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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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David E. Brewer.
Mr. Brewer entered Chemawa with tne
first patty of pupils from Puyallup Feb. 25,
1880, After completing his course and fully
qualifying himself he occupied the position
of disciplinarian until his death in 1908. He
won the esteem and good will of the pupils
and employes smd was highly esteemed as a
citizen by all who came in contact with him
He was one of Chemawa's most loyal sup
porters and up-builders.
FIRST PUPIL0
Admitted Feb. 25, 1880, from Puyallup:
David Brewer, Henry Sicade, Jerry Meeker,
Peter Stanup, Nugen Kautz, Augustus Kautz,
Willie H. Wilton Harry Taylor, Charles
Ashue, Samuel Ashue, Samuel Mc Caw, Julia
Taylor Katie James, Annie Porter, Emma Ka
hama, Peter Kalama, Nesqually; Edward
Richard, Olympia; Andrew Richard,01ympia.
Admitted May 28, 1880, from Puyalltp: Ella
Lane (Mrs. Henry Steeve), Celia Lane, Mary
Lyal, Annie Stanup, Lucy Leshi, and Minnie
Thompson.
Admitted July 13, 1880, from Warmspring:
Benjamin Miller, William Miller, Jerry Holla
quilla, George Piute, William Skitus (dead),
Frank Meacham, Melville Rex, Rosa Whitley.
Laura Temple (Mrs. Willie Miller), Lillie
Pitt (Mrs. Peter Kalama), Sallie Pitt (Mrs.
Barr), Lizzie Olney (Mrs.. Nugen Kaut
Etta Hollaquilla (Mrs. Fr. EennettJ '
Emma V. Parker. ' M
Admitted from Ft. Wrangle.,Al: William tT
Lear. '
Admitted from Spokane: Oliver Lot (Chief
son), George Secup, John Williams, Obpi
Littlewilliams, Fred Pratt, George ' D0
Charlies Abraham, and Ellen Abraham.
Admitted from Chehalis and Olympia, Mar
8, 1881: Marion Davis, Robert Jack, BruCe
Jack, John Hughes, Charles Varner, and Li?
zie Varner.
Admitted from Sitka, AL, Apr. 25, issi
vValter Burwell (dead), Philip Jones, and
Samuel Goldstaiu.
Admitted from Ft.'Wrangle, AL, Apr. 2."
1881: George Blake, George Brown, Charles
Lott, Harry Kadeshan, Ben Shattuck, Arthur
Jackson, and Sarah Dickinson.
Chemawa's literary societies and clubs that
have played an important pait in Chemawa's
history have been the following: Reliance,
Dewey, Eureka, Redmen, Estelle Reel, Non
pareil, Excelsior, Minnehaha, Hiawatha, Pro.
gressive, Ramona, Uncle Sam, Elite, Nesika.
Daisy and Odd.
ESTABLISH METS OF TRADES AND
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS.
Baking, cooking, sewing, housekeeping
and laundering, Feb., 1880; farming and dai
rying, Apr., 1880; carpentering, Dec, 188i
black&mithing, shoemaking and painting,
Jan., 1881; dressmaking, May, 1881; wagon
making, May, 1882; printing, June, 1883; tin
smithing, Sept. 1881; tailoring, Apr., 188";
harnessir aking and cabinetmaking. June,
1885; gardening, Apr., 1886; plumbling, July,
1886; steam engineering, July, 1887; nursing
and music, Oct., 1890; electrical engineering,
Oct., 1900; domestic science, Oct., 1902.
Chemawa has always held her own in
athletics in baseball, football, basketball,
in t r ick and long distance running. We hare
fifteen silver trophies as the result of athletic
effort, in addition to numberless individual
prizes won by her pupils. For three conse
cutive years Chemawa has won the fifty-niilt
relay race, run each spring from Salem to
Portland.