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from each officer and our old advisor, Mr. Hobucket.
After a talk by our new advisor, Miss Hendrix, they
adjourned.—Duane Kimball, Reporter.
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Winona
The Winona Riterary Society met for the first time in
the new school term on Friday evening, September 27.
After a short talk by our advisor, Mrs. Risser, the house
was opened for the election of new officers, who were
chosen as follows:
President, Julia Mills; vice-president, Veltha Fraz
ier; secretary-treasurer, Bertha Grimes; reporter, Julia
Gromoff; song and yell leader, Mae Belle Heay; ser-
geants-at-arms, Jessie Cleveland and Annie Miller.
The new president being absent on Fair duty, the
vice- president took the chair'and some necessary busi
ness was transacted, after which the new “ Pep-direct
or” led in several old yells and closed the session by
singing the Winona Color Song.
Nonpareil
The Nonpareil Literary Society held its first meet
ing this term on Sept. 27, 1918, in room 7 for the
purpose of electing officers. The results were as
follows:
Isabel Lavadore, president; Catherine Wilder, vice-
president; Sadie Knowles, secretary; Elizabeth Mont
gomery, treasurer; Mary Motanic, sergeant-at-arms.
Florence Hoover was appointed chairman of the
program committee and is assisted by Martha Fratis
and Laura Won. The yell-leader is Juanita Mont
gomery.
After congratulations to oui efficient and loyal
officers and the singing of Nonpareil songs, we ad
journed until Oct. 11, 1918.—Sadie Knowles, sec
retary.
Excelsiors.
The Excelsior Literary Society met and reorganized
on Friday, the 27th of September. Twenty lively
members were present and they elected the following
officers:
Ivan Anderson, president; Charles Williams, vice
president; Wallace Beebe, secretary; George Lekanoff,
treasurer; Jack Pete, sergeant-at-arms, and Duane
Kimball, reporter. They then listened to a few words
The week beginning September 23 was Fair Week.
Wednesday was Salem day and Chemawa helped to
break the record for attendance on that day. We
left early in the morning on the Southern Pacific and
returned after supper. Our lunches for both dinner
and supper were taken down on the truck so we had
nothing to do but have a good time all day.
Of course we went to our exhibit first and we were
proud of every bit of it. The outside of our booths
were tastefully made to look like a real old mission
building and the ivy climbing the walls and bright
flowers blooming in every corner helped to give them
a permanent look.
The art booth was just crowded full of beautiful
embroideries, delicate crocheting arid dainty needle
work of all kinds. The “ Better Indian Babies” booth
was the center of much well-deserved attention. The
domestic science girls in their white dresses and caps
bearing the red C.I.S. monograms gave demonsrtations
of various war foods to enthusiastic audiences. The
farm and garden display was fine and reassuring as a
sign of winter provision. A selected exhibit of academic
work covered the walls of the booth which had as a
central display our case full of trophies. All of the
space occupied in former years by the Oregon Indian
schools outside of Salem was fitted up as a rest room
and was in constant use.
A central white-draped booth showed Old Glory sup
ported by the great Chemawa Service Flag. The
Fair was thoroughly appreciated by Chemawa and
was visited in detail from the Liberty Sandwich Man
to the big tractors doing the work of 40 horses. It
was a great day.
W ELC O M E TO C H E M A W A
In September, under the chaperonage of Mrs. Can-
field, there arrived at Chemawa thirteen girls from
Carlisle. On the following day, with Mrs. McDowell,
came thirteen boys from the same place.
The Chemawa students knew that these young peo
ple were coming under unusual conditions. Their
school home had been given up to our country’s war
need. This giving up of their loved school was a
most trying “ bit,” but the sacrifice was gladly made.
So Chemawa students were prepared to do all in their
power to ease the homesickness. Committees of boys
and girls showed the new pupils about the place and
tried to help them get started and feel at home. It
was soon evident that the Carlisle boys and girls were
not to be outdone in friendliness and as a result we
have been made truly glad to welcome to Chemawa
the following boys and girls from our sister school:
Elsie Lawrence, Dorcas Minthorne, Hattie Cayton,
Alice Cayton, Helen Kipp, Cecilia Trombley, Eleanor
Hank, Isabelle Lavadore, Daisy Hall, Mary Morgan,
Josephine Corbette, Eva Dewbray, Rhoda Cadotto,
Charles Ell, William Saunderville, William Marks,
Eneas Hines, Joseph Racene, Jack Vielle, James
Vielle, Dan Lawrence, Moses Jackson, Albert Spear-
son, George Thomas, James Choate, Louis Trombley.