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Show -- REPORT OF THE BUPEBINTENDENT OF I3DIAIi BOHOOLS. 397 the Indian pupils. The work spirit cnn he ~ t l styimu lated by the teacher in the whoolroom. The move whlrh ha3 been mde to establish small hank acwunta aruong pupils is coo~mendnblea, nd will act as a stimolw to a spitit of wonomy among them. Importance of the Indian aohoo1.-Dr. A. E. Winship, editor J o d of Edncation, Boston Maea-The modem Indian schools Lave a moat important place in the work of civilizing the red man. He was here for eenturieabefore the white man eo much as suspected there was a new world but the white man han thousuds of yesrs the start of the Indian in the race of civhization. The Indian schwl Btands for broader iotellieence. thrift, and character. The improvement in this edncation bas been i r l tho l,arffiirren ).carp than in c o l l o~r a~ao ndary whwla, in ihe gradesor the kin~lvrqarwn. I f hag dernuneutd tlre po~eibilitiaro f elevating the raa. Rac t.ic.a.llv~ al~l tl,~nt l~m, 1.1 1..1..11<- l-on-eI -n- rv ilv oi eleviitinesnd ennobling.t he American Indian ~~ ~.,. ~ ~ . ~-~~- ~ in three centuries has been aceomolished withnafew v&under the imiration of the modern Indian school. School gardens.-Mias Louiae Klein-Miller, Lowthorpe School, Groton, Mass.- Children's gardens may be found throughout the length and breadth of this country. These gardens are now being carried on nndsr the auspices of schools, settlement houses. and various other aeenciea. The first ~roblem has a socioloeical and eco-nomid significance; it teaches children to bec'ome producers as welluas consumers, and has a tendency to turn the tide of opulation countryward. This agricultuml work is an especially important hase oP1ndian education. Native indnstries.-Mrs. ~ucy$'. Hart, teacher, Oneida Indian School, Oneida, Wis.-We find that the pupils are much interested in the native indust&, and that as a rule the best besdworkers are also the best school workers. All orders for bead-work or baskets have heen filled from work done in spare hours which might other-wise have been spent in idleness or even less profitably. Native industries, such as headwork, basket weaving, and momins, have been valuable as a traini in skill and neatness, as hvnishings pleaeant and profitable way of using time, anyinciden-tally producing a eoneiderable inmme for many whhse resource8 are n d l y ve ry limlted. The Indim edncaiand nmblsle-Hamlin Garland. West Salem. Wig.-Mv svm-ventilated, dirty cabina are pimnin,: Ilirn. lrrartivity urn1 cuuaequent rice aw'cor-rodirnl: him. Tljis is what hc nml*, instru,,ii<,na t<h,i 8 bullily wt,liarr. Hc sllouhl he il 1nl.r tllar hntl air baa no relation to thl. alritr luaf t '~re liaiun. hut thxr it i8 ~ - - - ~ ~ ~~ ~ - .~-- ~ destructive. He should he taueht that drunkenness is de&i&dnhv khe~bestw hite President hasevelt is fondof saying, "Let us e<t at the kquitici of the caw." I wolrld say, Jat ItRgCl at tl~:r~luittC~uf~fnrdhioa n'scnae. kt ioa lw juat. Let os try 'Opet hinpo incof view and Iouk ut the world and tlre white man, and the whim man's Leilrr,inc. mru that ~iclr. \ V r n 111 then becin to erow wlerant and ~at ienatn d und~r - stand t& man better if we remember t h z he i i a prodnet of hisbwn environment |