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Show , REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. D~ARTMENOF TT EE-INTERIOR, OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDEONF TI NDIASCNHO OLS, Washington, D. O., Septernbe~ ?26,1908. SIR: I have the honor to submit the twenty-sixth annual report of the Superintendent of Indian Schools for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. The progress made during the year in all lines of educational work has been steady and cumulative. Thanks to the practical policy you outlined three years ago, large numbers of Indlan students are voluntarily working by the day, receiving the same compensation paid to white men for similar work, and are talnng more kindly to this mode of gaining their livelihood. The attendance this year has been larger and more regular than heretofore, and many of the schools have better equi ment and +proved methods of instruction. The advancement in fndian educat~oni s seen also m the improved condi-tion of the Indians generally, and in the increasing number who speak English and are self-supporting. SYNOPSES OF SCHOOLS VISITED. A brief resume of reports of inspection made by your direction, that have been submitted to youduring the year are. appended, ar-ranged in alphabetical order by States. CALIFORNIA. - Few Indians in southern California, as you.ar? aware, receive ra-tions, none receive annnities,,and but few live m idlenesg. There afe 12 da schools in this section, and nearly all the children are m attenl a nce. Of the returqed students I have met here, near19 all are fairly industrious. Farrn?ng.their own land and workmg or their white neighbors are the prmcipal occupations of these Indians. Shenrran Institute (mwreservatim school) .-The large boarding school established at Riverside five years ago has an enrollment of 500 pupils, and is a successful and well-managed school. The build-ings are in excellent condition and the grounds are attractive and well cared for. Good.work is c a ~ e don in the class rooms, and pupils are given practical instruction in all branches of industrial work. Class-room lessons are bawd on practical daily work of the industrial departments, and this idea has also extended to the literary societies and entertainments held duri?g the year. A commendable feature is the traqing pupils receive in connection with the farm, where they are detailed m squads of fifty each for 126 |
