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Show 430 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OR INDIAN SCHOOLS. Cooking: We are now having a lesson about the dining mom. Pupils are fimt taught neatness in thecare of the room. We have the articlesforsettinga table. alm pictures of the same on the blackboard, with the name of each. The class is di;ided into sec-tions, and each takes its turn in preparing thetahle for a meal, each talking of the work done. Laundry: We have pictures of articles used in wsshing and ironing, snd children may draw these or cut from paper. First grade.-Sewing: Darning is taken u first. A drawing of a piece of cloth showing a law hole is put on the blackboarx and the weaving indicated by means of colored crayons. Eaeh child is provided with his awn needles, scissors, and thimble and taught their use and the length of thread required. They are then required to darn holes in aquares of coarse cloth before working on garmente. The names of articles used in thisand the bemmin lesson are writtenon the blackhead, learned, and then used in sentences, both orafand written. Cooking: The children give a short list of utensils used, which the tescher writes on the blackboard. In another eohlmn is written a list of foods and the different articles employed in making them. Laundry: Names of articles and their uses. Second yde.-Cooking: Bread making. Names of utensils and materials used are learne The reclpe 1s then written on the board, from which the children copy. They are shown the importance of making good bread, the action of yeast, and the result of careful baking. Sewing: Hemmin napkins tau ht, with language work, oral and written. Laundry: Continuing wort of first grde. Then the suc-cessive steps as given in the Course of Study are taken, each step constituting a lesson. Gardening: A good example of how gardening is taught is the following lesson on planting peas. Eaeh child is given a pea. and required to emmineit. A little story is told the pupils about the pea, telling that the nourishment for it is contained in the seed. Lessons for preparing soil for planting having been learned, and the class hav-ing actually prepared the garden, the peas are planted by the pupils. Twice a x-eek tpheeas c lass goes to the garden to care for it. I t is weeded and thesoil laoeened. The have come up and the class has observed that the plant developsinto successive eaves and joints of stem. Its rogress is followed to the ripened seed. Third and fourth grades.-doking class: The girls are taught to make various dishes from recipes written on the hoard. These cover all the dishes usually pre-pared for the ordinary family. The work done in the kitehen is reviewed in the cla?s room and the pupils' knowledge tested. Each pupil has a recipe book, and r e m y a re c o p ,f rom dictation, Pupils are required to write compositions telling of t e work one In the class roam and in the cooking class. Sewmg: Patchwork and matching stripes. Pupils are now making buttonholes. A drawing is made on the blackboard showin a piece of goods with the buttonhole cot, a button, scissors, thimble, spool of threafi, andneedle. Pupils copy thesedraa,'m g s and are then given the articles represented. Each pupil is instructed how to cut the buttonhole, how to hold goods, and work the buttonhole. Language leason follows. Laundry work: Pupils are tau ht the best day to wash and why; how to sort clothes and why; how to take stainskom white clothes; how to wash colored clothes; reason for and man-ner of using hluing; why white clothesare dried in the sunand coloredclothes inside; difference hetrveen hard and soft water and how to soften hard water; why white clothes may be boiled and colored clothes may not. Use of all laundryutensils explained. Detailed language lesson, Garden work: Pupils are given beds, and the commoner kinds of vegetables are planted. In the schoolroom the kinds of soil are discussed and differences noted. Valne of rotation and use of fertt'izers taught. Method of seeding, manner of growth, and uae of seed explained. Language lesson. REPORT OF THOMAS WWNB, SPECIAL INDIAN AOBNT. I On October 21, 1903, I visited the Indian schools at the Warm Springa Agency, in OIP n Afterwards I visited schools ss follows: &tu'~genw, Mod., schools-They are somewhat crowded in sehoolmom capacity here, yet good work is being wcomplished. Z%rl Relknap, Mont., schools.--Good work is heing donein all grades here. Idesire to especially complimeut Mrs. Gilmore (teacher) on the very efficient work she is aoino Fort Simcoe. Wrah., school.--Good work is bein accomplished at this place. 1 was especially well leased with the deportment ofthe pu ils For2 Berthold, N. %ak.-I found these schools under the.cEarge of Mr. H. E. Wilson, a very able school man. The schools seemed to be in a very prosperous condition. No criticism was made with reference to the work. Dnrlin ton and Segm Colony, Oh., schoob.-These schools. I am pleased to say, wwe hot1 heing conducted along lines to secure the best results, as far as I was able to ascertain. |