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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1916)
PAG E 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School, C hem aw a, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A d dress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager R ead in g— B iography of W ashington, L aw rence F razier Jokes - . . . . R obert Downie Select R eading - - C larence A dam s S ong— R ay for P urple and G old - Society Italian H arp Solo - S herm an Leone R ussian Q u artet - N ick Orloff, Jacob M ynuk G eorge Lekanoff, C onstantine L cstenkoff E n te red a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M IN D U S T R IA L N O TES T h e dairy boys are ta k in g a g reat deal of interest in th eir w ork, and are p ro g ressin g nicely. Mrs. Brew er says th a t V iola B eyers and M ary D a mon m ade some excellent bread last S atu rd ay . T h e dairy detail find it m uch easier to care for th e cows since they have a raised platform on w hich to stan d . E ast S unday m orning th e g irls w o rk in g in the s tu d e n ts’ k itch en prepared them selves a special breakfast. T h ey d em o n strated th e know ledge they have received from M rs. Brew er on a fireless cooker, by cooking th e ir cereal in one. Miss S kipton and her force of d in in g room g irls are busy d ecorating the dining-room for T h an k sg iv in g . All the girls are ta k in g a g reat deal of interest and are w orking h ard . W e are all curious and anxious to see tne outcom e of th is w ork. L IT E R A R Y SO C IE T IE S N onpareil T h e N onpareils held a very in te re stin g m eeting last W ednesday evening, T h e selected read in g from “ H iaw a th a” by Leona John was well rendered. G e r tru d e Todd gave her “ L egends of H ia w a th a ” in clear and d istin ct tones th a t could be heard in every p art of th e room . “ H ia w a th a ’s S a ilin g ” was given very creditably by H arriet L u to n . T h e society songs and yells were led by G race R ussell. M r. K ersh n er, offi cial visitor, was very well pleased w ith th e program . Reliance T h e R eliance L iterary Society sp e n t th e ir allotted h o u r in an earnest m eeting. Six am endm ents to th e co n stitu tio n w ere presented and adopted. T h e rest of th e ev en in g was given over to a p relim inary debate. O ur co n testan ts are busy and alert and will have the subject well in hand by December 8th. E xcelsior— P rogram O penin g A ddress R ecitation . . - . - . Irv in g Shepard H artlev W illiam s W inona T a l k —“ W h a t M ethods U p th e S o ciety ” R eading . . . Song - ■ C o n u n d ru m s - \ ocal Solo - - C u rren t E v en ts - Can be Used to Build - - L au ra C lairm ont . Ju a n ita M ontgom ery • Lucy S exton - - Sadie Davis _ . D elphine P ouline - - E sth e r B lodgett A L U M N I NO TES D ennis Boychief w rites Mr. Loos th a t he is doing well w orking his farm at F am ily, M ontana. I t has been learned th at G reeley B illedeaux is em ployed in the F ord factory in D etroit, M ich. Jam es S m ith , class 1 9 1 1 , w rites th a t he is private secretary in th e office of the Y. M. C. A. S ecretary of P h o en ix , A rizona. A lex A rquette, a C hem aw a ex -stu d en t, w rites th a t he is farm ing his land on the Y akim a R eservation. H e is m arried and has two fine children. M r. S m ith has received a card from T hom as Cox, an old Chem aw a stu d e n t. H e is a coal passer on a fre ig h tin g steam er to N orw ay. T h is card is from C hristiania, N orw ay. A letter has been received from David N athan, one of our old reliable five-mile ru n n ers. H e w rites from H y d ab u rg , A laska, and w ishes to be rem em bered to his H y d ab u rg friends as well as his old Chem aw a friends. P U P I L S ’ IT E M S A letter from Miss Dora L ecrone, a form er C he mawa teacher, states th a t she is teaching at U nga, A laska. U nga is the hom e of several of our pupils. T h e E xcelsiors were honored to have w ith us as visitors M rs. Brew er, M r. Sanders, M r. H ob u ck et, and Mr. H enry D arnell. T h ey gave us some very good advice. M r. Blessing has divided the engineers into two E nglish classes, so th a t the vocationals m ay receive th eir professional lessons apart from th e pre-voca- tional E n g lish . M r. S m ith is p lan n in g ano th er folk dance w hich will be for th ree classes— large, m edium and sm all pupils. H e expects th e program to be d u rin g the C hristm as holidavs.
