Table 51.-AVERAGE NUMBER OF ENROLLMENTS BY MILITARY PERSONNEL PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHILE OFF DUTY: 1950-51 TO 1954-55 1 Enrollment statistics for Marine Corps Tuition Assistance Program unavailable. Table 52.-FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THE EDUCATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WHILE OFF DUTY: 1950-51 TO 1954-55 Total (5 years). $39,734,582 $14,161,600 $18,002,382 $260,567 $7,100,112 $149,936 $59,985 Does not include support costs which are not furnished by Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense. Estimated $150,000 per year plus $100,000 per year for postal fees Chapter V EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE EVERAL PROGRAMS of education are administered by the operation for 46 years is the Bureau of Mines Safety Training Program. Through its educational programs in first aid, accident prevention, rescue work, and the maintenance of good health, it has a long record of important services to the people. The largest single educational program of the Department is that of operating schools for the education of Indians residing in the United States. The education of these people, and other programs for native populations in outlying parts of the United States, are particularly challenging both in the difficulty of arranging satisfactory services and in the rewards that come with the extension of educational services to these underprivileged people. The advancing economy has diverted these natives from their earlier ways of life, and it is now essential that they be given the advantages to be derived from the acquisition of additional knowledge and skills. Through education they will be able to contribute more effectively to the national welfare. In addition to educational services for Indian and native populations, the Department provides for the education of a few children who are dependents of employees at the national parks. Such services are usually provided through arrangements with local school authorities. The Department also distributes certain revenues to the States which may be used for educational purposes. These revenues are derived from payments for permits, licenses, and leases associated with grazing lands, mineral lands, and national forests which are administered by the Federal Government. Allocations are limited to those States having portions of the public domain in such categories, and the amounts received by these States are proportional to the collections from areas within their boundaries. Revenues from these sources may be used by the States for purposes of local government with emphasis placed upon roads and schools. BUREAU OF MINES SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM The purpose of the Bureau of Mines safety-training program is to promote safe practices and prevent occupational injury of persons employed in the mineral industries. This program began with the establishment of the Bureau by an act of Congress on July 1, 1910. In the early days, the educational activities were confined to training persons in rescue operations and recovery procedures following mine disasters and teaching first-aid-to-theinjured. Although these activities are necessary and persons taking the training improve their "safety mindedness," such training was not truly accident-prevention but rather in knowing what to do after a disaster or injury occurred. Subsequently, accidentprevention activities were started from time to time. At present, the Bureau's main safety-educational activities are in the following principal categories: 1. First-aid and mine-rescue training for workmen and supervisors. 2. Accident-prevention training for workmen and supervisors in the various phases of the mineral industries. 3. Holmes Safety Association-a Bureau-sponsored safety organization providing, through its councils and chapters, an open forum for the discussion of accidents and how to prevent recurrences. The Association also provides educational meetings to promote the general welfare of its membership. The Bureau's safety-educational work was very limited until 1941, when additional funds and personnel became available through the passage of Public Law 49, Seventy-seventh Congress -the original Federal coal-mine inspection act. The Bureau's safety-educational work is carried on in all States having mineral industries within their borders. The educational activities mentioned in the preceding paragraph are carried on by Federal coalmine inspectors, mining engineers, and mine-safety representatives. Accident-prevention training ranges from short talks to 40 hours of formal classroom training for supervisors. The duration of accident-prevention training courses for workmen is 20 hours of classroom instruction. Single lectures and demonstrations are given to selected groups. The Bureau's first-aid training course is of 15 hours' duration and the basic mine-rescue course requires 20 hours. Latest available statistics on formal safety-training courses follow: Kind of course First-aid-to-the-injured Mine Rescue Total number trained Accident-prevention courses (coal mine, metal mine, 1,857,199 106,479 148,641 The Bureau of Mines does not receive a separate appropriation for its safety-educational work. The safety-training program is integrated with other safety activities, including coal-mine inspections and investigations, investigation of accidents and rescue work, health research and testing of respiratory protective equipment, electrical-mechanical testing of underground mining equipment, and demonstrations at the Bureau's Experimental Coal Mine. Estimated amounts spent for the Bureau of Mines safetytraining program for the past 6 years are listed in table 53. Table 53.-APPROXIMATE AMOUNTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THE BUREAU OF MINES SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM: 1950-51 TO 1955-56 With respect to the training of Bureau personnel engaged in health and safety activities, each new employee is sent to the Pittsburgh Station where he is given approximately 4 weeks of instruction in the health and safety program and Bureau policy. After completing this training, the new employee is assigned to one or more experienced persons in the particular field in which the new employee will be engaged. He then works under the immediate supervision and guidance of experienced personnel who inform the proper authorities when the new employee is deemed capable to work independently. Bureau personnel engaged in safety-educational activities are given additional training from time to time on teaching methods and are furnished material and guidance for maintaining interest in the courses of instruction. EDUCATION OF INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES The educational program for Indian children administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, has three major objectives: (1) to provide educational opportunities for the Indian children of school age who are not enrolled in school; (2) to provide a sound educational program for the children who attend schools operated and supported by the Federal Government; and (3) to transfer responsibility for Indian education services to the public-school systems as rapidly as feasible. The school census report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs reveals significant progress since 1953 when there were 19,435 Indian children, or 17.1 percent of those of school age, who were not enrolled in any school. By 1955, this number not in school was reduced to 9,003, or only 7.5 percent. Additional school facilities are needed throughout all States having Indian population to accommodate the increasing school-age population of the Indians. Reductions in the number of Indians not enrolled were greatest for the Navajo Reservation where only 15.7 percent were not in school in 1955, compared with 46.1 percent in 1953. However, it is estimated that approximately one-half, 48.5 percent, of the 9,003 Indian children not enrolled in any school in 1955 were Navajos. Additional school facilities are needed for the Navajos to relieve present overcrowding and to provide space for the remaining out-of-school children. Educational services were provided in 23 States for 104,649 Indian children, ages 6 to 18, for the 1954-55 school year. Of this number, 59,631 were enrolled in public schools; 35,101 in Federal boarding and day schools; and 9,917 in mission and other schools. An additional 3,358 students who were outside the 6 to 18 age-group were enrolled in 1955. In addition to the number reported above, there are many Indian children attending the public schools operated by local school districts. Where these children live on tax-exempt Indian-owned lands in areas with limited resources to support education, the Federal Government assists these school districts financially by means of contracts with State departments of education and with local school districts. Contracts were negotiated with 15 States Table 54.-FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THE EDUCATION OF INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES: 1945-46 TO 1954-55 and the Territory of Alaska, and with 30 districts in 6 States and the Territory of Alaska in 1955. Approximately 35,000 Indian |