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Show 1 10 REPORT OF THE C0~8SIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. reported they are not' judged with the same degree of harshness as would be the case had they occurred in a white school. Immorality, either in Indiin children at school or in those who have control of them, is of course not countenanced by the Indian Depart-ment. Unfortunately, scandals occur in white schools, where all safe-guards and inherited tendencies of civilization are thrown around both school and pupil. How much more so may it be in our Indian schools? Employees in Indian schools are selected from certification made by the Civil Service Commission. Their appointments are upon merit, and in all promotions an effort is made to reward meritorious coxiduct in the service. These employees, therefore, have every incentive to guard carefully the interests of the children committed to their charge. It is believed that they are, as a rule, moral, upright, and Christian men and women, devoted to their work of uplifting the red man and preparing him for citizenship. Vacancies and original positions in the Indian school service are filled from lista of eligibles furnished by the United States Civil Serv-ice Commission when requested by khis Office. From such certifica-tions 648 persons received appointments during the past year. Of those appointed 306 declined. For the same period 86 persons were reinstated and 225 Indians given places at salaries above $300 per anum. This makes 959 appointments for the year and 653 acceptances. The various positions in the .school service are divided as follows: Supervisors, 7 white; superintendents, 111 white; assistant snperin-tendents, 11 white; clerks, 45 white and 20 Indian; physicians, 23 white and 1 Indian; disciplinarians, 16 white and 13 Indian; teachers, 438 white and 69 Indian; kindergartners, 52 white; manual-training teachers, 8 white; matrons and housekeepers, 187 white and 42'Indian; assistant matrons, 95 white and 57 Indian; nurses, 30 white and 3 Indian; seamstresses, 109 white and 40 Indian; laundresses, 71 white and 64 Indian; industrial teachers, 78 white and 35 Indian; cooks and bakers, 136 white and 62 Indian; farmers, 43 white and 21 lndian; blacksmiths and carpenters, 69 white and 10 Indian; engineers, 45 wbite and 21 Indiin; tailors, 12 white and 7 Indian; shoe and harness makers, 18 white and 14 Indian; gardeners, 17 white and 5 Indian; dairymen, 5 white and 1 Indian; Indian assistants, 41; miscellaneous positions, 62 wbite and 68 Indian. WHAT IS AN INT)USTRIAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR INDIANS? A11 Indian schools are industrial training institutions. The central thought is work as a preparation for home life. The day, therefore, is divided so that one-half of the pupils are for three hours in the aeademiml classes acquiring the knowledge of English letters, history, |
