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���The audience is given a concise outline of the work of building a house, a neat model and working-drawings being used for explanation

���Housekeeping in all its branches, from the hanging of window-curtains to the upholstering of

furniture, is taught at Carlisle

��the front row of the audience a clerg^'- man arises, signals the multitude to its feet and a prayer is offered. The band then renders a li\-ely selection, the school superintendent extends a cordial wel- come to all, and graduation is on at the Indian's greatest school.

The platform isoverhungwithacanopy from the cari>entcr shop, made from lum- ber and resembling the roof of a porch of a residence. A girl steps to the platform, and curtains near the back of the stage are suddenly drawn. If she is a graduate

��in nursing, other nurses step out with two patients and illustrate her talk. If she speaks on housekeeping, such a scene as is pictured is presented to the audience. If she tells how washing in the home should be done, other girls are there to help her illustrate it. If it is dressmaking or millinery, the Indian maiden gives you the theoretical knowl- edge while assistants supply the practical. An Indian lad graduates in agriculture. He has his charts of farm lands with plots to illustrate the methods of

���Indian lads arc taught blarkNniU hii ;l; • '! "i li t'l.ing to commencement oratory the spectators at the graduation exercises watch tlic Indians make horseshoes and weld iron tires

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