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Religious student organizations were not limited to men alone at the Carlisle Indian School. The Young Women's Christian Association played an equally active role in the daily lives of young female Indians at the CIS. The YWCA gave students at the CIS to take part in literary and musical programs as well as offering a number of spiritual services at the CIS campus. | Religious student organizations were not limited to men alone at the Carlisle Indian School. The Young Women's Christian Association played an equally active role in the daily lives of young female Indians at the CIS. The YWCA gave students at the CIS to take part in literary and musical programs as well as offering a number of spiritual services at the CIS campus. | ||
The YWCA at Dickinson College and the CIS interacted on a number of occasions, including the Dickinson YWCA taking part in the 1910 Annual Reception at the Carlisle Indian School. On other occasion women from Dickinson went to the CIS on a bi-weekly basis to teach Bible study classes for Indian students. There were nine such courses offered in early 1909 and there was some expectation that these classes would grow in number. (Craftsman 4/1909) | |||
Revision as of 19:11, 22 October 2007
Religious student organizations were not limited to men alone at the Carlisle Indian School. The Young Women's Christian Association played an equally active role in the daily lives of young female Indians at the CIS. The YWCA gave students at the CIS to take part in literary and musical programs as well as offering a number of spiritual services at the CIS campus.
The YWCA at Dickinson College and the CIS interacted on a number of occasions, including the Dickinson YWCA taking part in the 1910 Annual Reception at the Carlisle Indian School. On other occasion women from Dickinson went to the CIS on a bi-weekly basis to teach Bible study classes for Indian students. There were nine such courses offered in early 1909 and there was some expectation that these classes would grow in number. (Craftsman 4/1909)
