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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
a req u irem ent for m em bership in any literary society
now ex istin g at C hem aw a.
A ffirm ative
Published W eek ly at th e Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD 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
SU BSC R IPTIO N
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25C ts P E R A N N U M
N egative
M usic
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M ay Bell H eay and V eltha F ra zie r
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Julia Grom off and H attie M artin
E d n a W illett and A gnes Sw anson
I he W inona W ar W hoop Read by A nna H o lst.
R eport of Ju d g es on D ebate.
Color Song— P in k and W h ite
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T h e Society
F arce—O n S. P ., C hem aw a to P o rtlan d .
A djourned
W IN O N A O PEN SE SSIO N
SE N IO R NOTES
T h e first society program of the year was given on
F rid ay n ig h t in open session by the W in o n a Society
g irls, M rs. R isser, senior teacher, as advisor. T h e
program was well balanced and its ren d itio n show ed
m uch th o u g h t and in terest on th e p art of th e society.
T h e en tire m em bership of girls m arched into the au d i
torium in a body, looking very n atty in th eir w hite
dresses w ith p ink rosettes on th eir shoulders and
w earing p ink h air ribbons, carry in g out th e W inona
colors of p in k an d w hite. T h e stage se ttin g and d ec
orations were also in pink and w hite. S ections of
the au d ito riu m w ere roped off w ith the colors of th e
different societies and reserved for them . W in o n a
girls acted as ushers. T h e featu re from an academ ic
stan d p o in t was the debate, each one of th e d eb aters
delivering th eir arg u m en ts clearly and w ith force.
P residents of th e o th e r th ree literary societies were
th e ju d g es. A decision was rendered in favor of th e
negative side of th e qu estio n .
T h e society paper, “ T h e W in o n a W ar W h o o p ,”
contained a w ealth of good th o u g h t and local “ h its ”
as well as no little inform ation con cern in g e x -stu d e n ts
w ho had been m em bers of th e various literary so
cieties. T h is paper was excellently w ritten . E d n a
W illett presided at th e piano and gave a couple of
in stru m e n ta l n u m b ers m ost creditably. A gnes S w an
son rendered a solo in her usual pleasing m an n er. A n
original farce rep resen tin g a g ro u p of college girls
w ith th e ir chaperone and a g ro u p of C hem aw a girls
on the train was very clever and am u sin g . T h e p art
of p o rter was tak en by A nn S ex to n and th a t of co n
ductor by B erth a G rim es, who in terp reted th e ir p arts
so am usingly as to keep th e audience convulsed. T h e
songs of th e tw o g ro u p s and th e conversation as well
as th e flirtation betw een co n d u cto r and chaperone
afforded m uch m errim en t.
T h e color song was su n g by th e e n tire society on
th e stag e. T h e follow ing is th e program in full:
P re sid e n t’s A ddress
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Ju lia M ills
Ju lia Mills gave an essay on Red Cross w ork at
o u r last class period.
DEBATE
Resolved,
T h a t vocational classification should be
C atherine W ilder co n trib u ted a m ost clever class
prophecy to th e F rid a y class period.
Mr. Devol was a w elcome visitor d u rin g class period.
H e gave us an excellent little talk on w orking for
so m eth ing definite.
T h e seniors have class period every F rid ay m orn in g
d u rin g the general exercise period. Several tim es
M r. Devol has loaned us his desk bouquet of roses to
help grace th e occasion.
Joe M att, th e class m ascot, has been unable to give
th e class a very in sp irin g talk on account of a severe
co ld .— Mae Belle H eay, R eporter.
LOCAL
T h ere appears to be m uch friendly rivalry betw een
th e M itchell H all boys and M cBride H all girls in re
g ard to the annual holiday receptions to be given in
th e respective b u ild in g s. T h e program will give th e
dates for each.
It is rum ored th a t R eggie Dow nie is en ro u te to th e
U nited S tates. R eggie has been “ across” and gave
his bit for th e honor of his co u n try . W e expect
m any good ta lk s on arm y and navy experiences from
o u r boys w hen they re tu rn to th e ir C hem aw a hom e.
M onday afternoon th e in d u strial em ployes m et in
th e parlors of th e S u p e rin te n d e n t’s residence to d is
cuss progress and w ays and m eans in connection w ith
th e course of stu d y . T h e lady em ployes were in ses
sion from 2:00 to 3:30 and th e m en from 3:30 to 4:30.
T h e S u p erin ten d en t presided at both sessions. T h ey
w ere profitable m eetings for all concerned.
W illiam Andrew’s and G abriel A nderson, w ho left
C hem aw a d u rin g th e sp rin g of 1917 to join th e navy
an d w ho are now stationed at N ew Y ork, w rite M r.
H all th a t they have applied for discharge and desire
to re tu rn to C hem aw a and finish th e ir course. T h ey
are both good boys and will be welcomed by all. A
good m any of our arm y and navy boys w ill re tu rn
after th eir discharge.