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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Che Cbemawa American
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PROGRAM OF PACIFIC COAST IN
DIAN INSTITUTE.
SEATTLE, WASH.
President, II. II. Johnson, Tacoma, vVash.
Vice President, E. L. Chalcraft, Chemawa, Or.
Secretary, Estelle Reel, Washington, D. C.
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1909.
Music. :
Invocation:
Right Rev. Edward J. O'Dea, Bishop of
Seattle. '
Greetings:
Wesley L. Jones, U. S. Senator, North
Yakima, Wash.
John F. Miller, Mayor of Seattle, Wash.
J. E. Chilberg, President of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition.
I. A. Nadeau, director-general, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition.
Henry M. Dewey, state superintendent of
public instruction, Olympia, Wash.
Frank B. Cooper, superintendent of city
schools, Seattle, Wash.
Responses:
H. H. Johnson, superintendent Puyallup
Indian school, Tacoma, Wash.
E. I. Chalcraft, superintendent of Salem
Indian school, Chemawa, Oreg.
Estelle Reel, superintendent of Indian
Schools, Washington, D. C.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1909.
The necessity of teachers keeping in touch
with the advancement in educational
methods. Frank B. Cooper, superintendent
of city schools, Seattle, Wash.
The importance of specializing the course of
study to meet the needs of local conditions.
E. L. Chalcraft, superintendent of Salem
Indian school, Chemawa, Oreg.
Preparing the Indian for self support and
citizenship. John McA. Webster, super
intendent of Colville Reservation, Miles,
Wash.
Sanitation and dietetics in the school and the
home. Dr. Charles M. Buchanan, super
intendent of Tulalip Indian school, Tulalip,
Wash.
Demonstration lessons, with classes of Indian
children. i
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1909.
Natives of the Hawaiian Islands. A. F.
Knudsen, commissioner from Hawaiian Is
lands to the Alaska Yukon-Pacific Ex
position. The work of the day schools in relation to
the home. F. F Avery, day school in
spector, Colville Reservation, Miles, Wash.
How may the school room exercises be made
to inculcate habits '.f thrift and economy.
W. P. Campbell, assistant superintendent
of Salem Indian school, Chemawa, Oreg.
How can we best encourage Indians to de
velop their allotments. Knott C Egbert,
superintendent of Siletz Reservation, Oreg.
Demonstration lessons, with classes of In
dian children.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1909.
(Round-Table Conferences.)
Superintendents' and Physicians' Section,
Teachers' Section, Matrons' Section, and
Industrial Section.
Note. Topics for discussion will be an
nounced by the chtirmau of each section.
About sixty girls attended the picnic
given by Miss Brown to her girls on
Monday afternoon. About one o'clock
the party left the school in wagons sup
plied by Mr. Swartz and some of his
farmer boys and proceeded east some
three or four miles to the alluring banks
of the Puddin river, where they pic
nicked for the afternoon. They had a
fine lunch in th3 evening and arrived
home shortly after sunset, declaring that
they had enjoyed the outing very much.