The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-21

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rae Tve~ty Trst-l-s -ehss,.

rae T~e~tg Trstsl-s -ehssi.
v,asrxorox. Tsb 2o.-whEs rssrs- .ho.,,
Il ,hs vor, o. ths hour n TIRE rou'i-s strro.
prfa.fSns as vel - IN rev ieesiaiion tiah,t.
Il expressed that IN the sstins;ss FOR .he Ia.
sI.n serrIes the ease Of education vi. 10, %
made 20 suffer-.
Arerisu Of the past seven year, st0-s'Au
the erosth in desirable rss8i;' ae orsp. -asi
bss admirably kspt paes With ;he .ae-eas. ~
outi.ys Ca indian schools. ia 81 e-s vera
enrolled IN the Governmea; sehoyis ~ ali
kinds q 9s2 rapiis aai in the co1'fN't schools
l311. making IA. :Ss3 IN al Ia i.ittHenl,a.
ber in the Government schools hal acroAssi
10 I45l5 and ia the consrA~t ssf,ai. 20 y; -
certain additions making the Aggregate IL
III. This 10 an increase % nsEcIy 5rs-na'' IA
the rumber q puuii. ard IL ra' a aD.t ea.
tireIy effected in the boarilnE hos. st..h
are nush the note expressive. Thus tie tov.
eminent day schooI pulls enrolled i-rtsassd
Only from 3.IlJ IN i'ssi t. D. ~ IN lS' rnae
in the contract DAY s~hoo!s thee uts "a g..
tual decrease IRON iDt4 20 81" 10 '.e ..ms
period. Hence the great iocFeA.e Q. a.anst
700 rspi;s in the Period s.soken y .. atl.ly
ali due TO boarding srhOoi-.
Again. as t. the aver r. sitsaiAn-- - "a
boarding and daT schools tD-r'hat ; vu
orlT lu6J io 1882: two years batter sr,Sa
10 i.I15: in two Tesrs more to !'.Dsu Ia l~sI
10 J. 40. and to 16 :B03 last JeAr The school
attendance. Therefore. has more than su.i.
ruped in a dozen years. Going tark again 10
lsss2 We and that the nun er Of Schro.S 4 all
sorts was rs then. whereas II vas 10 10
lsn2 Last year also. -four schools ~ mission.
arr societies we're discontinued. aadihe rattle
schools attended By Indian pupis ~. no,
r~ekoned 10 this count. In short !, NAV eti.
school purposes has fully jus;ihei itsei "a tbs
results produced
A nCtsUorthy advance during the asst asrL
rear Was that Of opening FIX EsE tainins
schools. OF which ioar originate vim On.
gress. There are nov twenty such .rhoals
and Com mis- ioner Browning ,--iIer-- tat no
more are needed. The nrsi one. At C,tisir.
which (. still much thu largest, wa g.e-eI a
rear. and in 1886 the Port Stevenson In lSSi
the Chilocco. benUa Albuque!aue. az Has.
ioviss Two yesrs later: in isssj the >,n,a p
Fort AoJayH, and ,arson sch oot, IN Isl TIC
Isrrs ga and Ihfois IL , IL NE r., fGi; . M.
Ferris. Tomah. Pipestone. and flan!reA-
As they. are somsunat costly. from their ao-
Der will not be increased. unle-s some new
need should be developed Thetwenty school.
s:n ~. Of and an sss
tendance Of 1921. Com missioner Brovtinc's
idea however; T. that the HJtpose ,ot ysish
more strictly adhered to than formerly: thas
is.. that they should be REGARDED As advanced
their pupils should as q rule eonsis: OF tn 50
who have previously attended the reservation
nS n, .sso ofa vim or SrS aS t, in.l
training both In books and IN Industries
sueh policy will max. ! Il Snae:e.sarJ to pro-
IRs pr1Sided thst no Children should th.rs.
sSs 2: PEs
According TO the views OF ,om missioner
browning: which are eminentiy Judieioss
motion and privilege. and selection. for .uca
ueon ' n. rn and G proscisne5. ~
During the last fiscal year four boarding
;Ss aScSs e.
had previously hsd : bosrdins sehsol The
pupils than the buildings would aceommo-
s.d the 2, IA
and, with accom- N odations for seyenty.nys
.ns shSn an ssa never q
consulted the parents about Discipline, sons
these that needed school and school dIscipllns
%sns should b spoiled; ipelaaIas ssippias:
II necessary. This last hoSevef. va. not
for Il.
that the children had been informed oy TIE
parents. thus taken into eonsultation. that
they were to obey the rules. The rules had
been the Ease in an older school. Since, Nr.
.sSoo. rspSS Ssss teen ossu. a
Round Valley. Standing Rock. and Rainy
The Increase in day schools last year was
chiefly among the Pine Ridge Sioux. who now
have twenty Of them. and there are ntteeq
excellent boarding and day schools on all the
Sioux reseryations. besides various contra.
schools. with three training schools not far OF,
30 that the Government may be considered
as at last meeting the requirements OF tbs
sioux treaties" which rather literally prom
ised "a school and teacher for every thirt,
children Of school age" In fact. nearly hall Q,
q whole. the dAy schools. as has been seer, ae-
boarding schools: but. as Commissioner
Browning says. they are Enthusiastically use
full as stepping stones to the boarding and ths
public schools. and can often be established
where the others would not be practicable.
An Interesting branch OF education 10 that
dren TO putlie schools During the first year
Of the experiment 100 we're so provided for;
during the second year 212, and 10 the last
fiscal year the number was 2cS divided among
sixteen schools, mostly. OF course. al the
Northwest and In California One school. in
Utah. takes Il: two others take 10 ea'h;'
IN only a single case are there fewer nan
for these children In their own race, Wills
they learn m ueh from the white children with
whom they associate.
In our Indian policy education holds high
place. both for interest aud importance, and 10
Il hoped that liberal provision will continues
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