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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School, Chem 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 ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E n te red 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 - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y SO C IE T IE S E xcelsior T h e E xcelsior L iterary Society held th eir reg u lar m eeting N ovem ber 16, 1917. T h e roll was called and there being no business to tran sact, th e follow ing p ro gram was ren d ered : O pen in g address, Ivan A nderson; declam ation,P ercy M inesinger; c u rre n t ev en ts, Ju liu s F ra n k ; in stru m en tal selection, F red Brow n, W allace Beebe, Jacob M ynuk. A fter th e program sh o rt talk s were given by P resid en t R eginald D ow nie, S ecretary Irv in g S hepard, Roy V an Pelt, an ex-m em ber, and Mr. H obucket. Reliance T h e b i-nlonthly m eeting of th e Reliance L iterary Society was held in the academ ic building on N ovem ber the 16th w ith 40 enth u siastic m em bers present. H enry E lk gave an address on “ W hat th e Society is F o r;’’ th is was followed by a declam ation by Jo h n Em anoff; a read in g by A llan S hepard, an d an essay by Jam es C rane. A few songs w ere rendered by th e E lite T rio . A m otion was m ade and seconded w hereby th e R e liance issued a challenge to th e E xcelsiors for a gam e of football. At the conclusion of o u r m eeting Mrs. H auser and M iss P eters each m ade a few helpful re m arks. T h e society th en a d jo u rn e d .—W ade Min- tliorn , R eporter. W inona T h e society is stu d y in g the life and w orks of E d g ar A llan Poe. A t roll call, the first eig h teen girls re sponded by giving chronological facts from th e life of the au th o r. T h e sto ry of th e Gold Bug was told, after w hich Ju lia Grotnoff gave T h e R aven in an effective m anner. T h is was followed by A nnabel Lee, w hich was read bv R u th Jo n es.— M amie F risk , R eporter. N onpareil Society T h e reg u lar m eeting of th e N onpareil Society was held N ovem ber 16th, and th e follow ing program was rendered: Song, Society; C u rren t E v en ts, five m em bers; p arliam en tary procedure, L eona Jo h n ; song, Society; sto ry of “ P o lly an n a” , E lizabeth M ontgom ery; reading, A gnes M oras. Official visitors w ere Mrs. H all and M rs. Brace. O ther visitors were M rs. R isser, Julia Mills, M arie Shaishnikoff and E lizabeth R ein vi lie. P R E S S N O TIC E S F ollow ing will be found ex cerp ts from press notices of th e In d ian S trin g Q uartet of Chem aw a, now p lay in g on th e R edpath circu it in O hio: T h e W est L ib erty B an n er.— T h e In d ian S trin g Q u artet m ade a h it as th e opening num ber of the H ig h School Lyceum course. T h e Journ al-N ew s.— If the In d ian S trin g Q u artet can be a criterion to ju d g e by, th is w in te r’s course will easily surpass th e one of last y ear. F o r one hour th e large audience was given a real trea t. “ T h e D a n c e ,” “ T h e P ra y e r,” “ T h e H u n t,” of the prim itive people of years ago, before th e w hite m an cam e to m olest, were pictured by th e m aster m uscians in m usic, w eird, but b eautiful, an d h earty applause followed each and every num ber. T h e M orton N ew s.— T hey gave on violins, viola and violoncello th e w eird m usic used by th e In d ian s in th eir dances and w orship. O ne of these w as “ T h e B utterfly D an ce,” an o th er “ T h e H u n t.” T o those at all fam iliar w ith th e history of th e In d ian s, w ith th eir m any languages and custom s, th is m usic, w hich had evidently been im proved by a capable com poser, had a p icturesque an d rom antic in terest. T h e four In d ia n young m en are very b rig h t. In the second p a rt of th e evening program th e y o u n g m en gave d if ficult selections from classical m usic and acquitted them selves rem arkably well. T h e ir m usic was h ighly enjoyed. P andora T im e s.— T h e varied program given by th e In d ian S trin g Q u artet a t S chutz H all, T u esd ay even ing, greatly pleased th e large audience w hich was in attendance. N orw alk E le c to r-H e ra ld .— T h e In d ian S trin g Q u ar tet m easured up to th e h ig h sta n d ard already set by th e opening num ber of th e program and w ere h e a rtily appreciated. T h ey were a m ost rare com bination of ta len t and gave such expression to th eir m usic th a t the audience was delighted w ith th eir program . T h e G rover H ill R e p o rte r.— T h e w ork of th e q u a r tet show ed exceptional ta len t an d skill, th eir program ran g in g from th e w o rld ’s m asterpieces to th e m elodies of the first A m ericans, the la tte r of a class one seldom hears. It was an excellent e v e n in g ’s en tertain m en t and th e people w ere delighted. I t was a program th a t “ m akes life w orth liv in g .” M r. R oberson, financial clerk, has had his han d s full recently secu rin g sam ples from the different lots of flour to be shipped to th e various schools and agencies under co n tract w ith th e P ortland F lo u rin g M ills.
