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INSPECTIONS

The regular monthly inspection of the school takes place in the following order:

8:40 A.M.  Laundry, sewing room, dining room, kitchen and bakery;
9:00 A.M.  Hospital;
9:15 A.M.  Large Boys' Dormitory;
9:45 A.M.  Printing Office, shops, stable, steam plant, etc.
10:15 A.M.  Small Boys' Dormitory;
10:45 A.M.  Girls' Dormitory.

The outing service begins about April 1st and extends over the summer until September 1st.

Under proper conditions it can be extended for a period of two years.  The earnings are all sent to the school office and placed in the hands of the treasurer of the students' funds.  They amount annually to about $27,000

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Data Regarding Students and Ex-Pupils

Considerable time has been spent in making personal visits, to graduate and ex-pupils of the school, and much valuable information has been gathered through other sources. 

This investigation and gathering of information reveals surprisingly good results.  It is convincing argument against the attacks made many times against the school, because of isolated cases, which have been observed.  Several groups of students, graduates and ex-pupils, such as have spent a shorter period at the school than is required to complete its course, reveal the following facts:-- Of one hundred and sixty-six interviewed personally, seventy-five percent were self-supporting, -- about seventeen percent, partly so, and only eight percent had gone back to the blanket and Indian way.  Of the 514 graduates, since the completed course has given a diploma, 153 are found in government employ.  In various branches of government and civil service employment, they have succeeded in holding a place with hundreds of other competitors.  In the Indian service they have always found ready acceptance because of competency and efficiency. In trades and business ventures they have found a place in the front rank.  In military life, in naval positions they have advanced as rapidly as other enlisted men.  As nurses the trained Indian maiden has a place which ranks high in the profession.  Good musicians have been developed among them and have found ready acceptance and special applause in the world of music.

Forty-seven are reported dead, 467 living, 153 are employed in the various departments of the Indian Department under the Government, 53 are not reported at all, 4 are unfavorably reported, 1 is a practicing physician, 2 are practicing dentists, 6 are graduate nurses, 5 are practicing lawyers.  The remaining 239 are students in Commercial Colleges, Colleges, Universities, housekeepers, mechanics, seamstresses, bank clerks, farmers, operators -- all reported as doing well.

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