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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School,
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H ALL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail M atter
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25C ts P E R A N N U M
RO USING STUDENT BODY M EETING
T h e first stu d en t body m eeting of the year took
place on S atu rd ay evening last, w ith the old as well as
new stu d en ts packed in th e au d ito riu m . E n th u siasm
reigned, for before R eginald D ow nie, last y e a r’s p res
id en t, had tim e to call th e m eeting to o rd er cheer
after cheer w ent up for C hem aw a, its S u p erin ten d en t
and for the officers of the last y e a r’s stu d e n t body,
followed by school songs.
R eginald p atien tly w aited and th en called th e g a th
erin g to order. H e m ade a speech u rg in g co-operation
on the p art of all stu d en ts in m atters p erta in in g to the
up b u ild in g of the school and assistance to each in d i
vidual stu d en t in arousing a desire to do his bit. H e
called on the treasu rer, Irv in g S hepard, who responded
in a happy vein, and ended his speech by say in g th at
he held $37.00 on hand as a balance from last year,
w ith every bill paid. Leona Jo h n , secretary , also
m ade a few rem arks.
R eginald Downie was elected bv acclam ation as th e
presid en t for the cu rren t school year, as were Irv in g
S hepard, treasu rer; Leona Jo h n , secretary; and G eorge
B arrett, yell leader. G eorge was loudly called on for a
speech and he rose to th e occasion by saying very
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gracefully “
Songs aud yells were in d u lg ed in and an en th u siastic
tim e had generally. A rran g em en ts w ere m ade to sell
stu d en t body tickets for th e athletic events, after w hich
th e m eeting was addressed by M rs. H all, w hich was
followed by th ree “ rah s for M rs. H a ll.” Chem aw a
stu d e n ts have “ p e p ” and exp ect to push as far as they
are able every school activity th is year.
LOCALS
M r. E'. E . Roberson is filling th e position of fin an
cial clerk at Chem aw a.
Q uite a n u m b er of th e Y. M. C. A . boys attended
th e S tate Conference held in Salem on S atu rd ay and
Sunday.
F o u rte en thousand pounds of dried p ru n es w’ere se
cured th is season. T h is is considerably less th a n
last year, but sufficient for our needs.
A merican
Miss Cleveland, S ecretary of the Salem Y. W . C. A .,
gave a very in terestin g talk to th e S enior and Ju n io r
Y . W . C. A . girls on S unday afternoon.
In spite of the d ro u g h t the past sum m er C hem aw a
m ade a g reat show ing in g arden products. F o r
nearly th ree m o n th s there was no rain , b u t by fre
q u en t cultivation a fair crop of all k in d s of vegetables
w as raised.
T h e In te rio r D epartm ent C om m ittee, th ro u g h M rs.
F ra n k lin K . L ane, wife of th e S ecretary of th e I n te r
ior, reports a splendid list of articles m ade by th e I n
terio r D epartm ent A ssociation and sent to F re n ch
hospitals to be used in h u m a n ita ria n w ork in connec
tion w ith th e w’ar.
T h e Sigm a Phi girls met on S unday evening after
chapel at the hom e of M rs. H all and elected new offi
cers— L au ra S quiqui, president; M arie Shaishnikoff,
vice-president; Mae A dam s, secretary; A n n a L oftus,
treasu rer; E lizabeth R einville, ch ap lain . L ig h t re
fresh m ents w ere served.
T h e new ly organized choir m ade its initial ap p ear
ance on S unday evening at chapel, s in g in g a b eau tifu l
an th em , “ L ig h t of th e W o rld ” , accom panied by th e
o rch estra. If th e ren d itio n of this fine num ber is a
fo reru n n er of others to follow C hem aw a has m any
m usical trea ts in store th is year.
C onsidering th e great num ber of new g irls w ho have
entered school th is fall necessitating so m any new u n i
form s, th e lines on S unday presented a splendid a p
pearance. C om pany A w ore w hite m iddy su its and
black ties; Com pany B, w hite m iddies and blue sk irts,
black ties and h a ir ribbons; C om pany C ,m iddy suits
w ith red ties and red ribbons; C om pany D ,blue uni-
foim s and w h ite ribbons; about 300 g irls in all.
F ra n k C ham berlin, F ra n k P eratro v ich , Clyde F ields,
G eorge N ix , A rchie L ane, T hom as P h ilip s and D ar-
w in W a tts, some of th e older C hem aw a boys, receiv
ed a w arm welcome upon th e ir re tu rn to school on
S atu rd ay . T hese y o u n g m en have been w o rk in g all
sum m er in th e lum ber cam p above S ilverton. T h e
m anager speaks h ig h ly of th eir w ork.
M r. S. A. C ouncilor, of th e D epartm ent of Effi
ciency, W ash in g to n , D. C ., is sp en d in g th e week at
C hem aw a in stru c tin g the clerks of various schools
and agencies in O regon co ncerning th e new ac co u n t
in g system . Special A gent C harles E . R oblin is also
in attendance, assisting M r. C ouncilor. T h e clerks in
atten d an ce are Mr. M yles H . R oyer, of U m atilla; M r.
L. B. S andblast, of R oseburg; M r. D. J. H end erso n ,
of W arm S prings; M rs. L . N . S m ith, M r. F . E . R ob
erson, Miss M yrtle P eters and M r. A . V ictor Brace
of C hem aw a, to g eth er w ith S u p erin ten d e n t C halcraft
of Siletz, a form er su p e rin ten d en t of Cheniaw’a.