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Show 20 REPORT OF THE COMHISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. These sehools are 25 in numher, and distributed as shown in the following table : TABLEN o. 2.-Looahion, capacity, attendance, elc., ojnonresenwtwn schools duringfieal yea? aded June SO, 1901. Avera e Lowtian of school. , I I I lEncluding thoae receiving lem than 51W per annum. a m v i ( ~ ~ Bd cyo ntract school. '1,m with outine pupil& Althou~hth ere has been no increase in the number of these schoois since the last report, there has been the material increase in average attendance of 676 pupils over the increase of the previous year of 237. The school at Wittenberg, Wis., formerly a contract school, which had been conducted for several years by the Government under a lease from its owners, was purchased early in the year. RESERVATION BOARDING SCHOOLS. These institutions are situated on the Indian reservations. They vary in capacity from 30 pupils to 200. Some are abandoned army posts or old mission schools converted to present purposes. Those of later construction are modern in every detail. Their eqnip-ment, never so elaborate as the nonreservation schools, varies in pro-portion to their size and environment. The reservation hoarding school proposes to take the pupil from the camp or day school, and through six.or seven years lay the groundwork of future advancement in the schools away from the reservation. He is taught to work and the wlue of his labor. After completing a reasonable term, unless the boy or girl shows an aptitude for further advancement, and is willing to leave the reservation, he or she is returned home and the vacant place filled with fresh material. These schools are doing a great |