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T H E CHEM AWA AM ERICAN
JOINT MEETING OF THE LITERARY SOCIETIES
A joint meeting of the literary societies was held
Wednesday evening, March 14th, in the assembly
hall of the academic building. The program was
opened with a violin solo by Mr. Fred Cardin, which
received hearty applause. Other excellent musical
numbers were presented by the societies. The recita
tions were rendered with commendable expression.
The readings also showed the results of more careful
preparation. The societies have evidently been em
phasizing enunciation, pronunciation, and expression
in both recitations and readings, as a consequence of
which the members show to greater advantage, and
are more at ease in facing the large audiences present
at the joint meetings. Following is the program:
Violin Solo —Russian Air Varie
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Fred Cardin (Excelsior)
Reading— “ Our C ountry’s F lag”
- Martin Colby (Excelsior)
Recitation—N olan’s Speech From a “ Man W ith
out a C ountry”
- George Barrett (Excelsior)
Vocal Quartet— “ Just a N ight in Dreamland” -
................................................ Excelsior Quartet
Reading—“ Chad’s Roasted Goose”
• Rose O ’Brien (Nonpareil)
Recitation—Spartacus to the Gladiators
Anna Loftus
Piano Solo
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Florence Eindell (Nonpareil)
Recitation— “ The Village Blacksmith”
Albert Gray (Reliance)
Original Paper—“ The Bison”
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.......................................James Todd (Reliance)
Vocal Quartet—“ My M other’s Rosary”
Reliance Quartet
Recitation— “ The Cloud”
Julia Gromoff (W inona)
Original Paper— “ O pportunities”
Mamie Frisk (W inona)
Vocal Solo—“ I Eove You Best of A ll”
Rose Simmons
Clarinet Duet
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Allan Shepard (Reliance)
Edwin Gilbeau (Excelsior)
ALUMNI NOTES
Joe Dillstrom, ’09, writes from Rockfort, North Da
kota, that he is in business for himself, having bought
a restaurant.
James Stuart, member of the class of 1885, holds a
good position, being employed by the government as
Chief Forest Guard, with headquarters at Kooskia,
Idaho.
Patsy Barrett, ’13, writes from Bellingham, W ash
ington, stating that he is getting along very nicely
with his work as a bookkeeper for the Hoonah Pack
ing Company.
Thomas Wasson writes that he is making several
changes about his place. Mr. Wasson owns a sum
mer resort at Sunset Bay, near Marshfield, Oregon.
He also operates an auto-stage line.
From a Tacoma paper we glean the following item
regarding a former Chemawa pupil, now a man of u n
usual importance in the affairs of his own community:
Various phases of native Indian history, together
with a review of the original ownership of land in this
state, will be discussed by H enry Sicade in an address
he will deliver this evening before the Research Club
of the State Historical Society in the Commercial Club
rooms. ’ ’
PUPILS’ NEWS ITEMS
All interest is centered on baseball and track at Che
mawa now.
Mr. Brace was in Portland Thursday and Friday on
Government business.
The first year Domestic Science girls gave a dinner
to the seventh grade on the fifteenth.
Edwin Zeiglar has succeeded John M urray as voca
tional assistant in the engineering departm ent.
A letter was received from Marie G arrett, Fortuna,
California, stating that she is getting along nicely.
Rachel Carson left Chemawa on Tuesday, after vis
iting her sisters Ada and Retha for a couple of days.
Last week the ninth grade played a fast game of
baseball with grade five, winning the game with a score
of 7 to 2.
Henry Campbell has been taking charge of the pre-
vocational gardeners’ pruning and is m aking good
progress with his class.
The vocational blacksmith boys are having lessons
on the care of horses’ feet. The structure of the feet
has been carefully studied.
Mrs. Loos’ art class is progressing rapidly with the
embroidery and crocheting lessons. The girls are in
terested in the work and appreciate the instructions.
Miss Eleanor P. Hopkins, the traveling secretary of
the Y. W. C. A. for the district of W ashington, Idaho
and Oregon, arrived at Chemawa Friday morning on
her annual visit.
Leonti Anderson, of Unalaska, Alaska, writes that
he has spent the summer, autum n and winter in h u n t
ing, fishing and trapping. He says he intends to
return to Chemawa next September.
An enjoyable afternoon was spent with Superinten
dent and Mrs. Hall in their cottage. Ice cream and
cake were served. The fortunate guests were Rose
O ’Brien, Mae Adams, Elizabeth Reinville, Leona
John, Martha Sprague, Rose Simmons, Julia Fratis,
Marie Shaishnikoff and Laura Squiqui.