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In view of the fact that the Indian starts with the disadvantage of a foreign language to acquire and is ignorant of many things the white child unconsciously learns during his earliest childhood.  I would suggest that the Indians' term of school life should extend one more year than is taken for a similar course by our children.  He needs longer contact with his instructors and the discipline to be obtained from study, and the infusion of ideas that are the heritage of a written language and history. I would also suggest the advantage to be obtained by the association with white school mates and a residence in a white community that he may imbibe the stimulus of the daily life in the midst of civilization.

The reservation environment restricts to a few [[strikethrough]] limited [[/strikethrough]] opportunities any enterprise aroused in a government school student.  He can be an Agency or School Employee or perhaps a small farmer.  The former openings are limited in number, and the latter depends upon the locality and the possession of implements; there are, therefore many young men who fall into helplessness waiting for something to turn up and who are liable to be driven by the restlessness