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Show SANITATION. Thanks to your persistent ef f0r t s . i~th is direction, there has beeu steady aud marked improvement in the sanitation of our schools. Much still remains to be done at the older plants, yet comparatively fewschools remain in which water su-~.i)- lv.s ,e weraw, and closet ao~commodationas re not roaso~~al)slayt isrhctury; a11i1t hehimbur nf seho.)ln ill which thrsz i ~ ~ t l u e ~a~rc cexsc eller~ti s steadily inereaalug. The poiso~~onulsld dnn. gerous kerosene lamp is rapidly yielding i t the iaiger institutions to electric lighting. With reference to its possible future introduction in smaller schools, a gasoline gas plant with Wellsbach burners has been established at the Pinestone school. and is eivinrr sat,isfaction. In the nrrr ~chor,lisu Drocesao f erecrio~s;~;t iaft~cto<l~) &nic luc'thods of hcat-illgalld \ r~~t i lat iohauv e beeu a~luptedt,1 11<iln the older plants improvr. nlents in these matters are made as fast as the enerei of aaenis and superintendents and the funds placed at the dispc~riol f tge Indian Oftice by Congress permit. Similar remarks awnlv to bathinn and lavrttorv faailities. The old. o~~nigl~at lnyd, unhyfiib~;ich at11 tob~va8tefulo f \1.3t*!r aud l)rodu(.tiv~ of inilolcuce nud dirt, id steadily jirlrlil~g to the neat and clcanlg rain bath1 and shower bath, Favoraljle to frcanent aud ~jhorouah bbaltne wit11 the least possil)le &xpel~dit~o~f rwe aier and sp:lce. 1;; the l a r c toricss tile antiquated, unsigl~tly,n nd filthy was11 hnsin is ma k i ~ ~rogom for cloauer ur thod~i.* tYordina o~~or tnni r ifcosr \mshine i l l s~~n i c i e~~ample streams of running w<tei.- In the great majoriti of schools tie individual towel, comb, hairbrush, and toothbrush have displaced the social use of these toilet articles. Wherever the roller towel still lin-gers I find that a8 a rule its use can be accounted for by lack of energy or intelligence on t6e part of some of the controlling officials. - - 'Superintendent A. H. Vieta, of the Cheyenne school, in his instrnotive lossons on sohool sanitation before the summer institutes, describes the rain bath or ring bath ss follows: "The water is heated by the ordinary 'cirenlating boiler.' This a116 the hester msy be located directly in the bathroom, as it is in our boys' bathroom, or both 'hester' and 'boiler' may be in an adjoining roam, as it is in lrhe case of our girls' bathroom. There seems to be little choice ns to the location. In both cases the arrangement gives eminent satisfaction. Wherever they are the cold-water ipeand the hot-water pipe must meet nt some plnoo within the bathroom, so as to &Flow the attendant to temper the water without leaving the roam. This tempering is rlono by opening both the oold and hot water pipes st once, only z little way s t first but whatever amount of water you let in you must atart bot,h stre:uns at oouoo. 04 two colun~nso f water, one at rest and the other in motion, the one a t rest must have greater pressure than tho other in order to fbroe en inbermixture. Yon oan chsnae the amount passing through each pips, if you do not entirely stop the flow, bnt?f by chance the flow of one pipe is stopped, then you must stop the other and start them sgein together. This tempering at first takes some littlo. time and patience, but the experience of two or three bathing days renders the astute attendant vory expert, and, as is the case with both of our regular attendnnts, i t takes but n,momont or two toget the water to a satisfactory temperature; never now 80 mnoh as five minutes. Within each 'stall' is n, globo valve, which controls lihe flow of tho water i n the ring. Tho bather should be instructed to open this valm but little at first, as the shock of the inipnot of thavateter nt full ressure is not plcassot at first, butsoon it becomes the height of lnsury. Each ista?l) i s~uppl iedwi thn. soap dishand each child with amssh cloth-never a sponge. By the side of esoh 'stall' <loor axe three wardrobe hooks. Upon these the towel and change of clothing are hung, within easy reach of the child simply by opening the doorsli htly. 'I'hemain drrslnsllould extend the entire width of the six stalls an& be as wife a8 the stalls are 4eep. In front of the doors should be s sm&n trongll drain to receive ?;he \rater that foreea itself through the spaces around the doors, and shoulrl connect with the main drain a t the lowor end. The rack of slats npon which the bather at:~ndsr ests upon slots st the bottom of the oartitione. and are movable. The whole hiu up shoul(l be lined |