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Show ADDBERSES AT OHARLESTON, 9. 0. 467 The play element should be gratified, and the teacher should work to promote growth. Physical activity should be directed into line with manual training. It is good training in English to make the child tell what he does. A atriotic celebration leads to the making of a flag; a picture should bave a frame; c%ristmas gihs, valentines, etc., give the children abundant opportunity to do many things. They should first have a clear picture of wht they are to make, either m their minds or drawn on the board. Do not mind mistakes; let the child g ~ w . Have man forms and mses for com-parison. Never give numerals as unmeaning, empty BounL. The drawing of objects and plastic representation leads to the discovery of number. HARXONY IN OUR SOHOOLS. [Supt. Tnoxas W. POTTERC, hemawa, 0reg.l The success of any institution or enterprise depends upon the united efforts of all connected therewith; and capable management of the eame must embrace the ability to harmoniously direct the various forces engaged so as to prevent friction and dis-cord. We all know how difficult it is for an Indian school, small or large, to thrive where there is a lack of harmony among the employees and where troubleaome and disloyal cliques abound. The dangerous germs of disloyalty,.fault-findingj,e alousy, yssiping, and mischief-making are deadly to the unfortunate institution where ocated, and qost disastrous in their effects; such a school must succumb. Yet we know that humanity is too weak for perfect harmony to be expected. It is easier to say "And forgive us our trespasses as we fo ive those who trespass against us" than it is to do so. But it should he the aim 3 every superintendent and employee in the service to remove inharmonious conditions and apply the Golden Rule to ever day's work. . If we superintendents would all treat our embloyees as we w6ulg like them to treat as, and if all employees would be as loyal and faithful to their superintendents as they would wish others to be to them, if in similar positions, school troubles would almost cease to be. If we wish to bave harmony prevail in the school, we must destroy all selfishness and work together for the best interests of all. Superintendents sometimes cause discord and break up peaceful conditions by treat~ngt heir subordinates in a tyrannical and overbearing manner and without proper respect and consideration. Others may lack tactiu the handlin of employees of different dispositions. Little differences and misunderstandings w!ll of necessity arise from time to time, even in the best-re ulated schools, and these should be set-tled in their incipiency. These little troufles must not be allowed to row We must root them out, as they are cancerous in their nature and will soon %e8teig the achool. The great majority of em loyees can work along harmoniously toget er it each will do hls or her part faithfufiy and unselfish1 Peace and harmony sill prevail in that school wKere the superintendent has no confidants among his employees, treats eaEh and all with the same degree of nspect and consideration, and endeavors, to the best of his judgment and ability, to be lust and kind to all andwhere employees will strive to attend strictly to business and be loyal and obedient to the head of the school, having one main thought in view-the advancement of their renpective departments and the 8UCCess of their school. Where such employees and superintendents are associated together little imaginary differences soon disappear, and the machinery of the school, not heingclogged, works with thorough system and perfect smoothness. The effect of this harmony is soon refiected in the happy faces of the upils, and the benefit to them is grea.t. Where peace, contentment, and good wfi? reign the best work is done and the best results are attained. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW INDIAN. [Mrs. Jsssrs W. COOK,C arli~leP. a.] The change from the old to the new Indian has been so gradual that we have only half apprec~ated it, until of a sudden we look back over our reservation experience of twenty, ten, even five years, and it is with a start that we see the "old," like the point of perspective, vanishing at the horizon. Twenty yeam ago there were whole tribes that knew no English, lived in tepees, hardly knew the meanin of the word school, stalked about in blanket and G string, and looked with mbglegd amusement, acorn, and fear upon the strange customs of the white man. To-day these tribes contain scarcely a family that ean not commu-nicate with English-speaking travelers, is not fastened down to one spot by a log |