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Show -78 REPORT OF THE OOYMI88IONER OF INDIAN APFAIRB. to 150, and the length of the school term from seven to eight months. There were 4 high schools. The Male Seminary is for the higher education of young men, in which 260 were enrolled; the Female Seminary, for young women, enrolled 240; the Orphan Asylum. for full orphans of both sexes, enrolled 167; the Colored High School, for the young of that race of both sexes, enrolled 56. As Superintendent Benedict says: Tbe Cherokees make claim, not without good foundation, that they have made more p r o m toward civihtiou than any other tribe. Their alphabet invented by the sage Sequoyah, is tbe work of a genius. The following table gives the enrollment, average attendance, eto., at the Cherokee schools for the year: T m 16 .-Stati8h as to Cherokee 8chook. ~ p~ Total ................................. 1 6.187 ( 3,Ml 1 ........ .......... / 191 1 I 1 I I I Creek Nation.-Nine small boarding schools were conducted in this nation, and 65 day schools. Of the above boarding schools, 6 were exclusively for Creek children, while the remaining 3 admitted the children of Creek freedmen. The United States supervisor is Miis Alice M. Robertson, while the nation is represented by William C. McIntosh, a highly educated lawyer and educator. Superintendent Benedict reports a very large percentage of Creeks to be full bloods, and their children, with rare exceptions, are in the elementary classes. Not more than a dozen can be classed as high-school pupils. Many of the parents manifest little or no interest in the education of their children. The following table shows the enrollment, etc., at the Creek schools for the past year: TABLE1 6 . -Wt i c ~ as to Greek schools. Creek schools. Enroll. A l y - B Months Averwe Number -ment. -'E,",, -,&,, -cos-t. 0-g3y $,"$;'. EufalaH hsohwl. ....................... (W 2 3g:," 5145.08 7 Creekor& n ,n ome ....................... 66 118.94 7 Euehee osrdlng School ................... 113 62 7'2E6.W 117.18 7 WetumkaBoardin School 185 70 9'196.00 131.37 ~ ~ ~ ~ t a . ~ o ~...~ :::d:::i::~:::~::8:::~ h 71o ~ l 34 8t ~(w. .w13 7.22 8 II Wealaka Boarding School ................. 61 45 84 4 ' 0 7 5 . ~ 91.50 7 Nuyaka Boarding School .................. 93 79 '84 5 :m. w 70.62 .......... T"l1ah"~~eBeo aidlng Sohoala ............. 130 89 8 299. W 93.24 8 Peean Creek Boarding School z ............ 58 42 6'129.00 95.66 5 Orphan Home= ............................ 46 30 84 2:998.00 98.93 4 55 day schools. ............................. ~1,638 787 ~84 11,370. W ~14.44 % ~~- Total ................................. 2,657 1,350 ........ 73,358.03 .......... 122 =Colored. |
