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Show 460 REPORT OF SUPEBIXTENDENT OF INDIAN SOEOOLS. in order to work for and with their own pea le, we must teach them how to cre-ate around them ohiects of intereat. he 1 n Lhs a e real lope for his home. So fur as poanihle, the&fore, this lovo should be osed ae an incentive to the iluprove-urent of the family and commnnity. Every Indlrrn hog ought to gain aoffinent knotvledce of carnentrv at school to b ribla to uut un a nlarn hoeee. In some of our I n d b scho~ls ttie girls are taught to bake'akple pieoes of furniture, to weave mgs, and to make mattreases. They are encouraged to make orna-mental and useful things for their rooms. Thcre is thus crested at thesame time a love for beautiful obiects and the vower to oroduce them. These pirls are also tau&.lt how to rnlee rhhkena,and cire for dninesti* anlmnle. as meli'ai how tr, work their own plots of land: and the\- have even Ice: sent out to study and cn1ivii.e the Cnrrns and homes of the commnnir! :,lout tbem. In somc cases they have sttempted the reconstruction of the girdens and yards belonging to old and in- people, clearing out the mbbieh, ylanting seeds and vines, making plans for improved conditions, and then carrying them out. It hm been inter-esting to observe the enthnsiasm that these youus people haye shown in this work, and the contagions influence of their enthnsiaam on the people to whom t.-h a - .v. h-a- o a- n-o ne - - - . I3nt 11 i~ofl~ttlenaetotryanddibmifythecommotnh iupoflifeortoteaclr lndtaus to lt.,irrr bg doing unleas there is someth~ngq uite definite for them to do on thoir return to tbmr hcme~. Thereis an increasing endeavor on the pan of the hraaaof our Indian sch.,ola to arody the conditions from whirh the students roue and to which theg must return, andtuadapt thbir work and study while inschool to their needs at home. O r r one of our M'r~t-rn ra3ervation~ H crealllcry har 1,cen st.irted during tho lrnut year. As there isg,,oJ grariug land uu th~nre servation and an excellent luarkct for hntter undcreiinl. rhrre is ma30n to believe that if vell man- In sorn? of onr in.riruiiot~d not nniy are tho y011u~ yeopie ma,:e to feel that their religion is a part of th-ir every-d.iy l l i t s , hut thofare interentad in work for the uoor and slck. and tl.o\. uirr uf tllalr time and tltoneht t o make life en~iatro r tlr6, old p,o],le in tho 1100rh<;;laa0n d in rhe cabin^. Th : p;lnl.erilin~,h anlening influeuera oC the rrz,.rratiuu which causes rile 1ndi;tnn to ito th<,l.oughly self-ceut, red cau only bo overromo a? they are thoronghly imhuvd wltlr tho C.'hristlun irloa of harvtce for others. T h i ~ao rr of Chrierianity can unly be lcurncd by doing. ~'1osl:lyc ouuected with thr- idea of serving ie tltnr of auving. It is doui,tf1,1 if rauid nnxress can 11" made toward ,~iviiirnrk~ont rhn narr uf the luglinn vonth wi?ho;t i?. The thouaht of havinp. all thinss in commdn must be overconie and the ludiun t a u ~ htth ailu onlor t<,-serve rllcctually Ire mnqt save. In a uumbcr of our Illdirn schools enving8 11anka ant1 ~.n, r i~lufuutn Je lr;tvc heen esrablishral, and wirh the enlargement of the outing sgdern tno yearly earning8 of our Indian yul.ila becornre quite ronsidarnblo. It is of rit;tl importunce that these iuuds, whi.n are usually held Lyrho scl~ounl othor tiea.shou:d be exp6!ndcdourhe return of the students to their houen in such a way as to give them a reul start in buai- |
