The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20
1HB INDIAN SCHOOLS


TAesr orsvttA ana Uisfssinsss-TAe 0sesesss
Ira sfCe.pslsery AtsssAasee.
WASHINGTON. Dec 1a-The future OF The
American Indians depends greatly on the edu-
cation Of the young severalty allotment. with
It's breaking down Of race barriers and under
mininGof tribal allegiance. will do much 70
civillze the red man. but old habits. ideas. and
preiudices are hard to overcome in ssvages
who were born when the Great West was stili
wilderness. II 10 the rising generation that
can be made docile and 40 b enjoy citizenship.
Current statistics show that 1898 Indian
pupils are now enrolled In schools. and thst
their average attendance reaches 1859 This
IL an increase over the previous year Of nearly
one-tenth In the enrolment and more than
one-tenth In the attendance.
We must keep in mind that tho Indians are
nearly stationary In numbers. 30 that such
figures Of educational gain moan mora than
with growing population. Looking back ten
years, accordingly. We md that there waa In
1882 an average school attendance Of A.O60
pupils. taking boarding and day schools to.
gether: that in 1884 It was 8.1l5. that In 1883
It was 9.630. that In 1888 IL had grown to
11.420. that In 1890 Il was 12,232. while this
year. as has been said. It was 1S,56a The
school attendance. then. has much more than
trebled In ten years
In this same period We find that the number
Of schools has more than doubled. Again, the
aoserhment appropriation for Indian schools
was $4,000 fifteen years ago: S135.0O0 ten
yeara ago: had reached S1.17091e In 1883:
had become last year S1.s42.770: for the cur
rent fiscal year Is $2.291. $50; finally. the sum
asked for the year to come IL $2.917.060. The
religious bodies have also been increasing
their work. having appropriated for 1891 the
sum Of $554.55a against $228. $50 i've years
before The churches establish mission
schools for religious and educational purposes.
and Congress sppropriates sums for the main
tenance OF pupils In these schools Il is .
mutual benefit the Government naturally get
ting its work done cheaper In them than in tho
schools established under its own bureau.
since the former have also their church funds
to rely on: while the Government subsidy Is
The Roman CATHOLICS take the lead. giving
larger subsidies than all others. haying, sSs7.-
t2S tSs the current Sear as4nss aSl3 for
sRs deesrssationssts sSs Boz re fsnds
sl9. 9sO AZ the EpiscopsIIans and g OF; no Lin;
ts
to contract schools last year was $oO1 900.
putnS ndnn pSps oqdnas pa5
Schools attended By White children. In $50 a
contract was made for thirty mine such pupils
past year sixty-one others were so placed In
various States and Territories. This ts Q PAL
barriers. but It may imply some degree Of
preparation in the pupils.
. The thought must suggest itself that with
the limited population OF the Indians 1t cannot
require . very great increase Of appropria-
tons to support all the Indian children In
stoner Morgan furnishes the following esti-
mate Of what would be needed annually for
this purpose:
New buildings and furnishings for o<1o
bosrders at $3.50 per capita 1884, 800
Same for 4.2l1 day pupilA at $50 each. 10000
improvement OF present buildings .......... 10000
Additional furniture and apparatus. 10000
47l 900
support Of Is 600 boarding nupils n s17B a. Az mn