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Show OOMidI88IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIXB. 47 to this rule, where Indian children are gladly welcomed by both fellow-pupils and teachers, and in such cases, by contad with the whites, they make unusually good progress. Contracts were made for the ~nrollmento f Indian pupils in white public schools as follows: Number of district public schools, nunaber of pupils contracted for, e n r o l l m t . and wwage attendance from 1891 to 1905. N-ber cmtrant State. 1 S c M m e t . I C o r n . 1 mmber 1 rn:the l%ztl of pnpils. snce. ae&n. Indian parents who have not had the advantage of an education rarely appreciate the necessity of' it for their children. Hence the attendance of Indian school children on public schools, even where they are well treated, is rarely regular and constant. Something of the difference between enrollment and attendance is disclosed in the following table: Nebresks ............. sonth Dakota ......... - Number 07 dZstrid pubMc schoola, number of pupils contracted for, enrollment, md werage attendmce from 1891 to 1905. Year. No.14 ............ No. 17 ................. NO. 22 ................. No. 88 ............ No. 68 ................. Iniependent ..... 84 The enrollment of Indian children under contracts with public schools was 84, a decrease of 13 from previous year, and an average attendance of 51, a decrease of 6 pupils. Thurston ........ do ............ a0 .......--.-. Knox ............. do ............ Stanley .......... 61 N n m k of eohoole. 7 10 4 15 7 13 -- Contract nomber of pup13s. 0 9 8 0 6 --9 -- AVB" e . an-. Ratio of 'VBrB at&- Brice to enroll-ment. l2 22 4 20 1% 16 14- 7+ S- 13- 4+ 10- |