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Show --REPOX OFF HXSTPERNDEONFT I NDIAN SOECOOLR. of the lifehe wishes to attain. If we d y desire to develop the Indian raee to its perfection we must be insympathy with it, believe in thesesentimenta, and supply the Indian youths with true, pure, and lofty id&. Inanskiil earnoation the urn.-W. P. Campbell, sssistant mperintendent, Salem School, Chemawa, Ore%.-To train the head and heart and not the hand ia to stop short of the begt s u m and the product is a useless citizen. The industrial educa-tion idea is growingand will soon take its proper place in the front ranks. Our superintendent of Indian schools has evolved a course of study which, if carried out ~act ical lyan d with the application of good common sense, will largely fill the want. he course is a guide for us to follow and get ideas from, and if we will apply them to our work we will find that success will crown our efforts. The day schools should be domestic-science schools and the native industries fos-tered. A poultry yard, hogs, a garden, and cattle would aid in making these schoob an important factor in the lives of the children. It surprises our friends when we tell them that the ration system is nearly a thing of the past; that under our prep ent able Commissioner, an Indian to et rations must work for them, unless sick or old or unable to work. There ha4 %een wonderful ragress during the ast five years, and our large schools should be stepping-Btones for the students into &e body politic Onr Indian girls-their future as mothers and hmaewivea.-Mrs. M. E. Theisz matron, 8alem School, Chemaws, Ore&-We must place ourselves in sympathy with Indian boys and girls whom are strivlng to lead to new paaturn. We must see with their e es, think their thoughts, enter into their leaaures and sorrows, if we rqould teach tgem to see with our eyes, think as we thing, avoid the pitfalls, and take pleasure in the fields into which we are guiding them. Clesnlinem of person should be taught; also, SnrroundingE. Gids should be taught to ewk wholesome f a d ; to wash, iron, mend, darn; do plaio sewing, cut, fit, and make dres4ea Is there an Indian problem! If so, what ir it, whjir it, and where L itl-E. T. Hamer, industrial teacher, Siletz, Oref --I would ssy the problem is to make the Indiana, as individuals and as a race se f su porting, self-respeding and respectable citizens. Whatever the condition of the 1n&an may be, he should be removed from a ptate of dependence to one of independence. The only way to do this is to take away thoae thrngs that encourage him to lead an idle life, and after giving him a fair &art leave him to take care of himself. The first and moat important tap toward the absorption of the Indian.-Miae M. Bu m, superintendent of rinting, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.-The line of E u g h t brought out bysresident Roosevelt in his annual message, wherein he declares that the "first and most important step toward theahsorption of theIndian is to teach him to earn a living," forces the question, How can this best he accom-plished? How do Anglo-Saxons learn to earn a living7 It is a condition of neceaeity that drives mast people to seek employment. We can not preach work into a per-aou whose wants are supplied without it. Where a condition of neceaeity produces a desire, the red man makes his living; and that without teaching through any set methods. The honorable Commkioner of Indian Affairs is doing more at the pres-ent time to create that necessity than any measure in vogue, and results show thst his order to serve no rations to able-bodied Indians is driving them to work. Hav-ing created the necessity' the only thing then to consider is whether or not we shall strain ourselves to carry'industries to the Indian, or shall the Indian be induced to go on the hunt for induatries where industries are to be found and where the hunt-ers will be absorbed while in the act. We all agree with President Roosevelt in a reeent apeech wherein he said that "prosperity must come from the individual skill and efficient of the individual .man, and that every man of us if he is fit to be a citizen of this fie nblic must pull hie own weight." The Kreatest teacher to this end is neceaei %very rocess of instmction in a11 the industries of a well-ordered school in t?;k midst of the best civilization, es cially where opportunities are afforded for individual outing in good situations, mares the Indians individual weight-pullers, to quote the President's expression, and from the ex riences of such a achool as Carlisle, noted for the prac-tical character of its cunicufk, if noted for anything, they have the courage to go out into the world to stand alone by the side of wage-ea.rners, who work beeaue they are ob'dged to. It does not take an Indian Ion to learn to earn his living if he breaks away from the old life and associates with t%ose with whom he is to strive; and while gaining valuable experiences he may be readily absorbed as a part of our people--the climax desired by our National Executive as well as all goad citizens. Cow's milk ss a snbstitmte for tea ana oflee, ana ae a food for Inaian school children.- Dr. William Shawk, phyacian, Yakima School, Oregon.-To obtain the best resulte from milk, we must have good cows, free from tuberculosis. They must be properly |