But our story is not all told.  Other donors in the last few years have done likewise, and there still are cases where the pressure for enlargement is as great as in any of the instances given.  We must mention one.  In a large Southern city our school building is so inadequate that the Principal writes:  “We have an extremely large school, and yet nearly three hundred pupils were turned off for lack of seating capacity.”  In addition to this, the Teachers’ Home adjoining the school building, which was once a Southern home, is unhealthy from inadequate under-drainage.  We have repeatedly attempted to remedy this difficulty and at considerable cost.  We are satisfied that to spend more money for such a purpose is a waste.  The only true remedy is to remove the present home, connecting it with the school-building for additional school-rooms, and then, on the vacant site, to erect a new home with proper foundations.  If any benevolent person should offer us the means for making these changes, we fear we have not the self-denial to refuse, unless the churches or benevolent individuals for whom we act shall command us to do so.  We await the response they will give.

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THE VERNACULAR.  THE LAST GOVERNMENT ORDER.

THE ORDER.

We give below a copy of the last order received from the Interior Department in relation to the vernacular.

“1st.  In Government schools no text-books and no oral instruction in the vernacular will be allowed, but all text-books and instruction must be in the English language.  No departure from this rule will be allowed, except when absolutely necessary to rudimentary instruction in English.  But it is permitted to read from the Bible in the vernacular at the daily opening of school, when English is not understood by the pupils.

“2d.  In schools where Indian children are placed under contract, or to which the Government contributes in any manner, the same rule shall be observed in all secular instruction.  Religious instruction in the vernacular may be allowed in such schools, both by the text-book and orally, provided not more than one-fourth of the time is devoted to such instruction.

“3d.  In purely mission schools—­that is, in schools toward whose support the Government contributes nothing—­religious and other instruction may be conducted in the manner approved by those who maintain the schools, provided that one-half of the school hours shall be employed in instruction in English.

“4th.  Only native Indian teachers will be permitted to teach otherwise in any Indian vernacular, and these native teachers will only be allowed so to teach in schools not supported in whole or in part by the Government, and where there are no Government or contract schools where English is taught.  These native teachers are allowed to teach in the vernacular only with a view of reaching those Indians who cannot