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Show Plivate sohoo1s.-For reasons above indicdted, contracts with private edncntiunal institutionsou rescrvatio~rss hould be limited so as toextend only to children of day.schoo1 and reservation b~a~rding-schoaogl e, and as a rule no contract,^ should be made with such schools for children who, by their advancement, are entitled to off-reservation school privi-leges. Similarly, contracts with private educatioual institutions off reservations should be confined as mucb as practicable to the more advanced children. Outing.-The system of outing, so suce~s s f~~cl:~lyrr iedo n at Carlisle, shollld be estnblinl~ed in connection with every nonreservation school. . Tile {#euple ill the respective States ill whicll tbesc scbools are 1oc:lted sl~oultlb e united in it cuusistent, system;~tica, nd unti~iugetfovtt o bring edl~cntedY O I I I I ~ln dinna into vitnl contact wirll tllr practical ph~fir8bf avri~:~~lturi;~rl~. ~lnstrial.:o~tuhedr work cllrried on iu civilized eolnmnni-t, Gs. I hope that I may be permitted ere long to report, decided prog-ress iu this matter, in which, I am well aware, the Indian Office has a deen concern. ~ ~ A ~~ ~~ At the sanlc time, firepa sholll~lh e talien to rnconrage young Indialla and, iT need be, to nsai~t them ili rtforts to establish themselves inde-nenilentlv in homes and enterorises of their own, or to aid themiu devel-oping effectively and profit&bly to themselves the resources of the Territory in which they live. Many suggestions might be made upon this subject, but I am still engaged in collecting data bearing upon this important q~iestiona, nd must therefore reserve definite recommenda-tions for a future time. INNER ORGANIZATION. Clashing of authority.-111 the inner management of the schools, I find occasional clashing of authority betweeu agents and superintend-ents on the one hand h d superinteudents and principal teachers on the other. The rules for the Indian school service have been and are so explicit in defining the duties of each of these officials that there is really no need, and consequently no excuse, for such clashings. If each one of these officials will in his conduct with reference to the school follow implicitly the letter and spirit of the rules unwarranted interference of one with another will be impossible. I shall hold them hereafter, in as far as I can control these things, strictly accountable to you in all these matters and shall report to you with suitable recom-mendations whatever infraction in this. direction may come to my notice. I have noticed in other departments of publio life a tendency on t.he part of men of small caliber to become inflated with short-lived authority, as well as on the part of men of low moral tone an inclina-tion t-o~ nxnloit such authoritv for nersonal ends. This should be L~ ~~~ ~~~~ A impossible in the Indian schoz service. Schoolmesa.-In the majority of boarding schools there has grown up a~ C I~I S ~.~~~~~-oI IfI strict seoar<tionhetween t,h< emoloves' mess on the one ~ ~~~ hand aud t l~ech ildr&'s l u i s s on the other. ~ b i scio uaiderluost unfor-tnn:~ rt.. It iler,ri\.ca childre11 of the ralllahlc lraaons of example and of the nati~ralk cndlv su~ervisionw hich a united mess would afford. and ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ . .~~ at t l~csa me time established :In artifivial r;iste barrier betmeeu thcchil. dreu ;uld em~Ioy6sw hich is. in n lnrgerueasurr, snbversireol discipline and of that fielcn-e of home unitv so;nvaluableas a factor of succeis in institutional life. This subject was freely discussed at the summer schools conducted dnrins the months of Julv and Au ~ u s ta,n d I am Dleased to report that with &TV exceptions sup&intenden?s, teachers, add other empioyhs &re |