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Special emphasis was placed on conversations in English, simple 

 arithmetic, and writing. For the youngest pupils modified kinder- 

 garten methods were followed. Fair progress was reported for both 

 schools. 



St. George Island. — The senior school opened September 6, 



1921, and closed April 10, 1922, having been in session 122^ days. 

 The enrollment consisted of 16 boys and 22 girls, a total of 38. The 

 average daily attendance was 37.5 and percentage of attendance 

 about 99. The subjects taught were reading, arithmetic, spelling, 

 writing, history, and geogi-aphy. The junior school opened Sep- 

 tember 6, 1921, and closed May 15, 1922. The session opened with 

 an enrollment of 6; 2 were dropped subsequently on account of 

 their youth, and 1 was added from the senior school. Kindergarten 

 methods were followed. A sewing class attended by 22 girls, divided 

 into three classes, was conducted by the teacher of the junior school. 



ATTENDANCE AT SALEM INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL, CHEMAWA, OREG. 



All the Pribilof Islands natives who were reported employed at 

 the Salem Indian Training School or in attendance there on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1921, including Mrs. Akalina Fratis, luliania Fratis, Nicolai 

 Stepetin, and Vasilii Stepetin, of St. Paul Island, and George 

 Lekanof and Laurence Merculief, of St. George Island, left during 



1922. Mrs. Akalina Fratis and luliania Fratis were at Marshfield, 

 Oreg., according to last reports. Nicolai Stepetin returned to his 

 home on St. Paul Island. George Lekanof, who it has developed was 

 dropped from the school in 1921, returned to his home on St. George 

 Island. Laurence Merculief left the school but did not return to 

 his home. Vasilii Stepetin returned to St. Paul Island, where he 

 was given employment as a temporary laborer. Inasmuch as his 

 father has permanently given up his residence on the Pribilofs it is 

 probable that he will not regard the islands as his home in the 

 future. The only person to enter the school from the Pribilofs in 

 1922 was Serge Shaisnikoff , a 16-year-old boy of St. Paul Island, who 

 entered the school on November 7. 



SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 



Certain of the Pribilof Island natives have personal funds in the 

 custody of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. Through 

 the year 1922 these funds were kept on deposit with the Washing- 

 ton Loan and Trust Co., Washington, D. C, and interest was paid 

 at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, calculated on monthly balances. 

 New accounts for two natives were opened during the year. A sum- 

 mary of the accounts as a whole for the year 1922 is shown in the 

 statement that follows: 



Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1922 $2, 726. 23 



Interest earned from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1922 303. 23 



Deposited by natives in 1922 8, 910. 48 



11, 939. 94 

 Withdrawn by natives in 1922 106. 00 



Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1922 11. §33. 94 



