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Show SYNOPSES OF REPORTS OF SUPERVISORS OF INDIAN SCHOOLS AND OF SPECIAL. AGENT DOWNS. REPORT OP SUPERVISOR A. 0. WRIRAT. Yankton School, ~Smtk Dakota-The school has been overcrowded, but I do not reeommend any enlawement, because many pupils will next year attend public day schools. I was in charge of the Yankton Agency from December 16,1903, to April 1, 1904. The Yanktons are quite well advanced. The allotted lands are mostly leased, hut each of the able-bodied Indians cultivates someland. TheseIndians are friendly to education, and practically all children are in some school. The school plant 1s on a bench above the Missouri River, well adapted for water sup ly and for sewef-age. The methods of discipline and teaching are good. The enrofirnent this ,ear is 172, but theattendance has been less than that owingto sickness causing children tb he sent home. The bakerhaeapractieekiteheAin which twogirlsare detailed to cook for one table. Boys are detailed in the agency shops as apprentices. The quantity of supplies is as prescribed by the rules of the Indian Office. The quality depends on the inspection. There has been mucl~ improvement in this everywhere in the last few yeam. The tone of the school is good. The employees are faithful and moral, wlth a good influence. Tontah Indian Industrial School, Tomah ma.-I note the largely increased number of Winnehagoes in this schoo1,which is ;signof propess. In my opinion the school can wise1 be increased in size to 300, thus equaliz~ng the accommodations for the sexes an9 making it possible to carry permanently the additional teachers recom-mended. This school has no quarrels and little friction, which is mostly due to the wisdom of the superintendent. The preeent capacity of the school is 225 pupils-150 boys and 75 girls. If the capacity for girls were increased so as to match that for ho a the total would he 300 pupils. There would not he any serious difficulty in f i l h it. The additional pupils would be mostly Winnebagoes. The Winnehagoes in W~sconsina re slowly being civilized by contact. with whites. They dress in ordi-nary clothes and live in log houses or in tents. The plans for new buildin@ include a dairy building, the enlargement of the hos-pital and the erection of an ~ndustriabl uilding. Dairy n.ork is now going on under direition of a. good employee. With a spcial dairy building he will be able to do better work. There is a good herd of Holsteins. I t is planned to begin the school year with instruction in domestic economy, without waiting for the completion of the industrial building. The class-roam teaching is all good, and same of it is excel-lent. There are two claeses in cooking. Pupils are taught to cut and fit, and nlar,? girls learn headwork out of school hours. Just now several of the boys are engaged in rebuilding a barn, which is good instruetian in carpentry. On the whole, the work at this school is quite satisfactory. Oneida School, Wisconsin.-Inclosed is copy of work actually done this year in the Oneida School in teaching industries in the class room. This is the best I have seen and shows the result of following the Course of Study. Kindergarten.-Sewing: Pupils are now making little skirts for doll dresses. A pictureof the skirt is drawn on the board, for which five drawings are necessary, show-mg the skirt as cut, with seam at hack sewed, with opening hemmed, with bottom hemmed, and gathered at the top. After the children have been taught all the steps that lead up to these they are provided with materials for work. They have also a pattern wh~c hth ey cut from paper. As they work we talk about the different ste s, thus bringing out avery s i ~ p llean guage lesson. Gardening: All pupils are provi&d with hoe, spade, or rake, andgo to the garden, each doing his part in making garden, planting, etc. We now show pupils that plants can not grow if the oil is too hard or if weeds are allowed to grow, so we loosen the soil and remove the weeds. On returning to the schoolroom pupils talk ahout the work done, why it was done, etc. |