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Show 418' REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OB INDIAN SCHOOLS. special attentmionis paid to these points. Improved lighting, heating, water, and sewer systems are being substituted and better bathing facilities furnished. Attention has been directed to the proper airing of the schoolrooms and dormitories each morning, and to seeing that during the day the windows are lowered from the top and raisedfrom the bottou~t,h us keeping the rooms filled with fresh air. Too much attention can not be given to these matters, as they exert such a powerful inEuence on the health, not only of the Indians, but of the employees as well. SUMMER SCHOOLS. During the summer there have been five gatherings of Indian edu-cators in various parts of the country, as follows: The Department of Indian Education, in connection with the National Educational Asso-ciation, Detroit, Mich. ; the Congress of Indian Educators, Buffalo, N. Y., and summer schools at Keams Canyon, Ariz.; Pine Ridge, S. Dak., and Puyallup Agency, Wash. The summer schools at Keams Canyon, Ariz.; Pine Ridge, S. Dak., and Puyallnp Agency, Wash., were well attended, and the sessions proved interesting and instructive. A great variety of practical questions relating to the welfare of the Indian were discussed at the meetings of the Department of Indian Education and of the Congress of Indian Educators. Many important conclusions were reached by the interchange of ideas afforded by the association of many minds interested in the same subject, and numer- 0x1s practical and valuitble suggestions were made. The excellent display of literary, industrial, and fancy work pre-pared by the pupils of the various schools, showing the thorough and practical training these Indian yonths are receiving, was greatly admired by the many who viewed the exhibiL at Detroit and Buffalo. The native work, consisting of baskets, pottery, and blankets, also attracted marked attention. A11 of the work displayed reflected credit upon teachers and pupils. I COURSE OF STUDY. One of the needs of the Indian school service has been a uniform course of study, in order that each school may know what to teach; and that pupils transferred from one institution to another may be properly graded. By your consent and with your valuable assist-ance. I have iust comoleted a course coverine thirtv-one subiects. Aside from tilo literais hrnnchea, the co~~me-embma"ceisu st,r~&'~u in agriculture, baking, basketry, blnckumithing, carpentry, cook.ng, dairying,engineering,gartloniny,h ar11t8ymakingh, ousekeeping, laun-dering, printing, painting, se\cing, sl~oemakiug, tailoring, and 11pllo1- stering. I have spent a large part of the vast three yvars in t l t ~fie ld ascertiining the needs of the kervice. and this course embraces the ideas gai116df rom such perdona1 ohse~vat iot~o,g ether with the views of I ~ I H~a r iousu prri~~tendcuatu~d, other Indian workers, a11d mauy Drominent edocntors in the lwnited States. 'L'l~c 1iter;lrr work an11 cndustrial work in the course of study are so arranged thit they will correlate, thus enabling the instructors to do more systematio woyk in their respective departments. It is hoped that the instructors will use their best endeavors to carry out the plan as outlined in this COUI'8e. |