| OCR Text |
Show touch with State pro ass is to avail ou~9eIveso f the op artunitv given each year b the Department to attenrsummer schools for thirty days. k l t he bkst State &miningsc %ooools for teachers have a summer school. At these the teacher receives instruction fmm the best educators of the day. Most State schools conduct a "model school," and d d y visits to them are of inestimable value, if ou am a teacher in a. p d c d school. I£ not, you csn ~ r t very fee practical points from t[e "model school." Those of us who teach four or fi\ e grades in one room can not teach like that; we can not have a "model school" in the tech-nical sense of the term. We must use common senso and gray matter and do the hest we can to make our schwl a model of its kind. Mrs. W o n W. De Loss, Siletz, 0reg.-We must examine the results of the educstion of the Indian girls in the light of statistics, showing what has been accomplished by them as a consequence of their education. We find, for instance, that the "outing system" of the nomservation schools gave nearly 1,300 Indian girls the opportunity to learn domesticity and home keeping. The majority of these girls under this system usually sttend the ublic schools, and are paid a. stipulated sum for their labor, thus learning the value of laEor in dollars and cents and the resultant benefit of thrift. Resoltwd, That the Pacific Coast Institute of 1905 be held at such time and plaee as may he decided by the executive committee. Resolved, That we thsnk each and every one who has assisted us in msking this insti-tute a success, and that we especially extend our thsnks to Vice-president Campbell and Su rintendent MoKoin for the manner in which they performed the duties of presiding o&r and seomtarg, respectively. Resolved, That we are thorough1 convinced of the great vdue to the school sorvie of the Course of Study issued from tge o5w of the Su rintendent of Indim Schools, and renew our muranee of loys.lty to her and our cordirsupport in applying the Course of St.i~dvto our work. ~pbvl8rcI;~hs;;be holding of tl3c.a imtitutes is productive of Feat mad to tho Indian KIII).>I service, nud is bonrfi6al to the ernpl~)~eepsm, fcs*iutlslly and socially. \Vo stmngl ~ r q a upon all curlnected with Imlinr> sr.l>aol work the im~onarlee of attendoe: Pact annual meeting. PINE RmOE INBITW'L'W. [Pine Ridge, S. D&., September 2740,1901.] 8HODLD AN INDUN BE A JACE-AT-ALIITBhDE.91 AICred E. Whiteis, teachher, Day School No. %Some systelq should he devised h - ~ which eve3 ,returned student could be provided with labor at his home, along agrl-cultural an industrial lines. Edward Truman, teacher, Day School No. 29.-A st world's exposition, like the one at St. huis, is a wonderful educator to e. multituEof peo le At sll the meetings of the National Educlttiond Assooiation and of our own bran& c!th I was able to attend, and in all of the exercises I witnessed, as well as in all the exhibits that I had the pleasure of inspecting, I found something on every hand to d e Iss ting impressions that will, I trust, enable me in the future greatly to improve in my work as teacher in the Indian Service. One grest thing was the inspiration gained fmm meeting the workers in all ranks of the service. -P CAN BE DON% TO CULTIVATEITBE COVE OP HO- ni THE INDIAN. Rev. A. F, Johnson, Prssbperian missionwy-I believe that the Indian who was at home wherever night compelled him to set up his tepee oould not appreciate the feeling suggested to a,n American by the word home. The 1de8 of a definite home will become more deeply impressed upon many of our Indians by the eotion of the Department in mak-ing allotments upon this reservation, md we hope to see many good results follow their selection of a permanent home. They should also he instructed aa to their true relation to the state. I believe in training the upil's eye to observe and examine the harness, wagon, machinery, cto.! and to educategin hand in repairing them, |
