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Show I IN UTAH. 431 vations to the railwads or to the school. However, a. few more pupils were secured, by correspondence, in the spring, and on the 30th day of June the enrollment and attendance was 50 pupils. The pupils beingof all ages, and coming from several different rmrvea and school* some from day schoo;ls, some from boardiischools, and some having never attended school-were very hard to classify, and were very much more m need of strictly text-book than industrial education. Hence all the upils were kept in the schoolrooms both half days throughout the year, The schoofhours werelimited to two hoursfor each half-day semion and one hour in the evening. Much interest was awakened in their texbbook studies and employees, pupils, and parents are all greatly pleased with the propem mad: in their schoolroom work. The usual lndushial training has not been neglected, the pupils heing regularly detailed to the farm work, kitchen, laundry, sewing room, and dormitories; and they have done all the work in the hours before and after school, and have done it gladly in order to he allowed to attend school ,al! day. There are many applieat~onsf or adrmssion now, and the prospect is good for a lull school in September. The religious training has been greatly assisted by the R eople qf the town. The pastom of all the churches wereinvited to conduct the Sun ay evenlng servlces of the school in turn, and the people were invited to come especially to theseseservices. The invitation was gladly accepted by all the pastors, and they have all done noble work for the school in this way. The moral toneaf the pupils is exeept~onallyh igh, espe-cially when considering the profanity, gambling, and shiftlessness by which many of them were surrounded'at home. The school has not yet been supplied with cows or poultry, which has made the hill of fare somewhat monotonous. But estimates are in for a cow stable, poultry house, and ice house, and money is available for these purposes, so that I presume we will soon he supplied with facilities for the roductian and care of milk, butter, and which are so egaential to a varied and gealthful bill of fare. T i e healthof theschool has beenm?~t excellent. The pupilaare healthy, growing rapidly, and altogether present an ent~relyc lean and robust a prance. It was the opinion of the Indian Office and also of rnyeelf tgat it would he had to fill this school with pupils. After going over the field and investigating the subject I am persuaded that the facts about the matter are these: The parents and pupils and agents favor this school in preference to other nonresewation schools, b e m e of its exceptionally healthy locat~on. The parents who bow the location best would ti11 the school very quickly if allowed to withdraw their children from the reservation schools. There are enough children on the reservations not in any school to fill this schooltwoorthree times. Hence I believe that there is an amply justitiabledemand for the school; that when it is once filled there will be no trouble to kee it so; and that it will be filled as soon as the apathy ahout edqcation mong the ~n&n parents can be sufficient1 overcome to get all the children lnto school. Very respectfusy submitted. RALPHP . COLLINSS,z lpw+&ndmL. The ~ O M K ~ B ~ I O NOEFR I NDIAANP PAIRB. 1 REPORT OF SHEBITS DAY SCHOOL, AT ST. GEORGE, UTAH. . SIB: As this has been our first year there is not much to Te ort, comparatively, and, judgin by flgures, very little has been thus far accomphsged; but to one who ia on the fie7d and can look back to the beginnings, very grat~fyings igns of progress in various directions present themselves. Amon- these are: Unbounded confidence in the wisdom and willinmess of the I tesch&:;ncreased interest in the farms, and desire to improve them ana the way of I living; a 11 .rtrr knowlnlge of Enrlirh "as she is spok"" or ulqzht to he, arld rhr ar~uiremtnut f tlrr art of knirriny, wllirlr pnxni~eiim bc one exredin.lv ustfnl and hxs alrwclv alm<nr mrirelv snntw*lcd ravnhlinc nr nn occunarion withour wurnvn. 1 Out of t6e 60 ~oundso f'varh issued 6 the SKebits India& last winter nearly 200 air of hose s& fabricarhd, and rnrn aa tvrll M womelr arc inlensel!, prond oi the Parrrr.9 new arcompli~trulrnt. >loat ~rhie men dedined wait for a pair, llllr pot or) the ti-t one as soon &Y hinidhed u d kcor one foor il "hcao warm" till tlte inate 6uld be completed. We have had grave discouragements also. The lack of proper facilities for work and the inexperience of the worker in these special lines were hampering factora in |