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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1919)
4 T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN LOCAL PAGE 3 given by Elizabeth Reinville and Bertha Grimes. Mr. Bent, official visitor, gave some very helpful sug gestions to the society. After a few society songs and yells the society adjourned. Nonpareil The meeting of the Nonpareil Society held on April 10th was both interesting and instructive to members and visitors. Each member responded with a quota tion to the roll call, as is the custom. After the busi ness session a short but interesting program was rendered as follows: Song, Members; vocal duet, Irene Curl and Mae Filesteel; recitation, Laura W an; oration, Louise Joshua; talk, “ My View of the League of N ations,” Alicia Kimball; closing song, Members. After a few suggestions from the critic the the society adjourned. Reliance At the last weekly meeting of the Reliance Society plans were made for the annual social, a challenge from the Excelsiors for debate was accepted, and a thorough rehearsal of the main numbers of an open session pro gram covered the remainder of the evening. Mr. Ross has joined the list of Cheniawa’s Auto Club. He is a recent purchaser of a Chevrolet—a nice car. The dry sunny weather at present is enabling the farm and garden force to get in their crops. Every foot of the 440-acre ranch will be seeded to some profitable crop. The third year vocational class of girls gave a dem onstration dinner to invited guests in the domestic science department one evening last week. The host esses on this occasion were Annie Miller and Agnes Stewart and the waitresses were Rose Hamilton and Rose Goff. The entire class prepared the meal. Mrs. Risser and Miss Scholder entertained 24 of their Chemawa friends at a delightful function given in the club parlors one evening last week. Progres sive games was the principal program, followed by delicious ice cream, cake and coffee, with Easter fa vors. Those present expressed their appreciation of a very pleasant evening to their gracious hostesses. During chapel services last Sunday evening the or chestra played the “ Melody of Love” by Engelmann, REPORTER’S NOTES the Octet Girls sang a late war song entitled “ When By Allan Shepard the Great Red Dawn is Shining, ” and Supt. Hall gave The painters have repainted the residence used bv a splendid paper on “ Loyalty,” which we hope to publish in our next issue. Supt. Hall has just secured the farmer. The farmers are now busy plowing the field adja some new song books for chapel service and some little time was devoted to singing new numbers, to the de- cent the cemetey. The tailors enjoyed a picnic last Sunday. They light of all. The songs in the new books are all overran the woods east of the school. splendid in every way. During the past week quite a number of cattle were There has been no happier occasion this year than shipped to Portland from our school. the kitchen detail of girls and boys who were given a The farmers are plowing a part of the field south of picnic supper in the woods at “ Old Chemawa” on Saturday evening by Mrs. Brewer. A bountiful re the hog lot where it is the intention to plant corn. The carpenters are placing box drains in the lake past had been prepared. The weinies and steak were fried camp style, which, with the cakes, salad, coffee, field in order to properly drain that field a little pickles, buns and ice cream gave the students as well earlier than usual. Of late the gardeners have been occupied at the as guests, who were Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Sherman task of planting onions. The place where the onions and Mrs. Johnson, a fine “ e a t.” Games were enjoyed by the girls and boys and a general good time was had. will grow this year is just east of Mr. H enderson’s store. Chemawa was well represented at the conference of Deacon Lawton was disappointed in going to his the Cabinet Members of the Y. W. C. A. workers of home at Katalla, Alaska. He got as far as Seattle, colleges and high schools of the State of Oregon, which but was too late to catch his steamer so returned to occurred in Salem, Saturday, April 12th, at Willam Chemawa. ette University. Miss Eakin, the Christian worker A considerable amount of work is being done at the of Chemawa, expressed herself as well pleased with dairy barn in the way of repairing and replacing drain the way in which the Chemawa representatives took pipes, etc., and getting ready for a good all-around their part in both general and the committee meetings. whitewash party. The girls were Annie Miller, May Belle Heay, Julia On account of sprouting it was necessary to sort Gromoff, Veltha Frazier and Bertha Grimes. They over an immense quantity of potatoes of late in order are very enthusiastic in their accounts of the splendid to have good seed for planting. The potatoes not fit meeting. for other use were given to the hogs. LITERARY SOCIETIES SENIOR NOTES Winona The W inona Literary Society held their meeting on April 10th. After a short business session, a program was rendered, which consisted ol a number from each of the six grades represented in the society. The program consisted of recitations by Maud Craig, Victoria Damon and Agnes Lambert. Vocal solos were given by Marina Nelson and Josephine Corbett. T he program was closed with a snappy little dialogue Monday m orning in chapel Miss McDow’ell gave an interesting talk on botany. The debate held last Friday during class period was won by the affirmative side. A former classmate, Archie Lane, was recently transferred from West Point to San Francisco. Elizabeth Reinville has proved to possess very good ability for writing poetry and adds to our long list of poets.
