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Show object lesson to the Indians of the white man's mode of living. The man might give irlstruct,ion in farming, gardeuinp, etc., the wonlau in cooking, and other domestic matters, while a regular teauher could per: form the usual school-room duties. Pupils from these schools could be promoted and transferred to the higher institutions. These day schools a,nd reservation boarding schools are an absolntely necessary condition of the successf~w~lo rk ~rhichi s to be done in the grammar and high schools not on reservatious. They will help to edu-cate the older Indians and will tend so to alter the environment and to improve the publio sentiment that when pupils rrturu from board-ing schools, as many will and most, they will find sympathy and sup port in their civilized aspirations and efforts. The scheme thus outhned of high, grammar, primary, andday school workisnecessarily subject to such morlifioi$t.ions and adsptationsas the varying circumstances of the India11 school servico demand. The main point insisted upon is the need of formolwting a system awl of putting it at once into operation, so that every officer and employ4 mar have be. fore him an ideal of endea1-or, and so t.hat there may be the most eco-nomical use of the means devoted to Iudiau education. A beginning ha,s already been made, and a few years of intelligent : work will reduce to successful practice wh a ~uo w is ~reselltedil l theory. adoption a t some of the sgenoies where best adapted. I t ahonid cou~isot f a four-room buildiog, providing far home eotuforta for a. nnan and wife a11d a tteaohcr, also a. school-room acoammodating 50 children. A midday nieel should bo provided for the school by regular details of girls, under the dilirroMoo of the matron, who should also visit the home8 of the Indians living in that neighborhood, and iustroat the women in household duties. The luau should lmve charge of the outsills work, including fnrming and the care of stock, in which he should instruct the boys of the school; he sl~ould also give iustruction to tho Indims of the nsigLhorhoad in the same braocl~es; the teacher to hare ohnrge of tbe children during solloo1 hours. "It. is estimated that the cost of t,he building, utiliziug such Indian help ax can be done to advantage, will not average ow7 $2,000, and the cost of oanduot.ing the sohaol,inol~~dath~eg pay of three persons and necessary provision for a. "lidday nte.1, wiU not exceed 53,500. Of aourae this provision at agencies wilere ration8 me issued can be takeo from the regitlar supplies without muoh additional aost. This plan it is believed will take the plaoe of additional bomdiug-schools at agencies where the present faoililies are muob too small tu aocomlnodate the aehool popnlntian. Twenty ,n ew buildings oP this character are reooobmo~~defdo r countrnurioo, lo be divided among the Sianx, Navajo, Kiowa snd Coo,a~>~hCe,h,e yenne and Ampnhn, Mexican Xiokspoo, Uto and Crow Ind~sns." |
