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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1908)
6 THE CHEMAWA A MERC AN Covention of Indian Educators. : The Department of Indian Education will be held this year at Cleveland, Ohio, June 29 to July 3, in connection with the annual convention of the National Educational Association. In addition to the general sessions,, which, will be devoted to lectures and addresses by eminent educators, demonstration les sons with classes of Indian children will be presented by teachers in the service. These lessons will emphasize methods of instructiori especially in correlating class-room and industrial work used in the leading schools thoughout the conn try, and which the office desires adapted to the requirements of Indian :pupils and used in the schools. Round table conferences will be arranged for, and at these meetings subjects of special inter est to the several departments of the schools will be considered. . The National Educational Association will present a varied and attractive pro gramme, embracing lectures and; ad dresses on all lines of work. Each of the eighteen departments of the Association will hold two, or more sessions, and the programme of the Indian Department will be so arranged as not to conflict. This arrangement will enable'the Indian workers to attend the sessions bearing on their special lines of work, and will offer them unusual opportunities for im provement. Those attending the convention will also be enabled to pursue special courses at the normal and summer schools of Cleveland, and nearby cities, and to visit Niagara Palls, New York, and other points of interest, with but little additional expense. - It is expected that, as in former years, all trunk lines will offer special railroad rates, consisting of one fare ' for the round, trip, with stop-over -privileges both going and returning. It will be remembered that this con. vention was held at Los Angeles, CaL, last year, and proved of vast interest to the Indian workers. The Commission er, Hon. Francis E. Leupp, was present and took a leading part in the various sessions; and his wholesome words of advice and encouragement were grate fully received by those who were so fortu nate to hear his talks and to meet him personally. Announcements that will be of inter est to Indian school employees relative to the Cleveland meeting will .be .made in this paper from time to time. t bl etics The long distance runners are now training. Some of the boys are . out practicing baseball already. Chemawa's first basketball team was defeated at Dallas by. the score of 20 to 16. " ; ' ;.: V ... ;-;.:v Wm. Watkins and Ed. Amsworth ran five miles last Saturday afternoon; they made very good time. - Martin Sampson, from Washington, and Peter La Moose, from Montana, ran a fifty yard race. Martin won. A very interesting game of basketball was played Saturday evening , between the first and second teams of girls. The score was 6 to 28 in favor of the first team. . The Chemawa Y. M. C. A. second team was defeated by Mt. Angel in a hotly contested game of basketball last Saturday afternoon., The score was 12 to i4. - ; -