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Show ~~ ~ ~-~ ~~~ ~ ~~, - ~- . . . ~~, - - ~~~ ~~.~. ~ ~ - ~ - . . , . REPORT OF 'SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN! SCHQOLS. 357 ' ' area covered by the 1-story buildings does not enter as a factor with Indian schools. , . In the matter of school aplpl,liances,I beg to be permit.ted to reserve my report for a future occasion, when I shall have completed inquiries on this subject now in progress. NEW SCHEDULE 08 SUARIES. Much complaint has come to me concerning the fact that teachers in the Indian schools had but little opportunity fbr promption or for any '. . ' other mark of appreciation of good work beyond the mere continuance in the service. Salaries of all teachers heretofore were the same, the wholly inexperienced newcomer receiving as much as the veteran in the service. Promotions, 'too, from tlie position of teacher to that of principal teacher or of Buperi~~tendenwte re comparatively rare, new incumbents being generally drawn in case of vacancy from the civil-service lists. In accordar~ce with your wishes, therefore, conceh~ing this subject, I have nreaared a new schedule of salaries. which affords anlole oooor: tul~ityh rAw~rdte aellers ol'a(.linowledged her i t by sl~iti~bdlreo m6iion. Wl ter~i~hsr,r etofi,re, the nnifornr sal:rry nils $l:00 prr : l~~~~nn:s-oimn e cases 872O-tl1ey nt~w lange frolo $480 to $7'0, rind ito.4 $540 to W0. , 111 additiol~to this, it 1103 becomr wcll I I I I ~ ~ I . & I (aI nC~~ o ngte at.l~erst l~ut, iu 811i11g: .uur:~~.ieins higher positio~lsu, ~ yrc vomu~et~datiow~i:lsl 11rt i,r promotl'ons of persons &eadj. in the serhcc, rather than appointment fronr the lists of the Civil Service Commissio~~. I am pleased to learn that the Honorable Secretary of the Interior fully approves thesemeas-ures. I have no doubt that, by this pol~cy, the morale of the Indian school service will be vastlv im~rored. Ealsries ofbonded 9operint&de~ts.-~l"vh dissatisfactiou llasbeen oeca-siorlrd among the sonerintende~~0t1's bonded schools lrv tl:r hurizol~tal reduction of >11 salaries of such superinte~~dentws,i t i one e~ccption; to $1,500. When it is remembered that some of these schools have a capacity of from 350 to 500 children and all average attendanceof from ' . 250 to 3(10 children. and tbat other* do not reach even one-half this num- ~ ~~ ~~~~ ~ ber in ctlparit). aud ; i t ta~~d;~ntheies ,d is+atist:icti~~wui th thr le,rrisl:ition , 01' Col~greasin refPrcnce to this ulattrr ulq,r;lrs .justifl;~l~h.T. lrc super-iutrlldrl~ t.o f tho larrrr s(tltool I~eilr.; 81 bnlrlo~r of ~)~.ofi.esioi~H aIl I ~ finnneial r e ~ ~ o u 3 i h i lvi:itr~tl p greater ~ I I ~ I IthI e supr l~~~t endoef ntth e ~olal l r rso l:ool ;IT :I ratio which ex(:reds the riltio 01' size ill the s ~ : h o ~ l . Other things being eaual he must brine to his work not onlv =eater expe~~ier t ( !eg~r&~~attcd;r knowledge of drijrils. bllt :tlao grwster bGeurivi vigor arlcl foresight. Ou thi3 a(:c8ouut sia~plerti ~rit~('ipleosf bllsiness prl~del~(a:oe1 1l1d1e lnnud th;rr .these f'*r:ts bo rccouciletl in 8olue nle:lwro in the salaries paid for the work implied. If this measure was adopter1 by the necessity of reducing expenses this could have been accompl~shed by a proportionate rednctiou of all salaries without impairing relative diiYerences in pay due to relative responsibilitiev iu work. It is to be hoped that Congress at its next ,session will reconsider this actior~ and establish a more eqnitable schedule of salaries for bonded school superintendents. CIVIL-SERVICE EXADIINA'PIONS. Sllortls after entering naon the duties of mv office I became convinced that the'then rnrrent < o h of exami~~atiofnor nscrrtaininp the degree ot'eiigibilit,~of eaudidates for the rlaaiified poditioos iu the 1udi:111a rrv- |