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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
High Praise Chemawa
Writing to a friend in Chemawa, J. B.
Johnson of Colfax, Wash., under date of
January 6th, says;
Will you please be so kind as to ascer
tain why I have not been receiving The
Weekly Chemawa American since Dec.
20th? It is the most interesting per
iodical on my list and I feel like I have
lost a very dear friend when deprived of
it, .being the only paper or magazine in
which every word is read except the ad
vertisements, and some of those do not
escape notice, as, for instance that for
turkeys. ,
Am deeply interested in the doings of
the beautiful little viliage, since I have
seen the real thing, especially those of
the friendly, hospitable, intelligent
teachers and of their interesting pu-
- pils. The visit to the Indian Training
School gave the greater satisfaction
for the time spent than that of any
other school visited in the nine weeks
spent mostly in that way, during which
time I saw the work of thousands of
pupils, and teachers in proportion.
Among the schools seen were those of
Salem, Portland, Pendleton, Walla Wal
la, besides many in Southern Oregon, but
nowhere did I receive greater inspiration
or experience a more cordial welcome
than at Chemawa. Shall never forget
those young friends of the primary de
partment that spoke so well while pro
pounding the apple and potato riddles,
neither can time efface from memory the
beautiful singing and the reciting of va
cation experiences by the members of
other grades. Those exercises were nov
el, interesting and entertaining, haying
never before witnessed such unique, or
iginal and instructive methods in four
teen years of school visitation.
The dining room presented a scene,
the sight of which made the onlooker
feel hungry when beholding that vast
number of industrious workers trying to
satisfy the inner man. Those pleasant
rooms in the girls' dormitory, so tastily
decorated with specimens of art, the
handiwork of the occupants, and the im
maculate appearance of all within, would
be admired by the most critical, and con
fer honor on the designers.
Please give my thanks in generous
measure, to those who gave such kind
notices of my visit, which were greatly
appreciated. Kind regards to you, and
all who made my stay among them so
welcome, and, wish all a happy, prosper
ous and successful year.
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Brevities
Miss Irene Howard, sister of Miss
Frances Howard, was a visitor of the
school last Sunday.
Walter McGibbons is studying hard
now-a-days and when he gets cold he
goes into the furnace room to study.
As you go inside the carpenter shop
you can see a sign, "Gentlemen will not
spit on the floor, others must not' And
still we see in many apartaients expec
torations which may contain disease.
Girls who pretend to be young ladies
and yet are rude and unrefined are the
girls who giggled and laughed in chapel
on Sunday night. No lady makes her
self conspicious in a place of public wor
ship. We all thank Mr. Tracey Hatch for
bringing out the phonograph on Sunday
night. We enjoyed the beautiful hymns
which were produced on the instrument
and hope we can hear them on another
Sunday night.