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Show REPORT OF SWERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. 353 of the vieiuity. The natnral eonsequeneo of aueh a state of atiairs is that ~ n a n sru dians who fail to ii~~ecml nlo~meutin tho ~ehoolsoor n the agencies Gill refus8 to accept mark o ~ i t hhi rms and in workshops in the vicii~itya nd will prefer idleuess to accepting less pay. In making up lists of positions and salaries superintendents and agents should be careful to avoid this serious error. DORHITORY AND DINING ROOM. Tho <lormitory alld mess arc SO closely cat~~nretc,Ic! lit 11 the most inti. ~nate~ ~ e e e ~ ioift itlcili~ly liie t l13r tllrir il~llucl~v1t1! 1.ot ~ ~itlny t he child's ~)lrssicalw ell-being a ~ n~ondto ~~tn~beult~ tu non the direction of his i.eiy ch~~rnctaenrd -niornl at t i ludocn~1~1o tv eil Le o\.e~csti~natt.d.Y et Pot11 tl~esoi1 1111ortanetl ursti011~f1h1c t~)rhsa ve I)ecn titra~~geulgrg lrcted ;;I a iluml~ero f xvl~ools.u ot oblv in tho c o n s t r ~ ~ r toi fo ~th~o b u ~ l d-i ~ ~ r s ~ but in their daily manageme~~"t . As il rule the requi re~~~eonft sc leanliness in these departments are t'airly well observed; Lnt there is fou~ldi n a 1111nlber of iustanees a rjerious lack of cheeriness and watchfuluess in their treatment. Dor-mitories and dining rooms are found devoid of every trace of orna-mentat~ on. Not a picture or spray of flowers- or grass relieves the oppressing fact that they are mere animal sleeping and eating places; I t is ditticult to make definite suggestions in t h e ~ om atters because of the vast differences in local environment, a1111 it is practically impos-sible for obvious r e a so~~tos enforce rules on these snbjects; but it is i~l~peratifvuer the deeper success of the schools, in efforts to eradicate barbarous boorishness from the minds and habits of the children, that mnclt thought should be given to the treatment of diuing rooms and dormitories. Mere surface order is not enough. Therc should be genuine respect and affection for tl~ese places on the children's part. They should genninely desire to keep tllem clean aud to malie them cheery. Nor is mere supervisory vatchfhlness sufficient, but in the dormitory and :it the mess table the presence and example of respected and beloved employees who share doru~itorya nd table, or at least mess room, with the children is indisnensable for full success. It is a real joy to&r tlnese ~l e l~a r t rneoat l sie~lm~o l rnhcm? enqhyees have gotten ueur 1.110uglt1o the t.l~iltlreto~ ~I . ( ' I .O~I I~EU tho form of these eonniderarions. The I~earti s lill~twl it11 rrutito~loil l rhe ~ o ~ l t e ~ ~ i ~ l a t i o n of the 1111se1tis1~1l evotiout hat ~ . O I I I ~tRo i~leseI I O I I I ~n ahlres rvh; have lenrlled to esteem i ~ ~ rh~uen~r a nitya a superlor to all matter3 of external - distinction. Some trusted employee sleeps in the children's dormitory in a place partitioned off by curtains, or at least in a commnnioating room to which in case of need every ohild has easy access. Pictures relieve the monotony of tho walls and direct tho ohildren's thoughts to pleasing and elevating subjeots. The treatment of furniture, window curtains, and beds invites respect and imparts to the room an atmosphere of cheerful comfort. Similarly in the diliing room the employees have ,joined the children either at separate tables or conveniently distributed anlong tl-em. 111 some instances boys and girls are seated at the several tables, large and small at the same table, making the impression of a number of families eating in the same room. Here, too, suitable pictures on the walls, sprays of flowers or grass on the tables, and other devices give the room an air of simple and siucere refinement which pleases and elevates t l ~me inds of the children. 6069 I A-23 |