Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198?, February 12, 1909, Image 9

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    NOTICE!
Indian Parents and Indian Young men and
Women desiring an Industrial Ldj.ca'tior at
the Chemawa Indian School please read.
Chemawa Indian School.
Chemawa Indian school is located on
the main line of the Southern Pacific
railroad five miles north of the City of
Salem, the capital of Oregon.- It is the
only Indian industrial school in the
northwest corner of the United States
where you can get an industrial educa
tion. Many Indian young men, who were
graduated from Chemawa, have good
positions as blacksmiths, mill men, tail
ors, engineers, electricians, farmers, and
in many-other businesses earning a good
living for themselves. The Literary in
tsruction covers the branches taught in
grammar schools of the country. The
Requirement You must be, at least,
.one-fourth Indian; healthy and not un
der twelve or over eighteen years. ,
Cbe Girls -
The Girls, first of all are taught to be
pood house-keepers, to which is added
special Instruction -in Dressmaking, Tail
oring and Nursing. The School has a
Domestic Science Department.
. Cbe Boys
The Boys are also taught Farming,
Dairying, Gardening, Carpentering, Wag
on making, Blacksmithing, Shoe and
Harness Making, Tailoring, JBaKmg,
Steam and Electrical Engineering,
Plumbing If you want this chance
write to the Superintendent
Special notice
New regulations have been made con
cerning the transfer of Indian pupils to
non-reservation schools such as Chema
wa. Instead, of Superintendents sending
out teachers and other representatives
to collect pupils the Indian parents and
pupils themselves must apply to the
agent or Superintendent of the reserva
tion and under the rules the agent or
Superintendent will arrange. to send the
pupils to the non-reservation school.
If you wish to come to Che
mawa, or have children you
desire to send, write to Supt
Edwin L. Chalcraft, Chemawa,
Oregon, and tell your agent or
Superintendent that you want
him to arrange for you to come -and
he will arrange.
Those who do not .live on reservations
will come to Chemawa as before by
writing to the Superentendent of the
School
Any letter written to Chemawa will
receive a prompt reply.