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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1913)
THE CHEM AW A AM ERICAN 15 Miss L acrone w ith four of the Y . W . C. A. girls, K atie Brewer, Lubova Siftsoff, Jean ette Buckles and E lizabeth H ark rid er, spent S a t urday and S unday at E ugene atten d in g the Y. W . C. A . convention. T hey are enth u siastic over th eir trip , h aving passed an enjoyable and profitable tim e. It is interestin g to visit the Ju n io r Y. M. C. A. Society, composed of th irty small bovs u n d er the supervision of M rs. Brewer, who takes a m otherly interest in the boys. T h e society is conducted in a business like and orderly m anner by the officers, w ho are small boys. G reat credit is due M rs. Brewer for the success of th e society. Mr. S aunders and his assistants have finished p ain tin g M cBride H all, doing a good job and causing it to look neat and clean th ro u g h o u t. Mrs. T heisz, th e head m atron and m other of th e large girls, takes g reat pride in m aking M cBride H all hom elike and attractive. In sum m er the yard su rro u n d in g the b u ilding is filled w ith th e choicest roses, vines, and other flowers, w hich is u n d er th e supervision of Mrs. T heisz. It is one of th e m ost attractiv e places on th e g rounds. W IN O X A -R E L IA N C E D EB A T E On the evening of M arch 27, the W inona and Reliance Societies met in the auditorium in public debate. It was certainly a very close con test, and a very in terestin g one. T h e follow ing short program was re n dered before the debate: Vocal Q uartet - Joe D unbar, L oulin Brewer, F elix Isadore and M artin Sam pson \ ocal D uet . . . . M aude Low ry and Em m a Shepard T h e question for debate was, “ Resolved; T h a t th e U nited S tates is justified in in terv en in g in M exico.” F ra n k V erigan, as principal for the affirm ative, was assisted by N ick H atch and Joseph D unbar; w hile M aude Low ry, as negative principal, had for her colleagues E m m a S h ep ard and E sth er Spencer. S u p t. W adsw orth presided as chairm an of the evening. Each side brought out m any good points and showed considerable talent as orators, but the boys proved them selves a little m ore forceful as speakers than were th e girls, so th a t the decision of the judges gave the honors of victory to th e R eliance Society in th eir u pholding of the affirm ative side of the question. T he judges, who so kindly consented to come out from Salem to act in th at pacitv, were M r. K etchum . Mr. M inton and Mr. G ilbert; all of the