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Show XX REPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. reports of the schoolv herewith, o; pages 186,202, and 189, are fnll of in-terest, and show clearly the painstaking thoroughness with which the pupilsare being trained in the various trades and household industries, and thezral and faithfulness with which those engaged in it are devoting themselves to this work. Of the special work which is undertaken at Carlisle called '<plant,ing out," the superintendent says: I placed out on farms and in families during the year, far loqpr orshorter periods, 44 girls sod 113 boys, and have arranged for keeping out about 110 the ensuing win-ter to attend the public schools where.they &re loontsd, or to recrive private iostruo-tip" in the families. Thisis by far the most important feature of our work. Eighty-fonr are reported aa excellent workers. 83 as good, 41 as fair, and 9 as laay. I established n regnlntion that 8.11 who wevt out from the school should do so entirely . st she expense of their patrons, and should receive pay according to their ability. The results have been most satisfactory. The sbsenoe from tho school has been in nearly every case a. clear saving to the Government of their support daring such pe-riod of abaenae, and many of the boy& and girls, besides supplying themselves with clothing, have earned and saved considerable aumsof money, whioh I find has a mast excellent influence. An Inrlisn boy who has earned and saved $25 or $56 is in svury wsy morn manly and more to be relied upon than one who has nothina; whereas had he received the same sum a8 s gratnity the reverse would be thn ease. Two pars of school training and discipline are necessary to fit a new pupil for this outing. The rapid progresa in English speaking, the skill in hadd and head work, the independenoe in thought and aotion pupils so placed gain, all prove that this method of preparing sod diapereiog Indian youth is an mmeluable means of giving them the courage and oapaaity for civilized self-support. An Tndian boy placed i n s fanrily and remote from his home (and it is better distant from the school), surrounded on ail sides by hardworking, indnstrious people, feels at once a stronger desire to do something for himself than he can be made to feel under any colleotive system, or in the best Indian trainingschool that can be established. His self-respect asserts itself; he goes to work, behaves himself, snd tries in every way to compete with those about him. Congress having made its annual failure to appropriate funds with whirth tn pumhane a farm for this school, Captain Pratt bas solicited funds therefor from private parties, and a $20,000 tract, covering 157 acres, has been purchased, on which $13,000 has been paid. Another tract of equal size is still needed. The Forest G.rove school has kept its buildings full and this year is crowding in fifty more children in anticipation of being relieved by new buildings, for which Uongress appropriated $20,000. The erection of buildings is delayed pending the settlement of the permanent location of the school. The superintendent of the Hampton school complains justly of the cutting down of the rate of compeusacion hitherto allowed that institu-tion from $167 per pupil to $158.33, and of a new exaction that he shall pay such part of t,he transportation of the pupils to and from the school as exceeds a Apecified sum, which is one-half the amount asked for that purpose.. Congress has been accustomed to ask private schools to do work which is worth over $200 per pnpil for $167, but it has never be-fore reduced the amount below that sum. Considering the superior |