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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
NOTICE! Indian Parents and Indian Young men and Women desiring' an Industrial Education at tae Chemawa Indian School please read. Chemawa Indian School. Chemawa Indian school is located on the main line of the Southern Pacific raiitoad 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 struction 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 fourteen or over eighteen years. KChe 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, .Basing, Steam and Electrical Engineering, Plumbing. If you want this chance write to the Superintendent. Special notice JNew regulations have been made con- Cermncr fhe franafor rf Tnian nn-rkila trv non-reservation schools such as Chema wa. Instead of Superintendents sending out teachers and other representatives to collect pupils the Indian parents itid pupils themselves must applv to,the agent or Superintendent of the reserva tion and under the rules the agent' ot " I .. 1 11. A" . I '."11. ' If you wish to come to GheV mawa, or nave cniiaren you desire to send, write to Supt. LUWIII l . Vl lUIVI Ul I, Vl Ivvl I I CI W CI, - Oregon, and tell your agent or Superintendent that you wantf 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.
