^NTHROP. PAP. EASTERN CHEROKEE GROUPS — KUPFERER 265 



E. Boy, average ability: 



1, Take care of your body and eyes. 



2. Wash your skin every day so you won't get sick because you could blow 



your nose and you may hurt it. 



If we leave the school and follow these children home we find that 

 here, as well as at school, they are generally reticent. They com- 

 municate very little of the health information they have been taught 

 at school. I asked an informant, Frances, whether her nephew ever 

 told her what he did in school. "Lord, no. You have to ask him 

 and them he just barely tells you one or two things. The only thing 

 he ever tells is when he gets a shot . . . then that's the first thing he 

 says when he gets home." Another parent said that his boy told 

 him that I had given him a shot at school. The child referred to 

 blood collection for typing, at which I assisted. Although these 

 reports of "shots" can be duplicated over and over, information 

 beyond this is not imparted. 



The children in category 1 are, with two exceptions, from Con- 

 servative homes. Most of them are either bihngual or understand 

 Cherokee although they may not speak it. Their comportment in 

 the classroom is characterized by shyness and unaggressiveness. 



CATEGORY 2. ACTIVE 



Children making up this group are Km-al Whites and Generalized 

 Indians. During question and answer periods in health class, they 

 wave their hands eagerly to recite. Often they offer an answer, 

 right or wrong, without waiting to be called upon. Some of them 

 correct wrong answers made by their classmates or prompt a "mute" 

 child of category 1. 



The committee reports made by members of this group, although 

 not always complete or accurate, are delivered forthrightly. The 

 committee which reported on care of the skin came right to the point. 

 "Take a bath at least twice a week. Use soap, and hot water too. 

 Don't get cut or burned; if you do, fix it up and it won't get germs 

 in it." Another report dealing with ears and hearing was delivered 

 with equal dispatch. 



We compared samples of written work from this category with 

 those from the first. The following examples demonstrate that in 

 written work there is no appreciable difference between children in 

 categories 1 and 2, 



A. Girl, high ability: 



1. Keep clean. 



2. Keep clean clothes on. 



3. Go see the doctor. 



4. Keep germs out of your body. 



5. Take a bath at least twice a day. 



