THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
TAILOR SHOP NOTES
1 have heard the statement made
"That a boy leaving Chemawa is help
less, because he has not money with
which to start business." Such a state
ment is false, as the following will prove:
Any boy starting in life from Che
mawa's tailor shop will make not less
than four pair of trousers per week, re
ceiving $2.50 per pair, making his earn
ing power $10.00 per week for the first
six months' work. I say for the first
six months for the following reasons:
It being presumed that after the first
six months' experience this boy will
gain greater confidence in himself, hence
a greater speed, and speed is the result
of system and experience combined.
In the succeeding six months this boy
will be able to make five pair of trousers
per week, receiveing $2.50 per pair, mak
ing his earning powrer 25 per cent, greater
now than was possible during his first
six montha, experience. And again in
the next six months a similar benefit
takes place and this boy finds that at'
some time during the busT season he
has made six pair of trousers in a week.
There being from nine to ten hours'
labor on a pair of trousers it can readily
be seen that this boy has reached the
ordinary mechanic's natural speed for a
day's labor. Note this result: That
this boy's earning power has increased
50 per cent during the first year of his
mechanical effort.
Now we have established this truth:
That this trained boy from Chemawa's
tailor shop is self-supporting, hence self
respecting from the hour he leaves the
school for the following reasons : First,
because he can do things in a manner
that reflects credit upon the doer, and s
the doing of which requires from three
to five years' training 1o accomplish.
Second, for being able to perform this
kind of work the world proclaims and
accepts him as a skilled mechanic and
pays him accordingly.
(To be continued in next issue)
For the students of Chemawa nothing
is too good as is evidenced by the new
coat undershirts designed and being
made in the tailor shop for the middle
sized boys. The cutting is being done
by the more advanced students and it
requires an advanced student to manu
facture this unique garment to meet the
standard requirements of the tailor shop.
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ITEMS LITTLE BOYS' HALL.
Carl Stone is an efficient press boy.
George Baker is doing some very good
work in the mending of trousers and
coats for the Little Boys' Hall; some of
the skill he has formerly acquired in the
tailor shop, we presume.
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JDtbietic
The engineers were defeated by the
blacksmiths in a game of football last
Saturday by a score of 10 to 4.
The Chemawa Y. M. C. A. basketball
team was defeated by the Willamette
University junior basketball team last
Saturday by a score of 12 to 7.
The Chemawa basketball team was
defeated last Monday evening by the
Independence team at Independence.
The score was 37 to 10.
The blacksmiths are the champions in
football. Now let us have a series of
sames in basketball to decide the cham
pionship of this game.