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Show This appropriation, supplemented by a part of the tribal funds and 'by surplus court f&, was used in the establishment gf 1,000 day schools, to which citizen and noncitizen children wed admitted on equal terms. The schools had an enrollment of about 13,500 Indian pupils, 45,000 white, and 8,600 negro. Although there is no compulsory. school law in the Territory and parents. frequently* do not ap reciate the necessity of compellin attendance,. the number enrollet;. is indicative of the wisdom of t f e Congress m, providing for those who are deprived of the ordinary public schools Nearly all these one thousand rural schoolhouses have been built by popular subscription. Superintendent Benedict says : Immediate s.tatehood will not afPect educational' conditions in the rnral por-tions of this Territory, for the reason that nearly' all of the farm lands are still owned by Indians and are not taxable. The State can not remove restric-tions, nor can it malntain rural schools except by local taxation. It wilt therefore he highly necessary that Congress continue its annual appropriation in support of these country schools until the farm lands become subject to taxa-tion. As the country is rapidly Elling up with white tenant farmers, this appropriation should he gradually increased to meet the ever-Increasing demand for more schools. Speaking generally, the academies and boarding schools havebeen crowded to overflowing. Great improvemeilt has been made in the curriculums by the introduction of industrial training and the rudi-ments of agriculture. The "summer normals" eshblished by the superintendent have been of immense benefit to the teachers of the Territory, and have enabled him to'obtain a corps of very efficient instructors. The following tables give statistical information concerning sehools in the several nations : TrlbtiZ schools. Name of school. . . Cherok~es chools. m. d. Yalesemillsry ..................................... 138 108 9 0 114 438.07 16133.69 ~ e m s l ese minary .................................. 180 152 9 o 19:663.33 128.70 0 han Asylum .................................... 73 67 12 0 10 761.73 160.62 &red High eiehool ............................... 50 43 9 0 5:014.18 116.61 157 ~omblnedd ay ~~hoo~s..n....... ....... -a 9,687 ..-...........-....... 4-7,2i4.16 -.......... Total ........................................ 10,128 370 .......... 97,031.47 .......... meek aehools. Eufa~llaH igh School ............................... 91 64 '9 0 8.599.40 134.06 Wetumka Boarding ................................ 109 77 9 0 8,537.68 111.58 We&l&k8 Boarding ................................. 53 39 9 0 5 369.49 137.69 Euchee Boarding ................................... 87 70 9 0 $673.24 1W.62 Coweta ............................................. 45 37 9 0 4'511.53 122.09 Creek Orphan Home. ...... .:.... .................. 70 51 9 0 711.15 140.22 NuY&%.&.. .......................................... 109 71 9 0 5,699.81 78.76 ~ullahaaseeB oarding .............................. 97 . 69 9 0 7.306.81 105.89 Peosn Creek Boeding.. ............................ 64 44 9 0 3 S4.21 85.55 Colored Orphan Home. ............................. 39 31 9 0 3i574.64 115.32 22p~.in&crogm bined day sohwlsa. ................ -d 1,52-4 ....-.......-.......-.. -6,26 0.01 .......... Total ........................................ 2,278 ' .......... 68.303.97 .......... * 21 are nemo .choolr 04 447 are white pupils and 1,279 are negm pnpils. 0 3.ar.2 negm schools. 61,125 are whlte puplh and 226 are negro pupils. t , |