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Show his ability to form disti~icpt urposes, and his dehermination to achieve onrnoses once clearlv formed. B> his efforts the"teaoher of industries will lift the work of the stu-dent out of the comvarativelv valtrv reauirements of mere individual THE SCHOOL AS A HOME. The Indian boarding scliool-and this applies more particularly to the reservation boarding school-is to the child not ouly school, but home and community as well. This should be remembered by the employees in every educational measure. Moreover, since under nor-mal conditions the home life is nearest tlie heart of the cl~ild and exerts the greatest influence upon the development of character, the Indian school should place adequate stress upon its home features, and should never sacrifice these to the more or less heartless necesfiities of institut.iona1 requirements. Unless the ohild is loved and can love unreservedlv. he will nevcr take a real heart interest in the school and i s t s . 'i'ilc prevepts, l~; l l , i tn~tt,d othev inll~~encor.ti' r1.r ~cltoolw ill bt. h~nirhtvltt nt of hi8 l i iv .jo?o11.;1?a. .; won a&I lc veto1.1161 1) t l ~ eIi ~diau home, where love again rulessnpreme. For this reason, reservatioil boarding schools should be small, not exceeding a, capacity of 200. Possibly even this is too high a number. A crowd hinders tlie development of mutual individual attachment, and is therefore hostile to the establishment of ties of mutual sym-pathy and affection; but in a small school it is possible to arrange the work so th?t each little child feels himself to be the beloved object of concern of those with whom he comes in contact. At the same time, the community features of the school are suffi-ciently intense to demand constantly from every child simple duties of self-limitatioo and helpfulness to gnard him against grasping se.lfishness and to prepare him for effective work and healthy developmeot in a more advanced institution or in such practical life as may come to him. SANITATION. There has beeu continued improvement in sanitary matters at the differeut srhools, more particularly in water supply, bathing fiacilities, lavatories, sewerage, drainage, heating, lighting, and closet accommoda-tions. Wherever the funds placed at the disposal of the Indian Office by Congress weresutticient,permanentimprovements havcbeeneffccted. For cases in which funds were scanty, the superintendent of Indian schools issued, with your approval, November 1,1895, a circular letter of instructions, suggesting simple and incxl)ensive ways for securing toler-able sanitary conditions in all these respects, and I am pleased to note that in many instances these suggestions were loyally obeyed, wit11 most satisfactory results. With these suggestions every agent or super-intendelit gifted with ordinary energy and alive to his weighty responsi-bilities with rcference to the welfare of the children intrusted ,to his care will find it possible to secure s tolerable sanitary condition for his school. It is to be hoped that all inspecting officials will make it a poiut to insist upon these things. There is no greater mark of ineffi-c i e~~ocny the part of the managing official of a school than fa,ilure to make all sanitary provisions within his reach in the plant and in the working organization of the school. |
