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Show 434 REPORT OX SUPERINTENDENT OR INDIAN SOHOOLS. VENTILATION AND SANITATION. The subjects of vent4ation and sanitation are receiving due consid-eration in the schools. In the old buildings needed changes concern-ing these matters are l~eingm udel nlld 5p&ial attention i i given then^ in the erevtion of new huildintr;. The s~ibstituriouo f uem app11nnct.i for heating and lighting, improvement in the water and seweGystems, and the furnishing of better bathing facilities all have their good effect upon the health of the Indian. Attention has been directed to the pro er airing of the rooms and dormitories each morning, and to seein t at during the day the windows are lowered from the to and raise% from the bottom, thus keeping the rooms filled with fres1 a ir. SUMMER SCHOOLS. There have been four gatherings of Indian educators this summer: One at Salem, Oreg.; one at Puyallup, Wash., near Tacoma; one at Pine Rid e S. Dak , and one general meeting in connection with the ~ational$ducation~Al ssociation at Charleston, S. C. At this latter meeting it was the privilege .of those attending to listen to prxtical addresses and wise suggestions relat~ng to Indian education by Dr. H. B. Frissell, principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia; Hon. W. M. Beardshear, member of the board of ludian commissioners; Hon. J. M. Green, president of the National Educational Association; Prof. 0. H. Bakeless, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania; Prof. Charles Bartlett Dyke, Hampton Institute, Vir-ginia; Dr. J. G. Bulloch, Cheyenne Agenc , S. Dak., and many others. The Indian summer schools at Salem, dreg., Puyallup, Wash., and Pine Ridge, S. Dak., were also well attended, and interesting and instructive sessions were held. ~~~ ~- ~ ~ Besidc,~a ttending tllcse Indian summer schools, a large number of the teacher3 in Inclian i41ools availed themselves of thr opportunities offered nud took special rourw: at the \.xl.ious ,111nrne1. nofilial ychools, receivinr ins t r~~r r~ino end ucatlonxl methods.ivhich sr ill re(lound to the good of The Indian service. An admirable collection of literary and industrial work prepared by the pupils of the various Indian schools in tbe United States was exhibited at Charleston, S. C., during the sessions of the National Educational Association, and later at Washington, D. C. The display consisted of regular schoolroom work, drawings, paintings, fancy work of all kinds, plain sewinf m' en.din g, and work in wood and iron, i!lus- trating the character o the instruotion given at .these mstitutlons. The class-room work was excellent, and the industrip1 work, especially that in iron, showed the thorough and practical tratning these Indian youth are receiving. A large number of people viewed the exhibit, which was a credit to teachers and pupils. GROWTH OF INDIAN SCHOOL WORK. A preciatin the fact that education is the foundation upon which the 4' ntnre of t5 e Indi.an is to be built, the Gorernment has been most liberal in a ropriations for this pur ose Beginning in 1819, when the sum o?~10,000 was appropriate$ to' employ capable persons to |
