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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
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R obert Downie
Select R eading
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C larence A dam s
S ong— R ay for P urple and G old
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Society
Italian H arp Solo
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S herm an Leone
R ussian Q u artet
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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
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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
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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
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Song
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C o n u n d ru m s
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\ ocal Solo
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C u rren t E v en ts
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Can be Used to Build
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L au ra C lairm ont
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Ju a n ita M ontgom ery
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Lucy S exton
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Sadie Davis
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D elphine P ouline
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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.