84 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
remained unsuspected. Each native was given instruction in bodily 
hygiene and special treatment whenever the circumstances required it. 
The Bureau plans to have these examinations repeated from time to 
time. 
In connection with the physical examinations, special efforts were 
made to inculcate in the natives an appreciation of the value of 
proper care of the teeth. Dr. Hunter had some knowledge of den- 
tistry, and during the period of his work at St. Paul attended to such 
dental work as was practicable under the circumstances. 
It is worthy of mention that certain msanitary practices formerly 
common among the natives in connection with their religious cere- 
monies have been discouraged. The natives as a whole have not 
proved obstinate in this matter, and while they have not discon- 
tinued the practices altogether much has been accomplished. 
St. George Island.—In addition to the treatment of specific cases of 
ilmess, attention was given to sanitary matters about the village, 
the condition of the natives’ houses, the condition of seal meat pre- 
served by the natives for food, and to other matters of hygienic im- 
portance. 
Quarters should be fitted out on St. George Island for use as a 
hospital. Facilities for the proper treatment of patients are as 
necessary there as on St. Paul Island, where the benefits accruing 
from a small but well-planned hospital are unquestionable. 
SCHOOLS. 
The Bureau is charged with the education of the native children 
on the Pribilof Islands and three teachers are regularly employed, 
two on St. Paul and one on St. George. In addition, a temporary 
assistant is employed at a nominal salary to assist with the work on 
St. George. The opportunities which the children have for ac- 
quiring useful knowledge and right methods of living are so limited 
that the responsibility placed upon the teachers is one which should 
be assumed only by those who are actually mterested in the work 
for its own sake. The Bureau feels that the present teachers are 
fully awake to the situation and are accomplishing much good. 
St. Paul Island.—The 1915-16 session began September 13, 1915, 
and ended May 26, 1916. Sixty pupils were in attendance. The 
courses prescribed for ordinary schools were kept in mind and fol- 
lowed in all the essentials as far as was possible and practical. Spe- 
cial effort was made to have the children speak and read English 
and to think in that language, and much ingenuity was displayed by 
the teachers in their efforts to secure the desired results. Attention 
was given to the health of the pupils and gymnastics were made a 
part of the regular program. Music, games, and nature-study work 
were interspersed with the more formal phases of school routine. 
The increased facility in the use of English on the part of the chil- 
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