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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
jzed to designate one other employe to
act with them in visiting agencies and
confer with Agents, pupils and parents
relative to the transfer of pupils and for
the purpose of keeping in touch with re
turned students.
8. That Superintendents he urged to
secure the enactment of compulsory edu
cation laws for Indian pupils in iheir
respective State.
9 That the school term be reduced to
nine months.
10 That at the beginning of the fis
cal year ample fund be pla3ed to the
credit of Superintendents of both reser
vation and non-reservation schools for
use in transporting pupils frum the res
ervation to non-reservation schools.
11. That Supeiintendents encourage
the enrollment of Inuian pupils in public
schools and the enrollment of white pu
pils in Indian schools, upon ptyment of
actual cost to the Goverment.
12. That there is an imperative need
for better qualified employes for indus
trial positions and this need can be sup
plied by the payment of better salaries
and by the provision for local Civil Ser
vice examinations as before suggested.
Further, better qualified men are
needed as principals of reservationschools
and such men can only be secured by
raising the entrance salary.
13. That the effort being put forth for
the stamping out of tuberculosis, tra
choma, and other diseases among Indians
should be persistently continued.
That wherever practical gymnasiums
should be provided and that systematic
physical training be given.
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CUTTING TABLE CLIPPINGS.
The Tailor shop boys report a vote of
thanks for the half-holiday enjoyed dur
ing the holiday week, enabling them to
attend the basketball tournament games
now in progress. The tailor shop team
is represented by the following named
tailor apprentices:
Alex Covington, Robt. Dundas, Jos.
Simpson, Wm Mose, Jessie Scowlole,
Willie Luke and Gideon Hanbury.
At present there are twenty-two ap
prentices in the tailor shop and every boy
in that assembly has a bright future be
fore him fo;- usefulness and helpfulness
to himself and otheis. The greatest
help that any boy cm offer to his people
is to prove to them that he is self support
ting, and the only way possible to prove
this is to learn to become a skillful me
chanic. Advantages are hetter than any
other school to our knowledge; its corps
of instructors are exceedingly competent,
patient and pains taking, and are interest
ed in the personal welfare of each studious
apprentice.
There should not be one failure to be
found among the boys who have received
Chemawa Training.
Thus we close our letter with Thanks
giving for all the good that has come
to us during Christmas week, and we,
the Tailor shop apprentices, sincerely
wish every other shop and it apprentices
a very Happy New Year.
The able manner in which our Christ
mas celebration was managed shows
clearly that good judgment Was exer
cised by the men behind the Santa
Claus arrangements, which we all ap
preciate. No doubt Santa Claus noticed
it, but no one expected Santa Claus had
time to stop to speak about it, so good
bye, old Santa. Come again next year.