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Show PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR INDIAN CHILDREN VERNAL. Feb. 24. Fifty-three Ute1 and Cncompahgre Indian children of the former Uintah reservation are I now enrolled In ihree public schools at hiicrocks. Fort Duchesne and at landledt Teachers are Mrs. Florence Potts, Bites Helen Curtlss and Miss Xellie Hallasy. Heretofore Indian children ha-re been r-ent to boarding schools at Whitcrocks and Randiedt, maintained lb) the government tor Indian children I only In the opinion of Albert H Nealc, I local BUperintendenl of Indian uffairs I the public schools idea lor Indian children, accomplishes far more ihan I the boarding school process The Indian children assimilate ideas of the white race more readily and are better prepared to cope with lifo on an equal standing slih their white ! schoolmates. oo |