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Show 114 REPORT OF TEE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAlllS. These schools are managed by the Creek superintendent of education, who is appointed by the principal chief. The superintendent appoints teachers and superintendents of boarding schools. This nation has been lavish in its appropriations for schools without commensurate results. An objectionable feature of their laws is the making of superintendents of boarding schools officials of the nation, and conse-quently they are required to be citizens. Under their old regime educational qualifications were not considered essential for a man holding such a position, hence it became necessary for the United States superintendent of schools to insist that only educated men should be appointed. Through his influence a better tone has been given the service and he has succeeded in effecting the removal of some of the superintendenb who were charged with drunkenness and incompetency. This nation has 9 boarding schools, the largest. number in the Territory. It also maintains 55 neighborhood schools. All of these schools except seven of the latter were in session from September 4, 1899, to May 11,1900. Seven schools were discontinued on April 10 by reason of the prev-alence of smallpox. Unsettled and conflicting conditions operated during the early part of the session in preventing full attendance. Rumors that the nation woula fail to appropriate for schools and would soon close them were partial reasons for the decrease. As the session progressed confidence was restored, the national superintend-ent cooperated, and a comparatively successful year was had. The United Statea school supervisor is required to investigate and approve all school warrants before payment, and as a result of his careful oversight there has been a material reduction in expenditures, to an amount of $5,000, with an increase of efficiency. The following table gives the enrollment, average attendance, etc., at the schools of the Creek Nation for the past year: TABLE30 .-Enrollmat, avwage ottendance, elc, qf schoob in Beck Nalion, Ind. T. School. Total ................................. ........ 65,657.07 .......... 153 Eufaula .................................... Creek Orphan Home. ...................... Euchie ..................................... Weturmia ................................ Coweta ..................................... Ws1ak.x ................................... Tallahasee (colored ............ PeeanCreek(eoloredj::::::::: ............ Colored Orphan Home ..................... Total ................................. 55nei~hborhoodsc hools ................... Comparative cost.-As previously stated, only the schools in the Choc-taw Nation have been directly under the control of this Department, 100 80 80 100 60 50 1W 65 35 640 1,746 80 55 58 82 38 39 80 60 24 506 1,042 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 ........ 9 57 784.76. 6:662.16 6 668.15 8:614.76 4 483.56 i999.48 8 0tS7.88 4:262.73 ----2,W-0.18 - 52 483.64 13:223.42 $lO4.81 180.22 123.76 112.37 131.15 115.37 108.22 95.26 104.13 103.62 11268 10 8 10 14 8 9 7 6 6 78 55 |
