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Show OHMI88IONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIBS. 95 there has been uniform harmony. The attendanoe has been good, and all things considered the year's work has been oneof gradual improve-ment." Statistical information is given in the following table: Enmll- attan e Xonths Av-e Nnmber Name of school. I merit' 1 1 msh I 'gDIr $ FG. Chiakasaw Nation.-The boarding schools of this nation are reported at about a "standstill," so far as progress is concerned. In some of the schools "the attendance has been below the quota on whiuh the wmpeneation is based, and as the close of the year approached few were left to take part in the exercises." Supervisor Beck says there is little to report on day schools "except the continued decadence in number, attendance, and e5cienoy. The general grade is lower even than last year; three or four, however, may be partial!y excepted, but even these on account of their exclusiveness, are far below what they might be." In giving a reason, the supervisor sap: A prominent reason for this condition of the mhools is the sepamtion of the I n d h pupils from those persona and inllnencea in the midst of which their entire lot muat soon he cast, and whose presence in the schools would stimplate and encourage the spirit of progress. It is clearly evident that among these very schools those partic-ular ones in which this condition of affaira is most nearly approximated the greatest pmpa.is shown. Another reason for these unfavorable conditions is a very general lack of interest in education and a failure to appreciate its moat obvious advantages. Two years ago these day schools were sixteen in number; this year several of them have not been in session at all, and one or two other8 but for part of the year. Not more than four have had their full quota of pupils, and in several which I visited the attendance waa 12, 8,6, 6, and 8, respectively. Many of the moet intelligent of the parents, realizing how little these sohools are aeeompli8hing for their children, send them to noncitizen schools, paying for their tuition and forfeiting a part or even all of the $10 per month and free tuitiob which they are allowed for attendance at tteir own schools. The financial wnditions of the nation are somewhat responsible. Extravagance and unbusinesslike methods are pursued. It appears that warrants with which teachers are paid are sometimea more than two years behind, and are therfore subject to heavydiswunts. A list of warrank passing the supervisor was forwarded by him two years |