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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School, Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at th e Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU B SC R IPTIO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M P R E SID E N T W ILSO N ’S A D D R E SS TO TH E COUNTRY T h e follow ing is a synopsis of P resid en t W ilso n ’s latest address to th e co u n try co n cern in g th e need of each m an and woman doing th eir p art in th e present crisis: “ W e m ust su p p ly a b u n d a n t food for ourselves . . . and for a large p art of the n atio n s w ith whom we have now m ade com m on cause. “ W e m u st supply ships by th e h u n d red s. “ T h e in d u stria l forces of th e co u n try , m en and wo men alike, will be a g reat service arm y engaged in the service of th e nation and w orld, th e efficient friends and saviors of free men everyw here. “ T h e im portance of an adequate food su p p ly espe cially for th e p resen t year is superlative. “ U pon the fan n ers of co u n try in large m easure rests th e fate of th e w ar and th e fate of the nations. “ I call upon y o u n g m en an d old alike to tu rn in h o sts to the farm s. “ I appeal to farm ers of th e s o u th to p lan t ab u n d an t foodstuffs as well as co tto n . “ T o th e m iddlem an of every so rt: T h e eye of the co u n try will be especially upon you. T h e co u n try e x pects you as well as o th ers to forego u n u su al profits. “ T h is is th e tim e for A m erica to correct h er u n p a r donable fau lt of w astefulness and ex trav ag an ce. “ T hese th in g s we m u st do and do well, besides fig h tin g —th e th in g s w ith o u t w hich m ere fig h tin g w ould be fru itle ss .’ ’ P U P IL S ’ ITEM S E d ith S tarr an d C ath erin e Reed are d o in g fine in ta k in g care of th e n o rth ward in th e h ospital. T h e seventh g rad ers are engaged in the stu d y of problem s in correlation w ith th e a g ric u ltu ral w ork. Russell A dam s is busy p rep arin g th e fram es for th e scenery w hich is to be pain ted especially for th e A lum ni play. T h e seventh grade m iss th e boys w ho w en t away to w ar. G eorge P eters and Joe G ale have enlisted from th e sev en th g rad e. T h e carp en ter boys have com pleted a long table for th e use of th e o rchestra. I t was placed in th e orches tra room in th e basem ent of th e new au d ito riu m . W e are all glad to know th a t our schoolm ate, R o bert G ist, is im proving in health again. R obert has been in bed for some tim e. H e will soon be out and aro u n d . T h e farm boys are plow ing th e 11-acre clover field back of th e la u n d ry to p lan t beans and potatoes. T h ey plowed th e so u th end of th e track and are plow in g also by th e old gym and g e ttin g ready to do th in g s in th e way of raisin g produce. W atch th e farm stuff grow . AR BO R D A Y CELEBRATION T h e celebration of A rbor Day w ith ap p ro p riate cere m onies was placed th is year in th e h an d s of th e prim ary grades, 1, 2, and 3. O w ing to the ra in , th e afternoon exercises w ere cu rtailed . A com m ittee of four from each of th e three grades, assisted by M r. H am m ond and M r. Daly, set out three fine specim ens of O regon Y ew , w hich w ere nam ed in honor of three great presidents, W a sh in g to n , L incoln, and W ilson. In th e evening th e en tire school assem bled in th e auditorium for the literary program consisting of songs, dialogues and recitations. T h e air of satisfied assu r ance w ith w hich th e little ones rendered th eir program added to th e am usem ent and the pleasure of th e a u d i ence. TH E A P R IL JO INT M EETING OF TH E L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES L ast T h u rsd a y , instead of th e usual literary p ro gram , an old-fashioned spelling bee was held in the new au d ito riu m . E ach society was represented by five ch am p ions selected after p relim inary contests d u rin g th e past m onth. T h e occasion was m arked by e n th u s iastic but g ood-natured riv alry am ong th e societies and a sp irit of sportm anlike fairplay was in evidence th ro u g h o u t th e evening. T h e contest lasted an h o u r and a-lialf. T h e W inonas w ere th e first to sit dow n. A fter a very creditable show ing, th e N onpareils fell, leaving th e contest to one representative of th e R eliance and one of th e E x celsio rs. T h e honors w ere finally won by the E xcelsiors in the person of W illiam Lew is, th e ir cham pion. LOCAL T h e seam stress rep o rts th at d u rin g th e th ree m onths en d in g M arch 31st th e sew ing d epartm ents m ade 4525 new pieces and m ended 4986 pieces. T h e C ushm an school closed dow n on th e 15th on account of th e high cost of all com m odities, to gether w ith a decision of th e C om ptroller of th e T re asu ry ju st received in connection w ith th e per capita cost per p u p il. O ther schools m ay be affected, as it is now too late to m ake savings as m ost of th e m oney appropriated has been spent or hypothecated.
