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30 v.; Modern Eloquence, 15 v., are of great value to teachers in their school work. Especial attention is paid agriculture and kindred topics. A few standard works on this subject are supplemented by a generous collection of pamphlets, publications of the United States and Pennsylvania Agricultural Departments as well as some from other sources.

Library is open each day (except Sunday) from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. except noon hours, and from May 1 to October 1 for two hours in the evening. All students are welcome for purpose of reading current periodicals or consulting reference works whenever they have time away from their school or industrial duties Many books are read by students in connection with their school and society work. Books are borrowed for two weeks; current periodicals and pamphlets for seven days.

From July 1, 1905 to June 30, 1906:-

Number of students visiting Library for reference work or to read magazines - 7,323
Circulation of books, - 6,775 v.
Of these: History and travel 816 v.
Biography - 423 "[[ditto for v.]]
Fiction - 1624 "[[ditto for v.]]
Magazines and Pamphlets - 1497 "[[ditto for v.]]

Fiction is a large portion of the circulation here as elsewhere, but it by no means indicates light reading. The Library is not equipped with up-to-date novels. We class as "fiction" books by Miss Alcott, Susan Cooldige, Mrs. Whitney, Kirk Munroe, Stoddard Henty, and others whose works are especially adapted to the school age, although the Library does contain sets of standard novels as Cooper, Scot and Dickens.

With experience and observation elsewhere we can report the work of students here as profitable to themselves and worthy of praise.

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Comparisons

The popularity of Carlisle School and her advantages is manifested in the fact that parents send their children here voluntarily, no need to send out agents for them. In fact, the management has been compelled to refuse a number of applications during the past year. A part of students came to Carlisle during the year selecting this school from among all the rest, whose tribe never before would allow any of its children to be educated.

The equipment for the training we have described in this Bulletin, can be improved, but is such as to enable us to carry out what we claim. In this respect superior to Reservation schools-Our practical training in trades and household duties are pre-eminetly superior as is shown by the fact that we can call upon one third of our girls at any time, who will be able to bake bread, cook meals, and laundry shirts and collars, whilst at many Reservation schools, none can be found who can do this, and no equipment to train them.

Our environment is in our favor. The people of the East are religiously and devotedly interested in the Indians' welfare, as over against the prejudice of many of the people in the West, we still hold to the idea that the "Only good Indian is a dead one." The patrons and neighbors of the Carlisle School are patient, painstaking, earnest, interested and devoted to the best interests of the Indian Race, hence there are as high as 1400 applications for less than half that number of available children of the "Outing" annually.

Our location is near the Government offices at Washington, from whence Inspectors may be sent into our midst without a moment's warning and there is no opportunity to be put on dress parade for an inspection even by the Honorable Commissioner himself, thus giving the office direct supervision and close range with the direction of our school.

Whilst we believe that the Reservation and Mission School is doing for the Indian what they can, we