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A WEEKLY LETTER —FROM THE— Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa. K s 4 VOL. XIV. FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1899. N umber 33. WEALTH. W t HE man I have in mind owns little gold, jW No city lots or fertile farming land; J|L tvt ^P shares of railroad stock in his name stand. No bond or note or mortgage does he hold; No costly vestures do his form enfold; No prancing steeds or equipages grand Nor humblest servant are at his command; i n all these ways the world has proven cold. He has no titles, holds no place of power; His daily labors bring him small return; Upon him Fortune often seoms to lower; His lot is such as many a man would spurn; But lie is rich in conscience and in health. And in his love for man lie mines of wealth! J ames R aymond P erry . SOME THINGS That ISoys Ought to Know fu Etiquette. Grandmother always knew just the proper thing for a boy to do, and sometimes she Would get her grandsons together and, peer- 5ug over the tops of her glasses severely, Would say to them : Boys, if you want to be known as little gentlemen, remember that the following things should be done: -Hat lifted in saying “Good-by” or “How <to y o u d o ? ” Hat lifted when offering a seat in a car or acknowledging a favor. Keep step with any one you walk with. Always precede a lady upstairs and ask her K you may precede her in passing through a crowd or public place. Bet a lady pass first always, unless she asks you to precede her. In the parlor stand until every lady is seat- ed. Book people straight in the face when speak- lrig or being spoken to. Bet ladies pass through a door first, standing as,ide for them. In the dining room take your seat after ladies and elders. Never play with knife, fork or spoon Do not take your napkin in a bunch in your hand. Eat as fast or as slow as others and finish the course when they do. Rise when ladies leave the room and stand till they are out. If all go out together gentle- men stand by the door till ladies pass out. Special rules for the mouth are that all noise in eating or smacking of the lips should be avoided. Cover the mouth with hand or napkin when obliged to remove anything from it. Use your handkerchief unobtrusively al- ways. Always knock at any private room door. A SUCCESSFUL SUPERINTENDENT. Miss Gaither known at Carlisle as having been one of us for a short time aud now Super- intendent of the Umatilla Agency Boarding School is making quite an enviable reputation for herself. The following taken from The East Oregon, published at Pendleton, in re- lation to an entertainment given by the school recently, speaks for itself: Thursday evening the closing exercises of the government school for Indian children oc- curred. Quite a uumber of persons attended from Pendleton, and they all speak in usual terms of appreciation of the evidence given of thorough training by the instructors, and the brightness of the pupils. Miss Gaither, the superintendent, was in charge of the program, and received many expressions of commenda- tion for the fine showing her pupils made. The school here hits been the subject of highly commendatory reports from inspectors who have visited it recently, for the size and extent of the school is said to be classed among the best in the entire list of government In- dian schools. The program rendered Thursday evening was enjoyed in every uumber.

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A WEEKLY LETTER—FROM THE—

Indian Industria l School, Carlisle, Pa.K s

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VOL. X IV . F R ID A Y , JU N E 9, 1899. N u m b e r 33.

W E A L T H .

W t HE man I have in mind owns little gold, jW No city lots or fertile farm ing lan d ;

J|L tvt̂ P shares o f railroad stock in his name stand. No bond or note or mortgage does he hold;No costly vestures do his form enfold;

No prancing steeds or equipages grand Nor humblest servant are at his comm and; i n all these ways the world has proven cold.

He has no titles, holds no place o f power;His daily labors bring him small return;

Upon him Fortune often seoms to lower;His lot is such as many a man would spurn;

But lie is rich in conscience and in health.And in his love for man lie mines o f wealth!

J ames R aymond Pe r r y .

SOM E T H IN G S

T h at ISoys Ought to Know fu Etiquette.

G randm other always knew ju s t the proper thing for a boy to do, and sometimes she Would get her grandsons together and, peer- 5ug over the tops of her glasses severely, Would say to th e m :

Boys, if you w ant to be know n as little gentlemen, remember th a t the following things should be done:

-Hat lifted in say ing “ G ood-by” or “ How <to you d o ? ”

H at lifted when offering a seat in a car or acknowledging a favor.

