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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1918)
r PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION - - 25Cts PER ANNUM JUNIOR RED CROSS T h e literary societies have tak en up the w ork of establishing the Ju n io r Red Cross at C hem aw a. T h e object being to m ake every stu d e n t a m em ber. A fund for such purpose was sta rted by th e E xcelsiors who donated $5 to m ake tw enty of the y o u n g er s tu den ts m em bers. T h is was followed by th e W inonas in g iv in g a ba zaar from w hich $30 was placed in th e fund for th e p u r pose of m aking 120 stu d e n ts m em bers, w ith th e offer also to give $30 additional if necessary. T h e N o n pareils instead of th eir annual social, are p lan n in g for a Ju n io r Red Cross d rive w ith the ex p ectatio n of practically all of th e balance of stu d e n ts securing a m em bership. T h is drive will consist of selling tick ets for an evening of pleasure on S atu rd ay n ig h t next, to be held in th e gym . All m oney sp en t will eith er m ake the individual a m em ber or assist in g iv in g meml>er- ship to others. MADE GOOD SHOWING E lw ood T o w n er and Irv in g S hepard crow ned th em selves w ith all kinds of glory w hen th ey walked off w ith th e honors as h igh point w in n ers at th e Salem H ig h School inter-class field m eet on th e W illam ette track last F riday afternoon. E lw ood m ade first place w ith 17 points, while Irv in g reg istered as his n e a r est com petitor w ith 12 p o in ts. T hese two young fellows need to be com m ended on the good show ing they are m aking in Salem . L ike th e rest of our young people atten d in g th e h igh school, they are leading in m any of th eir classes, b u t the track is a new feature w ith them , and they need to be com plim ented on such an excellent show ing. Elwood came first in th e 100-yard d ash, first in th e 220-yard dash, second in th e q u arter-m ile ru n , th ird in the pole vault and second in th e 120-yard h u rd les. Irv in g cam e first in th e 120-yard h u rd les, second in th e 100-yard dash, second in th e broad ju m p , and th ird in th e high ju m p . Elwood is a senior and will finish in F eb ru ary , w hile Irv in g is a m em ber of th e class of 1920. CHEMAWA VS. STATE PRISON Last S atu rd ay our baseball team w ent to Salem ar.d played an 0 to 0 gam e w ith th e sta te prison team . T h e prison team played a ir-tig h t ball and clouted th e th e ball reg u la rly , but it was alw ays in tercep ted by C hem aw a’s defense w hen a ru n n e r was about to cross th e plate and score. I t was a fast and in te re stin g gam e th ro u g h o u t. O nly one error w as m ade d u rin g the en tiie gam e. N ex t S a tu rd a y ou r team w ill play the W illam ette U niversity team here. SPLENDID MOVEMENT T h e follow ing proposition from th e financial com m ittee of th e W inona L iterary Society is self-ex p lan atory and m ost com m endable: T o M rs. H arw ood H all, P resident of th e Local Red Cross, C hem aw a, O re. W e, th e g irls of th e W inona L ite ra ry Society, h e re by ask to be allow ed to sta rt the m em bership of th e Ju n io r Red Cross of C hem aw a by m aking th e yo u n g est child. Julia K eeler, the first m em ber to receive a re ceipt and b u tto n . F ollow ing th is we hereby set aside su b ject to the im m ediate check of M rs. H arw ood H all $29.75 to be fu rth e r used in th e p ay in g of m em bership fees of those small children who m ay not be able to pay for th e m selves. F u rth e rm o re , we hold subject to th e request of M rs. H all $30.00 m ore to be used if necessary after th e first ju n io r drive is com pleted. If th is offer be accepted we respectfully ask th a t it be published in th e c u rre n t num ber of th e C hem aw a A m erican. R espectfully requested, C a t h e r in e M. R e e d , P re sid e n t, M a m ie F r is k , S ecretary . ANNOUNCEMENTS F o llo w in g w ill be found th e sch ed u le of all ev en ts re la tiv e to our c o m m e n ce m e n t exercises: Sunday, June Second S acred C oncert - 2:30 P. M. D ress P arad e - - - - - - - 4:30 P . M . B accalaurate S e r m o n ........................................ 8:00 P . M . Monday, June Third Baseball G am e - - - - - B and C oncert, B and S ta n d - - D eclam ation C o n test - - - - - - - - - - 2:30 P . M . 6:45 P . M. 8:00 P. M . - 9:30 A. M . 2:30 P. M . 9:00 P . M. Tuesday, June Fourth In te r-C la ss F ie ld S p o rts - - - - B aseball G am e - - - - - - G irls ’ M andolin and G u ita r C lub R ecital - - Wednesday, June Fifth A cadem ic an d In d u s tria l D e p artm en ts O pen to I n spection by V isitors . . . - D ress P a ra d e - - - - - - - Physical C u ltu re E x h ib itio n in G ym nasium - B and C oncert, Band S ta n d . . . . P la y —C in d erella - - - - - - 9:30 A. M. 2:00 P . M . 2:45 P . M . 6:45 P . M . 8:00 P . M . Thursday, June Sixth C om petitive M ilitary D rill a n d P arad e - - 9:30 A. M . G rad u atio n E x e rc ises an d P rese n tatio n of D iplom as ..........................................................................................2:30 P . M . Band C oncert, Band S tan d - - - - 6:45 P . M. Class P lay - - - - - - - 8:00 P. M . Friday, June Seventh “ Jo lly U p ” an d p re sen ta tio n of prizes - - B aseball G am e— B rew er H all V s. M itchell H a ll - Social—S tu d e n ts and E m p lo y ees - - - 9:30 A. M . 2:30 P . M . 7:30 P . M.
