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Show XXXVI B.EPOI:T OF THE COMMIBBIONER 07 INDIAN AFFAlRS. the inehction should not be theoretical bot practical. In a word, Indian pupila mast be taught how to read and write, how to think, how to live, and how to work. In some institutions it msy be diffleult to provide the facilities needed for .8uocwsfat G r k with the amoant allowed therefor by the Government, especially a8 the pupils must be oared for during vacations se well as term time, and tho sum of $167 is 811 that is appropriated to cover all the expenae of hoard, clothea, tuition, medicel at-tendance, &c., of an Indian child dnring twelve months. But the growing interest which is being rnanifeated in Iudian civilization and education leads to the belief thst msny inatitution~w ill look a t the matter fmm 8 philanthropic standpoint, and will be ready to supplement Government appropriations wit,h privata funds. Tho pupils should he received aa soon as praoticable after Julyl, next. If your institution desires to take any India" pupils om the termsnamed, you will plesae inform this oEoe st an enrly day on the followin,o pointg: How many pupils you wish to receive, whether girls or boya, or both, and what ages would be preferred. Haw mon you will be prepared to moeive them. What $acilities yon have or onn have for industrial training, and what indtrlitriss wbnld lx twght. E'rom only nine* iust'itutions were replies received, and of these only one was prepared to take pu~~i lasn,d that school could guarantee toin-strnet the hoys ol~lyi n faru~iuga nd carpentry. Thus mas coufirmed the opinion expressed in my last report that there are very few schools in the country, except aaylnms and reform schools, that are ready to give to their pupils a home, an industrial and meeha.niea1 training, auld a book education at the same tiale. The Bureau of Education gives a list of fifty-one industrial schools in the various parts of the country. Of thase only six can teach hoys farming or trades. Two are in the country in Msrylal~da nd Virginia, a11d the ot,her four are in the cities uf New York, Boston, \Vashinyton, and 0lereland.t It is evident that a large outlay is necessary to equip institutions for the work required of them, an expenditure for which the Government proposes to make no return, while it fixes the amount to he paid thereafter at leas than the average actual eo;t of supporting and teaehiug the pupils. No generous response could be expected to such an offw. In this dilemma the various religious societies have come to the hedp of this Bureau and have so snpplemenkd Gorerumeut aid by prira.te charity that the whole400 pupils will be provided for. More than half are girls, be- %use for their instruction in semiug and l~ouseworka oomparat,iveIp amall outlay is required. It is altogether probable that the traioing given mill be neither so eoniplete nor SO variecl as was contemplated by the act making the appropriation. On such ter~nsth e office oanrlot be exacting. The labor of ~wkwarrl hands is wasteful, and only ir~ rare cases will the producta of the shops corer the expense of materiad ;md instruet.ion. So long as the Government practically solieita the aid of private charity in the earryingon of Government work, prirate charity should have a hearing. There should he made to it at least a fair propo- Hampton Normal and Agrioultursl Institute is a land-pant schwl, but bring&- ready engaged in Indian work mas barred out by the ststntm. t Report Bureau of Education. 1882. |