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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
in well selected homes by the Outing Matron where
they are living as members of the families and at
tending public schools. They receive only a small
wage during the school term which wage is in
creased for full-time service during the summer
vacation months. For the protection of the girls
and in the interest of Outing patrons the following
rules have been adopted:
OUTING RULES FOR GIRLS
1. Girls are not to be regarded as “maids” or
servants, though they are to be taught the dig
nity of service. They are to be mothers’help-
ers in the homes and taught to be neat, order
ly and efficient in all the duties pertaining to
the management of a well kept home.
2. Girls will not be placed in homes where there
are boys over 12 years of age.
3. They must be punctual and regular in school
attendance, and must not be kept out half-days
and parts of days.
4. A girl should not be required to arise in the
morning before 6:00 o’clock. Her morning
work should be so arranged that she is never
tardy at school. She should be given sufficient
time each evening to prepare her lessons for
the day following; retire by 9:30, never later
than 10:00 P.M. Girls should go directly
home from school and not visit the homes of
other girls after school.
5. A girl should not be required to do the family
washing, or any other heavy work not suitable
for a young girl attending school. The small
wage asked for these Indian school girls is to
protect them against work too arduous for
their age.
6. Pupils should attend church, or Sunday school,
regularly; the Catholic girls to a church of
that faith ; the Protestant girls to a Protestant
church. This refers to day church, not even
ing.
7. Each girl should return to her “outing home”
before 6:00 o’clock, P. M., whenever she has
permission to be absent alone. She should tell
her “outing mother” where she expects to go,
and if she disobeys she should be kept home
on her next afternoon out. Under no circum
stances must the girl leave her outing home
for another place to live, or to return to Che-
mawa, without specific permission from the
Outing Matron,
8. Each girl should be provided with a suitable
room in the home with the family. She should
be neat in person and keep her room neat and
orderly. She must not remain all night with
other girls without permission, nor must she
be left alone in the home all night with small
children.
9. On Sundays and holidays she should not be
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permitted to go to public parks or other places
of amusement unless she is chaperoned by an
adult member of the family. Girls must not be
permitted to entertain men friends unless
special permission is given by the Outing
Matron, and then it must be unquestionably a
I father or brother. But in any event the Out
ing Matron should first be consulted.
10. Sunday afternoons are the usual times for the
girls to have their recreation. They should
have two Saturday afternoons off each month
to do their sewing, darning, shopping, etc.,
but if they go down town they should be ac
companied by some competent chaperon. It
will help if each outing mother wall see that
her girl does not visit other patrons’ girls at
other times. It is essential that patrons co
operate in this for the common good. Girls
must not eat meals at other patrons’ homes
without an invitation from the patron.
11. A record of all money transactions is kept at
the school and if the pupil spends more than
one-third of her monthly wage, the excess
cannot be counted as part pay, but will be con
sidered a gift from the outing mother.
12. Two-thirds of the agreed monthly wage must
be sent to the school each month, without wait
ing for a statement. The other on-third should
be paid to the girl. Make all checks payable
to the Superintendent, Chemawa Indian
School, NOT TO THE GIRL. This money
is known as “Individual Indian Money” and is
taken up in the Superintendent’s official ac
counts and placed to the credit of the student
and paid out to the student from time to time
as her needs may require.
13. It is expected that the outing mother will take
a personal interest in her girl’s welfare and
give her every reasonable advantage as well
as advice and encouragement, and take her
out occasionally where she may secure contact
educationally—all without interfering with
her duties as a mother’s helper.
14. Our Indian girls are expected to be courteous,
appreciative, obedient, and to do their part at
all times as faithfully and efficiently as may
reasonably be expected of young people Of
their age and experience.
Throughout the following pages of this issue
of The Chemawa American will be found articles
describing the Outing System as it is carried on
at other large Indian schools where it is a demon
strated success and valuable alike both to the pat
ron and to the Indian student.
For further information, application blanks,
etc., address Superintendent U. S. Indian School,
Chemawa, Oregon.