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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 3 L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES LOCAL E xcelsior M rs. C ham berlin is again at a desk in th e adm inis tratio n building. O n the ev ening of October 10th th e m em bers of the E xcelsior Society m et as usual in Room 8 in the aca dem ic b u ilding. T h e president called the m eeting to o rd er and the secretary called th e roll. T h e m inutes of th e last m eeting w ere read and the m atter of b u s iness, old and new, was taken up. A good program followed th e transaction of business. T h ere were read ings and vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic. T h ere was also an im pro m p tu debate and a sh o rt address by P rin cip al Devol. It was a good, lively m eeting. Miss H en d rix is the critic of this society. N onpareil 1 he y o ung ladies of th e N onpareil L iterary Society held their reg u lar w eekly m eetin g in Room 7 on the evening of O ctober 10. B usiness w as first m ade the o rd er of th e evening, after w hich an en tertain in g p ro gram of a literary n atu re was well ren d ered . D uring the evening M argaret C ham berlin m ade som e rem arks of g reat in terest. A n o th er in te re stin g num b er was th e parliam entary practice, w hich was in s tru c tiv e and yet created m uch m errim ent. In fact, every num ber was well prepared and given w ith m uch sp irit. M rs. Brickell was our visitor and we were delighted w ith her helpful advice and pleasing rem arks. W inona T h e W inona L iterary Society had an e n te rta in in g little program followed by a brisk business m eeting on F rid ay evening. A nna M iller’s paper, “ W h at W inona M eans to M e,” was p a rtic u la rly good for the b eg in n in g of a y e a r’s literary society w ork. M r. Devol gave a helpful talk. M r. Sw oboda spoke m ost pleasantly of the m eeting and we ad jo u rn ed w ith th e usual songs. M iss P eters and Mr. Sw oboda were th e visitors of the evening. T h e room was decorated w ith pink and w hite stream ers and baskets of roses. R eliance O n the evening of O ctober 10th th e R eliance L ite r ary Society m em bers m et in th e ir room in the academ ic b u ild in g as usual and w ere addressed first by the president, who urged all to buv season tickets for all ath lectic events at C hem aw a. M uch business was tran sacted and w as followed by a p ro gram of m ore th an ordinary in te re st. Miss M cDowell, the advisory m em ber, gave som e helpful h in ts. W e w ere pleased to have M r. Jam es w ith us as official visitor. STILL A L IV E Six m e n d e rs of last y e a r’s g ra d u a tin g class, four from Salem H ig h , one from W illam ette and one from o u r teach in g force, slipped aw ay S atu rd ay evening c a rry in g m ysterious utensils and bundles. L ater, a brillian t glow was seen off tow ard th e n o rth east and th ere cam e occasional sn atches of “ Blue and G o ld ” and M ascott M a tt” on th e sam e soft breezes w hich carried suspicious arom as of steak and Jav a. A gain, later, after the last song, th e last roll call, th e cre m ation of the last m em ento, and the last Jav a— the class of ’19 cam e home. T hey said thev had a good tim e. R uby \\ hite and F red W ilder are the latest acquisi tions to th e class of 1920. M itchell H all is practically filled again and M rs. Loos is u sing her in g en u ity to properly room her fam ily of grow n-ups. C ath erin e W ilder, last y e a r’s g rad u ate and who had tw o years, practical teaching, is now filling a position as teach er on o u r force. Joe B ettles, who has been a stu d e n t at Chem aw a for a n um ber of years, is now acceptably filling the position of d airy m an . Joe is a hu stler. Jessie, Lena and K atie C leveland retu rn ed on M on d ay . T h ey are glad to get back and th eir Chem aw a trien d s are glad to welcome them . A n o th er C hem aw a stu d e n t, in th e person of A lbert G ouley, has been taken from the ran k s and is filling th e position of assistant engineer. G eorge T hom as, who is so fam iliarly know n at C h e m aw a and who received th e m edal for best all-around stu d e n t in M itchell H all last year, re-entered the school th e other day. T h e D om estic Science D epartm ent is a busy place each m o rn in g p u ttin g up th e dainty and am ple lunches for our high school, business college and W illam ette U n iv ersity stu d en ts. A gnes S w anson, a g rad u ate of 1918, has accepted th e position of teach er in the A laska educational d e p artm e n t and is now teach in g at U nalaska at a good salary . S he w as a pupil teacher a t C hem aw a. T h e first year vocationals, u n d e r th e direction of Mrs. B rickell, en tertain ed at tw o fam ilv d in n e rs last w eek, each divison tak in g a tu rn . E v ery th in g was sim ply, b u t nicely served and well prepared. It shows th a t th e rig h t sta rt is being made. T h e first bi-m onthly teach ers’ m eeting was held in Room N o 5, academ ic building, last T h u rsd a v n ig h t. T h e m eeting was in charge of th e P rincipal who stated the objects of th e m eetings to be held, the m anner in w hich th e objects were to be attain ed , and then discussed inform ally w ith th e in stru c to rs such k n o tty qu estions as presented them selves in th e con d u ct of th e school. H e explained th e wav to fill out th e in d u strial card and w hen it should be filed in the office. T h e n e x t m eeting will be in charge of M r. Iliff, S u p erin ten d e n t of In d u stries, and will be held in D e cem ber. A t th is m eeting formal discussions of differ ent phases of th e w ork will be taken up and discussed bv in stru c to rs who will be assigned subjects in a d vance of th e m eeting night. JU N IO R NOTES T h e Ju n io r class held a m eeting O ct. 10, 1919, for th e p u rpose of electin g officers. T h e follow ing s tu d e n ts were found w orthy of h o ld in g these offices: Roy N uckols, p resident; C larence E dw ards, vice-president; C lara M orris, secretary; E dw in L iljegren, treasurer; W illiam F razier, serg ean t-at-arm s; K ath e rin e Loftus,’ rep o rter; Mabel B lodgett, cheer leader. T h ere are nineteen m em bers in this class and all are striv in g to “ P e rse v e re .”
