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Show schools presented at each institute a series of talks upon the subject of L'Oommou sense in tlie schoolroom." Suuervisor Rakestraw simi-larly presented the subject of "School ornamnintation," and Supervisor Peairs, L'Means for self-improvement for school employees." Other iuterasting papers were read-at Omaha on the *'Practical education of girls," by Supt. E. (f. Warner, and on the "Logical development of child mind," by Miss Louisa McDermott; and at Po~~tlando,n "The future of the Indian in the Southwest," by H. S. Curtis. Suitable evening addresses were delivered by the Hon. Edward Rosewater, of Omaha, at Omaha; by Supt. S. M. McOowau, of Phtenix, at Ogden; by Supt. Frank Terry, of Pugallup; the Hon. Cr. W. Irwin, State super-intendent of public instruction, of Salem, Oreg.; the Itev. T. M. Eliot, of Portland, and Snpt. Henry J. Phillips, of Puyallup, Wash., at Port. land, Oreg. At each point the city authorities, and more pastieularly the boards of education. extended to the institutes cordial and sud)stantial hos~i-wlity, aud at Omaha and Portlalid the commercial clul~ste ndered them receptio~~nd1 11cl1p roved to be most en,iny;rble s ~ in~atdrn rtirr. The resolu~tious1 1assed at the irlstirutes are indieatire of the broad interest and i n t c l ~ i ~reo~~n~ptr ehensiouo f the lndiau l~rol~lemans the part of rho school service. 'I'he most l~otnbleo: f tllese resolutions favor the bonding of su~erintendentosf larg-e r reservation scliools: the enact- meut a11t1r i~forcdmrnto f a compulsory law to~tpl~tloy : :.nclia;~c hildren; the re11e;tl of tlie proviaion reqoiri~lgp nrei~tse' ollsenl for the pu)~il's 11.ansfer; liter the latrer aball have attaiuwl the nr.r. e of 1-I !.cars: strict regard for existing regn~at io~i u~ ~sI I R~ ~ I e e t iarn~dn t rnnn~er"ofp u;,i~si br nonrcservntiou seliools; greater vale i u t l ~ use lertiou aud preserratiou of names for Indians: the extension of the readine.oircle mo?ement.and the nrgunization ot r6t11t.neds f o d c~~int tso ~ ~ x ~ o c i ~ftoi ro :nwslf hell;. Thrg indorse the l~rir~cipolrf the cirilserrivc lnw as iiltplicd to rhe In(linu scl~ools ervice :~ndt he emnlovrncnt of Tndinns io i~osi~:iof~oirs which they may be fitted, but 6ould have appoi1ttments to the position of teacher limited to graduates of regular normal courses in Indian train-ing. schools. Thev reouest that in 1898 the several institutes be held I io'i~nep lace :~nd;6 111ah ill aessio~f~br two \vecks, iu urdrr to secunbt a at te~~diumge mbers rrider opl)o~t~uritirebsr instructiou and for thr dia-cussion of important questhis. The hope has been expressed by a number of earnest workers, that a sufficie~intu mber of copies of the proceedings of the institutes lnlght be sent to the different schools to enable the emulovees to have the unnsnally valuable papers of this summer'smeeti~~re~asd and discussed in local conferences. REA-PING CIRCLES. School employees in a number of the Indian schools under the lead-ership of Superintelldent E. B. Peairs organized reading circles during the past year. A number of books on school sauitation, modern petla-gogics and general culture were road by the members of tliese reading circles with meat eniosmeut to themselves and much profit to their rt%l,e<:rives ~ ~ o o l a3.l ;ia u~oveloent is the more grotiiyh~ga illee i t is u.l~ollyr oluur;try nu the yurt ot'those eonce~ncd. If t'u 'uisl~esp roof of the fact that there arc i l l rlie Indiau schools lnallv rm~~lo.;cewsh nst~u ro-t'issioual conscience nud ]~l~ilanthropfieer vor D~.OIIIti~~;r~n it o i11~1.6ase their etlirie~lrybya dding totheir resources and by cnlri\wti~~tly~ cirown ~ ~ powers. It lias been suggested to me that it might be well for the Government |