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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.