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Show I am extremely grateful to you, Mr. Commissioner, for the generous aid given us in our endeavor to build up a creditable plant here, and for the kind treatment my suggestions and recommendations have received in your office. Very respectfully, Taos. H. BREEN. S%perintendent a d S peoial Disbu~singAg ent. REPORT OF SCHOOL AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. GRANDJ UNCTIONC,O LO., September 17,1896. 81% In compliance with instructions, I have the honor to submit 'my annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896: Plant.-The plant comprises 168 acres of level adobe land, on the southwest corner of which are the buildings. The general frontage of thebuildings is south. The boys' dormitory building, a two-story brick, stands at the head of the l a m and faces south, This contains boys' dormitories, employees'rooms. employees' kitchen, and dining raom. From the front of this building to the ate is 405 feet, consisting of a lawn bordered by shaded driveways and inter8ectetby.a footwalk from the front of the building to the gateway. South and west of thls building, and faoing the lawn on the east, is the girls' dormitory, a two-story brick, with basement,storerooms, kitchen, and ,dining rooms, superintendent's rooms, recep-tion rooms, girls'dormitories, sewlng room, bathrooms, and employees' rooms. Opposite, acro-s the lawn from the girls' dormitory and facing south, is the office building, a two-story brick, with offioe downstairs and shoe and harness shop upstairs. South and a little east of the office building is theschoolhouse and assembly hall. a two-story frame building facing. west, containing three rooms and halls downstairs and anassembly raom npsta~rs. Dlrectly west of the boys' dormitol and facing south is the laundry, a two-story frame, cqnta~ningw : sh-room an3 a maohinery room downstairs and an ironing roam, llnen room, and dryingroom upstairs. Directly east of the boys' dormitory about 125 feet is the new hospital, a two-story frame building wlth nurse's room, drug room, kitchen, hdlway, stairway, and a large ward in the first story; in the second story are an inclosed stairway, bathroom, two small and one large wards,hallway, and hall closet. North and east of the boys' dormitory is located the foundation of the boys' lavatory and clothes room. North and west of the laundry is a poultry house surrounded by a wire fence, on the npot formerly occupied by the black-smith shop. North of this is a frame bard 40by 80feet facingeast. North of the barn is a cattle shed 24 hy 40 feet, fronting east, and northeast of the barn is an implement shed18 by 80 feet, fronting east and north of the boys' dormitory are an ice house and acommissary. West of theseareamilk houseand aguardhouse, while still farther west and yet east of the laundry is a new commissary. North and east of the boys' dormitory are a bee house,a bee shed, a lutpber house, and a fruit-box, and a beehive factory, north of which is the hlacksm~thshop. Such is the plant without locating coal houses,oil house, and privies, all of which are in a state of goad repair, except, possibly, the old lumber storeroom. Literary work.--On t h ~ssu bject I submit thereport of thepnnoipal teacher, Reed J. Snyder, as follows: Attendance.-The attendance ior the ear bas been lar el and more regolar thsn for an pre. viaus year of the sohool's history. %or that raaaon, Liter results could be aapecteg and were reallzed. School work commenced September 9,1895. and oootinued till Jone 25.1898, with practically no interru tions. The average attandance for the first quarter was 1Z.85: for thesecond u&r ter 130.48: For the third quarter 144,and for the fourth quarter 1e.m giwng anaverage of L.89 POT the whole year. m November,,1885. 21 children came from the Papago ReservBtion. This addition brought the number of pupils up to 144 the lar st number the soh001 has ever had. Two deiuths have occurred durn~gth e year, odefmm %ownineand one from sickness. InJone.1896,IO ch~ldren went home. One wept on acrouns of sickness and 9 from choice, their time of are years st the s o h ~hla uiugsxp~red. When ~ti s considered that only thisnumber outpf GIchildren from the ailllle ],lace referred to go home, the only conelusron that can bedrawn is Indian education is far from s. fslrure. Teachers.-Slckness msed theresignation of Miss Allie L. Snyder,Septembsr !.18?5. Thisvas accepted with &reat regret beo+use the sehoulhashad no hardernor moreconsusut~ousw orker. From the o enln of sch601 till Se ternher 85, 1RY5. there wss np regolar primary teacher though ~ r%i.ll %isciplinarihn,~supP ied; but at thatdate Miss Beasle H. Cummms a m e d ,h sv! inglleen transfei.red from ~arhsle,$a. 6hs took hold or the work andresults bpganatonce to appear. Miss Cummins regaineatill April 1 1896. when she also resigned. punngmyconnec-tlon with the school, the pvmarg pnplls ha& never mhde eqoal progress m eqne.1 tlme., Mr. Hillsoted assupply till Apt1 28, when Mrs. Esther G. Coteswasappo~ntsdte acher and continued in the work to tho end of the year. MISS Freddie A. Hough has had charge of the ~ntermedlate grades, as1 have of the grammar grades, for thawhole year. |