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Show 464 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OIF INDIAN 80HOOL8. In educating an Indian he mnnt be pared in the beet poesible way for his environment. IIampton believes t g m - lor the bops a snbtantial !rain-ing along someskilled lineof handrcraft. with as much of someother tradrs ilrter-woven as will makewell-rounded and nsefnl mechanics: and for thogirls u generill knowledge of the housewife's arts, together with somo other awomp ishluet.ts which w~lml k e it poseihle for her home to becomeamorer~clyandx rnactive<n e. I have in mind a Cherokee boy. wbo is abonr to w back to hi reservation, who can do rl vary good job at ho~iaeb nildinrr, and in addition some brick laying, p:as-tering, and tin roofing. Ho van ronghly pnint a houso, bwu. or wagon, and has lately adclcd to his arromplishmont.ua little harnea'i nud shoeninki~~I. havaficcu aomentrapa which he had just made, with tho buckles i ~ ~ a fsltyit ched 011. a1.0 a cornl,lete hridl~,alol f which nro ver.vcredit~~tc~lolnye . He lrud also ha.f soled rind heeled his own shoes for nearly a yeir. The olaaa of girls who will return this summer have added in the laat few months to theireeneral knowledeeof household worka little skill in namr hsne-i ne\!. . mattressu~aking1,8 atutiug, atrll glazing. In mattreasmaking such exprrl-enco as would bo likoly to beu purr oi the lndirin girl's life has been racticed: for inarnnc~o~. t.h e rnakine of mattresi-a nncl oillowa from corn hnska an-fnrv ernsr. ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~~a- - - ~ ~ ~ ~ Ham~tondo es notYeicohriee we o i a l i~i i i v e r~mufcohr Indians. bellevine that her trillle studruts would eitl~cJr rift into Tho lai per .etrloments of whites. a;r,not findingworn at 1 heir ppasi:+l trados among the lnkians, would hccome discoura~ed and striftleaa- a drag "11 their ye~ple. In either c u~oth o Indian race wrmld luau the benefit whirh it should get i rou the tratned young nlau. I sbould'not l ~ kteo have it iunJerstrod that a* do not believe in boinc thorough in the t.:;whing uf tradr,. Thet~ointo IJO made. it arelns to rue. 1%r hnt one rrado nhauld l,e learned as thoroughli as possible, and then the elements of others should he added. EFFECTS OF SCHOOL LIFE ON TEE EYESIGHT OF INDIAN CHILDREN. [Dr. J. G. Bn&~ocaC.h erokee Indfan School, North Csrolina.1 TheCfovernluent ahould have the eyesof the Indianchildexaminerl periodically, and the teachers should look carefully for any vlsuul tronble, for there can he no snesrion th:tt the Indian children at a good many achools ~nf ferf rom vririona irouhles of the eye. Hnman eyesight 6 undonbtidly degenerahng, and vist.al detertoration seems to be 111aopara1,lyc onnected with intelleotnal progress. Let us have more teachine and less ~arrot-likee xercises for rhe memorr: less cralu-ming for eanminaticld;, and more'usefnl knowledro intel.igently stowed awi~.v in the mysterious and roomy uru*ses of tue brain. L-rrder the prea*nre of stnrl, the eyeballs tend to enlarge and inc.reaua in size in direct prollortlon to the nnmlicr of hours per day they areemphlye8l at uear work l r is nu caeyluatter for a teacher to l~ccomea t~luuintedw ith tear types, and to test the vision of the ch~ld'seyeorr entmnvc, and iha Uuvern~neut could employ an arpcrt to tit glaa*es to tho ayu of the Indian (!hild. -41~0le t the doctor jn~lnear r to the aanitsrv condrtam of the schoolroom, dormitories, and premises ih g<ueral, and as to t6e hours of stndy, and we would have Less trouble with the eye and less anfiering. HOW SEALL THE hiT~0DUoTloN OF CONTAQlOUS DISEASES BE AVOIDED? [Dr. HemY E. Qoonsrca. Fort B e h p SohmL Montana1 Owing to the propensity of Indians to congregate around the sick, and their utter ignorance of the etiology and prophvlaxen of malignant d~seasest,h ere id meat danger of the snread of contaeions diseasea amona thew. Althonxh the Leanelthy b a y is ~asotiEnllgim mune aiainst wnta@ous di;men. yet tbbre i r e so few abaolntely healthy Indiaos that great wrru should he taken to avoid iufwtiotr. Ut~nostc lonnlinasa ahould nrevail at all times. \Then smn l l ~ ois known to eaiat in the neighborhood, even'one who is likely to come in contact with it, and who has not been vaccinated for three years, should be vaccinated. Persons who have been exposed should be warned of the danger to which they may subjeot others, and, if newssary, be isolated. Every agency should have a house at a suitable dis-tance from the agency buildings in which known or suspected cases ahould be iso-lated. A record should be kept of persons who have had smallpox, with a view of employing them as nurses. Tho sending of letters from places afflicted with smallpox or marlatins shonld be positively prohibited unless they are disinfected. When death occurs from a contagions disease, only those needed should be allowed to attend and their clothing shonld be disinfected. What has been said as to smallpox appliesin a modified form to other contagions diaaaaes. All books wed by convalescents should be burned. Narses should not |
