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Show REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF'INDIAN .8CHOOLB. 345 any other educarional fartor to estahlish a keen sense of duty, self-control, persiste~~coef will power, nud all other things that go to make up a atroue,relinblo~hnrneter. not in orcler to secure the8e beneficcat giius from'manual and industrial training those iutmsted with the leadersl~ipil l the work nus st kuow these things and must be selected with reference to their knowledge of these tliings. This and tlleir effi-ciency in the work aloue must be considered in their appointment and tenure of office, and this can not be done satisfactorily until the posi-tious involved are placed under civil-service measures. It is with a high degree of gratificatiou that I quote an extract from the address of the honorable Secretary of t.he Interior at the last, annual conference of the Uuited States Board of Indian Dommissionera with representatives of missionary boards and India11 rights associa-tions in the city of Washington. Such direct and uneqaivooal state-n ~ e ~fr~omt s a n officerw ho finally determines the policy of the Iuilian work is calculated to infuse fresh courage aud to stimulate new vigor in every depatmmt of t,he Indian school work. Thc hor~orableS ecretary of tbe Interior expressed himself as follows: The p o d peoplo outside of the service have done muoh to pnrify the work of those in the lierviou aucl to remove seen<lals fromit. I trust that libbor ofthis character is now but little itee<lod. The line of moat effective aasistnuee which can be rendered is that which xvill help to nlnlie tho service permanent, vrhieh will eli~uinatap olitics from the work of those engaged in the service, and xi11 prevent changes fir ally cause except the hope of inoreased effioivnoy. I beliere to-day that the most important atlvaure which can be r u a d e ~ ~ ibiel t hat wl ~ i c\lv~il l guarantee the perma- ~ l r n ta unro of thoso whose w, rk ,)roves s!~eeesaful. 11, n o line of empluynlent is change so in,jurious aa where great leogth of time is required before r~rofieienoyc an exist, snd this is certainly true where the service is to reach a people still almost half ssvage. ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. While, however, measures are being form~~latetdh at shall procure these highly desirable ends, superinte~l(le~a~nctls tilgel~tvn eed not relax nor postpone eEorts on their ]lark by which the ma~ruaal ud iudustrial training in their sehnols may be vitxlizecl aud rendered more efective in the education of tile Indian youth. In order to show what can be done even under. existiug couditions, I would direct attenti011 to the l~igl~slayti sfactory ncl~ieve~uenitos this direction at Fort Sham school in Montillli~.. In a special report on this subject, made at my request, Supt. Willslow says, among other things of value: Aside from teaohing how to do things we aim to mecure definite discipline of mind and llody in teaching the various hri~ncheso f industrial work. Pupils are not kept at piecework. They are started at tho beginning, and go step hy step from the easiest DrOCeSS to the ,note difficult ones. Ever,+ worker in 68 huol ia :i Ivncher. Every work htls sdefiniteeducntionnlrnlno. Every worke~.*hanltlr enrh lnis Lmorb with reference ro rlia value. Every pan of the work ia relared lo overs orlwr iur r . \Yorlc ill 111" ncl~o.droo!o. ir not co~n~, l ritler itself; it is a psrt of the whole. -Work in the shops and vnrions induatrirlbepart-nkeutn is o wart of the educational "Pan. Workera in n.r essntinc the nnrta n lmn l d ~~~~~~~~ ~~~- ~.~~...~ . hsvo n dcfinlte ides, of the whole. i'upils in every department rhoold be required to apply what they have learned in others. We have fonnd lsnxuaga ant1 drawing lessons ou very good means of conneoting the ~ o r okf the schoolrooms, shops, eta. For this pllrpose a school vooabolary has bean made out. Words of common use and thonn need on the farm, in the shops, and other denartmentn %re selected. Teachers in scl~oolro-o~rnu ~s e t,hess wolrla in ~ ~ - ~. ..~. - Inllgnnpe csekri:rl, cpelling. ~lllliillgB ~OtCncesa, nd I.catllng. I'llpil~ us8 t l l ~wn l e w<r cls in their n.ork with r<doln~u t1 ilk t h e VRT ~OI I Sp roveswa of ~ n ~ l t ~ s twroir~k.l Ur ; t n i ~ ~i9 rr nn~l l ri n I l l " arLo~lroo~lnmll d Illo urlnritnlen i,.!m. llrd to tbeahons. A ~ ~ ~~ L ~ - - -- study of lines pl&~esa, nd solids has ]#sent akin li ;n regular order. The same tliings are re:iewed and repratluced in luaterislls in t\e shops, more partioularly in, the carpenter and bleaksmith shops. |