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Show REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. 347 The proper fitting of these dep:lrtments with labor-saving appliances does not exclude tho employment of si~uplera ppliances in the work of instroction. Thua in tlre kitchen one or more simpluf~milyR tovesnlay be provided to be n~e t lb y s~~i t ahdlet ail8 of pi1.l~i n tho preparation of u~ealsfo r a limited 11urnbt.ro l'persous. 111 the laundry the a.:tshlob, washboard, and l lnt in)~\r~il l tind si~nilnrn ee. In tlre s ~ w i r~oo~mg tb u ~leedlea nd tl~irublew ill f i~ltdh eir ~in,l)ers l~l~eirnc t l~erourseofr ewlar instruction and in keeping in repiir the iddividud wardrobes. TEAOHERS OF INDUSTRIES. Teachers of industries have been called for by fifteen of the larger schools. I look upon this as one of the most encouraging signs of progress in the inner development of the Indian school work. Teach-ers of industries are to be distinauished from industr~al teachers, a designation mhieb, ~~nfortuoatrliy's ,s till in vogue ill many ot'thn n~i ior schools. The tern1 '.irrdustrial teacher" is applied toemployee.; who act ill su~;~llsecrh ools as fjrllaern, gardeners, and (liseil~linaria~in~tsrn stetl with tllu mallegemellt of detaila of hu,vs i l l the millor i11~111st1p.inalr 811its of these institutions. In the civil-8c.l.vieec lassifirntiou they are placed n.itlr iltrrner8, gardentrs, a~l dl :~l~orersT. eachrr, ot industries, on the othvr 11a11da, re 1,laced in a l~igherc lass-with skilled workmen. Their duty is to servo in the aruve adra~~t.eaacl ho(~las s rrpnlnr i~rstructovsin mauual training, teaching pupils in classes the subjc?cts of mechanical and industrialdrawing, the nseof tools in the working of wood aud met-als, and giving them an iatelligent control of the purposes and means of manufacturing aud agrieulturalindustries. Their examination calls not m- e- r-e lvfor a nractical acuuaintance with the minor industries of the ~ I~oardiling"schools; but nlsif6;a11c:l1 tllcoretic.al nntl practirol trainjug in the various mechanical aud :tprienlt~~rainl dustries as a ~r:tduatuo f a fullyequipped agricultural and teah~~iceaol llexe id s ~ ~ l ~ p otoi ipdos sess, and in addition to this,for skill in the art of illstruetion. The teacher of industries occ~~pieasn im~~or tan1)rl; lc.e in the covps of instructors, whereas the indoatrial teacher does ilot dse above the dignity of an intelligent general helper in the mdustrial phases of institutional work. It is to be hoped that during the coming year the designation of "industrial teacher" will bc changed to another which will indicate more correctly the duties of the incumbent and which will remove all ambiguity. The advent of the teaeher of industries in Indian schools marks a decided advance in the industrial training to be given to Indian youth. Heretofore the aim was to give them a quite limited skill m certain mechanical arts and pursuits supposerl to bc most closely related to their chances of earning a livelihood in later years. The teacher of industries will add to this the purpose of giving to the student a more sgstematic, a2d therefore more thorough, control of the arts involved, and also a degree of theoretical koomledee which will enable the 8tntlr.1rt not oai$ to adapt himself ill hid wol:i readily to conditions dif-fering tkom those uudtr wllict~ he aetluiretl his skill, ltut also to pro-- gr ess steadilv on the basis of ally C ~ I I ( ~ I ~ ~ IiIllItIoS which Ire luav be thrown. Moreover, the teacher of industries, mh~lea ttending closely to the so-called practical value of his instruction, will also pa.y equally close attention to the edncational signitieance of his work. He will see to it that the student thinks while he works, and that every stroke of work will strengthen not only the student's muscles, but also his under-standing, his powers of reasoning, his imagination and inventiveness, |