The Chemawa American, December 20, 1916, Page 2, Image 2

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
A le tte r was received from an old student of C he­
m aw a— M arie Stone, w ho is now at her hom e in
K elso, W ashington.
P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t t h e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l,
C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in t e n d e n t
R u th y n T u r n e y , M a n a g e r
E verybody at C hem aw a is w orking hard try in g to
m ake th eir bu ild in g and C hristm as tree look the best.
I th in k M cBride H all will have them all beat.
E n te r e d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d -
C la ss M a il M a tt e r
H enderson T atsh am a is th e R eliance professional
yell leader, and it takes a p retty good fellow to beat
him . W atch his stu n ts at th e n ext jo in t debate.
A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to
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T H E C H R I S T I A N A S S O C IA T IO N S
T h e n in th grade reg rets th at th ro u g h an oversight
Russel A d am s’ nam e was left off th e roll of honor.
It belongs to the academ ic roll of honor w ith those of
th e other hard w orkers.
Mr. R andell, P resid en t of th e V. M. C. A. of W il­
lam ette U n iv ersity , visited th e Chem aw a A ssociation
last Sunday and gave an in terestin g talk at our
m eeting. In both atten d an ce and interest our associ­
ation is stro n g er th an it has been for m any years.
G us G artiez m ade some fine iron brackets for the
w indow boxes in room eig h t. H e also m ade a fancy
stove lid lifter. W e are fo rtu n a te in having such an
obliging blacksm ith in our class.
T h e Y. W . C. A . and th e Y. M. C. A . had a social
in th e gym M onday ev en in g after the Bib’e classes.
Gam es and refresh m en ts helped th e y o u n g people to
spend a pleasant evening.
LOCALS
Both the Ju n io r Y . M. and Y. W . are grow ing.
T he younger people are p lan n in g a union m eeting
and hope to do as good as th e senior societies.
P U P I L S ' IT E M S
Louis Van Pelt lead the seventh grade class for the
m onth of N ovem ber.
T he seventh grade class are b u ilding im aginary
homes in arithm etic.
M arie Shaishnikoff has ju st
president of th e Y. W . C. A.
been elected vice-
A lbert Courville and Allison Stone are w o rking
hard to finish up the fall plow ing.
T h e ninth grade reg rets the d ep artu re of M arie
G arrett for her hom e in C alifornia.
H arriet V erney is d o in g nicely in th e first y e a r’s
work at the hospital, and is keeping up w ith the older
girls.
D uring the past w eek, the fourth grade room has
m aintained first place in the rank of well kept class­
rooms.
Louis Baker, W illiam Bat hie and Ju liu s F ra n k are
doing fine in th eir pre-vocational work in the c a rp e n ­
ter shop.
T h e dom estic science d in in g room looks verv cosy
and nice in its decorations of red and green for
C hristm as.
T h e sew ing room girls are all th ro u g h w ith the
larger g irls’ blue sk irts and are ready to start on the
sm aller g irls’ blue uniform s.
Mrs. Risser and M rs. M cCrosson w ere d in n er guests
of S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all on F rid ay evening.
M r. and Mrs. W allace Jaq u in s, of P o rtland, were
guests of M r. and Mrs. E dw ard A. Jaq u in s of C he­
m aw a, on S unday.
T h e “V arsity ” basketball team played th eir first
gam e of th e season last F rid a y evening w ith the P a­
cific College at N ew berg. T h e score was 41 to 23 in
favor of the College.
D uring th e C hristm as holiday week there will be no
issue of th e A m e r ic a n , b u t we hope to be able to mail
o u r subscribers T h e C hem aw a M a g a z in e . W e
tru st it will be acceptable as our C hristm as gift to
you, even if a trifle late. W e w ish all of our readers
“ A M erry C h ristm a s.”
R everend Paul M icou, one of the N ational Secre­
taries of the Y . M. C. A ., spent T h u rsd ay afternoon
and ev ening at C hem aw a. H e addressed the stu d en ts
in th e auditorium and m et w ith th e Y. M. C. A .
cabinet. Mr. Micou is an in te re stin g as well as a
forceful speaker. H e was a guest of Mr. K ennedy,
C h ristian w orker at C hem aw a.
W e are pleased to acknow ledge the receipt of a le t­
ter from G eorge Scott, now of M etlakatla, A laska.
G eorge was em phatic in th e good th a t has resulted to
him from the tim e he spent at C h em aw a—he says his
schooling has proved a help to him w herever he has
been. R ecently he was w orking as assistant engineer
on a tu g boat on P u g et S ound— co n tin u in g until the
boat was laid up for th e w inter. H e says th at a n u m ­
ber of our ex -stu d e n ts are around S eattle and are
“ m ak in g g o o d .” Jim m ie E vans, he says, is keeping
store for the M etlakatla Com m ercial Co. L etters like
G eorge has w ritten do us good.