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Show 16 REPOET OF THE BEOBBTABY OF THE INTBIUOB I Later reports, embodied in Table. No. 3, in t,he appendix to this report, d l sh ow a slightly me r ent tobal for 1928. Indian schools owned and oondiloted by the Federal Government. were inaugurated in. 1870, pursuant to an appropriiition by Con-gress of .$100,000. The growth of, the boarding and day schools has been,gadual since..tbet ,date,, culminating at tbe present time! in 77 bowding: schools and 129 . d a ~s;c hools, which have a total capacity for ommo mod at ion of approximately 26,000 pupils. Of the boarding schools 58 are situated within Indian reservations for the chidren of the tribe or tribesdomiciled there, and 19 of the. num-ber are termed n o ~ e r v a t i o nsc hools because they are not within a reservation, but. at other conveniently seleeted places and, receive children. from a n i or. all tribes within the approximate .geogpaphical dktriLt of the, school, It hss,.been found necessaryfk@m timeto timi'to discontin'ue dax schools because of changing tributary school populition, 'but on the other hand new hoarding schools have been e~tablished'orothem.e$~~weidth in the past few y em in furtherance of a policy ;to eventudy provide educational facilities for all In-dian children, deducting, of course, fpom the total number of eligible children those who c p ' to advantage attend State pablic schools and about5,000~wbo,attendm ission scho6ls operated by several religious. denom&ations. Of eligible Indian children from 6 tq 18 yews of age, inclusive, there are approxipatel~r~78,000th, e number being more dehitely shown by statist.icaI Table No. 2. Educa%ion:bf .Indims in state public dchools has been prbmoted and has rapidly increased since tha year 1900, throughthe efforts of the bureau. 'facilitated by congressional appropriations for payment of tuitibnh the public schools. There were during the year about 35,000 Indimis in the publlcschools. This policy ii believed expedient from.d points.of view and it; mq.bt3.anticipated thtit mhy ohildren not now attending MI be placed in the public schools wit. hin thenext . two or three .yeam.' . . ' Existing. law (tict of ~ebru&y 21,1925, 43 St&. L. 958) permits the expenditure of only $300;~e; pupil per year for &hooIs h&ng an average attendance of less than. 200, and $270 for schools with an 1 attendance 6f 200 or more. Annudsppropriations, however, have been less th4n th&e limitations. @or the fiscal year the appropria-, tiona for b o dmg qchools allowed~e+d~dituresa t a rate of $225per capita; with e~c e~t i oinns c&ea of Eve small schoo~sf or whiohS250 was appropri'bted, , The c ~ m- qtkn ditures hy:the- schooools. were neaqeai& cjrtsjled in order to avoid hurience i f defizts, and &hil'ez 4 the stringen@ of f&ds was,felt in many other respects, its effect upon : :,.? ' the sdpply 3f ''&e&s&8"iobd for plipi.& $~s'~o~e'&.p&&&.eypi de&,. ,. Increases in salaries under reclassified compensetiom~'%c~l,eh4a ve |
