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Show mOBT OR TEE BOPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN 80EOOLS. 377 home, with irrigating ditch, bridge, fence, pods made out of clothespins, house, etc. The pnpil teacher says to the pass, say "the horse," then "the horse ,runs," etc. The pupils repeat this sentence together nnbl it impressesitaelf on thar mmd. Then each pupileays it alone until it becomes part of h~meelf. h thouaand and one sen-tences can he made and repeated in this way. He makes the table to suit the cbil-dren's surroundin and to suit the seasons, etc. He turns it into a garden in gardening time. is not much wonder that the children who have been in this school six months speak more English thanchildren at other schools I have observed who have been in school six years. I visited Mr. Lewis at his day school in October and saw the work-ings of the excellent methods of this full-blood Stockbridf e Indian teacher. I wish to state that I have never seen better teac ing done in any day school, and have visited very few that will compare with it in eficiency. Paph Julian, of Pine Ridge Day School, No. 10, has also been very successful in teachin Engllsh to his pupils. The following extract will give some idea o $ his methods: The Indian child already knows his snrroundinge and his environment, but he knows them in Indian. His starting point will be one word of English, then two or three, and so on. Place a number of visible objects, with which he is familisr, on a table and acquaint him with all the ways b which each object may be represented in English. Give him the spoken word in English, the written form of it, and rep-resent it by a picture. A£ter you have done this for the child get him to do it for himself. Unusual interest has been taken by all the day-school employees of Pine Ridge Agency in gardening during the past year. Each of the schools has agarden, and an immense amount and variety of vegetables have been raised, some of the schools raising as many as 100 bushels of potatoes. The noonday luncheon served at these schools is a good wholesome meal. consistine of the Government ration. sunnlemented by we l~~o o kpebdt atoes, casbages, onions, etc. At maiy oiihe schools the housekeeners bave taueht the cirls to use the Government flour in the making df excellent byscuit i i d bave shown them how to make ies, using the squash and other suitable ve ehbles raised at the school. Tt is also the duty of the housekee rs on t is reservation to look care-fully after the bathing of the chilgen. % Too much can not be said in praise of Mr. Duncan's systematic and excellent management of the Plne Ridge day schools, and due credit must be given to the energetic teachers and enterprising housekeepers there. INPLUENGE OR RETURNED STUDENTS. The returnin to their homes of a large number of students each year i8 gradual 7 y wearing away the prejudices of the older lndians against the educational and civilizing methods of the Government rep-resented in the school work. The lndian boy comes back from school trained in some art or trade, agricultural or mechanical, and is fairly well equipped for makin his living. Many have enga ed in farming, and still others have fo7 lo wed the various trades in w% i oh they were instructed at school-for example, blacksmithing, sboemaking, har-ness marmg, carpentering, etc. At the same t~mei,n order to continue the good work which has been done in this direction, and as far as possible to prevent the Indian student from relapsing into old, semi-barbarous ways upon his return to his home, it is important that the Government efforts to assist and encourage the ambitlon for better things which be may have absorbed |