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Show are required to pass an examination, and the pupils received this year seemed to be better prepared than those of any previous year. The facilities at this school are excellent for iving Indian boys and girls the instruction they most need. The wei-equipped manual: training department affords the boys every opportunity for hecom-ing proficient in onc or more of the 18 or 20 trades tauglib, and the agricultural department offers unusual advantages for obtaining a practical knowledge of this occup%tion. The work in domestic econ-omy is especially h e . The P l s a refv!n thoro ins tn~ct~oin gen-eral household work, and be ore gra ua t~nga re reqnired to he able to perform all the duties of a housekeeper. They receive instruction in agriculture in the class room and are required to perform tho actual work of cultivating the garden, under the direct snpervis~on of the class-room teacher. There are also special classes in lace n~alr-ing, rug weaving, pottery, etc., for the Indian girls. Teachers are careful to eliminate unnecessary material from the text-hooks, and attack directly the useful thing. The dignity and nobility of labor are brought out forcibly, and pupils take a deep interest in both the academic and the indust+al work. This school is carefill not to allow the mllitaq tactics and gym-nastic training to go beyond that required for building up ,the pliy-sique and influencing the moral character of pupils, its aim being to fit them for special work among their people. A careful record in kept of returned Indian students, and they are to be foo!ld thruout the country demonstrating in various ways what a pi-~cticale duca-tion like that given at this school will do to help them become self-supporting. PUSALLUP SCHCOL, WAGHINGTON. The children attending this school speak English readily, many of their parents being fairly well advanced and owning extens,i~et,r acts of land. The class-room work is satisfactory, hut the facilltles for industrial training are limited. About 180 pupils were enrolled during the past year, and good health has prevailed. Several churches have heen erected near the school, and a public school build-ing, consisting of four rooms, is situated not fnr from the reservahon. A number of Indian children attend this school and also the smaller district schools located near their homes. The superintendent of the boarding school is also acting agent, and has cons~derableb usiness to transact in closing up the work of the Puyallnp Indian Commission. He also has under his supervision five day schools located at Quinaielt, Chehalis, Skokomish, Port Gamble, and Dungeness. TCLAI.II' EOAEDING AND DAY SCHOOLS, WASHINGTON. The new school plant has excellent sanitary arrangements, and not being very large, the superintendent, who is also a physician, is able to visit the departments daily, and is cnreful to watch closely the phys-ical condition of each child. The class-room instruction was bringing about good results, and it ifi hoped that more instruction can be given in agrlcnlture another year, when additional land will he cleared. The superintendent 1s enthusiastic, and the employees are keeping their particular parts of the work up to a high standard. A gratify-ing feature which contrih~itesla rgely to the success of the school is the deep interest taken in it by the older Indians. 183-6 x-27 |
