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Show SUlWER SOHOOLS. The education the Indian children, ss a class, shonld have is a broad, thorough training in the elementary branches-hy this I mean reaang, through the fonrth reader, arithmetic. throneh fractions: elen~entarvc eouranhv: nrlmlirverarnmnr I . , =--. . =--- -, -------, snpplemented with l a n g k e lessons and comuos~tlon: elementam nhvsioloev: eleuirntary United Stst& hiatory: oral larsond inblementsof civilgo?e~ent.i;;d as luuch natmahdy, penmanship, and ilrnwing asran bo woven in. And apart of the evenine work shonld bo devoted to class drills in the manners and cnatorna ~ ~ --- i of civilized f&, as well as class drills by industrial employe along their special linea of work. O m is above all elee industrial training-trtbining for the indns-trial world. We shonld makework the abject, reliabilitv the subiect. theaerformmoe of the ~ ~ task tho aim of all of our otfoAs and training, with ihe'disri;<:t nnd~rstnuding that between the couc.nsion of <#nuta n* aud tllu Lcginnlng oi another tho entire time should be enerrettcallv devoted to rcoreatioll and ulrasnnr. r-~r~. =t-.. e~~!tn~bl=n*-:.. m ~- - - ~ time. Take these pleasures in the name of sport, with a view to both recreation l and pastime. The world has known no better men than 8ome of the greatest lovers of clean, amateur sport and recreative pastime, hut they were also devoteea to duty. Oaaaac~gaB m m o Taaoaa~H OUSE KEEP^^. Iariss BERT=, ncmr, mstmn. Oneida, Wia] One of the ma t e s t nee& of the Indian ro-day in better k ~ p th omes and more intelligent honsekeepers-housekeepers who nro borter cooks aud bbrtor versed in economical rnrtL,ds of aloina the work of the housahol~l. In our d~ hoola we have the privilegeof t ra~ningth ose who are tu be the future ltou~ewivesu, nd it ia of utmost importance tl.at the tonndatiorl bare laid ahall ljo Grm. It i* not enough that <,or ludian xirla be taoaht merelv to do their work mcchan~cnll\.h. nr that in labbr of the harldsaa well nuof the hesnl; that a1ihone.t work is honoral,ld;~nh that it is not tho kind of work, but the manner ilk wLlch it is done. which should L-3 their chief wncern Lot us be careful that we do not t w h . either bv won1 or act. any false ide a of life, for anyth~ngw hich tends in this direction &r t&+tc;* these ideaa is directly opposed tocharacterbn~lding. lnstrnctlon in honsekseplng should he mwt thoroneh. eaneclal rmnhasls tminc laid u~o=o~ n -i-. leanl~nsoa~. ncl>rrtrv. . and thoroughness. T&& the chilrlr<n t.hat theri is necessity for painstaking care in little things and that the whole can not be perfect unless each part is perfectly [PnANK K. ROOEBB. diretor of the Amstrong-Slster Memorial Trade School, bmpton. Val In the eaulier dsva of the white man's ascendencv the mechanic was one who hsd more of an all-mdnd training at his trade: in fact", he often knew mnch~of Goo; mom trades. There was no need of such n specialist in those days. and in fact there would have been found verv few all-muud rarore~n t-e~r*- w- ho rnnld not lav a ~ -- -.--- - few bricks or stone, and in times &hen there~wasn o work to be had a t caroen&v. make pretty good farmers. The mothers, too, had an almost endless vahety of arts which they could practice with much skill, such as batter and cheese making, soap, eto. |