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Show -1- l$l UM.MER was a i?ng time ':a~comen in" . thIS year, followIng the raInIest Spring in many a year if not many a decade, but ' it ' is with us now, making up for lost time. We ', closed our school with a grand party and ; picnic for all the children, and with the "fe.eling that it had been the most successful season ever. The children made excellent progress in all fields, and we are more and more convinced that the work of ourl\1:ission" if it is to have a maximum effect \jn ' the ljfe of the Navajo, must include ij, ','bigger" ~ndbetter" school; one that will carryt children not only through the earlier grades hut riliht , iI;1to and perhaps through adojescence. ' We very much ne'ed' a teacher for 'tl1:e com- ' f ing terms, although we have two applicants for., the fall of 1958. In past years we-,have been turning our children over to ,~;;~bvern- ' ment schools after a few years of preliminary adjustment, and it is impossible to evaluate completely the success of this work. It is certain that our children have made exc'ellent progress in the Government schools, and " their adjustment to school life has been rendered far easier; obviously the sudden change from hoghan life to the routine of a large boarding school can be very difficult if not traumatic in the life of a sensitive child. But the difficulty of making spiritual privileges available to our pupils in these boarding schools poses a serious problem in connection with any serious training for fu- ture leadership. If you who read this are, or if you are acquainted with, 'a qualified teacher, active or retired, who might want to fit into the life this fall, we urge you to do something about it right soon. lSI UMMER WORKERS from high schools and colleges are arriving as we write, and most should be here and sweating by the time you read this. They will have varied activities, from hoeing weeds in the garden and making cement blocks for buildings to camping out on the desert in evangelistic groups to tell the message of salvation to the many Navajos of our area. ' 10'1 UR CLINIC is still without a doctor, but "-- , I we are delighted to have a registered nurse on our staff - Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Bozeman, Montana. IVlary came to us over a year ago, but illness in her family made it necessary for her to leave shortly after. |
