen others in the dining room sewing room or bakery while others were lounging bout reading current literature its bening to music cr or lures the loys likewise were helping wit milking milting feeding pigs chopping chapping nood wood ettene coal or doing some other work others wire ere enjoying en joyin peaceful ic te creation brosing full v ell that their turn at mhd chores would come for it Is 13 the rule that tach tech child waa was detailed periodically to cne one of the tasks about the school rye presiding siding over the school Is george N shatter shaffer assisting tecie shatter shaffer la Is the following staff mra mrs mabel gibson matron laura P murray nona P roberta roberts louie coe roo rob arts teachers ethel patry assistant matron cornelia comella frances cook augusta smith matron alice M hill sewing lew ing room elizabeth KU zabeth strawn strewn bakery mathe mathew A betta betts farmer eugene king carpenter walter ury englc eer C E gibson laborer goldney atwine pouce police patrick ice laborer william johnson disciplinarian during the past five years more than fifty thousand dollars has been spent by the government in new buildings and improvements it Is 13 planned to civet emt a central heating plant and I 1 make several other improvements in the next year or two about acres 0 land 18 s allotted to the school and 80 acres of this Is demoted to the indian ill tiloi on the reservation at the present time numbers bout 1200 of this number tu deits are in college loo at the whiterocks school SO 50 at ouray and others at district schools in ft duchesne Lee ewton torl roosevelt bennett and lapoint in order that the ork in indian school may inay ce de standardized a course of study la is prescribed by the bureau blea of 1 indian affairs 1 to apply to every ciery indian school in the united states this course is separated into tour four divisions primary pr prevocational evocation al junior vocational lonal and senor sen or al the primary division includes tc lude the first three grades the prevocational the next three the junior vocational lonal the work ft the seventh and aud eighth pud tore ponds somei hat to a junior high chool school and senior vocational di dl cont a tow four year course awve the tte gride grude corresponding to a regular high school course the me I 1 dian schools diner cliffer from c ta in many respects indian children attend school but halt the time the balance of time being devote devoted to practical training in industries courses of at study tor for voth sta academic demic and industrial work are prescribed the boya bol ure are instructed li 13 subjects of livestock and poultry carpentry black EmI thine plum and in other phases of manual training the girls girl are in the subjects of cook 1 ing sewing dressmaking domestic science home making and kindred subjects I 1 for flor the industrial classes of boy boys are provided herd herds of cattle nocks of sheep ad and droves of hogs as sell ell as flocks of poultry of all classes all pure bred stock the ind classes of the girls have a kitchen and dining room as well as a room for sewing and dressmaking both boys ard girls are instructed in character chu acter building and in the value i of good citizenship the indian children as a rule to attend the boarding school wd nd it is gratifying to state that the th far ar 1 cuts encourage their child children to take advantage of the educational offered this Is part particularly k true of the younger class clam of indian parents |