80 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



ment was subsequently reduced to 30. The number of days in which 

 the school was in session was 92^. On this island also the school 

 year 1918-19 was unavoidably shorter than is desirable. The per- 

 centage of punctuality was 99,96; attendance, 97,6. 



No important changes were made in the method of instruction fol- 

 lowed the preceding year. Special methods devised by the teacher 

 on St, George were instrumental in securing and holding the interest 

 of the children. Special emphasis was given to encouraging the use of 

 English. 



The importance of cleanliness, fresh air, and exercise was made a 

 matter of instruction. The book, Gulick's Good Health, was taken up 

 in the reading work of the most advanced class. A very good brief 

 history of the Pribilof Islands, goin^ back to the early discoveries of 

 the Russians in Alaska, was prepared by Mr. Crompton and was taken 

 up as a regular subject in the school. 



Books in the school library were in good demand, an average of 10 

 volumes being exchanged daily. The services of a native boy who 

 returned from the Salem Indian Training School, Chemawa, Oreg., in 

 1917, were utilized to assist with the school work. While the help of 

 a native is essential under the circumstances, such assistance can not 

 possibly be considered as satisfying the requirement for an additional 

 teacher for St. George. 



A temporary assistant was employed to aid in school work on St. 

 George. The services of this assistant were devoted to instructing a 

 number of the smaller children who had not yet entered the regular 

 school, and also to teaching sewing and giving instruction in other 

 matters pertaining to domestic economy. 



ATTENDANCE AT SALEM INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL, CHEMAWA, OREG. 



The Salem Indian Training School maintained by the Government 

 at Chemawa, Oreg., affords an opportunity for the young people of 

 the Pribilofs to receive training in addition to that which they obtain 

 at the local schools maintained on the islands by the Bureau. 



In 1919, one boy, Laurence Mercuhef, from St. George Island, 

 entered the training school, and four St. Paul boys, John Emanoff, 

 Alfey Melovidov, Daniel Shabahn, and Peter T. Kochergin, returned 

 home. Agrifina Fratis and Martha Fratis, of St. Paul Island, left 

 the school June 15, 1919, but did not return to St. Paul. In the 

 spring of 1920 they were at Marshfield, Oreg. 



Pribilof Islands Natives at Salem Indian Training School, Dec. 31, 1919. 



Fratis, Akalina « Resident of St. Paul Island. 



Fratis, Ouliana Do. 



Stepetin, Nicolai Do. 



Stepetin, Vasilii Do. 



Lekanof, George Resident of St. George Island. 



MercuUef, Laurence Do. 



savings accounts. 



Certain of the Pribilof Islands natives have personal funds in the 

 custody of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries as trustee. These 



o Mother of Ouliana Pratis and employed at the school. 



