The Chemawa American, October 01, 1913, Page 36, Image 36

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dresses, and uniform skirts for the new children as they come in.
The girls are all getting along very nicely making new gingham
dresses and uniform skirts.
New members have come into the dressmaking department to learn
dressmaking and we are pleased to see that they are succeeding. We,
the dressmakers, extend our thanks to Miss Brown for the pains she
takes in teaching us how to sew.
HIS truth comes to us more and more the longer we live: That
on what field or in what uniform or with what aims we do our duty,
matters very little, or even what our duty is. Great or small, splendid
or obscure. Only to find our duty certainly, and somewhere, somehow,
to do it faithfully, makes us good, strong, happy and useful men, and
tunes our lives into some feeble echo of the life of God.
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EX C EL SIO R L IT E R A R Y
SOCIETY
The Excelsior Literary Society convened on Thursday, Oct. 9, 1913,
with an enrollment of forty-nine members; about two thirds of these
are new members. The members all seem enthusiastic, and we expect
to do better work this term than ever before.
The meeting was conducted by Chairman Ray White, with Reginald
Downie as his secretary. An entirely new staff of officers was elected.
The staff is as follows: Reginald Downie, President; Andy Walker,
Vice-President; Frank Johnson, Secretary; Ruther Jacobs, Treasurer;
Gideon Hanburv, Sergeant-at-Arins; his assistant, Charles Johnson;
William Ready, Reporter. This election was followed with an address
by our new Critic, Mr. Devoll. His address was instructive and inter­
esting, also incouraging to our society and was followed by the hearty
applause of all the members. Business was then called for; since there
was nothing of great importance, Chairman Ray White called on differ­
ent members to speak. This was followed by a motion for adjourn­
ment which was seconded.
Come and join us, and you will come out at the end of the term a
wise man, knowing something about public speaking.
Come and hear the Excelsior String Orchestra play, with Mr. Alex
Melevidov as director.
The P^xcelsior Society has lost a very good friend and supporter, who
has done more for the society and aroused the most enthusiasm among