Sherman Indian High School - Braves Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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IS the Over UE lor lg vo ac ns the indent me res- Fed by oo 1' at lumm tudent tlort is ent up atnonal or high 1 r de it high e third o elim me xo x en for ed pur ookmg l-.snitli mt, and r lenmg T 'lflage y Clllld idicraff rom the Bureau 1 student re LS Vbllefe gd. ttelr Each of the academic grades is divided according to the ability of the students there being as many as five divisions to the grade One-half of the daily routine is devoted alternately to academic and vocational studies One period teach day is set aside for extra curricular studies such as music art and physical training including wrestling boxing handball and swimming At entrance thestudent reports to a vocational guidance committee His information blank includes his family history educational record occupational experience and ambitions This applies to both bovs and girls On the basis of the student s choice advised by the guidance committee he follows during the eighth grade an exploratory try-out of several vocations 10 weeks to vocation At the ninth grade the number of vocations in which he may work is narrowed and he follows them in 20-week periods in the foundation course At the eleventh grade he chooses the vocation in which he IS interested specialization course which he pursues until graduation One and two year pecial vocational training courses are also offered to enable special students to qualify themselves further in their chosen work A placement bureau helps find emp oyment for qualified students The academic course following methods adapted to the Indian students is thorough English is required in each of the five grades Eighth grade stud ies inciude arithmetic and social science history geography and health ninth grade biology and arithmetic tenth grade world history and vocational guid ance eleventh grade related science mathematics and American and Indian history twellth grade related shop science drawing and mathematics civics and economics Indian government history and economics including the Wheel er Howard act are studied throughout the several grades MODERN EQUIPMENT Sherman Institute is well equipped for the task at hand A 216 acre farm and campus 87 buildings all of which are maintained by the students to gether with modern equipment to supply every physical need in food clothing and hospitaizatio 1 aflor:l practi al laboratory training Vocational training is not artif cial here lt deals With a practical set up in the several levels of empoyment in each vocation Shops are well equipped with modern tools The Holstein diary herd of 79 head has 45 milking cows The farm and gardens supply buildings together with new construction keeps the building trades classes busy Bakers cooks tailors nurses seamstresses and other groups never lack for everyday laboratory projects The output supplies the school s needs and ls a factor of vital importance Shermans employees are well trained and experienced Teachers are sympathetic toward the ends to be accomplished Letters of graduates general ly speak in personal praise and appreciation of their former teachers The teach er at Sherman IS an educational missionary attempting to serve the needs of Indian youth ENN W Eleven l I J . I v C . , N ' J J J 0 I 5 , . , . ll k- . . ' 1 ' . e 1 , gf J! 0 , a, . . fl' ' If .- -Zi rr, ' '- J: - T T - - I ar 119 , , , . - , - - ' li S . . ' A ' . , I 1 1 . I . . 1 4 : n . ' T ' . , 0 -Q 3 . I f , J . fi , . ' 4, . . - - . E5 ' . ' 'V . .' A . . . - 1 3 1 ' 1 , I , I I I , ' J 1 ' Ze H ' W e f ' V - . I I .b . I . g . l I . - - 1 D , 'raideJ- V the needs of the school-a problem of quantity production.. Maintenance of . Y I 1 I I 1 T ' , . , if 1. 1 . , icq 5: ' I . , . 1. P f- it avail- . ii -d o A ' t' ,

