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Show teachers who are entitled to receive their pay promptly are compelled to wait from one to two years for their money, or sell their school wmmts at discounts ranging from 20 to 50 per cent. This condition of affsjrs is very diemuraging to the teachers of that nation, and so long ae it is permitted to continue the school work of the nation can not materially improve. The following table gives the enrollment, etc., at Chickasaw schools for the past year: TABLE I 8 . - S W as to Chickasaw schools. orphan ~ o m.e.. .......................... 66 61 i p n m.w a 6 z . s ~ 9 Bloomfield F e d e S emmsrg .............. 116 108 10 1 6 ' ~w. 162.79 8 collins Institute ........................... 46 m 10 7'cw.w 17a.w 9 Harley Institute ........................... 106 76 10 8 ' 0 3 9 . ~ 106.77 8 Bock Awdemy ............................ 61 47 8 6 : 3 5 0 . ~ 136.10 7 Fifteen day sohools ........................ SW 660 10 6h.M. W 118.30 19 Total ................................ ........ 110,750. W .......... Comparative cost of schools.-An inspection,of the foregoing table8 gives the per capita cost of day ~choolsa s follows: Cherokee Nation, $13.77; Choctaw Nation, $21.71; Creek Nation, $14.44; Chickasaw Nation, $118.30. While the comparison in the boarding schools does not show so pronounced a difference, yet it is suEcient to excite sur-prise. In commenting upon these Egures Superintendent Benedict says as follows: The extravagance of the Chickasaws is illustrated in these points: First. The Chickasaws have claimed that all of their children were in school. There are just about two-thirds as many Chickasaw citieena as Choctaws on the Dawea Commission roll, while the comparison of my struticticlll tables shows that them are more than three times as many Choctaws enrolled in school m there are Chicksmws. Second. The Chickasaws expended $110,750 upon the education of 1,193 children, while in the Choctaw Nation we expended hut $119,561 upon the education of 3,998 children. Third. The 15 day schools of the Chickasaw Nation cost the nation $65..0 85 last year, while our 151 day schools of the Choctaw Nation cost but $33,763. In making comparisons between these two nations it should aho he remembered that we fm-ish clothing free of charge to all of the pupils in the Choctaw aeaderniea, while the Chickasaws do not furnish clothing for any except in their orphan home. The school affairs of the Chickmaw Nation from a financial standpoint are gradually growing worse, and,if pMlsihle, the Government ought to take entire wntrolaf their school finances. Seminole Nation.-Statistical information concerning this nation is not available in view of the fact that ita schools are wholly conducted by the tribe without any supervision by the Government. Summer normal schools.-These have become recognized adjuncts to the educational work of the Territory. Those held during the year were better attended than in the past, greater interest ex;itd, and decided results are anticipated. The superintendent of schools, Mr. Beuedict, conducted a party of Indian Territory teachers to the Indian |
