As generations of residents learned, hair and costume were primary targets for adults intent on socializing the younger generation to their customs. Usually soon after entering a school, the males would have their hair cut, though not always as short as some at the Brocket school. The ultimate reflection of the 'civilizing' process was uniformity of grooming and dress. Frequently, students wore a common uniform, he overall goal of which was to have young adults groomed and dressed to look indistinguishable from middle-class adolescents from urban Canada. The 1900 annual report of the Department of Indian Affairs contained a poignant studio photograph of what was said to be an Indian father, downcast and dressed in traditional style, and his three children, whose school outfits and short hair left the message that the Oblate school at Lebret was doing a good job of assimilating or 'civilizing' the Plains people.