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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
E lizabeth M ontgom ery, Senior, recited “ T rouble in
the K itc h e n ” at the S unday evening assem bly.
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H ALL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
G us G artiez told the class th at the m ost im p o rtan t
th in g he learned from his experience d u rin g the war
was th a t he needed m ore education and he m ade up
his m ind th at w hen he got out of the arm y he w ould
go stra ig h t to C hem aw a and get all th e governm ent
would let him have. A nd th a t is w hat G us is doing.
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail M atter
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
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SE N IO R NOTES
T h e S enior dom estic art girls are very proud
th eir em broidery w ork.
of
O u r vice-president, A nnie M iller, has the new “ Y.
W .” p in s for d istrib u tio n .
T h e life histories of all so rts of insect pests are in ­
te re stin g the seniors very m uch ju st now .
O ur p resid en t, C harles W illiam s, spent th e w eek­
end at M cM innville at a “ Y ” conference.
O ur classm ate, Roy F razier, is on his way from
“ across th e p o n d ” to “ G o d ’s C o u n try ,” as he calls
th e U n ited S tates.
W e have a song w hich says “ Seniors A lw ays B u sy .”
I t ’s the tru th ; if it is n ’t them es it ’s algebra and if it
is n ’t algebra i t ’s insects.
G us G artiez, serg ean t-at-arm s of th e Class of ’20,
gave a splendid talk on ‘‘ Mv E x p erien ce in the A rm y ”
at th e class program period on F rid a y .
The
school
senior
plains
Seniors are glad to see Irv in g H en d rix in
again; it w ould seem better if he were in th e
class, but his star on th e class Service F lag e x ­
th a t.
A rth u r Jo h n so n recited a very good poem of eig h t
or ten stan zas on “ H e re ’s to the Class of ’20” at the
class p ro g ram recen tly . It is not necessary to elect a
poet— we have one w ith o u t an election.
G eorge B erry, know n in the class as “ H o o k s,” re ­
ceived a few fractu red ribs in a recent football gam e
and is now m ending them in the h o sp ital. W e S en­
iors are hop in g th a t he may soon be w ith us again.
Some of th e pupils on an outdoor d etail said they
could hear th e senior songs away off and th at thev
sounded good. T h e class has a n u m b er of both old
and new songs and th ey use them for “ b reath in g e x ­
ercises” alm ost every day.
O n M onday the teacher asked the g irls of th e class
to go w ith her to an o th er classroom for a little co n fer­
ence d u rin g the stu d y period. T h ere w ere six boys
in th e class on F riday w hen th e question box was
opened and th ere w ere four questions asking w hat the
girls did d u rin g th at M onday period.
R eliance
P resident N uckolls presided over the m eeting of
th e R eliance Society held on F riday evening, O ctober
17th. A fter som e im p o rtan t business was b ro u g h t
before th e house and discussed a splendid program
was rendered. M r. Devol and M rs. B axter, official
visitors, both gave en co u rag in g talks.
N onpareil
T he N onpareil Society held its m eeting on F rid a y
ev ening and a good program consisting of recitations,
orations, read in g s and vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic
was rendered. Official visitors, Miss B ru n ette and
Miss W ilder, gave in terestin g talks.
W inona
T h e W inonas met as usual in room nine on F rid ay
evening. T h e room was decorated in pink and w hite
and a vase of carn atio n s in th e two colors on the p re s­
id e n t’s table show ed that the g ro u p of girls who have
selected th is flower as their em blem was in charge
A fter the usual ro u tin e of opening, th e C arnations
sang “ I t ’s a w ay W e H ave at C hem aw a to Drive
Dull Care A w a y .” H attie M artin read an original
story; L ucy S exton gave a nice recitation. D elora
K eeler and A nna Stone did very well w ith th eir b rig h t
little dialogue. M aggie G ardipe and Stella G rim es
su b stitu te d a song for the m em bers w hich was om itted
because of the illness of one of the perform ers. T h e
W inona Q u artet gave several selections and Maud
C raig sang. T h e visitors, M rs. S herm an and Miss
R oberts, gave helpful little talk s and after some b u si­
ness the society adjourned with W inona songs and
yells.
LOCAL
E very train d u rin g th e past m onth has been b rin g ­
ing stu d en ts to C hem aw a.
C hem aw a has now nearly its full quota of stu d en ts
and they are a fine lot. T here are m ore applications
and arrivals from A laska th an for a num ber of years.
A pple p ick in g is still th e chief order of the day on
the part of th e h o rticu ltu rists. T he apple house will
not hold all the apples and part of the onion house is
to be used.
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