The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-27

ings under his care. He has been at
this school two years, and no school on
the coast has u health record equal to
this-only one i'm the hospital at this
writing and he a sufferer from football
tits.
A. II. williams Is the chief cook, and
he has an Indian boy, Willis Bangham,
for assistant. About 13 boys learn plain
cookery and help carve the meats They
learn to prepare vegetables and do
baking. Mr.. Williams expects to turn
out some graduates in his department
in the course of about two years
Industrial work among the girls is
| carried on under Juniata Laufman,
seamstress at the Girls Home. Katie
l.. Brewer laundress. and Mrs. Hilb
housekeeper. Mrs. Mary Il. Theisz
the matron and her assistants all teach
the girls the ordinary household duties
from kitchen work to caring for a par
lor.
Athletics and Discipline.
ID. Il. Brewer the disciplinarian and
chief officer i'm control of the boys, has
been I'm the service since october 1884
He was detailed to take possession of
the farm where the Salem school now
stands i'm February 1885. with 16 boys
he erected some temporary shacks for
shelter. lie was followed in the spring
by teachers and other employees re-
moved from Forest grove He remain
ing there with SO children of what was
known as the 3rd grade He removed to
the Salem school i'm 1856, and has been
here ever since. He has seen the school
grow to its present magnificent pro-
portions, and i'm all that time has en-
| joyed the confidence of the students,
the employees and officers to remark
able degree. capt. Brewer arranges
the details, issues all clothing to the
| larger boys, and looks after all the
| athletic sports The school work does
not permit great deal of time for
| athletics but baseball basketball, and
football teams are maintained.
Social Life Of the School,
| The school and its officials and en-
! ployes are closely identified with the
! business and social life of the Capital
| city. on occasions of public charac-
| ter the school sends its band led by
Mr.. Stoudenmeyer-one of the best
bands i'm the state-and its brigade
of cadets to march i'm professions, and
there Is not a week i'm the year that
does not see most of the Indian school
people i'm the city
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
evening is study hour-a system by
which each teacher enters into a plan
of entertainment of her class. There
Is no formal course of study, but the
time is put I'm at reading or discussion
culivened by music and story telling,
on Thursday evening the literary soci-
cites meet, the boys and girls electing
their own officers, the teachers acting
as critics and generally directing the
movements. Before these programs
Supt Potter meets all In chapel gen
orally giving them practical talk of
some kind.
There is a Y. NJ. G. A. for boys and
for girls that meets Sunday evening
after the regular chapel services
Among literary circles are the Dew
cy's. Girls Band of Mercy, the Reliance
Excelsior, and Nonpareils, the lattel
/ being the principal societies. The Es'
/ telle Reels are middle-slzed girls. Al
debate except the Band of Mercy. EV
/ cry Sunday afternoon there Is ban'
concert I'm the fine new bandstand
! picture of which is given in TINS paper
as well as one of the band I'm full uni
form and battalion In dress parade
There Is quite strong military spirt
at Chemawa.
on Friday night is the weekly socia
BILE at the gymnasium building-th'
social event of the week. gran1
march is formed. All the employees
present, department is taught the or
chestra plays a regular musical pro-
gram and few dances are permitted
The choir meetings are conducted
Saturday and Tuesday evenings undel
direction of Mrs. w. y. Campbell who
drills the boys ana girls into very ef'
hcient chorus work, having been prin'
cipal music teacher at Carlisle FOL
thirteen years. The monthly schoo
entertainment, the Sunday Afternoon
lectures by persons specially invited