Keep step with any one you walk w ith.Always precede a lady upstairs and ask her

K you m ay precede her in passing through a crowd or public place.

Bet a lady pass first always, unless she asks you to precede her.

In the parlor stand until every lady is seat­ed.

Book people straigh t in the face when speak- lrig or being spoken to.

Bet ladies pass through a door first, standing as,ide for them .

In the dining room take your seat after ladies and elders.

Never play with knife, fork or spoon

Do not take your napk in in a bunch in your hand .

E a t as fast or as slow as o thers an d finish the course w hen they do.

R ise w hen lad ies leave th e room and stand til l they are out. I f a ll go out to g e th er g en tle ­m en stand by th e door till ladies pass out.

Special ru les for the m outh are th a t a ll noise in ea ting or sm ack ing of th e lip s should be avoided.

Cover the m ou th w ith h an d or napk in when obliged to rem ove a n y th in g from it.

U se you r h an d k e rch ie f unob trusive ly a l­ways.

A lw ays knock a t an y p riva te room door.

A S U C C E S S F U L S U P E R IN T E N D E N T .

Miss G aither know n a t C arlisle as h av in g been one of us for a sh o rt tim e aud now Super­in te n d e n t of th e U m atilla A gency B oard ing School is m ak in g qu ite an enviab le repu ta tion for herself. T he follow ing taken from The E a s t Oregon, pub lished a t P endleton, in re­lation to an en te rta in m en t g iven by the school recen tly , speaks for itse lf:

T hu rsday evening th e closing exercises of the governm ent school for In d ian ch ild ren oc­curred . Q uite a uum ber of persons attended from P endleton , and they a ll speak in usual te rm s of apprecia tion of the evidence given of thorough tra in in g by the instruc to rs, and th e brigh tness of the pupils. M iss G aither, the superin tenden t, was in charge of the program , and received m any expressions of com m enda­tion for the fine show ing h er pup ils m ade.

The school here hits been th e sub ject of h ig h ly com m endatory reports from inspectors who h av e v isited it recen tly , for the size and e x ten t of the school is said to be classed am ong th e best in th e en tire lis t of governm en t I n ­d ian schools.

The program rendered T hursday even ing was enjoyed in every uum ber.

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PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY -----AT THE------

Indian Industrial School Carlisle, Pa.

B ¥ B@¥{3.W T H K INDIAN HELPER Is PRINTED by Indian

boys, but EDITED by the M an-on-the-band-stand who Is NOT an Indian.

Trice—-! O cents p e r yearEntered in the P. O. at Carlisle as second class mail

matter.

A ddress I n d ia n H e l p e r , C arlisle , P a. Miss M. (Burgess, Supt. of Tr'mting.

Do not hesitate to take the HELPER from the Post Office for if you have not paid for it some one else has. It Is paid for in advanoe.

Ramuel T ilden, of Spalding, Idaho , says he is in good h ea lth , and renew s for the H e l pe r . T h a t is one w ay to Keep in good h ea lth .

Louisa P rovost likes her new hom e in the country , and expects to have a p leasan t and profitable sum m er.

G uy Leroy S tevick , '85 who has been p rac­ticing law in D enver, Col., for a num ber of years, w as appointed A ssistan t C ity A tto r­ney-—rD ickinsonian.

Mr. S tevick is M ajor P ra t t ’s son-in-law .The 2nd G iven’s League was defeated by a

team from tow n last S a tu rd ay ; score 8 to 7. To use the language of the reporter, “ S tay w ith th e m ” sm all boys, even if they are larger th an you are.

W h a t are they observing so closely? The an ts a t w ork. A nd so w hen a group of little boys are ly ing a t th e tru n k of an old tree w atch ing som ething, one m ay be sure they have Professor S ch u rr’s a n t stories in m ind and are m ak in g a s tudy of th e busy little creatures.

