Show BUREAU OF EDUCATION FUNCTIONS IN ALASKA domestic reindeer herds in alaska are now worth ft more than the united states paid to russia in 1867 for the entire territory announced the bureau of education of 0 the the interior in its annual report for the past fiscal year made public today of the whole number of reindeer approximately aboudi are owned by natives the deer supply their owners not only food and clothing but a livelihood The entire industry has developed deveo ped since 1892 when the bureau of education began to import the animals from siberia the herds extend from the artie to 10 the and in the interior from the alaskan railroad to the aleutian islands the present problem which confronts the bureau of education in this connection Is to re rai organize the industry on a co obeara tive basis so as to handle the increasing herds more efficiently and to ito market tho the meat more economically already reindeer venison Is appearing frequently as a special especial in ghigli gade restaurants and dining cars of tie northwest and its genral use in tho states state will soon be merely a matter of transportation the bureau ot of Is charged by law with the education and welfare of the natives of alaska and of but a part of it its a work in their behalf schools hospitals and co commercial enter enterprises prizes are also included the commissioner in his report lays stress upon the reorganization 0 o n of 0 this work which has recently been undertaken and espee especially lally upon the introduction of modern methea bethos of industrial training the changes ex iund to all the schools more or less but the most striking innovation Is the establishment of industrial boarding schools at eklutna Ek lutna Kana kanak and white mountain the principal activities of the dureau bureau of education are in behalf of the schools of the nation as a whole the commissioner states that in this re sped the situation Is more promising than ati any other atme ld the removal ot of the office from the tb un ns quarters it occupied la in afa the pension building to tho the commodious new building ot of the interior department has improved in degree the efficiency and morale ot of the bureaus staff and has added distinct ly IY to the facilities ot of operation cooperation co 4 with the officers of the department and DI of it bure bureaus ause its publications have hara always been bea and will probably cont continue lAue to to be the tha principal means by which the thein influence of the tha reauIs bureaus Bu exerted but with increased appropriations and nd better organization the er says that the personal element Is entering more and more into its achievements achieve chieve menta ments educational surreys which depend upon personal examination ot of local conditions and recommendations for changes have become a popular instrument ment of ot improvement in this the tha bureau of education was the leader in point ot of time and now directs more surveys ot of this character than any other agency perhaps mora than lt all others combined during the fiscal year 1924 it eon ducted IS of these the survey of higher education in massachusetts 13 easily the most important in the commissioners opinion forat for at will pi pio bably lead to a complete chieffa in the policy of tb ohp state toward higher education A state wida ur vey of the higher institutions of tennessee and a survey of higher education in cleveland ohio are still in pi ogress progress A survey made ot of the a school buildings of portland oregon la is of equal importance in another direction inasmuch as it involves the reorganization of er school sot the tha city conferences of in certain lines of education are frequently called by the Commissioner of rd kd uc who considers this la is an effective method of ciffa diffusing s ing information of value to the country the national conference on held in the auditorium of the department of the in january WAS wa a conspicuous example of such uch terrences ferenc teren ces eq both because of the high character cliar acter of the and of 0 the results that maybo maybe may bo be expected from it the summer meeting of the matt lonal education association which was held in washington Vas hington afforded the bureau of Edu education casion a Talu valuable able opportunity port unity ty to come in contact with ur the adacher 9 pt the country |