Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198?, March 26, 1909, Image 9

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    NOTICE!
Indian Parents and Indian Young men and
Women desiring an Industrial E-ducation at
the Chemawa Indian ScHool please read.
Chemawa Indian School.
Chemawa Indian school is located on
the n.ain line- of the Southern Pacific
rail i oad 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.
Che Girls
The Girls, first of all are taught to be
good 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, liaKing,
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
andThe will arrange.
Those who do not live on reservations
will come to Chemawa as before by
writing to the Superentendent of he
School.
Any "letter written to Chemawa will
receive a prompt reply.