A re you w arm ? H ow do you th in k th e poor women feel, w ho have to sew for th e ir living these days in sm all crow ded room s called sw eat shops, in big cities, w ith h ea ted brick w alls all around them , and no chance for G od’s fresh a ir to reach th em ? H ow is the furnace man stand ing it, as he w orks over red hot iron? I f there is a b rea th of a ir s tirr in g we get it a t C arlisle.

Yes, indeed, the M an-on-the-band-stand sees w h a t our boys and g irls on farm s are doing. F o r instance, one of our g irls the o ther day th o u g h t she would m oun t a steed and go look for the cow. In fact she w anted a V IE W of the farm , and as she was bare-headed with h a ir liying in the breeze she m ade a picture for an artis t. B ut w ait! The p ic tu re came to a sad en d ; for a t full speed A ngeline im ag­ined herse lf a veritab le rough rider, th e sad­dle-strap tu rned and down cam e view er and all, head first, w hile the horse picked up his heels and scam pered off to the stable. W e are happy to be able to sta te th a t no one was seriously h u rt.

M ajor P ra tt has gone to N ew Y ork C ity on business, and before he re tu rn s will a tten d the C om m encem ent exercises of the F a lls iu g to n H igh School, from w hich Jo h n D illon g ra d u ­ates th is year W e are alw ays proud of our s tu d en ts w hen they go th rough a school th a t is not d is tin c tiv e ly race. Jo h n has our co n g ra t­u la tions, and we believe he w ill choose a line of usefulness off of the reserva tion w here business and th r if t are m ore popu la r th an id le ­ness and ration getting .

One of the boys w rote on h is class paper, “ House of C om ets” for “ H ouse of C om ­m ons” and th en argued w ith h is teach er th a t lie was righ t. “ H ad he not looked in h is d ic ­tio n a ry , and did no t th e d ic tionary say C om ­et was a m e m b er?” T h a t was as fa r as lie read . H ad he continued he would have seen th a t to he a m em ber of th e solar system was q u ite d ifferen t from being a m em ber of the low er house of p arliam en t, b u t he was very soon convinced of h is m istake.

P rogram for S atu rday evening, Ju n e 10, on th e hand stand Is as follows:

1 M arch, “ M ilita ry M aiden”—W h eele r; 2. O verture, “ W m T ell”—R ossin i; 3. “ O peratic P o tp o u rri”—B eyer; 4. “ V alse M exiea ine” — E s tra d a ; 5.P atro l, “ B lue and G ra y ”—-D albey ; 6. (a) “ C han t de E sp a n a ’’— B ip ley ; (b; “ D em dear old d av s”—T reg ina ; 7. O verture, “ T aun - h a u se r"—W ag n er; 8. “ S ta r Spangled B a n ­n e r .”

Mr. Ja m es W heelock played an acceptable c la r in e t solo a t the D ickinson College Glee C lub and O rchestra C oncert in B osler H all, last M onday evening. H e w as encored an d responded w ith T he L ast Rose of S um m er b eau tifu lly rendered and h ig h ly app recia ted . In th e Glee C lub we recognized Mr. Cayou, class ’96 of our school, now F resh m an of D ick inson .

Miss C ochran has lost a very p re tty b rea s t­pin w hich she values h igh ly . A ny one find­ing it w ill k ind ly ca rry it to th e ow ner. The p in is a gold one and enam eled and is a col­lection of rings a r tis tic a lly fastened. I t was lost on Tuesday evening, perhaps in th e lane, perhaps in H enderson ’s woods, perhaps on the grounds. L et us a ll look for it!

A h! V ery n ice! W e have th e p leasure th is week of announcing the m arriage of our form er s tu d e n t and Sergeant-M ajor, Mr. C hester C or­nelius, now clerk a t D arling ton , O klahom a, to L. G ertrude S m ith , a t th e D arlin g to n M ission on Ju n e 7th. M r. C ornelius h as h ea rty co n ­g ratu la tions show ered upon h im from hosts of C arlisle friends.

