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Show da school a. success and will prove a pest &id in preparing the Indim for self-support, ingependence, and find sssimiiation into citizenship. C. J. Crandall, superintendent Ssnta Fe Indian School, New Mexico.-The best blood aod the best children are the last to leave the resenstion as %rule. Then why not trg to reach them through the local or day schooll There is a need for more and better equipped dm schools. Too often this school consists of a sinele schoolmom. The teacher's auarters may consist of on* or two moms and tho roofs may Keep out the sunshine, but not the snow and rain. There zhou!d hc irr sdrlition to t1.r ~&rlar>cllnolru~mu s, euion room, a work-shop for the buys, s dinin< NO," stld kitrliexl; the trsrhrr should hc pmvtdrd with con,- fortshlr auarters: the atll~uslL ou1d haw irs b~ithh ouse 811rl wash roont: tlwm ~houI0b e a. school'aarden~ the mounds should be fenced. and Bower eardens &d Is,wns should take llle rare of'unkc I nsd i~ntidrv ards. Some puultry and con- and h hosc will add to ihaacfool. In n d i i u n to I IW rPFular tcwlwr there should b a houseke~'p~arn. d tllen. msv he a marrun and in8lultrial tcacbci. Tlre Iodlnn i,utr.nr rl~utrld at all tinles ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~ be made Gelcome at the school, ind thus will he take an intepest in the school and what is being done for bis ohild. The noonday luncheon is important. Above dl, the employees in the day soh001 must have sn interest in their work and the Indian. The d~fschool wiU thus borne a. feeder and a help to the more advancsd Indian sehools. Addmses were &o made b Mrs Amelia. S. Quinton, New York City, president of the National Indian Association; Lss Mary C. Judd, Minnespdis, Minn., and Miss Mabelle Bi"e-e srt.. New York Cit.a,. N . Y. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Resold, That we Ilareby ttcndrr our rllanlir to the I'reridenr for pemlading the Hoo. Francrl 1.:. Lcupp to ncrcpt t l~ad ~rcctionc l f the Uunau d Indinn .\Ifaim, and uo feel that p?er his able midanre H great step forward wll ire taken in ndrartriw the eawe of the Indlnn. Htnolwd, That ao herelry ten~lert o the Sccrrtar). of rho Interior our sincere tlnaaks fur tbn conlial support he has Ci\.eu irs in our efforts on behalf of rhr Tndiau ehlldren, aud that ao are i l l lwsrrr sru~oathvw itlr the nf.,rms the Comm~nsion~u.fr Indian lrfstrr ia intn* ducinp in the 1 h d h 'schdol service. We commend the eaod work done bvthe Suuenn-tmdent of Illdlan School, aud carend uur tlrsnkv for ilk hrlpful suggcst~o~tr>tlr& ug LO brurr the Indlnn. \Ye thank the rice-pren~drnro f tho department, Mr. I<. A. Cochmn, fur thu able aod ~nlnaninml anrller in ahirlt ho hm ooruidcd o\wr our rnrerinm. ~ - --...- ~ ~ ~ p - ~ ~ ~ - Resolved, ThL we commend the m e exercised and the efforts put Krth by the Civil Senice Commission to keep up the standard of e5oiency in the Indian field semioe. R~.~o l u~d , 'o~ulr~ tuhta nks am dne and rendered llaGl,s to tllr ulfieials sod people uf Asbuq I'erk and Ocean (;raw L,r the cordial welcome ert'ended lour and the many caur-tesivg we hn5.t r<ceived from rhent. \Ye ~1.u sinccrrlv rhazak thc lol,al ores, fur their rpnorts of our proceedings and helpful notices, snd the Csrlisle Indian School band for ~ u p ~ l y ithne' ~ muslc. |