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Show 410 REPORTS OF SUPERINTEEDENTS OF SCHOOLS. nonual. The settlement of this question, however, I leave with your office and my snoces-sor, and will say, in eonolusion, that it is my hope and belief that Fort Lewis hns before her a oareer of success and uvefuluess surpassed by no other school in the service, after her buildings are once filled with pnpils. Very respeotf~~lly, Lours Monc~N, Stcpeviitteadent. The CoxxlssrosBn OF ISDIAN rZllv~1~6. REPORT OF SCHOOL AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. GRnrD J c z r c ~ ~ oCxO,L O., SeptellLbBI' P, IS%?. Srn: In oo~ul,lis~~weiet h yortr instl.nctions,I llzrve the honor to submit 1u5-nnrlna! report for the tiseal yens ending Jlmo 30,1803: Hefore nltel.illg upon the detailed report of the several departments, I rlcsire to stnte thnt, throughout the year, nothing hns been more gratifb-ing thnu the marked arovth of moral strength and of fellow-t'eeling. The general iutagrit:- of an I n ~ l i n n ?s 'sotnethiug to n-hieh faith may br safely pinned, an a rnle but the power of resist-in: temptations that come to all ~ohooclh ildren shovs a grlhtifviug g r o v t l ~of morn1 rtre~~oGwh;h ile concessions to others: r'egmd for the rights of bthers, nuquestioning eoml%anee with rerluests to do right, esteem and regard for the well-doing pnpils aud eemrrlov6s in s most ~rooonnee<mlm nnner show a aommendablc growth of fellov-feeling. " Second only to this is the general nnd prompt speaking of correctly pronounced and well artioolnted Eugli8h. The re~nark of Mrs. Dorollester, special agent, Ghat slio had riaited but one other school whem pupils, ns a n ~ l es,p oke English as well as rhrse, hna been a oonstunt atimolus in this direction. Literarj.wark.-Enougli i8 mid of this vheu it is made knon.11 that more than niue t ,~p er cent of the pupils hsvo done the work of the course of stncly. I t is n sirnitionnt faot and vorthv of note that, with one exception, those who haye -~ ~ . .. <It,nec nclt t:ol18~~< u l i v~w~ t .k' sw otk rnrrI~od~tlclv X L . ~11 . ir3 ur t l~ro, ver 6~~ven]I,vr cenr burs b t w nltlc r u <It,w orn ih.118f loe \vc,rk 01't he <,.IIPSC.. On, f : t ~ t 1 R1)12: 318.a.Y~ -~l i i irirntt un~ld:,rl~.inm a 33th eo~clllsi~81,111.1 P~UUAwILe L f.te19 nlll R I I * ~c ullrlu-sively what civil-service roles will do for Intlim-sohbol work. Description of soh001 plant.-Tho plant oornprises lG8 sores of level, sxlobe laud, on the soothwestcorner of whioh ~ r tohe buildings. The generill frontage of the buildings is south. Tha boys' dormi1,ory bnilding, a two.story brick, stanrla attheheadof the Ian-n and faces south. This contains boys' dormitories, emplog6s' rooms, employds' |