W e have the best w ater in th e lan d —a cool, cistern-stored d rink . Do n o t w aste i t l>y pum ping 2 or 3 cupfu lls to w ash out the cup . A very little w ill do for th a t. The sum m er rains are no t allow ed to ru n in the c iste rns, and th e w ater m ay give ou t, th en w h a t? W hy , w arm h y d ran t w ater a fte r th a t.

Thom as W alker says th a t a base ball g am e was played a t L im e R idge, C olum bia C ounty, betw een th e In d ian s up th a t way an d the Cab­in R un boys, and the In d ian s won by a score of 18 to 14. T h a t is r ig h t. The M an-oil tlie- band-stand w an ts th e In d ian s to w in a t every th ing .

A n s w e r to L a s t W E E k’s E n ig m a : W ea th ­er m an.

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C herry-p ie nex t.S traw berry feasts galore!Good-bye steam , for a w hile!M r. K em p is ta k in g a vacation .Mrs. D audridge is off for a vacation.T he la te ra in s pu t all vegeta tion on the ju m p D ick inson C om m encem ent has had a w arm

w eek.S traw berry p ickers are in dem and a t th e

farm .S am uel Spencer and s is te r M am ie liav®

gone west.S traw b erry short-cake for th e s tu d en t bod y

Y u m -y u m !The th ree B a illy s is ters have gone to th e ir

hom es in the west.W e play H arrisb u rg C oun try C lub a t H a r­

risb u rg to-m orrow .Mr-i. Peter, of C hicago, is v is itin g h er

d au g h te r a.t our school.The m angle boys a t the laund ry enjoyed a

feast of berries on W ednesday .A select com pany a te straw berries in Miss

C o ch ran 's room on W ednesday evening.S traw berries are p len tifu l in m a rk e t and

our own patches are beginning to be picked.A gam e betw een the Seniors and Ju n io rs

as we go to press. I t w ill be an in te resting gam e to w atch.

Second G iv en ’s League of baseball boys in fu ll baseball un iform w ere photographed by M iss R ay the o ther d ay .

W e are grieved to learn of th e severe illness of M rs. K em p, the wife of our in s tru c to r in harness-m ak ing , w ho resides in town.

A sm all class was asked in S unday school th e nam e of A n an ia s ’ wife, and a b rig h t little In d ian boy rep lied : “ M rs. A n an ia s .”

School ad journed on W ednesday th a t te ac h ­ers aud others m ig h t a ttend th e C om m ence­m e n t E xercises of D ickiuson College.

M r. George B . S nyder, Professor of M ath ­em atics a t S ta te N orm al School, Shippens- burg , was a guest of Miss F o rster, on Sunday.

Mrs. L indsay , and ch ild ren , of H u n tin g d o n , paid a v isit recen tly to her m other Mrs. R um s po rt, th e efficient cook a t the teach ers’ club.

Mr. S. C ushm an C aldw ell, of th e E d ito ria l Staff of the New Y ork T ribune, and Mrs C ald­w ell w ere am ong the d istin g u ish ed v isito rs on T uesday.

Caleb Sickles and E dw ard R ogers, D ick in ­son “ P rep s,” have gone to th e seashore for th e sum m er, to earn som e penn ies aud to take in the fresh sea-breezes.

M rs. R iddle, w ife of G enera l Passenger A gen t of th e C um berland V alley R. R . and M is. Senseney, of C ham bersburg , were S un ­day guests of M iss Senseney.

Miss Bowersox gave an evening to her K in g ’sD aughters, W ednesday n ig h t,th e porch and lawn in fron t being the reception room, an d straw berries th e p rincipal refreshm ent.

The r iv a l com panies a t our school in a th ­le tics are A and D. In a gam e of ball played betw een these two com panies on S atu rday even ing C om pany D won by a score of 10 to 1.

T he one h und red and six teen th bacca lau ­rea te serm on of D ickinson College, by D r. George E dw ard Reed, P resid en t of the College, was attended by m ost of ou r facu lty .

The K in g ’s Sons w ith Miss N ellie R obertson as hostess w ere the guests of honor on her balcony on W ednesday even ing , au d s tra w ­berries were buried out-of-sight.

