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Show REPORT OF THE COYYI8SIONEE OF INDIAN AFPAIR8. 35 Turn No. 6.-Localion, dole of opening, enrollment, and average atmdance of Gourn ment boarding whools duringfiscal year ended June 80, 1903--Continued. Looation. Okl&homs: RBW ................................................. Dec. , 1 8 6 9 oto ......... Oot. -,I875 44 / Osage ................................... Peb. -,I374 130 .................................................. pawnee ............................................................................................ - ponoa.. Jhn. -, 1883 Saulr&,,dFox ................................... - - 1868 1W seger .............................................. jan. II:IBOS 150 .................................... Apr. -, ,h ........................................ Peb. -, ~ a i n s x.. ....................................... NOT. -, ................................................ oot. -. asormerly a contract school; buildings burned Mllroh 29,19M. DAY SCHOOLS. Day schools with an average capacity of 30 pupils comprise the third class of Indian schools conducted under direct Government supervision. Each is placed in charge of a teacher, who is employed for ten months in each year. In the poorer communities of Indians a noonday luncheon composed of a few simple articles of food is furnished. At such schools the wife of the teacher is appointed as housekeeper. Aside from teaching her pupils the simple household dut i e~ev ery girl should~know, it is her duty to go out among the older lndians and instruct the women in the care of their homes, plain cooking, etc. Energetic women with the true missionary spirit are of great value in the day-school system. There are localities off of reservations where communities of Indians live. They are not under a bonded Govern-ment 05cia1, but to assist them in some measure, where either the Indians themselves or their friends will provide a building, a Govern- |