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Show REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN'~ ~bdir0;8 93 1 we are in the twentieth century and have left behind the seventeenth, the eighteenth, and the nineteenth, with their mi&kes. meeting.-The Hon. John T. Prince, agmt of the State hard of education, offered the official welcome of that bod He sa~d: "We all reyt the enforced absence of the secretary of the board of Kication. He would tri you of the great intereat Massachusetts has always had in the education of the Indian. Wwsachwtta has sent many of her most g~fted sons into this sewice, andsbe isalwaysglad andpmudof the high record which they bave maintained. Man of you in comm to Massaehu-setts ought to feel tbat you ai-4 coming home, and alrof you ought to %are that feel-ing who realize that there is a kinship of s mpathy closer than the kinship of blood. I welcome you not only toMsseachusetts, {ut to Our schools." Beaponsea.-Dr:H. B. Frissell, principal Hampton Agricultural Institute, Hamp ton, Va.-I bave not words in which to ex ress our deep appreciation of the kind and cordial welcome which has been accorid to us, not only by the distinguished men who have addreseed us, hot by the good eopleof Boston. We who areengaged in this work are greatly indebted to ~assacgusettsa nd to Boaton for many of the pmtical methods which prevail to-day in the Indian schools. Doctor Frissell paid a h ~ g btr ibuteto thelate SenstorDawes, of Masaachuaetts, and added: "The Daweshill, which gave to the Iudiantheright of citizenship and which brought with it the allotment of land, which has meant so much in all this process of Indian education, came very largely as the result of the efforts of that honorable . man, who devoted the best yeam of his life, long y ~ omf se rvice to the Indian.". Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of Indian schwla.-We are ah proud of the wel-come given us by the people of Maseachwttsand Boston, and sincerely thankthose who have expressed that welcome here to-day. I am glad to see ao many of the Indian teaehem and workem in Boston. You should take advantage of the oppor-tunities you will have of visiting the various points of interest. Es idly would I urge you to attend the general -ions of the ~at iona~l dueationarl d t i o n . All the teachers in attendance on the convention have been invited to vieit the summer aehwls of Bmton and vicinity. Go to as many of them as you can. Yon will find that these +its Kill beinstruetire andof the greateat assistance td you in your work. So- of mmsn u Indim doaton.-Mias Gertrude Edmund, principal of the traiping aehwl for teachers, Lowell, Maa8.-I am principally Interested in thia Indlan d e m e n t because I bow it has to teach Indlans. I myself once taught in s country sehool, about 300 m~lefsr om a town, m the sage hush-one of the regular country echoole ahere r e had three or four white children and from 12 to 25 Indian children. Now, I want this morning to bear witness to the fact tbat the work of thase Indian children compared favorably with the work of the white children. x&-6 of work in Indian Territory-John D. Benedict, superintendent of Indian Territory schools, Muskogee, Ind. T.-The Indhn Territor is about four times as large as the State of Msssaehasetts. All of this vast tract of land belongs to what are commonly known as the Five Civilized Trihes. The first schools among tbese tribes were eatabliahed by the missionaries who came primaril to teach the Christian religion; at the same time they taught the rudiments of an English education. fisionary work among the Indipns.-Miss Mary C. Collins, Little Eagle, 6. Dak.- M k Collins ve a brief hietorid sketch of the educational work which had been aeeomplishef&ong the Indian. through missionary effort from the earlieat colonial times. She LEga ye a r h m 6 o f the missionary work wbicb was now bein done among the Siouxof the Standing Rock Reservation. She thanked the many friends of the Indian who had aided this work, and said that the missionary workem were specially grateful to the people of Maaeachusetta, not only for what they have done in the far past, but what they bad continued to db and are still doing. BBsnmB of work mmplhhed by Indian day achoola.4. J. Duncan, Inspector of day schools, Pine Ridge Agency, 6. Dak.-There are 134 Indian day schools m the United States, the average attendance being 74 per cent. On the hne Ridge Reservation the sttendance has heen 87 per cent. Over 2,WOvisits to homes of pupils have been paid by teachers and 1,OW by houaekeepm. The reports of tbese visits were required to he made out twice a year, and the following figures taken fmm one of these re orb, covering 23 families, is a fairly average one. This report shows that 21 out o!the 23 sleep on beds; 2 of the houses have floom; 9 of the families eat at tables; 19 d&e to have their children in the achoola; the parents visited the schwl 24 times; number of times applied for medicine and adv~ce, 39; number of cows milked, 8; tons of bay cut, 39; number of those who uaed their money judiciowly, 14. who have su5oient clothing, 20; who have su5cient fod, 19; who wear long &, 8. Onr work, its prakesa and nesda.-H. B. Peaim, superintendent Haskell Institute, hwrena,, Kans.-All attempts at reclaiming mankind h m s a w life and mannem |