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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
W H E N P E R SH IN G COMMANDED IN D IA N S
“ If a contingent of American Indians is sent to
France to fight for Uncle Sam against the central pow
ers, they will find a warm welcome from General Per
shing,” Colonel J. A. George of South Dakota told the
Washington Star recently, thence going on to say:
“ General Pershing has been a friend of the Indians
for a number of years. He commanded a company of
Sioux Indian scouts in the Sioux war of 1890-91, and
has lived among the red men for a good many years.
“ I happened to be at the Pine Ridge Indian reser
vation in South Dakota during the winter of 1890-91,
when Pershing was a second lieutenant. He partici
pated in the battle of Wounded Knee and remained on
the reservation for months after the surrender of the
Indians commanding the company of Sioux scouts.
“ In the summer of 1891 Pershing received promotion
to first lieutenant, while he was the head of the Sioux
scouts. His brother, who was with him, then a kid
boy, afterward became an officer, but retired a few
years later became of ill health while ‘Black Jack’
went on to great things. Of course, it would be silly
for me to say that Pershing is a first class officer, for
his present position as head of the American forces in
France proves that, but I may say that as far
back as 1890 Pershing showed that he was destined to
become one of the great figures in the military history
of this country.”
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Mr. Hall enough for his thoughtfulness of them.
A letter was received from one of the “ String Quar
tet” boys stating that at present they are in Ohio for
a time and will have two weeks in Pennsylvania, one
in Virginia and West Virginia, then back to Ohio until
Christmas. They will likely sp^nd their Christmas at
Haskell, but would like to be atChemawa where they
are more acquainted and at home.
T H A N K SG IV IN G PROGRAM
The following appropriate program will be rendered
in the Chemawa auditorium this evening:
1.
S o n g —W e Plow th e F ie ld s a n d S c a tte r
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School
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C olum bia T e lls th e S to ry of P e rse p h o n e an d P ro
c laim s a T im e of T h a n k sg iv in g for th e G ifts
of th e h a rv e st Season
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Alicia K im b all
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M iles S ta n d ish in P a n to m im e
4.
P re s id e n t’s T h a n k sg iv in g P ro clam atio n
5.
D ance of th e A n tu m n L eaves
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S o n g —Ja c k -O ’-L a n te rn
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R ecitatio n —T h e P u m p k in
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D em o n stratio n — H o u sek eep in g M aids
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R ec ita tio n —C olum bia’s E m b lem
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R ec ita tio n —A pples
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11.
D ance of th e F la x
P U P IL S ’ ITEM S
12.
S o n g —T h e T u rk ey an d th e D uck
The ninth and tenth grade students are busy mak
ing their school uniforms.
Dick Adams, a former student, who is now in the
army, is encamped in New York.
The 10th grade students are busy writing descrip
tion of various building on the campus.
An enjoyable time was had by all who attended the
Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. joint social given in the chap
el on Thursday evening.
Some of the boys in the upper grades have taken up
drafting in connection with their work, under the able
direction of Mr. Burt N. Everett, our chief engineer.
A letter received from Martin Colby states that he
has been transferred from Mare Island to the Eastern
coast and expects to go across the pond in a short
while.
We begin to see signs of the coming Thanksgiving
in the students’ kitchen now-a-days, for Mrs. Brewer
is busy making mince meat to be made into pies for
that day.
The McBride Hall girls are very much pleased with
their new laundry, as it affords them more of an oppor
tunity to do their laundering. The girls cannot thank
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S o n g —A m erica
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G rad e I I I
C harley D u rk ee
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G rad e V I
M am ie F risk
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G rad es IV -V
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G rad e V III
R u ssell A dam s
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10.
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P ercy M arlow
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G rad es IX -X
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P rim a ry G rades
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School
JO H N B E Y E R S W R IT E S
A few days ago Supt. Hall received a letter from
John W. Beyers, formerly a student here, but now in
the army and stationed in Virginia. It was a good
letter and from it we glean the following excerpts:
After a week’s hard traveling we reached here in
fine shape. We came via the southern route, so did
not get a chance to pass by the school as I should
have liked to have done.
Martin (Colby) and I are here, while Earl (Nuck
olls) and some of the other boys are at Mare Island
yet. We will get a chance for a promotion within a
a week or so, but we have to work pretty hard in or
der to do so, because there are so many boys here
more capable to do the work than us. However, we
will show our school spirit and training and make
them work for what they get.
We have about the same kind of accommodations
here as we had at Mare Island. It is getting on to
ward winter now and is very cold in the mornings and
evenings. I suppose it is getting cold at Chemawa
also. I would like to be there for Thanksgiving and
Christmas, but it looks as though I were going to
spend the holidays somewhere else.