Chaves, John

Student file of John Chaves, a member of the Pueblo Nation, entered the school on October 5, 1913 and departed on June 9, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, an outing record, progress cards, certificates of promotion, outing evaluations, correspondence, and financial transactions including…

Student information card of John Chaves (here spelled Chavez) a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1913 and departed on June 9, 1918.

    The first page opens with a poem titled "Spring,” followed by "How a Pawnee Got Ahead of a Cheyenne Chief: A Story as told by one of our Boys," in which a U.S. congressman’s position was chastised using an analogy of a Cheyenne-Pawnee skirmish. There is also a blurb about temperance on this page. Page two features many…

The first page opens with a poem titled "A Happy New Year to You," followed by a poem called "Santa Claus at Home," about his return to the North Pole. The next article, "The Cold Water Man," is about the dangers of drinking beer, reprinted from Maryland Bulletin. Also on the page is a piece titled "Mr. Causes-the-Wind, a Dakota says:" that…