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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1918)
TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 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 AN ENJOYABLE OCCASION The monthly social for employes was held on Thurs day evening last in the teachers’ club building. Mrs. Risser, Miss McDowell and Mrs. Doherty were the committee of arrangements. One of the most enjoy able evenings yet afforded our people was given. The guests upon arrival were each presented with a coupon which was used in the purchase of a Christmas gift to be marked for some guest present, there being a goodly array of articles, suitable for gifts, on a table. Cards were also distributed for the guessing contests and a busy hour was enjoyed answering the puzzling questions to the “ Observation Party” and “ Names of Indian Tribes.” Miss Hendrix was successful in the first game and Mr. Bent the second, each receiving an appropriate prize. The doors were then thrown open to the dining-room and a festive holiday appearance greeted the eyes. In one corner stood a large Christmas tree, beauti fully trimmed, on which hung the many gifts previ ously selected by the guests for one another. This, together with the Christmas balls and festoons of fir, carried out the holiday suggestion. During the serving of delicious refreshments at small tables, Santa Claus, impersonated by Mr. Rober son, removed the gifts from the tree and distributed them to the guests amid much hilarity and merriment. The evening’s pleasure closed by every-one thanking the gracious hostesses for a most pleasant evening. SCHOOL NOTES The next moving picture show will be Dec. 20. Four hundred Americans were distributed to the pupil last weeks. Each pupil above the fourth grade got one. Miss Roberts is unable to meet her Sunday school class on account of sickness. Anna Sexton and Ma rina Nelson, Junior girls, relieve her. Escorts for girls on Sunday, Dec. 22, are Mrs. Doherty and Mrs. Canfield for McBride and Mr. Roberson and Mrs. Eaton for Winona. Annual events scheduled on the first page of the calender are public; both employes and pupils are ex pected to attend. No announcement of these events will be made other than that on the first page of the calendar. Industrial instructors will file their outlines cover ing the following week’s instruction not later than Saturday noon of each w’eek. Academic instructors will file their outlines not later than 8 a. in. on Mon day of each week. These directions are given on page 6 of the annual calendar. The pupil teachers are Eleanor Hauk, Katherine Wilder, Sadie Knowles, May Belle Heay, Veltha Frazier and Alicia Kimball from the senior class and Effie Davis, Hattie Martin, Anna Sexton and Marina Nelson from the junior class. These girls are teach ing three grades, divided into three classes. A little test on “ How to do things when told” was given by the Principal one day last week to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades. This test was given to find which of these clssses could do a simple task after directions were given without asking ques tions or causing unnecessary delay. The sixth grade stood first, with the fifth and third close seconds. The spelling-book to be used in the spelling con test on Dec. 27 will be the Bailey-Manly Speller, book two. The marked lessons can be secured at the Principal’s office. If all the marked lessons are spelled a book containing other marked lessons will be handed to the one pronouncing the words. This book will not be announced until the evening of the con test. LOCAL Mr. Bent is decorating about the campus and at the gym for the holidays. The decorations lend attrac tiveness to the place. Crow’s like chickens, “ come home to roost.” At about this time every year we have a lot of crows. They are again “ cawing” around the school. Last Sunday evening at chapel the orchestra played a “ Minuet” by Lully, by request the Octette Girls sang “ Po’ Little Lamb” by Parks, and the choir sang “ The Light of the World” by Brackett. In addition to our usual exercises the Girls’ Mandolin Club was present and played several numbers, to the delight of all. This organization has just got nicely started this season and the prospects are favorable for a good show ing ere the year is over. Mr. Loos, their instructor, is taking great interest in the club. Supt. Hall closed the evening with appropriate remarks relative to the students’ holiday week.
