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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.