Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198?, January 19, 1912, Image 13

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    Fine Selection of Goods
We especially invite you to come to the.'.Stockton Store before buying
elsewhere, as it is com pletely filled with the most beautiful, d ain ty and
ap p ro p riate seasonable goods. Come and look them over, we th in k it will
be a pleasure to you, and you are welcome w hether you buy or not.
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Chemawa Indian School.
8.
The Dom estic Science d ep a rtm en t
has a separate building especially a d a p t­
ed for the purpose and the facilities of
Chem aw a in th is line are equaled by
only one other school in the Service.
9. In th e L iterary D epartm ent, the
instru ctio n covers the branches ta u g h t
in G ram m ar schools of the country.
The school was established by M ajor
W ilkinson, F eb ru ary 25, 1880, being the
second oldest N on-reservation school in
the U nited States. From a sm all school
of tw enty-five children it has grown step
ov step from y ear to year.
L ast year
w a s the m ost prosperous in its history.
The to tal en ro llm en t for th e year being
775 pupils, having an average a tte n d ­
ance of 615.
The school y ear closed
with 382 boys and 266 girls on the rolls.
U nder the new regulations it is now up
to th e p aren ts and the g uardians and
th e pupils to decide which school they
desire to atten d . C ertainly the a tte n d ­
ance the last y ear speaks volum es for
the continued prosperity and good nam e
of Chemawa.
Now a last word to the In d ian parents
and In d ian young mer. and women de­
siring an in d u stria l education a t the
Chem aw a school. If you desire ad m is­
sion this term w rite a t once to Supt.
C halcraft, and fill in the following blank,
cut it out and send it fo Supt. C hal­
craft, who will im m ediately send you
application blanks.
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