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PAGE 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 d ress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E n te re d a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice a s 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 O U R A U D IT O R IU M C hem aw a m oved into its spacious and w ell-arranged au dito riu m on S unday n ig h t, last, u sin g it for chapel services, w ith all em ployes and stu d e n ts in attendance, tog eth er w ith a num ber of visitors from th e outside. T h e m ain floor accom m odates 648 seats, th e balcony abou t 400 seats, w hich added to th e choir of 40 m em bers on th e stage and an o rch estra of 13 m em bers in th e “ p i t ,” and a row of seats facing th e audience on either side of th e o rchestra p it, ren d ers a capacity for about 1200 persons. T h e au d ito riu m is well lig h ted th ro u g h o u t and a handsom er an d m ore liberally co n stru cted one cannot be found anyw here. T h e expense of en larg in g and reco n stru ctin g the old au d ito riu m in to a splendid th e ater cost $12,500, an d w as done in th e open m arket th ro u g h o u t. M r. F red A . E rix o n of Salem , who s u pervised the construction of some of th e big b u ildings at th e O regon A g ricu ltu ral College, and a contractor of larg e experience, handled th e w ork. It is largely due to his keen business sense and p roper direction of th e progress of th e activities th a t enabled such a fine auditorium to be com pleted w ith in the am o u n t a u th o r ized. A g reat m any h in d ran ces occurred to slow u p th e w ork and add to th e expense, such as car sh o rt age and bad w eather, as well as th e e x h o rb ita n t, u n looked for prices for b u ild e rs’ supplies. H ow ever, all obstru ctio n s w ere finally overcom e. C hetnaw a is p ro u d of its m odern au d ito riu m . going up from the d in in g room show ed w hat a jolly good tim e a bunch of girls can have tog eth er. A t the close of th e din n er they arose and sang “ C he m a w a” (T h e Red and th e W h ite) w ith m uch feeling. T h e ch a rter m em bers of th e club are A nna E oftus, M arth a S prague, Rose O ’B rien, E lizabeth R ainville, E au ra S quiqui, Rose Sim m ons, Ju lia F ra tis, M arie Shaishnikoff, Mae A dam s and E eona Jo h n . T his clu b is expected to ex p an d an d no d o u b t will be heard from in th e fu tu re. C haperones G irls: W a lk in g S unday, A pril 1, Miss Scholder, M rs. P endergrass. G irls: T ow n S atu rd ay afternoon, M arch 31, Mrs. R osenberger. Societies: M arch 28th, W inona, Miss Scholder and M r. D aly; N onpareil, Miss S kipton and M r. Sanders; R eliance, M rs. Eoos and M r. K ersh n er; E xcelsior, M rs. Brown and M rs. P endergrass. A L U M N I NO TES A le tte r w as received from H aynes D eW itt, ’04, K ake, A laska, w here he is chief m ag istrate or m ayor of th a t prosperous place. Eee E vans, ’12, w rites from T acom a, W ash in g to n , w here he is em ployed as a p ain ter, s ta tin g th a t he is g e ttin g along very nicely. A ntoine F ra n cis, ’l l , w rites from his hom e at N es pelem , W ash in g to n , and w ishes to be rem em bered to his friends. M r. F ran cis ow ns one th e best farm s in the fam ous O kanogan D istrict. A letter w as received from E avina W ilb u r, ’14, w ishing to be k in d ly rem em bered to her m any friends in C hem aw a. Miss W ilb u r is g oing to school at th e T oledo H ig h School, T oledo, O regon, M rs. A lberta B righam M cEeod, ’15, su rp rised her sisters, Z elina and N ellie, by paying them a brief visit last S u n day. M r. and M rs. M cEeod are at p resent m ak in g th e ir hom e at C ottage G rove, O regon. R E P O R T E R ’S N O TES G IR L S ’ CLU B T en girls, ch arter m em bers of th e S igm a P hi D elta Society, gave a “ fish d in n e r” at five o ’clock S atu rd ay , at the hom e of M rs. H all. T h ey had as th e ir guests, F lorence E indell, B ertha G rim es, A n n ie M iller and M arguerite C ham berlin. T h e d in n e r w as planned, cooked and served by th e y o u n g ladies them selves, Julia F ra tis and M arie S haishnikoff ac tin g as ho s tesses. E ach girl was required to tell one or m ore “ fish” stc ry d u rin g th e d in n er h o u r, and from th e tim e they sat dow n a t the table u n til th ey arose th e re w as not a dull m om ent, and th e peals of la u g h te r heard It ob ert C o w n ie R oy F razier is doing excellent w ork in th e shoe shop, w ork w hich is suitable to any person. C hester Bravo is very busy at m a k in g p arts of h ai- ness. T h e in stru c to r expects a good fu tu re for C hester. M r. Sw oboda speaks well of the boys in his d e p a rt m ent. H e says th a t F red W ilder is learn in g to ru n th e shoe m achine and is doing fine. G ertru d e M arshall, one of th e vocational nurses, left last week for F t. E apw ai, w here she has received a position in th e sanatorium . T h e n u rses re g re t her d ep a rtu re , b u t all wish her success.
