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Show ,Vhiterocks School Haven For Indian ' children In fleed Of An Education 1 By James E. Bacon I a visit upon invitation of cnoerintendent Roy Adams to 1 Su P Whiterocks Indian school f 1 -paled there are presently 200 rreHian students (110 girls and f boys) regularly attending I sps 70 Per cent of whom 1 -fifpr come from broken homes, have no homes at all. Sixteen J , fte students attend school J 0 Trideil and Alterra, but re-0 re-0 aL at the Indian school. ' s All Indian children are en-,,rased en-,,rased to live at home with 'I parents and go to public !! Lnl When this is impossible S often wind up at White-srnrks White-srnrks Classes for the first sev- parades are taught at the In-' In-' school. Eighth gradcrc c.r.d ' high school students attend Tri- 5eii and Alterra. 1,1 The same courses of study 0 d high standards of the public u school are maintained at White-( White-( Jocks. Any student passing a "srade there should be able to 1 make his next grade the follow-? follow-? n6 vear in any of the public 65 schools. An efficient staff of 25, inciuding supervisors, teachers, ooks and engineers, are in ''I charge of school management. kl'The entire campus is character- jzed b y thrift and industry, in with everyone busy and seem-itiingly seem-itiingly happy. in addition to regular classroom class-room studies, a complete program pro-gram of Scouting is maintained, s as well as campfires, outings, . excursions t o outside points, it special programs in nearby com- munities, movies, etc. yd Freedom of speech and religion re-ligion is not only encouraged, ,l!ut maintained. Four religious .'denominations are now holding t services on the campus. The children are at liberty to at-e:- tend the religious gathering of 1 ': their choice, or at the recommendation recom-mendation of their parents. Sc Students are well kept and is: well fed. The bakery, kitchen, Si and dining room are spotlessly J clean and in good order. At the r, time of my visit, an abundance "of food was on hand, including In icebox crammed with dressed J turkeys. The cooks, supervisors, (and instructors were cheerful c and courteous. r The boys and girls, taking ei their trays and passing through the line at the food tables, were t served by other students, who "i were taking their turns at this m duty. All have a chance, sooner , or later, to do the. various tasks i required at meal times. Each ' student places his or her tray and dishes on a tray when the meal is completed. The dishes When go through a modern dishwasher dish-washer and steam-dryer. As din-ning din-ning room facilities are inade- quate, it is necessary to serve the students in groups, b u t despite this handicap meals are on an exact and orderly schedule. sched-ule. Each day one of the instructors instruct-ors conducts a class in table etiquette eti-quette on seating, eating, and serving as a phase of the school's social education process. pro-cess. Parents are fortunate in having' hav-ing' a man of Roy Adam' stature sta-ture in charge of the training and education of their children at the Whiterocks Boarding school. Mr. Adams says he believes be-lieves his job to be much more important than just a way to make a livelihood. He is a man with a mission to help his students stu-dents grow up to be responsible American citizens, well qualified and with the ambition to get somewhere in life. "My ambition," he said, "is to someday see some of my students stu-dents take the places of myself and other members of the staff when our work is finished here." Mr. Adams, very frank and plain spoken, with a subtle sense of humor, is ambitious to break down the isolated and segregated segregat-ed conditions of the school in the past, and have it recognized and accepted by the public as one of the schools where American Amer-ican boys and girls are receiving receiv-ing a thorough education. Next September he can pursue pur-sue his ideals anew. Classes for the 1949-50 year closed May 12 at Whiterocks. |