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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Brown and his o rchestra m em bers furnished the m usic for th e evening. Miss R eid, Miss W h ite and Mr. M cLean assisted in m aking th e evening a success. Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School, Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager F o u r of the C hem aw a delegates to th e s tu d e n ts ’ co n ference of th e Y. M. C. A ., held at Seabeck, W ash ., some m onths ago, addressed the stu d e n t body at c h a p el service S unday evening last. R obert D ow nie, spoke on “ W h at and W here is Seabeck?” ; G eorge Peters, on “ A D ay ’s P ro g ra m ;” Irv in g S hepard, “ T h e L eaders and th e S tu d ie s ;” Joseph G ale, “ W h a t can Seabeck do for Chemaw’a?” T hese talk s given by o u r y o u n g m en w ith such earnestn ess and sin cerity , is a splendid com m entary on th e good w’ork being done by th e association, and w as in sp irin g to all w’ho w’ere so fo rtu n ate as to be presen t. Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION - 25Cts PER ANNUM A IM H IG H / Do not be afraid to set your am bitions h igh and do not h esitate to discuss them w hen you find a sy m p a th etic listener. E very influence you can get to re in force your purpose will help ju st th a t m uch tow ard reach in g the en d . T h ere are, how ever, two d an g ers a tten d in g h igh am b ition s—first, a tendency to be sa t isfied w ith the m ere th o u g h t of w hat you would like to lx? and do instead of p u ttin g th e purpose into effect; and second, th e d an g er of overlooking the sm all but necessary d u ties of today for the big th in g s in the fu tu re . Both these can easily lie overcom e by concientiously and persisten tly d ig g in g aw ay each day at w hatever w ork is required of you, b u t at th e sam e tim e keeping fresh in th e m ind th e big and noble th in g you would do. T h is w ill surely lead you h ig h er and h ig h er, and although you may never reach exactly th e point aim ed at you m ust be the b etter for h av in g aim ed high. LOCAL LORE Miss M itchell and Miss F lin t were d in n er gu ests of S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all Sunday last. M r. S m ith m ade a h u rried trip to A shland the la tte r p art of last week on school business. Mr. Loos also m ade a jo u rn ey to A lbany. M iss O ra S cholder, of San Diego, C alifornia, has received th e ap p o in tm en t as m atron for the sm all boys and enters on d u ty at once. Miss S cholder has had considerable experience in the m atron work and no d o u b t will be a valuable acquisition to th e C hem aw a force. Mrs. E thel G . R eilly, our late Miss K nox, w ho was recently m arried to M r. P. O . R eilly, has resigned her position as m atron of the sm all boys at th is school, and will join her husband at once. Mrs. Reilly took no little interest in her boys and will be greatly missed at C hem aw a. T h e sm aller boys and girls enjoyed th eir H allow een party to th e fullest ex ten t. It was held last S atu rd ay n ig h t in th e assem bly rooms of W inona H all. Mr. MR. AND MRS. JAQUINS ENTERTAIN Mr. and M rs. Jaq u in s entertain ed last M onday eve n in g in th e S u p e rin te n d e n t’s residence in honor of Mr. and M rs. W a rn e r. T h e H allow een m otif was carried o u t th ro u g h o u t th e evening. Black cats, w itches and bats w ere in evidence everyw here and baskets of luscious red apples tem pted the eye in each room . Progressive gam es w ere played and Miss S kipton and Miss W oods w’ere forced to draw for th e lad ies’ prize. Miss W oods proved th e luckiest and received an attractiv e H allow een box of candy. M r. M itchell held th e highest score for th e gentlem en and was the recipient of a g rin n in g black cat filled w ith bon bons. R efreshm ents consisting of sandw iches, salad, olives, coffee and cake w ere served by th e hostess and her m other, M rs. H all, w ho also assisted th ro u g h o u t the evening. HONOR ROLL T he follow ing pupils secured a grade of 90 percent or m ore as show n by th e ir exam in atio n s for th e past m onth. T h e A m erican w ishes to co n g ratu late these young people on th e success secured. W e hope th at n ex t m onth will show a larg er num ber: N in th G rade: M arie G a rre tt. E ig h t G rade: N ellie M etcalf, M arcella Silvers, L aura S quiqui, Amy W eston, M arian M cC lusky, K a th erine W ilder, Rose Sim m ons, G us G artiez, F ran cis Bovce, G eorge Lekonoff. John M urray, A ndrew W h ite. Seventh G rade: Effie D avis, G eorge B erry, E dw ard H ayden, F ran k E Johnson, A nna Stone, Louis Van Pelt. F ifth G rade: Sylvia T aylor, C has. Brizalle, Jessie C leveland. F o u rth G rade: Joseph Johnson, W ilb u r Scott. T h ird G rade: M ike D uval, F rancis S m ith, A lbert Sm ith. F irst G rade: K atie W alker, M elania W evle, Alfvs D alton, C harles H artless, W illiam A lford, A nnie B rendible, L ouis G oodrod, Jack A ustin.