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SHERMAN INSTITUTE Edacaz'L'0n,a! Program - f7leL'lz0a'.r -T E4bHil7l71Cf7t NAL t ' ' useful and practical for the lndian youth, is the , , I0 1 . . - C Iaim of Slieiiffilarnglnstitute. Cultural tfalnlng 15 by nofngeans Ovfr' r . I t d. It . thought of 33 a necessary partlo 'raining o tolli?-:Ci or neTDTeTi1iite stretss is laid on the adaptation of this training, vo- iglfqfrigluanilvvblijtural, to the special economic, social and anthropological back- ground ofthe Indian Finally. Tnatllfe thflught has been glvenf recoimzmgd the t complex trends of our modern world, to make this ltraininglqualify it e stu en to grow into a place ol' usefulness and self-respect 1n,Amer1can,l1le, on the res- ervation among his own people or in the white man s callings. Success of Sherman Institute in her big undertaking may be measured by the success of her 828 graduates, exclusive of the 140 member of the Class ot 19.55, who are scattered today in many vocations throughout the United States. Phat the school is succeeding in its purpose is proved by a survey of alumni. Sherman Institute has reason to be proud of the accomplishments' of her student body and gratified at success of her former students and alumni. Every effort is assured for the future to keep the school's program, methods and equipment up to modern demands. ' FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM up 9, Sherman's program is simple. She receives today into her trust boys arid girls, 14 to 21, qualified to enter either the eighth grade- drrhigh school. Prior to 1916 the academic course included primary to the eighthigrade only. At that time a new course was adopted which added two years of high schoolfland intensified and extended the vocational training. In 1926 the third and fourth years of high school were addedand the move was started to elim- inate gradually the grammar grades except the eighth. At the same time vo- cational training was given further emphasis. Vocational training includes 27 callings, 20 for the boys andseven for the girls, all of which are fundamental for other more highly specialized pur- suits.. For the boys they include: Special Tradef-baking, barbering, cooking, Printing, S1100 re-building, tailoring, Xlleial Traa'e.r-auto mechanics, blacksmith- mg and welding, electrical, plumbing, stationary engineering g Building Tradew- concrete and plastering, house carpentry, mill and cabinet work, painting and decorating, Agriculture-dairying, general farming, landscaping and gardening, and poultry. The girls are olfered: home economics, which includes home manage- ment. sewing, cooking and nutrition, home nursing, Cosmetology, nursery tchild carej, laundry, m.atron's work in Government Service, and Indian handicraft. Home economics is required of all girls in all grades each year. f d4M1l1fta1kv training, a distinct feature both of discipline and study from the OUI1 mg 0 t e school, was discontinued in 1952 upon theadvice of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. NIETHODS ADAPTED To STUDENTS Sherman's educational methods are ada ' ' I . pted strictly to the Indian st d t and hlS. needs. A student must be of at least one-quarter Indian blood. uP1Teif- erfncc 1? SfYen applicants from the reservations and smaller communities where scfbfool lalcihtxes are limited or where suitable vocational training is not avail- A 6- D Plysical and scholasticitests are given at entrance as basis of class grouping. Students ah-eadv havin l t d h' . - . special vocational training of onegofxtrilvg Sears. lgh school may be admitted for -Ten-

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,fmfzwzsffmff1215 . . ' - t M. Siafidifzg' Cora E. Muencli, junior clerk: Haffy E- Mitchell' Clerk' Et a Long, girls' placement officer. Seaied: U. L. Clardy, assistant clerkg Glive A- TFOUPI junior Clerki Donalidfldl' Biery, superintendent g Marie Karr, assistant clerk 5 Albert P. West a er. assistant superintendent. W ACADEXIII C Top row: Bert A.. Iamison, boystphysical education g Albert P. Westbaf er, as- sistant superintendentg Ioseph A. Starr, related science. Second row:EgVirginia Perkinson, girls' physical education 5 Iames E. Mick, so- cial scienceg Robert C. Broadlick, science and mathematicsg Chester Mota, janitorg Mabel F. Laverty, English. Sealed: CloypMontgo1nery, library and office: Hayclee Laiche, Englislig lean- nette E. Lemley, social scienceg Helen M. Arthur, social scienceg Wilma E. Xvilcox, English. -Twelve- LMP' WW 1 4 4 I l Z ,'..f vl iff? L. 2 V V Top Secof Thin B 0170 GIRJ :F . 4 . sw-Li Q Z 5 g ' .5:r5f I i I -:iw 2 ytglit S. I Q: I A Top . , . Latin