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Show . . a sanitary dwelliig and proper food; and this comes within: the province of the Indian woman, who must be trained in household duties as carefully as the.Indian bop is for his especial work.. In-stitutional work, while necessary to he school and giving general training in orderliness and system, can not usually fit thehdiun girl for the duties of home making. To meet this need a small three or ' four room cottage, similar to the..home. of an average family, has been constructed at several of the larger schdols, where the domestic-scienceteacher or housekeeper instructs a few girls a t a time in practical household economy suitable to the average home. Several girls live at the cottage for two or three weeks under ordia'ry home conditions. They make their own beds, cook their own meals, do their mending and sewing, the cleaning,,and their laundry work. At other schools it has been found that larger results may .be had by, having the students visit the cottages in classes. The girls aretaught. to make their own clothing and ornamentit with, handwork, to can fruit and vegetables, keep poultry ihd raise a 'kitchen garden, and, in fact, to do all the littld household acts which make s well-ordered home attractive. Employees havingcharge df industrial work &the smaller bbard-ing schools and the day schools are r'equired to give the girls assigned to them 30 minutes' instructioneach day before undertaking produc-tive work. In this way the instructors wme into closer touch with the pupils and approximate the work done in the domestic cottagw. The noonday luncheon of the day school affords an opportunity for .teaching proper food preparation to the girls. I PUBLIC SCHOOLS AMONQ THE FIVE CIVZLIZED TRIBES Congress appropriated for the fiscal year 1915 $275,000 to aid the common schools in the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Semi-nole, and Osage Nations, and in the Quapaw Reservations in O'kla- ' homa. As the territory in which these Indians are situated has large areas of nontaxable lands, this appropriation is uaed for supple-menting that of the State. Out of this fund 2$19 school districts, having 13,745 pupils, were aided during the current fiscal year. I ILETUBNED STUDENTS' ASSOCLbTTONS. Thereturned student is becoming a factor in the life of his. people. ' Eight of the larger schools have. alumni associations, which fdter this activity by maintaining. a creditable interest in school ideals. At several meetings this yew Indians from nearly every walk of life and ordiaryavocation and trade were present Some of those who . did not, attend reported that it was because they were at work and . . . could not get away 'from their regnlw duties. |