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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
steam in a m odern and san itary k itch en . T he C hristm as d in n er com-
prised ev ery th in g th e season afforded and com pared favorably w ith meals
served at first-class hotels in a city.
As to clo th in g , th e governm ent furnishes free every th in g th a t is
necessarv, and th e quality is of the very best.
For recreation, each sex has suitable games; th e baseball, football
and basketball team s of th e school ran k w ith th e best in th e state.
Every S atu rd ay th e re is an excursion to Salem u n d er a chaperone; one
week the girls, the n e x t week the boys, and so on. In order to take
p art in this excursion, how ever, a pupil m ust have a certain percentage
in deportm ent, and this is about the only corrective m easure found
necessary at th e school.
W hen th e sum m er vacation comes, those w ho do not care to go to then
hom es can earn m oney them selves at the nearby hops farm s and orchards
g ath erin g the crops, All th e girls go to one ranch and all the boys to
another, each set under com petent chaperones. A t this w ork they can
earn one to tw o dollars or more per day, w hich is th eirs and they pay-
only ten cents per meal for board. Likew ise, in the shops of the in
stitu tio n , when w ork is done for outsiders, such as m ending harness,
shoeing horses, etc., th e pupil who d ie s the w ork gets half the proceeds,
th e other half going to pay cost of m aterials, etc.
T h e school is carried on along th e lines of a m ilitary academ y, w ith
som ething of m ilitary discipline, and the pupils wear uniform s. It has
a uniform ed brass band w hich has gained a state-w ide rep u tatio n .
T h e in stitu tio n also has a store at w hich alm ost any article can be
purchased, and in w hich m any girls are tau g h t salesm anship.
A w ell-equipped hospital is at the service of the children, b u t at the
tim e of Mr. M cN ickle’s visit only one pupil was under treatm en t there.
All of the pupils seemed happy and contented. Of course, some of
them occasonallv become hom esick, b u t th ey have no other reason for
w antin g to leave, as they w ant for n o th in g , and th eir w ork is very in
terestin g and not at all irksom e.
Mr. M cN ickle’s visit to the school has b ro u g h t him to the conclusion
th at if every In d ian child could atten d this school it w ould have a w on
derful effect. T h ere, am ong h ealthful aud moral su rro u n d in g s, the
y o ung idea is given an elem entary education, ta u g h t a trade by which
he can earn a living, and spurred on to m ake for him self a future.
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