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William A. Jones, Uulted States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, In bit animal ro|Krt for the limt flacnl year, gives nu lutemtlng review of wbai die Government in doing in die way of education at the vurlout reserva-tlont. There are now 147 well-equlp Iie«l iKiardlng-NchooU, and an equal number of day schools, In which 23.(152 Indian youth are helug educated. Although only a atuall percentage of the pupils were sufficiently advauced to he graduated, 3 per cent, wero reporied an excellent, or rtrst-cluHHj 73 per cent, an good, or medium, nud only 24 per cent, of a character on whom the bencdtg of tchool life conferred no appreciable advantage*, CoiumlHtdouur Joiicn urged that the educntlou of ludlau children be made compulsory, and that advanced Indian pupIlN bo transferred from their schooU to larger schools in other Ktntcn; and he further declared that the plan of placing Indian children In the public schools of the country, for the coeducation of the races, was not u success.
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Chicago Eagle
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1898
Page 9
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