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Show REP= m-? ~ U P E Z R T E KOF~ INDIAN 80HOOL8. and that he must a d a ~hti mself to new ~-hv.ai calc onditions before he will be able to take on a new religioGs experience. The ri hts of the Indians should be rmpeeted. They should be taught; and as the ~reai%enhta s said, "Give the red man a fair chance '--a fair chance at pleaam, at comfort, as well as st Sunday eehools and weekday toil. Our own religious preju-dices should not prevent us from understanding the place other beliefa by necessity hold in the scheme of evolution. So long as the red man obeys the common law, is decent and peaceable, he should be allowed to worship the G m t Spirit as he wishes, the same as any other citizen. Cooperation of Indian aehaols with sgrioultmd 8ohoola.-A. 0. Wright, supervisor of Indian schools.-The success of the State agricultural colleges furnishes a stron fractical argument in favor of the agScultml education of the Indians. It is urge8 or the benefit of Indian schools: (l),Th&t graduates of agricultural colleges be encouraged to pass the civil-service exammations for farmera and industrial teachers in Indian schools. (2) That employees of Indian schools should be encouraged to attend summer schools at agricultural colleges.. , (3) T e t noneducational posltlons i~ Indian schools be aboliehedand all employees be reqmred to pam an examination equal to that neceswy for entntnce to a high school. Repering the Indian boy and girl for vigoroua atrugglea with the oonditions under which their people live.-Frank A. Thscker , su erintendent, Shawnee, 0kla.-The boys and girls return home from school wid a &termination to adhere to the teach-ings of the schools, and to contiriue to improve themselves and to assist in the uplift-ing of their people. Those who s u d In this attempt to put their schooling to practical use under thepresent reservation wnditionsare heroes. Great Btressshould be placed upon the moral training of Indian boys and girls, and industrial education is next in importance. Teachom in the Indim aervioe ahould keep in tonah with similu linam of work out-side.- Mrs. M. E. Best, teacher, Cherokee Indian School, Chemkee, N. 0.-The successful teacher should be a. reade? of gwd books. He should have a dee abid-ing interest in whatever promotes the welfare of each child at home as we8 as at sehool. We must make our instruction pmtical as well as scholastic. Indian parents-Horace E. Wilson, superintendent Fort Berthold Indian School, Elbowoods, N. Dak.-Of all my work in the service there is none I got more aatis-faction out of, or took more pleasure in, than in persuading the Indians to put their rent money into good frame buildings, and noting the beneficial effects upon them. Method8 and ayatems of transfer.-Malcolm W. Odell, superintendent of the Sank and Fox Indian School, Toledo, Iowa.-The regular order of transfer of Indian pupils is from day school to bosrd~ng school, and then to the nonreservation school. All other matters adjusted, pupils should he transferred irom one school to a hi her one. when they have comple@d the course of the lower school and are &ciently advanced m age to be received in a larger school. PACIFIC COAST INSTITUTE. [Newport, Oreg.. August 17-22, Im.] [Condncted by Bupedntendent W. P. OAYPBBL4 Of Chemana.] Adareasea of we1mme.-Ron. Claude Gateh, Salem, Oreg.; Prof. J. B. Horner, of the State Agricultural College; Dr. T. L. Eliot, of Portland; John J.McKoin, superin-tendent of Siletz, and Col. E. Hofer. haponsea.-Dr. Charles M. Buchanan, superintendent, Tulalip, Wash.; and Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of Indian schools. ' EXTRACIB FROM PAPEFS READ. How aan teachem in the Indian work keep in tomoh with similar lines of workF--Miss Alice P. k u a s , principal tearher, Fort Lapwai, 1dahu.-Tllr dipcumion was led by Doctor Buclranan, shoeaid: .'Tho brat wa is to ~iair the white whuulsand flee a practicaldemonatration of the work. ~&rn$tho;l isto get other workers toattend thc inetitute and take part; also, to visit lnslltutlons and Qxamint~h eir methdn." The matron of the Indian service.-Mn. Marion Dy Lops, clerk. Si l~t rO, wg -11 must ever bean aim of each matron to ~ P P I Dal l s e~t . 0 00~1 her dwell in^. the leaat observed as well as the most prominent, in excellent order. The mat%njs room should be on the first floor, and at the front of the house. It should have abundance |
