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Show REPOW OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SbBOOL8. 403 fore given special directions for the cooking of vegetables in order that the pupils may be supplied with and learn the value of a mixed diet. In many schools the pupils have to be encouraged to cultivate a taste for milk, and we have constantly urged the advisability of serv-ing it to growing children instead of so much coffee, although they prefer the latter. We have carefully observed the meals served in schools in different localities and have noted the excellence and variety of food prepared in some schools and the abundance of vege-tables raised, even in an arid region, as at Rice Station, Ariz., while at other scl~ools,a lthou h located where ood gardens can be culti- vated with little effort, f ew vegetables anc fvery little milk are served to the children. In visiting the homes of married returned students it has bcen observed that frequently the husband provides food which the wife is too indifferent to cook properly. In followin her history up at the school it has often been found that she either %id not take to cooking or that she attended a school wheze the teaching of cooking was not consi,lt:rrd o f sl~ecinli mportance. Tl ln~uglrh~;,' of this \wrk we Iiuot~t o 11v ablt! to swurr :I Illore uniform nlrtl~odu .ld 111.ttt.r results in hiving pupils taught to prepare and serve meals for a small family. The importance of enforcing discipline and instructing pupils in proper conduct in the dining room is also emphasized. Employees should inatruct their Indian charges in deportment at table as they would their own children, and hy offering suggestions to meet di5- culties which we have observed, or which have been reported to the OEce, it is hoped that morc uniform and painstaking instructions on these lines will be secured. I HYGIENIC CONDITIONS. Marked improvement has been made in the general hygienic condi-tions at schools and their surroundines durinr the oast vear. We are . lad to s.t ate t.ha.t m ore attention hYas beenopaid&t o ;he subject of yglene in buildings, while careful considcration has been given to the sanitary conditions of the grounds at many of the schools. With a view to securing the .use of every precaution in guarding the health of the children, circulars have been ser~tto superintendents and matrons giving detailed information as to the care of sleeping rooms and of beds and bedding. Also the importance of isolating all cases of contagious diseases was emphasized. To establish habits of cleanliness from the earliest ears we have issued a circular urging superintendents in char e of JYsch ools and day-school inspectors to see that comfortable batghiug facilities for the chlldren are provided at day schools where practicable. I am hap y to report that in all but one of the Pine Ridge, S. Dak., day schools {ath-rooms have been erected. These bathrooms are heated by using dis-carded stoves, and the pupils are bathed under the supervision of the teacher and housekeeper. We are glad to state that we have found superintendents enerally endeavoring to carry out the instructions of the OEce, an that the health of the children has been improved. f |