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VOL. 12
JANUARY 7, 1909.
NO. 26
Washington Conference.
The following conclusions were submit
ted by the committee on Rules and Busi
ness at the conference of Superintendents,
which was held at Washington, Dec. 6 to
10, and they were adopted as, represent
ing the judgment and conclusions of the
conference:
1. That the total capacity of non-reservation
schools be reduced by the
abolishment of such schools as the In
dian Office may designate; that the re
maining schools should be better equip
ped for more efficient work. That no
school shall have an average enrollment
of ovei 500 pupils.
2. That the present law be amended
eliminating the per capita allowance of
$107 per pupil, and that hereafter a
lump sum be appropriated for each schooj
specifically appropriated for.
3. That at the present .time any great
reduction in ti e number of res- rvation
b ardiny-sehools would be inadvisable,
and that in the few cases where the
abolishment of boarding schools is desir
able, the plant- (if such schools be used
as consolidated day sch ols similar to
tho.-e now being organized in theprogres
ive rural communities.
4. That the age limit for enrollment
of reservation pupils in non-reservation
schools should be made 12 years unless
special permission is granted, and that
reservation Superintendents be instruct
ed to encourage the transfer of such pu
pils; that transfers be made on a basis of
proximity and climate, except' in the
case of a few larger and specially equip
ped schools, which may recruit more gen
erally. 5. That the Indian Office should pre
scribe a course of 6tudy and grades for
each school and that a pupil enrolled in
a non-reservation school be- not permit
ted to enroll in another school until he has
completed the course for that school, ex
cept with the. permission of the Superin
tendent under whom enrolled.
That a course of study should be made
to conform to that of the State in which
the school is located, not omitting, but
continuing to emphasize, industrial feat
lire. 6 That IocmI Civil Service boards in
the vicinity of Indian Schools and Agen
cies be constituted and authorized to hold
i-uch examinations as may "be required
to secure eligibles for positions in the
Indian Service.
7, The Superintendents be author-