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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1901)
2 CHEMAWA AMERICAN. ing and lasting influence which music con tributes to our daily life, It has been an important factor in the life and history of this school as the band is always in demand on all public occa sions . and it. successfully represents our school before the many huuderds of peo-' pie who listen to the rendition of the works of our American composers by this organization. Prof. Stoudenmeyer proposes this sea son to take up and study the more com plicated and advance works of the old mas ters, and it will not be a suprise if we should hear beautiful strains of music from the works of Wagner, Mendelsohn, Schu mann, Schubert, Rubenstein, and others when the first concert of the wiuter season is given on our new bandstand. The band has been a credit not only to our school but to the Indians of the Pacific Coast in general as it has eliminated the idea that the native sons of the Red Man was not susceptable to musical training. Nothing has equaled the enthusiasm with the people in general as lias our band in ap pearing as they do on all public occasions and giving concerts and rendering and in terpreting the various musical compositions to every class of our vast population. It has had ''and attracted the ' attention of vast audiences in interpreting the beautiful works and efforts of our mod ern composers. The Outlook is Promising for the The Indian Work. The outlook for the solving of the Indian Problem is more promising each year from the standpoint of the progressive Red Men and nothing can be more encour aging than to take a little review of what is being done by our sister schools through out, the United States. . Haskell seems to be the banner school this year, as she open ed her doors to many new students during August and September. The present en rollment, numbers 7c2studenfs hailing from Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Co lorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Michigan Indiana, North Carolina, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri and from the far regions of Alaska. The literary department of the school is divided into nine grammar grades, normal and commercial departments, kindergarten and training class. The industrial depart ment consists of carpentry, harness making, printing, painting, wagonmaking, blacksmithing, dressmaking, tailoring, c oking, laundering, enginenrinr, steam fit ting, masonry, baking and shoemaking. The appropriation for this year's work sums up to a total of $137,200. Besides the many improvements that are being made, note may be made of the three story addi tion to the school building which has been completed at a cost of 25,000. All these are hopeful signs. Haskell Iihs always placed her students on an educational basis thereby making them useful members of our great nation. Contracts were yesterday awarded, Pugh and Van Patten of Salem, Ore., for the construction oftheGirl' Dormitory, Indus trial Building and Laundry. All to be made of brick which will add to the conveniences facilities and attTactions of Chemawa. Ber nardi and Dunsford got the contract fr ex tending our Steam Heating and E'ectric Lighting plant. Therefore more heat and light are assured. These improvements will help Chemawa out to the extent of a bout $42,000, for which we are more than thankful. . Chemawa Indian School Exhibit. For a number of years the , Chemawa Indian Training School, though not an institution open, to the general public, nor one under state control, has placed an ex hibit in the pavillion at each annual State Fair. This custom has been observed this year and the Indian school has a booth that shows'in a general way the kind of in dustrial instruction given the Indian chil dren. There are, in the boys' department, simples of harness work which could not be excelled by a professional harness-maker, tailoring that is up to the requirements of the trade; saddles, that in all respects look as though they had been made in a factory and specimens of wood joining and splic-