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Show the habits and tendencies already acquired through inheritance and onstoma pre-vious to entrance into the schools: He~o/..edT, hat, tl~cmfnre,w Latsaeror meannsrepossihle within thecontrol of thoee in charge sbould bs utilized to rLe enduf cultivatingtL* hun~~ninutinoint the heans of rf>c oirln and bora nbrruatcd to the eilre of tLe inatirhtion. ~~ ~ ~l le~+ee~nccofh; !ni +u 3 rond%iuuof the lniml sud auul. Ir i n onity of pnrpoae, nuitr of 1 , e in~. 'I'hin unity n>oslI IXW n visihlee~p17~~nioofn itadf in the J I O U B ~m e l ~ ~ r i l thh.a clact,rnril,ltr tvcs make or eltoone. the clorher. tltu fbool. the manner of aorv- ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ing,&atopics of conversation sod style kf language imployedin conversation, the manner of expression, the mutual intermurae aroong members of'the household, eta. The external expreaalon in turn reach upon the internal and influences the tastes and aims of each individual member. Environment, ao a lerge extent, makes the person. The aim of the Indian ~~ohooisl the formatIan of good home-makers and good oitizeus. To this end we reoommend: (1) The "cottage syatem" so sl~ocessfilllye mployed in ao mnny places in Europe. (2) Thst special attention be direoted to hygienic cookery, good broad, pure veg-etable, fruit, and cereal hods. (3) That hsitutr be a paramount consideration in every department of activity. (4) That each girl should learn to make %he various articles of food and dress in their entirety, not working on the priaon plaq or eontrsct-labor ayatem. The official copies of resolutions passed in other institutes, together with other valuable matter, were lost through the mail. I have taken steps to recover them, if poss~blea, nd should I succeed I shall ask per. mission to incorporate them in this report before it is printed. On the whole, the effect of the institute was most gratifying. Super-intendents, teachers, a l ~ do ther employes as well as interested visitors not directly connected with the schools, vied with each other ill efforts to make t.hem nroductive of eood in ever"v reso.ect: Ex~erienoesw ere exclltl~l~rrdnG, 11odn and opi"ious fretaly dijt:unrjvtl, difti.r'etterlro t' it~ter-est wwe a~ljustedo, ld frirltdsl~ipaw ere renewrcl utld t l rw oues tbrmed. In short. there was evident th;onghont and at all times an earnest and sit~chred esire to estuhlish tl~at'ut~iroyf purpose :lnd action wllieh is NO essential to full 611ceesx. Em11 oi~exp enlcd to have cattle to tho meetines with a determination to contributeeverythine of value to the contmo; eaufie, and each ot~ele ft frrigl~lew~lit 11 &esIl Gores of et1c:tlur-apcmctlt, i ~ ~ s p i r ; ~1t 1i ond~ g~p,ll rrotts devotion to the callsuuf the 11:ttion S t h reference to th<ludi<u problem. I am in receipt of& number of interesting leners acknowledging the beneficial influences of these meetings, which I feel tempted to add to this report, but I contenbmyself with the transmission of only two of them, characteristic, however, of them all, and clearly showing that the seeds planted at these meetings are destined to yield a rich harvest of good. The first of these letters is from Supt. W. H. Matson, of the Blackfeet Agency Boarding School. The second is from James P. Woolsey, D. S. Indian agent at the Ponoa, ekc., Agency, Okla. I leave them to speak for themselves. . , HcacKrEET AGENCY BOARDING Gonoo~, MONT., Augusd SO, 1884. SIX: I have the honor to state that I have this day returned from theinstitute at flt. Paul. Circo&stances with ns were such that I could not he &+Fort Shsw, though I had prepiared a. paper on the snhjeot assi,med to me on the programme. Feeling that I ought to attend at least one of the institates, I arranged to go to St. Pad. The agent, however, being anxions that I ~bouldh and in my andual report before going, and our schoolnot having olosed till July 31, I was belated so that I did not gat to St. Paul till Fridsy morning. The institute closing Friday night I had the benefit of only two sessions. I want to say that though traveling 1,128 miles to the institute, hwing no other bosineas whatever to take me East, and heing preaent at two aessionsonly, I feel that the help derived from being brought into &ouch wit,h other workers and heario diecuaaed the many-sided questions whiah oame up paid me well for the"ssorifioe8 of time and money incident to the journey. Furthermore, having to spend the day (Saturday) in the oity before I eould get a |