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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
(Continued from front page.)
The girls have an excellent Mandolin
Club, the instrumentation consisting of
violins, guitars, mandolins, cello, double
bass and piano. Vocal music will be
taught to those desiring it and piano
lessons can be secured by those wishing
to take them.
8. The Domestic Science department
has a separate building especially adapt
ed for the purpose and the facilities of
Chemawa in this line are equaled by
only one other school in the Service.
9. In the Literary.. Department, the
instruction covers the branches taught
in Grammar schools of the country.
So'nV in for antio a about Ciiemawa
might be interesting. The school was
established by Major Wilkinson, Febru
ary 25, 1880, being the second oldest
Non-reservation School in the United
States. From a small school as then
established of twentyfive children it
has grown step by step and year by year.
Last year was the most prosperous in its
history. The total enrollment for the
yearbeing 775 pupils, having an aver
age of 615. The school year closed with
382 boys and 266 girls on the rolls.
Under the new regulations it is now up
to the parents and the guardians and
the pupils to decide which school they
desire to attend. Certainly the attend
ance the last year speaks volumes for the
continued prosperity and good name of
Chemawa. 1
Now a last word to the Indian parents
and Indian young men and women desir
ing an industrial education at the Che
mawa school. If you desire admission
this term write at once to Supt. Chalcraft
If you want to enter, Chemawa as a
pupil fill in the space below, cut it out
and send it to Supt. Chalcraft, who will
immediately send you application blanks
Name . ....
Age
Tribe
Father
Mother ,,
P. 0. .....
K. R...
KLAMATH AGEJvCEY NOTES.
Christmas is over. We had a nice free and
all of the children received one or more
presents.
Mi. Beatty and daughter are both work.
ing here at the school this week at the task
of taking an invoice.
Fully 75 percent of the children have gone
home to spend the Christmas week with their
parents.
Mr. Hull, the industrial teacher, is very
sick &t present and has been for more than
a week.
Mr. Worden, of Klamath Falls, who is with
the Southern Pacific Company, was at the
agency Wednesday, and in company with
Mr-Wilson, drove down to where the new
railroad goes through to look over the
ground for the location of ar new town.
There is no perfect man. The nearest ap
proach is the one who acknowledges his own
faults,
Disappointment is the black 6beep of the
Hope family.
The world is full of knockers, but oppor
tunity is seldom numbered aruong them.
Mr, Wilson took a sleigh load of girls out
for a ride on Thursday afternoon. All the
boys went coasting on the big bill eout' of
the agency,
The plasterers have the new school house
and chapel plastered and the finishing will
be done soon. By February we will take
possesion.
Mas Rice and the two dining-rCom girls
in the employes' mess took a sleigh ride to
Fort Klamath on Thursday.
On Ford.