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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 95 ' To resist sncces~fnllya nd overcome the tremeudous'downwardpressnre of inherited hrejndice and the stubborn conservatism of centuries, noth-ing less than universal education should he attempted. Second. Whatever steps arenecessary should be taken to place them children under proper educational inflnences. If, under any oircnm-stances, compulsory education is justifiable, it certainly is in this case. Education, in the'hroad sense in which it is here used, is the Indians only salvation. With it they will become honorable, useful, happy citi-zens of a great republic, sha$g on equal terms in all its blessings. Without it they are doomed either to destruction or to hopeless degra-dation. Third. The work of Indian education shonld be completely system-atized. The camp school8, agency boarding schools, and the great in-dustrial schools shonld he related to each other so as to form a con-nected end complete whole. So fax a,s possible there should he a mi-- form c'onrse of study, similar methods of instruction, the same text-books, and a carefully orgknized and well.nnderstood system of isdns-. trial training. Fourth. The system should be conformed, so far as practicable, tathe common-school system now universally adopted in all the States. It should be non-partisan, non-sectarian. The teachers and employes shonld be appointed only after the most rigid scrutiny into their qnali-fications for'their work. They should have a stable tenure of ofice, , being removed only for cause. They should receive for their service wages corresponding to those paid for similar service in the puhlio 'I schools. They should be carefully inspected and supervised by a suffi- cfent number of properly qualified superintendents. Fifth. While, for the present, special stress should be laid upon that kind of industrial training which will fit the Indians to earn an honest living in the various occupations which may be open to them, ample pro- , vision should also be made for that genera1,literary culture which the 1 experience of the white race hasshown to be the very essence of ednca-tion. Especial attention should be directed toward giving them a ready command of.the English language. To this end, only English should I be allowed to be spoken, and only English-speaking teachers should b'b employed in schools supported wholly or in part by the Government. . Sixth. The scheme shonld make ample provision for the higher edn-cation of the few who are endowed with special capaoity or ambition, and are destined to leadership.. There is an imperative necessity for this, if t.he Indians are to be assimilated into the national life. Seventh. That which is fundamental in all this is the recognition of the complete manhood of the Indians, their individuality, their,right to be recognized as citizensof the United States, with the same ri,ghta and privileges which we accord to any other class of people. They should he free to make for themselves homes wherever they will. The reservation system is an anachronism which has no placeinour modern |