Proposal to Establish a Normal School Course at Carlisle

Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School has been operating for eight years and has produced a number of students capable of becoming teachers. He proposes establishing a normal school course at Carlisle to better prepare future teachers rather than have returned students learn on the job.

Pratt also requests that if the Office of Indian Affairs approves of establishing the normal school course that Carlisle be placed on a similar footing in regards to transporting students as other schools. He claims that in doing so the per capita cost of educating students at the school would be $162 and with 200 outing students the total per capita cost would be $116.