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Show BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN APFAIRS. 17 Potter Valley, dal., were reopened. Twenty-four new schools were added, as follows : New day sc7&oole opened. state. 1 Roserwtlun. 1 School A Fort Apsehe ......................... Eosr Fork. Kaibnb ................................ Ksibab. 30. ................................................................................. ..... Rmc~velt. ~ ~ l u o m..l.~..... .... ... ..........I Ca b sm and Augastloe.. Cebseon. Iom.. .................................. Sw and FOX... ....................... Mesqluakie. ~811889.. ............................... Pot~wstOm.i. ........................ BI~ndin. Minnesota.. ............................ Leech Lake.. ......................... Old Agency. Do. ............................... -- .....d o.. .:.. .......................... Squsw Po~nt. M O ~ ~ .B..~..B.. ......................... Biarklool. ............................ Burd. DO Flathead ..--.--... . camss. Do .................................1. Fml Bellmap ......................... J~odgepple. Do.. ..................................... do.. .............................. Milk Rlver. DO .................................. Tm4neRiver ......................... Bim-y. Nmda. ................................. Nevads. ......--.--.. ...- .-..........F alion. Da .................................... . . d o ................................ Waifsmrth. Hew Mexico.. .......................... I Jlesrilla.. ............................. Jicilriila. North Dakota.. ....................... .! Standing Rnok.. ...................... Wah~aln. o ~ l e h o m...~.. ......................... Ponea ................................ 'I'onliawa. O m w. ........................... ........................ .I-KY .. :. Modac Po*' Wwhington ............................ Colrille ............................... Barnaby. Do .................................. do ................................ Mooe~han. no ....................................... do.. .............................. Ne8piie.m. DO ....................................... do ................................ 8811 POLL-DO.. ................................... ..do. ....................... - ...... Waliien Ralrle. Three day schools were discontinued, as follows: Day schoob dUcontinzLed. Montsns ................................ Rlackfoot.. ......................... Wllloar Creek Neb-ka Omaha ............................... Omaha. Wwhlnpbn.. ............... :.. ........ Puyallup.. ........................... Chehsiis. This gives a net increase of 27 day schools. The capacity of the 194 day schools was 6,723; the enrollment was 6,286, an increase of 751, and the average attendance 4,274, an increase of 300. (See Table 5.) It will be noted that as the attendance in the nonreservation and reservation boarding schools slowly decreases the attendance in day schools slowly increases. This is as it should b e a n increase in the sihaols nearest the Indians' homes at the expense of those most Cis-tant therefrom. As long as Indian schools remain some local board-ing schools and some nonreservation schools will be needed. In my judgment, just which ones shall live the longest is a matter easily demonstrated, if each class of school and each school in each class is judged by results. The usefulness of any school, however, can he only partly determined by what is seen at the school, and every school should make it a matter of first importance to follow up its gradu-ates, see what they are doing, and govern itself accordingly. With the work of these day schools, good as it is in many respects, I am far from satisfied. They are sometimes merely a place for the |
