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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1919)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN COMMENCEMENT AT CHEMAWA (Continued from page 2) character was presented. Two special drills were pre sented by little folk, that of the girls under direction of Miss Wootton, and the one by the boys under the supervision of Miss Carter. Both were most suc cessful. The Girls’ Octette provided vocal numbers of a high order. This favorite organization appeared on nearly all programs and gave pleasure always by well selected numbers and their rendition of them. During tMii program “ The Spirit of Democracy” —a pageant—tinder the direction of Miss Hendrix and Miss White was produced. This, too, proved a most interesting feature of our commencement, and in addition was a striking lesson on the trend of the times. It closed with a beautiful tableau effect, the realism of which will never be forgotten. The entire program as rendered is given below: Vocal—Lady Chlo {Clough-Leighter) Reading - . . Violin Solo—Bourree {Prosse) - - - Exercise—Little Waiters - -■ - - Vocal Solo—Four-leaf Clover {Coombs) , - Exercise—Happy Little Farmers - - f Vocal—Po* Little Lamb {Parks') - - Minuet - - - - - - - "- Girls* Octette Eleanor Houk Maud Heay Twelve Girls Maud Craig Sixteen Boys Girls’ Octette Eight Girls Spirit of Democracy—Pageant - CAST Prophet - - * - . Fred Wilder Autocracy - - - - - Arthur Johnson Democracy -■ Ahn Sexton America - - . - •?. ; - Hattie Martin France - - - - - Agnes Lambert England - - - - Agnes Stewart Italy - - - - - ■ WilliatuKennedy Russia - - - '• . Charles Williams Belgium - - - \ 4 . ■ Marina Nelson Serbia . . . . Elizabeth Montgomery Poland - - - - - - Annie Miller Japan '- - - - - Nancy Matheson Cuba - - - . - - - - Rose Goff Peru - - - - - - - Effie Davis Brazil - - - - - Chester Bravo Panama - - - - - Mary Ware Australia - - r . “ " Theodore Fayas Canada - - - ' - - - Duane Kimball Red Cross Nurses, Lillie Dixon and Louise Silverthorne. ; Messengers^? George Berry, Roy Nuckolls and Lewis Colby. Pages, Harry Wheeler and Elmer Therriault. Double Bass Solo—Blue Bells of Scotland and Vario {Farmer) - - - - - - - - Ruthyn Turney On Thursday morning, June 5th, at 9:30 every thing gave way to the competitive military drill, in which all our various companies participated, and which was a fine feature of our commencement. This was followed by a splendid dress parade. Col. A. T. Woolpert and Major H. W. Meyers, both Salem gentlemen, were the judges of the work of the various competing companies and in one or two instances this was no easy task. ' Company B, George Eekanoff captain, was awarded first place among the boys’ com- PAGE 3 -panies. The letter B seemed an emblem of military perfection at Chemawa this year, as is evidenced by the fact that among the girls’ companies B com pany was awarded first place. We have been told that in one instance the work of competing companies was so close that “ talking in line” lost it to one com pany. This should emphasize the fact that it is not considered good military manners to “ talk in lin e .” At 2:30 p. m. a large crowd assembled in the audi torium to attend the graduating exercises of the class. Governor Ben W. Olcott was present and presented the diplomas to the class, while Hon. Charles V. Galloway, State Tax Commissioner, made the address to the graduates; Supt. Hall presided, and the occa sion proved memorable insomuch as it was one with out a hitch anywhere. The salutatory and valedictory by Florence Hoover and Julia Grornoff respectively, proved of credit to their authors. At the proper time Mr. Devol, principal teacher, turned the graduating class over to Supt. Hall, and he, in a few well-chosen remarks placed it in the hands of Mr. Galloway, who made an address which will never be forgotten by many who heard it. In every word there was sincer ity and in every sentence there was truth and wis dom. In a quiet, simple and dignified manner throughout, one of the finest “ addresses to’which we ever listened was delivered—-so easily understood and yet so profound! At the conclusion of his address Mr. GallowAy turned the class over to Governor Ol cott who made a most interesting talk in which he mentioned his love of nature, his boyhood and young manhood, his lo v eo f Indian life and stories, and how the romance of it all played a large part in his life—probably causing him to come from the east and settle in Oregon. It was a good talk he gave, in strictly narrative form, and was listened to eagerly by all. At the conclusion of his talk the Governor pre sented the diplomas and the class was graduated. Faculty and students rejoice with Supt. Hall that Governor Olcott and State Tax Commissioner Gallo way were with us and assisted in rendering the occasion so auspicious. These gentlemen have our sincere thanks. Following is the program as given: Processional - - - - - Vocal Solo—I Know a Lovely Garden - - G korgb L bkanofb Orchestra d ’Hardelot - Salutatory ■ - - - - - - Florence Hoover Girls* Octette—Voices of the Woods -■ Rubinstein Valedictory - - - - - Julia Gromoff Girls’ Octette—Pale in the Amber West - P arks Presentation of Class - - - Address - . ~ ' Hon. Charles V. Galloway State Tax Comissioner Presentation of Diplomas - - Recessional - - Hon. Ben W. Olcott Governor of the State of Oregon ~ - - - (Continued on page 4) - Orchestra
