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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1903)
The Ckemawa American, Published meekly MARCH 27, 1903.. No. 27. Boston Indian School Institute. The meeting of the Department of In--diau E Jucation, July 6th to 17th, 1903. will ioBeBS many advantages py reason of the . sessions being held In Boston.- Besides Iwing one of the most historical cities of our country, Boston is America's edu cational center, The excellent summer schools in and around the city present at-, tractive courses of work for teachers desir ois of pursuing a special line of study during the summer, and the coming meet ing will present a special opportunity to thfae Indian teachers who are desirous of taking advantage of these splendid facil Itiw. - ' Tiie sutnioec school of arts and sciences of Hnrvard University, July 6 to August 14, 1903, offers a general literary course and also includes-shop work, blacksmith injr aud physical education. Board and lojeing can be obtained at a cost of from $4 00 to 110 00 per week. . Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute, Cottage City, Mass-Dr. Wm. A. Mowry, Pieaitlfnt, will conduct a five weeks' sum mer school, commencing July 14th, and very generously offer the Indian teachers tuiiion at a reduction of one-thitd,, or $10 instead of $15 00. Teachers should write f'tr il uatrated circulars showing aubjects tauuht; also excursions, and entertain By writiug.to W. A. Baldwin. Principal HUtw Normal School, Hyannis, Mass., teaclnrs will receive a prospectus giving the purpose, character and. scope of their, summer school work, and also containing interesting illustrations of their industrial Interesting courses for teachers thiscomiug summer. Write for booklet of views and L circular of information. Columbia University, New York City, , beautifully situated on tbe Hudson river, offers a diversified couree of instruction that will meet tbe needs of teachers de siring to specialize. The work is of the highest order, and the inspiring influences of the University will cause teaoheis to feel that the summer could not have been better spent, - The (State Normal Rchool at New Paltz, N. Y., gives an admirable course of prac tical instruction, including ; woodwork, baBketry, weaving, domestic science, and art, aB well as a literary course which will be appreciated by earnest teachers. Among the moat important historic places are the famous elm tree under, which General Washington took command . of the Continental Army, July 8, 1776; the Old North Church, from whose steeple flashed the signal for Paul Revere to start on hie famous rid; -the landing place of the British in 1775; the site of the Bontnn Massacre; and world-famed Bunker Hill. How Arrowheads Were Made. We did not know until! to-day how the Indians made the flint arrowheads that are very often found all over the country. They had no tools to work "with, and the. ' question of bow they made them was not answered. "Abe" Matbeney, who was for many years a heap big chief of the Wahoo tribe, says the squaws broke flint rock into small pieces by putting it into the Are. They then selected s suitable piece for an arrowhead, held it in the fire till it got hot, then put a drop of water on it, which "clipped off" a small particle of flint, and by this slow and tedious process the squaws shaped the arrowheads, says Eldorado Republican. A look at an arrow bead will convince one that this was tbe process adopted to make tbem, all they all . have rough surfaces. 1 University, Ithaca, N. Y., offers: