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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CBEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at th e Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL. Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, P ostofiice as Second- Class Mail M atter SUBSC RIPTIO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M SE N IO R NOTES T h e class of ’20 are now eagerly aw aiting T h a n k s g iv in g Day. Do you know why? T h e Senior G irls’ Q u artet gave a p articu larly p leas ing encore num ber on last class program . T h e Seniors all agree th a t G u s G artiez is a su re enough “ liv e-w ire.” Ju st w atch “ M o to rm an ” play fo o tb all. M arina N elson lost her voice for a day or two last week and w ent to th e hospital till she found it. T h at show s how im p o rtan t a p art of M arina her voice is. All the Senior football m en have gained several pounds since A nnie M iller has been detailed as tra in in g table cook. W h at is m ore, A nnie has gained, too. M r. Devol, our p rin cip al, m ade the Senior room a visit on T h u rsd ay and we read a dozen or more of o u r them es to him and he listened very atten tiv ely ; then we grew bolder and san g a class song to him , and end of the room is reserved for th e service flag and th e p ictu res sent by our boys in the service; this is called “ O ur W ar D e p a rtm e n t.” T h e other end of the room bears th e p en n a n t, and a flock of bluebirds and stream ers are used plentifully overhead. L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES W inona T h e A pple Blossom G ro u p en tertain ed in the W in- ona Society hall last F rid a y evening. Th< visitors saw’ first on entering the room four jack-o -lanterns w here th e lig h ts usually are. T h ere w ere decorations of black cats and pum pkin devils and even th e p e n n a n t had the spirit of th e day and w as upside dow n. M adrona M ann and C atherine M adsen each told real “ sp o o k y ” ghost stories; th e apple blossom chorus sang; M yrtle M urree, Louise S ilverthorne and Rose F ischer recited; C lara M orais read a them e on H a l lo w e’en custom s; Rose Paul gave cu rren t events and V iola Beyers read som e jokes. A num ber oi the g irls took p art in a shadow m oving picture of ihe School T e a c h e r’s Dream as A nna H olst read the story. A fine num ber of the program was the A pple Blossom edition of the W inona W arw hoop. I t w as thoroughly prepared and w’ell read by th e ed ito r, E dna H ill. T h e visitors, M r. Bent and Mr. Iliff, w ere very kind in th e ir rem arks to th e society, even th o ’ th e W arhoop had a little fun at th eir expense. The evening closed, after a brisk business session, w ith th e color song. LOCAL M rs. Loos spent th e w eek-end in P o rtlan d . M r. Bent m ade a h urried tr ip to P ortland on M on d ay . he left. T h e w inter rains have com m enced in good earnest, On a tom bstone the Seniors observed this: th u s in te rferin g w ith potato d ig g in g . H ere lies the Ju n io rs, d rin k ers, T h e new bill of fare for th e stu d e n ts w ent into effect B ut d rin k ers no m ore, on T uesday. It is changed every m onth. F or w hat they th o u g h t was H 2O W as H 2SO 4. M r. Roy B radley, S upervisor of C onstruction, stopped for a day at C hem aw a on official business All of the class seemed to be able to be out for the C hem aw a-W illam ette gam e on S atu rd ay . A ndrew last w eek. W h ite played hard on the side-lines even if a bad arm T he num ber of stu d en ts in actual attendance th is did keep him off the field and G eorge B erry is again week is considerably over the 600 m ark . N ever be finding his way to th e g rid iro n . W e hope to see fore has it been necessary to refuse so m any applicants both boys in the school room th is w eek. as th is year. W e, the class nearest g rad u atio n , began to feel th at M r. and M rs. T u rn e y en tertain ed in th eir new home we knew- very little and were very y o u n g so we donned last T uesday evening w ith a fam ily d in n er, including sh o rt dresses and pigtails for the girls an d “ p u s s y M rs. Brewer, Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k C ham berlin and c a t” bows for th e boys and w ore them all of H allo w baby Frances, M r. and Mrs. M ason. e ’en day. W e gave a Senior H allo w e’en yell in th e P lans are now being m ade for th e annual basket dining-room at noon so th a t no one w ould miss seeing social to be held on S atu rd ay evening, N ovem ber our costum es. 15th, in our gym . T h e girls prepare th e baskets and T h e decoration com m ittee at last got busy an d on fill them and th e boys will purchase and act as escorts last M onday m orning th e senior room w as found to be for the evening. T h e proceeds will be placed w ith decorated very tastefu lly in th e blue and w hite. O ne th e C hristm as fund.
