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Show 10 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. information as to its condition and needs as found during his tour of personal observation, are discussed by Supt. Hailman in his report, to which I invite careful attention. SCHOOL COWXITTEES AMONG INDIANS. The attempt to interest Indians in securing the attendance of their children at school and to obtain their active cooperation in putting and keeping them there is showing good results. In the Seger colony, Oklahoma, it has been particularly etlective, and Supt. Seger's annual report contains the following description of the methods pursued and the success attained: Early in the year word was given out that there would be chosen five Indiana to serve as a school committee with whom the superintendent woulc1 counsel in regard to the school matters, and who would be req;ired to visit the soh001 and inspect and thoroughly acquaint themselves with the teaching and treatment their children were receiving. The dnties laid out for them were numerous and varied. I had some misgivings as to whether there would he found goad men who would be will-ing to serve on this committee, as there was no pay connected with it. Yet when word was given out that the Indians ahauld nominate a number of men from whom would be ohoaen the five realxired. and when the nominations were handed in. it wae l'ollnd rhar therascruao inan? good nlon nand rhat it waa no trouble to rhoo~o tlre five anttell tor tbn plnn~. To r h i ~sr .hu<,lc omu~ittevir dtle munh of rhe aatiaf~c-tion, harmony, and oordiality, and through it regular attendance has been main-tsined all through the sohool year. In this connection I append another extract from that report show-ing how this remote camp boarding school is identifying itself with the interests of the white community which is rapidly approaching it. Last October the school made 8n exhibit et the district fair at El Reno, Okle., 60 mile8 from thissohool. Theexhibit took twelve premiumsand diplomas, $36 in cash premiums, the most important of which was a, $25 premium ontha best aalleotion of home products. This was taken not in oompetitian with other Indians and sohools, but with the surrounding country. We also took two premiums an brood mares and one an a colt. When the fair delegation oame home with the Blue azd pink rib-bons and the diplomas the children displayed as muoh enthusiasm a8 white children; andwhy not B LOCATION AND CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. The following tables show in detail the location, capacity, and attend-ance of nonrcscrvation training schools; the location, capacity, and date of establishing the various Government ' reservation boarding schools, and the location and capacity of Government day 8chools: |