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Show 390 REPORT OF THE SUPERXNTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. The mchwl and the Indian home.--Mias Viola Cook, superintendent Wild River School, Minn.-The beat way to eradicate ignorance and snperstitution is through the reservation sehool. Honeaty in dealing ritb In& puenb. 4. B. Bmwn, superintendent Moes School, Minu.-I believe that a superintendent, wherever ossible should he his own repreeentative in seewing p~lpils. He can then know wgat prohaes have been made, and need make none which is not within his power to carry out. A suggestion toward nuking life in the Indian achool servioe more agreeable.--Charles H. Koontz, superintendent Menominee School, Wis.-Encanrage home life for employees, and place wveral neatlittle eottsges among the buildings of each school plant. PINERIDGE INSTITUTE. Looking backward.-Rev. W. J. Cleveland.-My thirty yesra' work among the Sioux Indians bas given me an opportunity of nnhg the great progress that these people have made. Sohool work best calculated to conbibnte to improvement in Indian hornem.-4. A. M. Youn ,teacher, School No. 4, Pine Ridge Agency, 6. Dak.-Cleanlineas should come first; %ygeine should come next; after these might be mentioned proper cooking, groper food, ordinary providence, and, perhaps most of all, the ahihty to refwe eggam. How to anpplemsnt the work of the pupih-Mm. Nellie F. Hunt, housekeeper, No. 18, Da School, Pimeridge, 8. Dak.-At noon alter the luncheon dishes are cleared away, P go to the schoolroom for a fifteen-Ainute drawing lesson with the entire school. Twenty minutes before theindu~triahl our the little 'rlscome to the cat far thtir sewing lesson. Having them alone we manage to To some talking as we 1 aa sewmg. T F. D. Gleaaon, of Hampton, Va., explained methods of teaching industries and eneral school management, and added, "Teach the Indian children that the must 3e end upon agriculture for a livelihood. Teach teach them the dignity of lagor, as w$l as the necessity.'* Supervisor A. 0. Wright gave a review of the history of the Indian tribe in con-nection with the Euro eau nation that colonized America. Rev. Father ~chmidfo,f the Holy Rosary Mission, spoke on the "Present needs of the Indians," and Rev. A. H. Johnson read a paper on " What is being accam-plished amorig the Indians at the present time." PROCEEDINGS OF DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN EDUCATION. [National Bdoeation Ulsoeistion, Boston, Maer July617.19a9.1 Monday, July 6.-Invocation and address by Dr. Edward Everett Hale, Boston, Maw. Greetings: Hon. Curtis Guild, jr., lieutenant-governor of Ma-husetts, Boston, Mase.; Dr. A. E. Winship; editor Journal of Education, Boston, Maas.; Dr. John T. Prince, agent State board of education, Boaton, Mass.; Mim Gertrude Edmund, principal Training School for Teachers, Lowell, Mass. Responses: ,%sum6 of work from friends, officials, and coworkers. Dr. H. B. Frisse 1, pnuclpal Hampton Normal and A@cultural Institute, Hampton, Va.; John D. Benedict, superintendent Indian industrial schools, Muskogee, Ind. T.; Mim, Mary 0. Collin?, mieaionary, Little Eagle, 8. Dak.; 5. J. Duncan, daygchool Inspector, Pmendxe, S. Dak.; MIS Eatelle Reel, snperintendent of Indian schools, Washington, D. 0. &esday, Jul Y Prayer by Rev. Eather Osborne, of the Chureh of St. John the Evangelist, of %o&n, Mass. |
