Weekly Chemawa American., October 29, 1909, Page 7, Image 7

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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(Continued from page 2.)
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.
Some information about Chemawa
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 twenty-five 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
year being 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.
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. ,
R. R :
Assistant Superintendent Campbell
addressed the student body on Monday
evening in the school chapel His sub
ject was "Use your brains.'' This was
a very instructive topic and who ever
tries to follow what he said, will no
doubt attain success and make a good
name for himself or herself.
Mis. Lucy Jones Smith is property
clerk at Chemawa at a salary of $ 720.
She says she is " staying with it and
wording nara. oince leaving nere sne
has been assistant matron at lomah,
Wisconsin, one year; clerk at Pipe--
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at Chemawa five years. Haskell has
given her a good trade, she says, and i
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Smith own real estate in Portland valued
at $2,000; five acres of land in Washing
ton, $300; two good pianos and furniture,
!foOU; deposited in banks in f ortland and
Salem, $800, and are living good, clean
lives, which she rightly considers better
than financial assets. The Indian Lead
er. Later. Mrs. Smith is now Chief Clerk
at $840 per annum.