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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1917)
V XWK 1 1 ____ j MAY 8 COPY ' • - i 19a6 ^ |P ___ I • The Chemawa American P r in t e d a t C h e m a w a , O re g o n , a n d D e v o te d to th e In te r e s t s o f In d ia n E d u c a tio n Vol. X IX W ednesday, J a n u a r y 3, 1917 TH E H O L ID A Y S AT CHEM AW A The Entire School in Gala A ttire—Various E vents of th e W eek T h e tru e C h ristm as sp irit was certain ly evidenced at C hem aw a on p art of pupils and em ployes d u rin g th e holiday season ju s t ended. P ractically every b u ild in g was beau tifu lly decorated w ith holiday g reen ery and never before has th e w riter w itnessed a more loving endeavor to give In d ian p upils a h appy C h rist m as. T oo m uch credit cannot be given th e em ployes who w orked so faithfully to give h appiness to others. PCntertainment T h e festivities com m enced on C h ristm as Eve w ith an en te rta in m e n t in th e au d ito riu m , given by the e ig h th grad e pupils, being staged and d rilled by Miss W h ite assisted by Miss G e rtru d e B rew er. T h e play is called “ T h e C h ristm as H ouse P a rty ” and from be g in n in g to end was in te re stin g , hum orous and replete w ith good actin g . Rose Sim m ons took th e p art of B etty, th e hostess, w ho expected an au n t to ch ap ero n e her house p arty , co n sistin g of college friends. Ju lia Mills, E lizab eth R ainville, R u th M cN ickle, Robert D ow nie, H en ry Cam pbell and A lex M elovidov acted th e p art of g u ests, w hile Ju lia Grom off took the part of m aid, N ellie M etcalf as th e a u n t, M argaret H arn ey as B ridget, the cook. Inasm uch as the a u n t did not arriv e B ridget, the cook, im personated th e au n t. John M urray took th e p art of P rof. Tell us Scm m ore, th e fo rtu n e teller, and gave a num ber of very clever shadow p ictu res on a screen. In addition to th e d e lig h tfu l play, a num ber of choruses w ere su n g by the en tire class. In d iv id u al songs w ere rendered by R ob ert D ow nie an d John M urray. T h e G ossip song and Shovel Snow song w ere u n iq u e and exceedingly well ren d ered , as well as th e solos and choruses. M uch m errim en t was occasioned th ro u g h o u t th e v ari ous acts by th e w itty rem arks and clever acting and alto g eth er th e crow d who packed the au d ito riu m to th e very doors appreciated the effort of each player to th e fullest e x te n t. Miss G e rtru d e Brew er acted as p ian ist th ro u g h o u t the evening. She rendered an o v ertu re also, w hile A lex M elovidov favored the au d i ence w ith a violin solo. Too m uch cannot be said in com m endation of th is en tertain m en t, for it was an in te re stin g play, well acted, and reflects credit on the pupils as well as Miss W h ite, teacher of th e eig h th No. 12 g rad e, who so adm irably did the d rillin g and p lan n in g . Mr. H am m ond, A ssistant S u p erin ten d en t and P rin c i pal, acted as director and closed the evening e n te rta in m ent bv w ishing everybody a M erry C hristm as. M cBride and M itchell H alls A fter th e en tertain m en t th e young ladies of M c Bride H all, about 110 in num ber, gath ered around the b eau tifu lly decorated tree in th eir sittin g room , w hich was in holiday a ttire , w here huge piles of gifts were d istrib u ted . T h e M cBride H all was very d ain tily decorated by th e girls, show ing good taste and o rig in ality . M itchell H all y o u n g men received their gifts in w hat seem ed to lx? a snow covered forest, th e ir as sem bly room being transform ed w ith greenery, moss and old m oss-covered logs and masses of leaves into a veritable w oods with birds and trees h e re and there, in th e cen ter of w hich stood th e C hristm as tree, w hile in one corner was a bonfire lighted w ith electric bulbs. C hristm as Carols A t four o ’clock C hristm as m orning, Mrs. McCros* son and th e school choir assisted by Mr. Loos and W illiam W alters, visited all the q u arte rs, sin g in g various C h ristm as carols. T h e songs were b e a u ti fully su n g and in sp irin g . Indeed, we believe the en tire stu d e n t body and em ployes found n o th in g th ro u g h o u t th e holiday week which they appreciated m ore th an th e early C hristm as m orning songs. W inona H all, Brewer H all, Sm all Boys Probably no tree of the m any at C hem aw a was b e tte r trim m ed or presented a more pleasing ap p ear ance th an the one erected in the assem bly room of W inona H all for th e 200 girls of th at building. M uch beautiful decorations were observed th ro u g h o u t the large d o rm itory. T h e gifts were distrib u ted im m edi ately after risin g call. A happier lot of girls w ould be hard to find. Brew er H all did itself proud with its cozy nooks of greenery, fir bells and decorations generally. A big C hristm as tree was the central figure on w hich were h u n g presents for th e 160 or more boys. T hese gifts w ere also d istrib u ted soon after rising w histle. T h e (C o n tin u ed on page 4)
