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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
studying and singing. He has a beautiful voice and during his visit
here we were pleased with his singing and appreciated it very much. We
hope he will soon return and give us the pleasure of hearing him again.
—Callista Rainville, Senior.
On the morning of Arbor Day both divisions of the sixth grade joined
in the exercises attending the planting of the sixth grade tree. The
class tree is a maple and is planted in the southeast corner of the school
grounds. The first on the program was a song, “ Spring, ” by the
class. Next a speech of dedication and naming of the tree in honor of
of President Woodrow Wilson by Ray White; “ The heart of the tree,”
bv Genevieve Billedeaux; “ Dedication Song” bv class. — Ray White,
Sixth Grade.
On Arbor Day, Friday, April 17, 1913, the senior and junior classes
united in planting their tree, which was an oak and was named after one
of our great authors, Oliver Wendell Holmes, because of his great love
of trees. The tree was decorated with the two class colors combined—
purple, white and green. After the tree was planted, Paul Kininnook,
president of the senior class, gave a speech explaining why the name of
Holmes was chosen for the class tree. This was followed by a sketch
of the life of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day, by Ruth
Liphart, president of the juniors. We hope the sturdy oak will grow
and help us as a class to grow more like it.—Laura Siddle, Junior.
Pioneer C. E. Walker, from Albany, Oregon, paid Chemawa a visit
last Sunday and spoke to us the same evening in the auditorium. He
is the oldest living white child born west of the Cascades. He related
to us many interesting happenings which will make history more real to
us. We felt honored to have this elderly gentleman, at the age of 75
years, come and enlighten us about the early days of this western coast.
In his life he came in close contact with the Indians, and thereby
learned from them their various songs and lullabvs, with which he de
lighted the students in closing his address by singing two selections in
Chinook. We would all enjoy more visits from Mr. Walker as his speech
was both interesting and helpful.—Maude Lowry, Senior.
One of the pleasantest occasions of the month was enjoyed by the
Senior boys when they were entertained by the girls of the class at a
six o’clock dinner given in the Domestic Science building on Wednesday
evening. The boys did justice to the girls’ cooking and spent a delight
ful evening. They are planning to return the compliment and show the
girls that they have the class spirit by wishing to give them a good time.
The invited guests present were Supt. and Mrs. Wadsworth, Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper, and our teacher, Miss Rover.—Joseph Dunbar, Senior.