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Show 3 that as soon as possible the course of study as adopted by the different states proved to good advantage, be used in the Indian Schools. The time is at hand when the Indian children are attending or preparing to attend the different public schools of the states, and this method of preparing them in the Indian schools, after the state course of study, would be found practical and giving them a preparation necessary for other advancements. in the town schools. The morality of the Southern Utes is not of a high standard, but I believe with the recognition of the state laws of marriage end divorce and the fact that many of them are being appealed to by the missionaries, that this standard is greatly improving. . uiidustrial training at the Boarding School and the Day school is given to the girls in sewing, laundering, cooking, general housekeeping and some instruction in elementary nursing and care of the sick. The boys receive instruction in farming, dairying, carpentry, gardening and elementary blacksmithing, enough to give them a working knowledge of general repair work to be done upon their ranches in later years. The schools are in good repair and for the present needs sufficient equipment is had with the exception of a few minor tilings which will be vr.' e during the coming year. |