8 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN ( Continued from front page.) 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 sep'arate building esp?cially 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 ''cavers 'the branches taught in Orammur schools of the country. Some information about' Chemavva. might be interesting. The school was established by Major Wilkinson, Febru ary 2K, 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. Thetotal 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 oi 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. Chalcrafi 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 .......... j. . P. 0. ...............;.........., R. B,................:;..,... LEFT OVER PUPILS' ITEMS. iAlvin Smith is working on the sweeper detail. Firman Wilson is working on the garden detail. The wagonmakers will goon begin putting together 325 tables. A year's subscription to the Chemawa American would make a nice Christmas present for a friend. : The stumps in the pig pen are nearly all blown to pieces, The 'dairy -boys, a re still blasting tKem this week. The industrial boys are filling the low places . around Brewer Hall, and fixing the road by the commissary. Mr. J. Burdette and his force of boys are busy making walks around .the ground? out of the cinders from the power hous:rt. Miss White spoke to the -afternoon division, on Monday. Her subject waJ "The Making and Destroying of Paper Money''. It was most interesting and gave our pupils something new to think about.