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Show ~' REPOET OF THE COlvIMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 9 The size, location, and attendance of the twenty training schools now in operation are givon in the following table: TAB=&3 .-Locatio!~, aaor.a,~an ttendar~cc,a apncitg, ete., of nonr.eosl.uation t raining schools d w i n g tlteflscel ended J ~ ~30L,1B893 . xama of sobool. Carlisle. Pa ......................... C Nov. 1,1879 Chemawa, Oregon .................. ;. .. Feb. 25,1880 Fort Stevenson, N. Dak ............... Den. 18.1883 Chiiooeo. Okla ......................... Jan. 15.18& Genoa. Nobr ........................... Peb. 2U,1884 Albuqnm ue, N. Hex. ................ Aug., 13R4 Haskell 2,. ......................... Sept. 1,1831 ~~~~d innotion, Colo .................. 1886 SnntaFB N. Xex ...................... Oat., ' 1890 ~ o r xtd ave, ~ r i..z.. ................. oat., 18ao Carson. Nev ........................... Deo., 1890 Pieme S. Dak ......................... Feb., 1891 ~hcan:a, Ariu .......................... sept., lF0l Forr Lewia, Cole.. ............ Mar.. 1382 Fort Sh&w, Xont ...................... Dee. 27.1892 Penis. Cnl ............................. Jan. 9,1883 Fianrireclu. S. Dak ..................... Xar. 7.13YJ Pipestone, Mion ....................... Feb.. 1898 Xt. Pleasant. Xioh .................... Jan. 3 1893 TomaI~.w ~ s ..... ..................... J%U. 1i189d 1 1 167 175 21 .......... 12 167 40 167 52 175 ilR 167 17 175 38 175 22 167 23 175 19 167 20 175 n2r0 1: 18 1 167 12 1 .......... 12 1 167 11 I 157 ~ 1 2 167 Total ............................ 1 .. . . . i : - - i - - ~ ~ 1 ~ 1 3 ~ I With outing system. t When improvements under way are completed. These schools with their special, and necessarily somewhat expensive, appliances for giving pupils instruction in various trades, are now so numerous andso widely scattered throughout the country as to be con-veniently accessible to the majority of the Indian tribes; and it is believed that no new schools of this character need be hereafter estab-lished. It is time, however, that the purpose for which they were originally established should be more strictly adhered to than formerly; that is, that they should be regarded as advanced schools, compara-tively speaking, and that their pupils should as a rule consist of those who have previously attended the reservation schools, and having nearly or qnite finished the reservation-school course, will profit by further training both in books and in industries. Such a policy was made mandatory in regard to'the Carlisle school by the following legis-lation in the Indian appropriation act of July 13, 1892: And plavided frrr.t&er, That no more Indian ahildren shall enter and be edncated and supported at said sohool who have not attended some other school for a period of at leaat three years. Tkansfer from a reservation to & onre reservation school should he looked upon as a promoti011 and a privilege, and selections for such transfer should beoarefi~llym ade and based upon merit and proficiency. Sneh a system, fully carried out, will give to the higher schools a more earnest class of pupils, better able to use profitably the very excellent advantages which these schools offer, old enough when they come to engage in regular hop or farm rork, and old enough when they leave to have fairly mastered a trade and to have acquired char-acter and habits of s~~fficiensttr ength and tenacity to withstand the |