A class of little In d ian boys wras asked to m ake a sm all problem in A rithm etic aud th is is the way one of the ir questions rea d : A boy had four cen ts he lost how m any boys 3 cen ts he le ft?

The shop in struc to rs and a few o thers w ere in v ited in to d ip straw berries w ith the p r in t­ers on .Saturday afternoon in honor of the de­p artu re of Mr. S tC yr. F u ll dress consisted of w ork-aprons and shirt-sleeves.

Mr S tC yr, C hief of th e P rin tin g Office M ailing D epartm ent, le ft on Tuesday evening for bis hom e in W innebago, N ebraska, w here he w ill spend th ir ty days’ leave, ru stica tin g am ong friends and old associates.

G overnor and Mrs. S tone, of H arrisbu rg , v isited us on W ednesday . The G overnor of P en n sy lv an ia gave an insp iring little ta lk on the progress of c iv iliza tion , to the s tuden t body assem bled a t supper. Judge and M rs. B iddle, of C arlisle, accom panied th e d is tin ­guished guests

On S atu rday evening la s t the sm all boys had a tre a t of s traw b erries—a box for each room of th ree occupants. T hey were d e­ligh ted to be able to d ip them in to pulverized sugar in so-called fash ionable form . Some of the sm allest boys re tu rn ed the boxes to M rs. G iven w ith notes of thanks.

M iss A lice P au li R ay, of St. P au l, M inne­sota, was a guest of her au n t—Miss P au li of the A cadem ic D epartm en t. Miss R ay th in k s th a t C arlisle is a p re tty nice place, aud w as deeply in terested in a ll th a t she saw. In her sh o rt s tay a t the school she form ed m any friends who w ish th a t she m ay soon come again.

T h a t sharp ligh tn ing on W ednesday struck the tro lley wire, and ru n n in g into th e laundry burned o u t two fuses. I t m ade considerable suapp ing around the printing-office m otor, b u t did no dam age. T he tro lley was stand ing by th e laundry a t the tim e and it did not take the passengers long to get out of the car and in to the lau n d ry

Rev. Dr. L ipp inco tt, of the M ethodist H os­p ita l, P h ilade lph ia , was a guest of M ajor P ra tt, for a day or two. The Doctor cam e to a tten d som e of the exercises connected w ith D ickinson College C om m encem ent. I t w ill be rem em bered th a t he was a Professor of th e College for a num ber of years, du rin g w hich tim e he served the school very acceptably as chap la in .

A personally conducted tour, the p a rty con­sis ting of Mrs. M ary A tk inson , and Miss Sallie A tk inson , of D oyfestow n, and M rs. W arn er Thom pson of P enns Park, B ucks C ounty , a r ­rived as guests of Miss E ly on S atu rday even­ing last, w ith M rs. Thom pson as conductor. The la tte r is a niece of Miss E ly and th e o thers m entioned are cousins. They departed on Tuesday having had a good tim e ,th ey claim ed, and ta k in g w ith them the regrets of m any old an d new ly form ed acquain tances th a t they could not rem ain longer.

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IS IT T R U E ?

A w riter of a p rivate le tte r says:“ My ch ief reason for d is lik ing institu tion

life is th a t alm ost a lw ays one finds th e re the p e tty gossiper and m isch ief-m aker.”

T he M an-on-the-band-stand would like the w rite r to point ou t A N Y sm all co m m u n ity of people w here these two obnoxious characters are no t found.

H e does no t like in stitu tio n life e ither, but for o the r reasons.

I f by in stitu tio n life the w rite r of our le tte r speaks from th e p u p ils’ s ta n d p o in t in an in ­s titu tio n w here young boys and g irls are taken and k ep t w ith in certain bounds for a series of years, th en we are w ith her, in th a t in s titu ­tion life is not desirable.

Y oung people need the influence of hom e life.

The C arlisle boys and girls get th is influence th rough our O uting.

They gain , in th e ir du ties in coun try homes, if the hom es are the rig h t k ind (and the g rea test care is taken to place our pupils in good hom es) th e experience w hich bu ilds up independence of character, and w hich can ­not be ta u g h t in an in stitu tion .

