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Show 408 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN 80HOOLF3. have been encouraged to take in garden work, a more extensive and varied vegetable diet has been secured and better health has resulted. Tubs and boards have been placed in school laundries, and suyerintend-ents are being urged to see that the pupils are taught family washing and ironing. More attention has been given during the past year to the teaching of cooking. Teachers in the Indian service find that if they are to keep abreast of the times they must see that the pupils are taught this most valuable branch of the work and that they are instructed in the pre! ar ation of meals for a small family, similar to those which they will ave to repare upon their return to their homes. Earnest efforts are beinf ma& in the schools to teach the Indian child along practical lines, an endeavor is made to develo his individuality, drawing out all that i8 good in him and inspiring lim with ambition to become useful to himself and his people. Among the most encour-aging evidences of the good results of Indian education are the favorable reports of returned students received through superintend-ents who have watched their course after leaving school. In presenting this,. my seventh annual report as Superintendent of Indian Schools permlt me to express my deep appreciation and sincere ratitnde for the cordial cooperation and encouraging sympathy which f have always received from you. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ESTELLREE EL, Superintmdmzt of India1z Schools. The COMMISSIONEROF INDIAANFF AIB~. |