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Show 368 REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS living in that vicinity to withhold their children from the school. About 15 ohil- &en are in this way deprived of the advantages of an education. There have been very few runaways during the year. During the winter we had anattendance of 46 pupilsforthree months without one change. which shows a very decided improvement over any previous record. There was a great deal of sickness in the valley last winter, though we &we had only three cases of serious illness at the school-two of pneumonia aua one of inflammation of the stomach. Quite a number had la grippe and biliousattacks, which, however, were not at all dangerous. No desths have occurred, The Sunday school has been a, great help to the boarding school in many ways. The average attendance has been upward of 70, not including white visitors. I desire to thank the Department for its promptness in caring for the wants of this little school-away out among the sierras of California--over 50 miles from a railroad; and I am safe also in offering the thanks of many parents and of fifty native sons and daughters of the golden West. Very respectfully, EDWARDN . AXENT, Superintndent and Specid Disbursing Agent. The COMMISSIONOERF INDIAN APFAIBS. REPORT OF SCHOOL AT FORT LEWIS, COM. FORTL EWISC,O LO., September 8, 1896. Sm: My absence on the Moqui Reservation, in hopes of securing pupils, must be my apology for the delay in forwarding the report which I have the honor to submit below. Attendance.-The average attendance for the fiscal year was 158.69. Health. dcnths tuok plav*. 'Two llehvnlvro childrrn nnd m e P a l . :~~moer e rernr r~dh tme affrvrrd wiih pl2lmon;try r n L rcul<,hia. Excrpring the$*c ases the henlth I I ~ 'tl an n?h<.,l lina been rrrn;$~.I<ahElvI . C I ~U. uf 11 fe\v r i t ( ~ du f ~ U L I DCoIn~- j~tuctivitis were treated. No cases of pneimonia appeared, and the abienoe of "colds" during the winter and spring was quite marked. Indeed, there is no doubt in my mind of the extreme healthfulness of this locality. Employees.-Whatever measure of success this school has attained it is due entirely to the zeal and faithfulness -4th which the school officers have at all times discharged their duties. The harmornous relations existing between them, and maintained bv them toward me is one of the oleasantest features of the school. 1mpmvementa.-Early in the year steps were taken to prepare what was the brick hospital under the military regime for a girls' dormitary. The building wasin a bad shape, but in a few months it was turned into a very convenient dormitory. It has sitting mom, lavatory, and hloIvor closets. The second story is used as sleeping roonls for the larger girls; little girls' sleeping apartment is in the west wing (formerly a sick ward) on the ground floor. The east winn.. (.a lso a sick ward nndrr tllk military) is used 3s 81 ;itling ~00~1. Tha fr:iw*+ Imildiu: kuown aii tle irnlua llospitnl \rite, l,y a great deal of labor, I i n I I s 1 . Tlio walls tjntl ceiling of this domirorr have Izen p;iior?<l,r hns I;~.rtairtiiigi i,i.nl r . br spo~~sctddu wn .?s often 119 ner<ssnry. Tho large l,<,p' d.,rultr.,t.y h;la bcrn vhangcd inro two dorlnitorils olrd6.r rhe dame r...li' . LIIIF FI I . I~rBin~d Cd ~ . t : ~ l .cr.;.> clu, itlr i r i .iriinu r.,.,rlt nnd lnvernrr. Onr of ~ ~ ~ - - the iesidences. f&&erlyoccu~ied as military officer?reiidences, contaihg &el& rooms, was prepared for the very small boys, with sitting room, lavatzry, and MkIvor closetn, making in all five separate dormitories. lhose buildings are widely apart and placed around a plaza 600 yards long and 170 yards vide, and the labor necessary to supervise pupils thus scattered, and to keep premises in a cleanly condition can gauge the alertness and faithfulness of the school officers. At private cost a telephone systemwas put in, and the advantages derived from it have been so many that the wonder is how it could hsve been dispensed with at any time. Through the kindness of Capt. W. A. Glassford, chief signal officer, department of Colorado, who loaned us a few telegraphic instruments, batteries, eto., 8. olass in telegraphy was organized. The advanced pupils alone became members of this class, andboth boynandgirlslearned quitereadily. It is intended to add a number of instruments to those already in use, and have practice insisted upon with greater regularity than has so far been required. |