B u t the w riter of the le tte r referred to above, ev iden tly m eans in stitu tio n life for th e em ployee, and she goes on to say :

“ H ow can any one descend to th e sm allness of w atch ing o thers to see if one has more priv ileges th a n another, an d to ta lk of such th ings when there are so m uch b e tte r th ings w orth th in k in g o f?”

T his is a good po in t for all in stitu tio n w ork­ers to consider.

W e a t C arlisle are fo rtuna te in being located in a college town of excep tional educational p riv ileges and incen tives, b u t persons who hav in g such advantages, R E A D n o t and STU D Y no t outside of th e ir rou tine w ork; if they are in terested only as fa r as the ir own sm all d ep artm en t is concerned, and care no t for self-im provem ent, th e y are ap t to find tim e to ta lk m ore than th ey should about o ther peoples’ affairs, and say u n k in d th ings, s it tin g w ith idle hands an d worse th a n idle b ra ins in ju d g m en t upon the conduct of o th e rs ; and they are the ones to ta k e to them selves the question of our co rresponden t:

“ H ow can th ey descend, e tc .”B u t isn ’t i t s tran g e? I t is no t I w ho would

do such th in g s ; i t is not you.The m ost indo len t person in th e world sees

indolence on ly in o thers.T he g rea test ta lk e r does no t th in k he ta lks,

b u t on ly hears o th trs .

C U R E FO R T A L E B E A B IN O .

M iss H an n a h More, a celebrated w rite r who died m ore than s ix ty years ago, hada 'good w ay of m anag ing ta le-bearers. I t is said th a t w henever she w as told an y th in g derogatory of an o th er her in v a riab le rep ly was, “ Com e, we will go and ask if it be tru e .” The effect w as som etim es lud icrously painfu l. T he ta le ­bearer was taken aback, stam m ered ou t a qualifica tion , or begged th a t no notice be taken of th e s ta te m en t. B u t th e good lady w as in e x o ra b le ; off she took th e sc an d a l­m onger to the scandal ized’to m ake in q u iry an d com pare accounts. I t is not lik e ly th a t a n y ­body ever a second tim e ven tu red to repeat a gossip sto ry to H a n n a h M ore. One w ould th in k her m ethod of trea tm e n t would be a sure cure for scandal.

NOT AN IN D IA N —NOT A W H IT E M A N , BU T A M AN.

The good new s com es from th e F o rt B el­knap , In d ian School, M ontana, te llin g of the m arriage of two of our g raduates Mr. B en­jam in Casw ell, ’92, to Miss L eila C ornelius, ’90.

S u p e rin ten d en t F ra n k Terry, w rites th u s to M ajor P ra tt, of th e h ap p y ev e n t:

“ I take p leasu re in in fo rm ing you, an d th rough you the school, friends and form er classm ates of M r. B en jam in Casw ell and M iss L eila C ornelius, th a t these young people w ere m arried here yesterday . (M ay 29th.)

Mr. Casw ell, whom you w ill rem em ber, is a M innesota C hippew a, cam e to th is school as teacher in S eptem ber, 1895; an d M iss C or­nelius, a W isconsin O neida, cam e also as teacher, N ovem ber, 1897.

Mr. and Mrs. Casw ell are deservedly popular here. T he w edding cerem ony took place a t the little tow n of C hinook, and on th e ir re tu rn the en tire school tu rned out to m eet th em a t the fe rry crossing, M ilk R iver, and th e y w ere otherw ise m ade to feel th a t the affections and best w ishes of every one were w ith th em . T heir q u arte rs a t th is school are fitted up in a m ost ta s te fu l m anner.

I regard M r. and M rs. Casw ell as am ong the m ost efficient and agreeable em ployees I have m e t in the In d ia n service

T hey are no t In d ian s , you know , nor are th ey w hites.

M r. Caswell is a M A N am ong M EN , and M rs. Casw ell is a w om an am ong w om en.

The question of race has been en tire ly e l im ­in a ted .”