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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 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
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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.