Show BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS Indian Education WAS qNGTON October 27From the annual report of John Riley superintendent I superin-tendent of Indian schools to the Secretary Secre-tary of the Interior it appears that the aggregate expenditure by the government govern-ment for the education of Indian children during the year was l095379 of which 7i9833 was expended on I account of government boarding schools and 308299 for the support and education of pupils at the contract con-tract boarding schoolsmost of which are under the control of religious denominations denomi-nations The whole number of Indian children between the ages of G and 16 years is 39821 of this number 14 932 or about 352 per cent attended school same cordon of the year A uniform system sys-tem of ttxt books study and teaching 10f English only are recommended The report says that too much stress cannot can-not be laid upon the importance of preparing native teachers and to this end suggests that a normal school department de-partment be established at some of the large schools The superintendent makes the followine rcommendations That an industrial boarding school be established near the Missouri River adjacent to the Sioux reservation i that the schools bo provided for tribes in Nevada and that a commission be appointed ap-pointed and empowered to make a thorough examination of the whole subject of Indlnu education |