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Show ican citizenship, and that no moneys from tbe public Treasury should be devoted to sectarian or church institutions. If churches desire to maintam mission schools among the Indians , . they should do so as missionary work and support them out of mission-ary funds, There is a rapidly growing public opinion, shared by those who have heretofore received from the Government large sums of money for church schools, that the time is near at hand when the mixed system ' should be done away with. There should be no violent or sodden change, no action that can be construed as partial or oojust, but a gradual extension of the national sysrem until it embraces the entire work. Meantime, the purpose of the office is to maintain practically the status quo, making no changes except such as are rendered necessary by circumstances. In thus expressing my own personal convictiohs on this important question I believe I am giving expression to the American idea of the entire separation of church and state. CHARACTER AND AIX OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. " In Government schools industrial training receives special attention. It is of the highest importar~cef or the interests of all concerned that the Indians shoold be taught to work, and arrangements have now been completed by which they can receivein the Government schoolsinstruc-tion and training in all the ordinary trades and occupations, includir~g farming, gardening, fruit-growing, dairying, stock-raising, the work o f . the carpenter, wheelwright, wagonmaker, blacksmith, shoemaker, bar-ness. maker, tailor, tinsmith, broom.maker, and printer. The Government schools have been systema.tized and now have acare-fully graded course of study, a nnifor~ns eries of text-books, a carefully prepared system of rules and regulations, and are critically supervised. The teachers in the Government schools are selected with great care,* and special stress is laid upon their ability to speak the English lan-guage with correctness and flaency in order that Indians shall be trained by them to use the English language with ease. Special aRention is paid in the Government schools to the inculca-tion of patriotism. The Indian pupils are taught that they are Ameri-cans, that the Govcrnmenb is their friend, that theflag is their flag, that the one great duty resting on them is loyalty to the Government, and thus the foundration is laid for perpetual peace between the India,n tribes in this country and the white people. Over every Government schoolho~lsef loats the American flag, a,nd in every Government school there are appropriate exercises celebrating Washington's birthday, tiie Fourth of July, and other national holidays. The utmost pains are taken in theGovernment schools toinculcatein "Hereafter the appointments are to be u~adeth rough the Civil Servioe. |