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Show 452 REPORT OB SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. I have heard Indian girls confess with ride their lack of skill in the home-making art. "A ity t'is" that this mieappregension of what real accampltshmenta are should fins a place with them. They have need of all C e time a t th!ir d i @to learn the things that are to help them to live well mthout endmg any tune unlearnin this kind of foolish vanity, caught from unwomanly 3 i t e sisters. . The 1n8an problem begins and ends largely with the home. Every young man whogoesout from school wlthaknowled eof the cost and value of the thing8 he wants, with skill in his head and hands with wkch to win them, and with a conviction that healonemust get them, can maintain a home. Every youngwoman who goes out from school with the aame convictions and the home-making skill at her command can do her share in the creation of a home. Every such home made and maintained is a shining illustration of how the Indian queshon is to be solved. MORE SYSTEMATIC TRAINING ALONG INDUSTRIAL LINES. [Mrs. cona M. Durn, soperintendent Rainy Mountain Gchwl. Anadarko, Okla.] The resemation t r i h j , hy the surcwi rc openinpd of their ln~rdsto settlement, are to-<lap I,nrl~ght M face the knutty prnhl?~n oi earninp x living irud,:r hard rondiriona; slal i t k~hot l r r<th me of ir3 whu an.laht,rilrr for the bt~fttru1~1n1i1 t hese u c~~utloe consider whether the means we are usinzke adapted to aid them in ichieving OUT ?arc. Indoslrg mnat be taoght the child early in life.--Industry lnmt he implnnwd in thc vltil.1 at an tarlv qr ural n~eiduothlyv ulrirut~:d. The ;~nricnrm l r for i~a l~ior~ai ug uwtl,~trlnn.. t o kriil wirll hi* rr;lnrliatl,er. auuld n u ~ l vh ere, if no?rihle. Not onlv assign the small aildren regurar tasks suited to the; years, bnCprovide other auk lets for their activity, more pleasing because not cam ulsory. Interest them, for instance, in poultry raising by making the setting of axen a function at which it is an honor to aasist; let them enjoy the delightful sensation of holding the downy chicks in their hands. If a wee mnner is suspected of appropriating eggs to his awn use, appoint him to gather them, givin him one for his trouble. He will develop into an amateur detective, whose vigignce the wisest hen can not baffle. Farm life provides interesting work.-Farm life mvides an endless variety of inter-esting and oleasant things to be done by the chiPdren. Let them feel that they are doing these things beca<se of their inGrest and not under compulsion. Rights of property and the care of their pemonal belongings I have found the h.ar~d-e.s.-t. o.f- ~ a~ll l~esso-ns to- te-ach~ Ind~ian ~chil~dren . Beneinn is another native instinct. ~ ~ A missionarv told me a short time ago that in cleaninggan Indian's house she die g.c,rc-rrd ta,Cntp-.ix air? oi tmlrcr. ihr0n.n carrlmrlg~ina n unuzd rnmm, Innst of rhrus quite go:ou.l am/ doubtlesi avquired l,,v lxpqinp fr.m thr (;r,vernmt.of and ruis. i n in I . I t is ouitt. nrlluhlr that the unntr. , i this nnrtori:aI d i s d ~ vs w at &thing they so ruthlessly destroy. An excellent feature of mme of the new dormitory building. in the service is s room containing individual lockers for the use of the children, and for the arrange-ment and contents of which they can he held responsible, thus developing a sense of 03, n,.m13ip. Colrivate self-reliance.-.i+ the children prow ulder, plan their wwk with reicrcnco to their ~ ~ e n tgarol M 4.lal tveII ad tllrir i n c ~ e a ~phdy sical cn<hlranc!~. Cultivnre hrlf-wlianre 2nd rrsouwefnlnep~in t,nle:rpncus. Tot, oircn they are mugtlt ercr?tl~ing l"m-r" r"r".m ~nnne ensr. -I),-, - -11-1 11 let tllr ten~norarvil lnrsa of the who01 euuk be t h e t n ~ ~ s c ~ ~ of a domestic panic and a general rearbge&ent of workamon employees. Place one of the older girls in chargeof the kitchen, and note the exceylent meals that will result. Recently, during a four days' absence of the girls' matron a t my s c~oolI, ..-" nleaaerl tn find annervision of the work almost unnecessarv, as the children, r.u-vv- -- --- --r--.-~ ~ ~ ~ under the direction of the sergeants-themselves only xirls of i 6 w e n t about the ~ ~ - - - ~ ~ . . ordinary routine with mature $omanlinese. The regeneration of the race thrangh the women.-In this paper, as at all times in my work, I find myself emphasizing the importance of training the girls; but it is p- -er.t- a.i n.. t.h a-t., i fw e nnlift the women of the race the men will follow, the nonprogrea- Rive ideas of the-iGmen being today the greatest bar to Indian advancement. Aa Napoleon said of France, "It-is mothers that are needed." |