them toward civilization and self-support; and what changes are needed to remedy such defects as may exist; and shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, employ and discharge superintendents, teachers, and any other person connected with schools wholly supported by the Government, and with like approval make such rules and regulations for the conduct of such schools as in his judgment their good may require. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be detailed from the employés of his Department such assistants, and shall furnish such facilities as shall be necessary to carry out the foregoing provisions respecting said Indian schools. The general policy of the Department in regard to Indian education is to teach the pupil to speak, read, and write the English language, to give him a knowledge of arithmetic, geography, and United States history, and also to instruct him in farming, the care of stock, and the trades. Girls are to be taught all branches of housekeeping, butter and cheese making, to cut and make and mend garments, to care for the sick, to cook, wash, and iron.2 4 A farm and garden are to be connected with each school,3 and onehalf of the school time devoted to industrial training. An evening session is to be held for reading, study, singing, and other exercises.5 A Sabbath-school or some other suitable service is to be held every Sunday, which pupils are required to attend.5 Superintendent, matron, and employés are to reside in the boarding-school building. Superintendents are required to make a monthly report in detail to the agent, showing attendance, progress, health of pupils, and to account for all issues and expenditures made during the month." A contract school is one wherein the Government pays a stated sum for each pupil, and the religious society provides the teachers and pays their salaries and other expenses of the school. The buildings are generally furnished by the society. STATISTICS OF INDIAN EDUCATION. The following statistics are from the Report of 1885. They are given to present a picture at a definite period, and to show the need of increased rather than diminished appropriations for Indian schools. Not only do the schools already established require each year larger amounts to meet the requirements created by their own work, but there is as yet not sufficient school accommodation for the entire Indian school population. The fact that the Indians are already by law on the threshold of citizenship makes the necessity for more schools and better equipped schools a national need. For later statistics see the reports of the superintendent for Indian schools, and reports of Indian Commissioner. 1 Regulations of the Indian Department, 1884, secs. 500, 502, 503, 504, 517, rule 7. Ibid., sec. 517, rules 8, 15, 16, 17. 3 Ibid., sec. 517, rule 6. Ibid., sec. 517, rule 5. Ibid., sec. 517, rule 22. 7 Ibid., secs. 509-512. Ibid., sec. 517, rule 23. |