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to be the first one to arrive so that I might greet the rest of the mem-
>ers of the class. I took the first aeroplane for Seattle, where I stayed
for a few days visiting friends, finally arriving at Cliemawa on June 20th.
As I sailed through the air above the school I was greatly surprised
to see how Cliemawa had grown; the pretty new buildings and the
picturesque campus, covered with the different kinds of shade trees and
flowers, was certainly very beautiful. Joe was at the aeroplane station
to meet me when I arrived and we were very glad to see each other.
Of course we exchanged confidences, and I told Joe that because of an
early romance my heart had been blighted and I was still a bachelor
Joe surprised me very much by telling me he had been a widower for
several years. He had completed his course at the Washington Agri
cultural College, and had married there, going then to his allotment,
where lie and his wife had built their home and he had very successful
ly run his farm. He informed me that he had a still greater surprise
in store for me, but said I must wait until the evening of our class re
union, when all present should learn it, too.
Later in the day Joe and I went to the magnificent railway depot which
had recently been built in order to keep up with the growth of Che-
mawa. Not in the school alone, but in the vicinity as well, as the
land near Chemawa was all taken up and was very thickly settled. Af
ter waiting a few minutes the train pulled in and among the many pas
sengers for Chemawa was Ethel Roberts, one of the state organizers of
the California Y. W. C. A. We were both glad to hear of her success
in the field, for she was certainly doing a noble work for the young
women in California. We had been together but a little while when we
met Paul Kinninook who had just arrived in an aeroplane from Seattle.
It made us happy to see his smiling face again after so many years had
passed. He also confessed to being a bachelor, since he had been too
busy with his chosen work even to think of the girls. He was doing a
great missionary work among his people in Alaska. He had been very
successful as a minister and told us many strange and interesting
stories about the natives in Alaska.
Next to come were Nick Hatch and Bennie Wilcox. Nick, after
leaving school, had followed his trade, and was now a successful tailor
in Southern Oregon, owning a large shop on one of the main business
streets. Of course Nick was accompanied by his wife, for my wildest
fancy could never see him as a bachelor. Naturally I was surprised to
see that his wife was our classmate. Fannie Adams. After being suc
cessful here as a kindergarten teacher she had finally graduated from
Vn^cnOr?u department which had been added to Chemawa’s course in
1915. She had taught for several years in the public schools and by
chance secured a position in the town where Nick was then working
e can easily guess the rest.