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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSlONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 7 appointments and promotions in the Indian school service by adding the followin.e. clause: Gradnates of lndio~l norm;~l nchoold a!tll uf norwal cllssr.8 inr India81 nchools may be em-plov.ad in rho Indtnn school ~ e r v i ~9sd & a* isca~t tr aacher~,, r dupadlonl teachers without further exsmina&ion,p rotrided that certifi~ateos f 8&ti~factorpyr oficiency, of good morel charaoter, and of ph.ysicsl soundness, signed by the proper officials, be transmitted a t the time of appo~ntment% the Ci v~lS ervies Commission: And provided filrlhsr, That until the 1st of duly, 1896, graduates of the senior classes of Carliale, Hempton, Lincoln Institute, Chiloooo, Haskell Institute, and other Indian iehools of eqosl gmde may be inclnded in theprovisions of this mle. Such teachers shall besoms eligible for promotion to advanced positions on presentation to the Civil Service Commission of satishctory certificates of efficiency and fidelityin thoir work and of m prOgr08sive spirit in their professional interests, signed by their immediate official superiors and by the Superintendent of Indian Sohools, and forwarded with his a,ppro\rd by the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission reserving to itself theright to decide as to the satisfactoriness of such certificates. This modification has enabled me to secure excellent teachers, who otherwise would have been deba,rred from entering the service. The corps of teachers now numbers many. graduates of training schools who have proven themselves worthy employees well qualified for their work. Many other positions in the school service are filled b$ Indians, and for all unclassified positions agents and superintendents arc instructed to give preference to Indians. RESERVATION C+OWFrNMENT BOAXDING- SCHOOLS. There are 55 Government boarding schools situated on various reser-vations. The following table shows their location, capacity, and date of opening: TABL6E.- Location, capacity, and date of opsnhg of Goaernmwt rsservation boarding schools. Looation. 1 capao. n&+f it7 1 enening. ( Remarks. Idaho: Fort Hnll .......................... Fort Lrrpwai.. ..................... Yfnnerota: Leech L&e ........................ Pine Point ......................... I I *A180 40 day pupil 1DD 90 100 150 100 50 Re on by Friends aa orphm s ~ y l nmin Is87 nuder 00ntrBOt with tdbe. I ~ar.-,1879' -, 1887 Deo. -,I881 Sept. -. 1881 Om. - 1880 Feb. -: 1891 1 250 120 70 200 200 b40 1 Nov. - 1807 80 I ~ a r-:1.8 92 ( Prim to !hi8 date a Eontract soh001 mend ,n November. 1888. 40 aept-, 188s A p r . , I884 Jan. 21 1893 Sept 12:1893 -, 1874 Sapt.- 1886 School began August 15 1881.diaoon-tinned in ~ u ~18y88,, b$ buAmg of bullding. |