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Show 438 REPORT OB SUPERmENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. On account of the excellence of the buildin s, the healthfulness of climate, and the marked efficiency wit&whic% every department is conducted, I have recommended that the capacity of the school be increased. More schoolrooms are needed,. quarters for em loyees should be erected, and additions made to dinlng room and kitcfen. Besides the literary course, farming, domestic science, and manual training are taught, and the school has also a normal and commercial department. The farm, embracing 650 acres, a part of which is pro-ductive, is under the care of a practical farmer. A most ha y Christian influence pervades the school. Chilocco z%un School, Oklahoma.-At this school I remained from April 19 to May 5. It is situated 6 lhiles from Arkansas City,Kans., in the midst of favorable local conditions, ?nd has a ca acity of 400. Instruction is given in literary and industnal work. d e ch apel and school buildin swill be in satisfactory condition when two mugs of two rooms eac % have been added, and we will look for improvement in tbe general condition of the school. Religious exercises are con-ducted- reaularly. - The !gir?s' home is in excellent condition and is well oared for, but the boys' building is not so good. The shops are fair and the indus-trial work is in charge of a skied mechanic. An office building, better storehouse, a small cold-storage plant, and an improved water system are greatly needed, and the herd of cattle should be ehlarged and improved. The farm of 8.640 acres is the most extensive and valuable tract owned by any school. The soil is productive and the land has a stream of water, Chilocco Creek, running through it, besides several good springs. Eight hundred acres are under cultiqatlon. As the climate is favorable to the raising of cereals and all lunds of vegetables and fruits, this could easily be made the greatest agricultural school in the service. Santa Fe Indian School, Nm M&o.-I was at this school from May 7 to May 14. This is an industrial school. The average attend-ance for the year has been 225, but the last quarter carried an average of nearly 300. The pupils, many of them from the ueblos of New Mexico. are remarkablv energ-etic,. and all lines of wori are conducted with eithnsiasm. The buildings are poor, and a number of repairs are needed. An addition to the girls' wing of the main building-should be made in order to accommodate more pupils, and an enlargement of the shops and increased water su 1 are absolute necessities. N d e a nd T w =lo Day Schools.-A number oTf ida schools are in this vicinity. The pueblo of Nambe, 18 miles from anta Fe, was visited, as was also Tesuque. At Nambe is an excellent day school, and the contrast between this village and Tesuque, where no school had been established, is a striking illustration of the great good that is accomplished by day schools. Reli ious training is carefully given. Al6upuei-que Ind$m School, New %ice.-on May 14 I arrived at Albu uerque, remainin until the 20th. The general condition of this school is excellent and t% e attendance is ood, about 300 being accom-modated. The school building is one of 8 e best I have so far observed, being commodious and well ventilated, but the shops are small and |