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Show 14 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. TABLE 5.-Location and onpacity of Governlnent day scbools Jzlne SO, 1898-Continued. New Mexioo-Contim~ed. Pueblo-Continued, La f, ona ................ Pa uata ...................... SantaCiara .................... San Belipe .................... .! Sm Ildetonae ................. .I Snn Juan. .................... .: Santa Doming0 ................. ............................ Zuni ........................... North Dakota: Uevilr Lake. Tortle Xmntnin. 3 aohools ..: .................. :... Standing Rock.4 schoo ls... ........ Fort Borthold, 4 sohuola ........... Okhhoma: Kiowa. ............................ Whirlwind ........................ Sonth DSkoB: Clreyenne Rivar.3 schools ......... Pine Ridge.3lsohools ............. Rusebud, 20 sahoola ................ ~ ~ Swinomish ................... Neah Ba7- Neah Bay ..................... QniUehute .................... Pnynllup- Jnmertawn ................... Port Gamble .................. Total oapaoitya ............ 5,164 Total nomber of sahoala o. .. ~ ~ r.h~Inaing Lao Coort d'creillea No. 3 day, whioh wwss n oontraot aohml for seven months dnring this fi8oslyenr. The principal difficulty in the conduot of day schools is to maintain a regular attendance upon the daily sessions of the school. Teachers are required to exercise tact and patience to bring about this result, hat the establishment of the noonday luncheon at a large number of these schools has had the natural result of bringing up the attendance. Frequently the children have long distances to walk between the school and their homes, and, being poorly fed at home, axe not in the best of condition to appreciate instruction at the sohool. The noollday lunch satisfies the natural appetite, and even though there may be no literary aspirations in the mind of the child, the inherent desires will draw him to the sehool when other meatis would fail. INDIANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The plan of placing Indian childrenin the pnplic schools of the coun-try for the purpose of coeducation of the races, conceived in 1890, does not appear to meet with much success. Last year there was a decrease of 100 pupils from the previous year, and this year's report also shows a small decrease. Although the contract rate of $10 per capita per quarter on the average attendance was thought sufficiently stimulating to induce the public-school authorities to increase the number of these Indian scholars, the experiment has not been the success anticipated. More decided eftbrts will be exerted during the fiscal year 1899, and the value and practicability of the system fully tested. |
