The first page opened with a poem, "Try," followed by a blurb against tobacco use and by "A Visit Through the Lower School Rooms," that reported the activities of students in the lower grades. It continued on page four. The second page bore news of students out in the country, the "disgraceful" portrayals of Indians by Buffalo Bill's Wild West…
Dickinson College Preparatory School
![The Indian Helper (Vol. 3, No. 41) The Indian Helper (Vol. 3, No. 41)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-pub/IndianHelper_v03n41_Page_01.jpg?itok=HuAuyXXs)
![Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School, 1892-1893 Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School, 1892-1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1016_32674_c2720.jpg?itok=zH49__nF)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1892-1893 school year to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt's narrative discusses the enrollment statistics of the school, academic and industrial education, the outing system, the saving system, as well as field trips to the Columbian Quadricentennial in New…
![Pratt Responds to Circular Regarding Normal School in New Mexico Pratt Responds to Circular Regarding Normal School in New Mexico](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1048_47123_0002.jpg?itok=19f09tps)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular letter regarding students for a normal training school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pratt notes that Carlisle has had some limited success in producing students for normal schools and strongly advocates for placing students among established normal schools and colleges. He cites…
![Pratt Outlines Decision to Send Lewis Williams Home Pratt Outlines Decision to Send Lewis Williams Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1185_14953_0006.jpg?itok=oXAHavuE)
Richard Henry Pratt outlines the disciplinary history of Lewis Williams (also known as Lewis Daniel Williams) while at the Carlisle Indian School and what led him to withdraw his assistance from allowing Williams to attend the Preparatory Department of Dickinson College and to provide him a ticket to his home.
![Benjamin Caswell Requests Position in the Indian Service Benjamin Caswell Requests Position in the Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1192_17959_0001.jpg?itok=JxKtNNqf)
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. N. Hailmann that student Benjamin Caswell would like a position in the Indian Service.
![Mercer Responds to Request to Reenroll Murphy Tarby Mercer Responds to Request to Reenroll Murphy Tarby](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3620_42003_0008.jpg?itok=SRJLVgeW)
William A. Mercer responds to an inquiry to reenroll Murphy Tarby at the Carlisle Indian School in order for Tarby to attend the Dickinson Preparatory School.
![Request for Return Home by James M. Parsons Request for Return Home by James M. Parsons](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f15_98190_0015.jpg?itok=Zfi7H_ON)
This material includes correspondence concerning the departure and request to return home of James M. Parsons.
![Continued Enrollment of Albert Exendine Continued Enrollment of Albert Exendine](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f42_8084_0004.jpg?itok=xnSRcuHd)
These materials include correspondence regarding the dropping of Albert Exendine from the rolls of the Carlisle Indian School. Exendine asked to be kept on the rolls until he completed his present term at Dickinson College Preparatory School (Conway Hall). Exendine's request was accepted.
![Request by Leo C. White to Attend Conway Hall Request by Leo C. White to Attend Conway Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f44_102467_0004.jpg?itok=8U8G-Zn5)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Leo C. White to return to the Carlisle Indian School so that he could continue his education at the Dickinson College Preparatory School (Conway Hall) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
![Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f13_20928_0008.jpg?itok=A7BtsQy9)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Gus Welch to have the Athletic Association pay the remainder of his tuition at Conway Hall (the Dickinson College Preparatory School). Internal notes in the materials suggest that Carlisle's administrators did not want to honor the request, despite receiving permission from the…
![Request to Enroll Henry J. Flood at Dickinson College or Preparatory School Request to Enroll Henry J. Flood at Dickinson College or Preparatory School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f36_91102_0007.jpg?itok=lKz2pi33)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Henry J. Flood at Carlisle in order for Flood to attend Conway Hall or Dickinson College.